COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri plans to hold in-person graduation ceremonies this spring after canceling the ceremonies last year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — The University of Mississippi will be holding two in-person graduation ceremonies this spring.

One event will celebrate this year's 2021 graduating class, and another...

PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Pikeville Independent School District is considering whether prayers can be allowed at graduation ceremonies after receiving a letter of complaint from the Freedom From...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The rate of transmission of COVID-19 in New Jersey has exceeded 1.0 for the first time in a month and a half, Gov. Phil Murphy said on Monday.

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Class of 2020 graduates from the University of Southern Mississippi are facing yet another delay in getting their diplomas.

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Five graduating seniors at a Virginia high school who attended a modified commencement ceremony at the school have tested positive for the...

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Spring and summer graduates of Auburn University will be recognized in two ceremonies in August.

The university, in a news release Tuesday, said the ceremonies...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Cabell County schools are moving ahead with plans to hold in-person graduation ceremonies this summer.

County officials on Wednesday said Huntington High...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — “Socially distanced” outdoor graduation ceremonies with up to 150 people will be allowed in New York beginning June 26 as coronavirus pandemic restrictions continue to be...

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago's 2020 graduating high school seniors will be gathering virtually on June 14 for a citywide commencement.

Celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey, “Hamilton” star Miguel...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's largest public school system is planning virtual high school graduation ceremonies in June because it's unlikely that the coronavirus pandemic will subside...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Plans for in-person high school graduation ceremonies are tentatively back on in Wyoming's biggest city.

The school district in Cheyenne has switched to distance...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — High schools in New Mexico's second largest city will conduct their graduations as drive-thru ceremonies, with graduates picking up their diplomas while in cars with family...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools canceled traditional graduation ceremonies in step with other high schools and universities across the nation amid the...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Marshall University is set to hold a virtual graduation ceremony for its medical students, the college said on Monday.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho Falls school district has voted to host high school graduation ceremonies at a drive-in movie theater as the coronavirus pandemic keeps school campuses...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The superintendent of Montana schools told districts Friday to expect to finish out the school year with distance learning amid the coronavirus outbreak.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah students in public elementary, middle and high schools will not take year-end standardized tests this spring because of the coronavirus pandemic that has shuttered...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Tennessee is keeping classes online-only for the rest of the spring semester at all of its campuses amid the spread of the coronavirus.

WAYNE, N.J. (AP) — Some teachers in a New Jersey school district have decided not to participate in graduation ceremonies because of ongoing disputes with the administration.

ATLANTA (AP) — The Westboro Baptist Church protested outside of the country's only all-male historically black college over the school's new admission policy that accepts transgender...

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah school district has suspended a policy that prohibited schools from memorializing deceased students at graduation ceremonies.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Oprah Winfrey will give the commencement address to Colorado College graduates on Sunday.

The Gazette reports Winfrey had planned to simply attend graduation...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota school districts cannot block students from graduation ceremonies over unpaid lunch debt, Attorney General Keith Ellison said Wednesday.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's commissioner of higher education will speak at spring graduation ceremonies for Delgado Community College in New Orleans.

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — It was caps, gowns and snowsuits for students as snow fell during spring graduation ceremonies at the University of Colorado Boulder.

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The Latest on graduation at University of Colorado Boulder (all times local):

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Cold and snow didn't stop spring graduation ceremonies at the University of...

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The University of Colorado Boulder was holding its spring graduation ceremonies Thursday morning, but the weather was decidedly wintry.

NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton is scheduled to deliver the keynote address later this month during graduation ceremonies at the Coast Guard Academy in...

ITTA BENA, Miss. (AP) — A civil rights attorney is headlining graduation ceremonies at Mississippi Valley State University.

Victor McTeer is addressing more than 300 graduates of the...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Civil rights leader and activist the Rev. Al Sharpton and Georgetown University professor and author Michael Eric Dyson are speaking at graduation ceremonies at Tennessee...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) — A sick Tennessee teen fulfilled his dream of graduating from high school just days before he died.

News outlets report 19-year-old Dakota Johnson had attended...

YORK, Neb. (AP) — The York County Problem-Solving Court will hold graduation ceremonies in the coming weeks inside the York County Courthouse.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has withdrawn from plans to be a commencement speaker at his alma mater, Virginia Military Institute, and won't participate in any other graduation...

HENNIKER, N.H. (AP) — New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will be the commencement speaker at New England College's graduation ceremonies in May.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Native American students in Tucson's largest school district can now wear culturally significant attire to their graduation ceremonies.

MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) — A western Michigan college will exclude specific religious references from prayers said during graduation ceremonies after a civil rights group complained.