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Another canceled graduation. What happens now?

Marisa Nelson November 16, 2020

Graduation day is highly anticipated for students. Years of schooling, hard work and growth all come to fruition as they walk across the stage to accept their diploma.This fall semester, commencement will...

Seats were situated to allow social distancing, due to Covid-19. (Nikki Dorber / The Signpost)

Fall 2020 graduation bites the dust

Marisa Nelson November 12, 2020

Weber State University has announced that fall 2020 commencement will be canceled due to the ongoing spread of COVID-19, the spike in cases and concerns for the community.Those convocation ceremonies scheduled...

President Mortensen giving words of praise at WSU's 2020 Graduation, which consisted of both in person and virtual speakers. (Nikki Dorber / The Signpost)

The class that persevered: Spring 2020 graduation ceremony

Adam Rubin August 31, 2020

WSU's 115th commencement ceremony saw more than 5,700 spring and summer graduates finally celebrate their graduation on Aug. 29. The sun has now set on WSU’s graduating class of 2020 — “The...

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Graduation thoughts during COVID-19

Sharon Valverde Vargas April 13, 2020

I sit here on my couch, thinking about how I will be graduating in 13 days. Three years ago, I definitely didn’t see myself graduating. My life at that time was consumed with partying and wasting...

Each color tassel worn at WSU graduate ceremonies has a unique meaning. (Pexel)

Now we don our graduation apparel: The meaning behind the colors

Caitlyn Nichols November 28, 2019

At graduation ceremonies, graduates don their caps and robes, stoles and cords and a number of other significant decorations. The multicolored tassels aren't just for show, though: there's a meaning behind...

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Dressing to impress: graduation attire explained

Kainoa Nunez April 12, 2019

Wildcats may bleed purple, but when it comes to graduation at Weber State University, there are many other colors that students wear with pride — each with its own unique meaning. During the commencement...

Weber graduates are in this together

Weber graduates are in this together

Daryn Steed December 12, 2018

Four years ago, I sat down for my first class at Weber State. It was intro to literature, and my professor didn’t make us go around the room to share fun facts that aren’t ever fun, so we were...

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Seniors sell their skills during Speed Interviewing

Tori Waltz November 10, 2018

Students in the Weber State University Department of Professional Sales learned to promote a different type product at this year’s Speed Interviewing event: themselves. Graduating seniors gathered...

What former WSU athletes are doing now

December 3, 2012

Every year, athletes leave Weber State Univeristy and transition into the real world. Damian Lillard is one of the most prominent WSU graduates, but here’s a look at what some other former Wildcats are...

First MS radiologic sciences students graduate

April 10, 2012

[media-credit name="Robert Walker" align="alignright" width="300"][/media-credit]A handful of first class of Master of Science in Radiologic Sciences poses for a photo. The first students to graduate with...

Under the gown

December 1, 2011

Weber State University’s Fall 2011 commencement ceremony is on Dec. 9, and there are a variety of ideas about what to wear underneath the gown. According to Lynn Schow, WSU’s graduation supervisor,...

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