Comments on: Mānoa to pilot new approach to spring commencement

By: EK

EK — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 09:46:07 +0000

I agree that graduation ceremonies for undergrads should be split in two. And, much more time in between graduations are a must to alleviate the major traffic jam that it creates coming in from every direction.

Graduate and PhD candidates deserve to have their own ceremony, separate from undergrads AND on their own day/night. This shouldn’t be about recruiting undergrads into graduate programs but rather celebrating the accomplishments of higher degree graduates.

By: Nika

Nika — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 02:19:56 +0000

In reply to Nika. *their *pursue

By: Nika

Nika — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 02:17:59 +0000

Luckily I’m graduating this Fall, but I would be PISSED if I were graduating in Spring. Aside from the fact that this news is super last minute, but the whole thought behind it is stupid. If I were earning a PhD I would want my own seperate ceremony; not have to share it with a bunch of undergraduates. And what about the fact that a lot of undergraduates tend to have friends in all different majors. Now they can’t graduate together, take pictures together, have heir graduation lunch together, etc… This doesn’t save time at all and the two ceremonies aren’t even split up based on subject. They could at least have math, science (including health science), and technology in one ceremony and business and liberal arts kind of majors in another ceremony. The idea of inspiring students to want to pursue graduate school is nice, but there’s too many cons to this plan than there are pros. Besides…a lot of people purse an advanced degree in something that’s barely to their undergraduate degree anyways.