Submitted by Dr. Cat Finnegan, Academic Services & Research
Submitted by Dr. Cat Finnegan, Academic Services & Research During the 2015-2016 school year:
Submitted by Dr. Cat Finnegan, Academic Services & Research
Submitted by Dr. Lisa Jackson Hamiel, Academic Services & Research
Submitted by Rachel Strawn, Great Expectations Program Director Great Expectations is a nationally recognized program that helps Virginia’s foster youth earn the postsecondary credentials they need to achieve an independent and successful life, and is currently available at 18 of Virginia’s Community Colleges. Submitted by Dr. Catherine Finnegan, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Institutional Effectiveness
Submitted by Dr. Catherine Finnegan, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Institutional Effectiveness On average, among VCCS’s first-time-in-college, degree-seeking students:
Submitted by Dr. Catherine Finnegan, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Institutional Effectiveness
DID YOU KNOW?
Who were the first college graduates to throw their caps up in the air at commencement?
“We can thank the Navy for this tradition. It's thought that the practice of chucking one's cap to the heavens at the end of the ceremony started in 1912 at the U.S. Naval Academy's graduation. For the first time the Navy gave the newly commissioned graduates their officers' hats at graduation, so they no longer needed the midshipmen's caps they'd been wearing for the past four years.
To show how pleased they were, the new officers tossed their old headgear up in the air. Other students heard about the practice and followed suit.”
(Source: “The Stories Behind Graduation Traditions,” by Ethan Trex)
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