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For
the first time in the history of the school, Brigham Young University-Idaho
will hold graduation ceremonies in December.
The
historic Fall Semester graduation will be held Dec. 11, which is the
Saturday before final exam week. The semester officially ends Dec. 17.
Roy
Huff, graduation committee chairman, says all students will still be required
to take finals following graduation.
“We
regret that graduation cannot be scheduled at another time due to the
traveling schedule of the general authority who will preside at
graduation,” Huff says. “In future years, we hope to move
graduation to the end of finals week.”
With
the addition of a December commencement, students will now be able to
participate in a graduation ceremony upon completion of their classes. In
the past, commencements have only been held in April and August.
Huff
says the change is necessitated by the innovative track system that has
some students on the summer-fall track. Others students are on the
fall-winter and winter-summer tracks.
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