Terre Haute native thankful to experience traditional in-person graduation

Terre Haute native thankful to experience traditional in-person graduation

Graduation college college graduation ceremonies have been changed, or cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

But for one terre haute family..

They'll still get to live out the normal graduation expereince.

News 10's jada huddlestun explains.

Pk} it's a senior year like many college students never expected.

Finishing classes online..

Not seeing friends..

And commencent ceremonies cancelled, or altered.

One terre haute family shares what getting that traditional graduation means to them.

Nick rush is a senior at manchester universty.

He's from terre haute.

He recently found out instead of just cancelling graduation..

Manchester has decided to postpone the in person ceremony until october.

"we're hoping that everythnig is back to normal by then, so we can have a real ceremony with all of our friends and family there.

It will feel a little different considering we'll be four, or five months out of actual college, but at least we finally get to walk."

For rush..

He says it's not neceessarily walking across the stage that means so much..

It's the memories attached to it.

"i think that's going to be the one thing.

It's that final memory that we get with our friends that we may not see for a little while."

Rush wasn't the only one excited for the news.

So was his mother..

Miranda.

She says knowing her son was part of clubs..

Organizations..

And the baseball team..

Not getting to see the final capstone was going to be devestating.

"to see him get that involved in everything, doing well academically, to not..

For him not to get to do that walk is just..

My heart sunk."

Thanks to one manchester senior who created a petition to get graduation back on..

These seniors will now get to share the special moment in person with friends and family.

Miranda rush says she hopes other school consider this option.

"even if another handful of schools will do the same, you know there are other students that would get the opportunity as these kids are getting to do."

Rush says not getting to finish his senior baseball season has been hard... but now this gives him something to look forward too.

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