10/6/2010: This is a bad change for any students who have parents or relatives with a job. VP for Student Affairs Robin Holmes justifies it as follows:
With 30,000 visitors and 29 events, it takes an army of university staff and faculty to coordinate the important events of commencement day. Scheduling events on a traditional work day enables the university to efficiently orchestrate this incredible feat and provide the celebratory atmosphere graduates deserve after completing their time with us.
Mondays are not traditionally a day for instilling a “celebratory atmosphere”. We’ve done graduation successfully on weekends for years. Why stop now?
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