Graduation News
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Sarah Cooper, American University graduate, received more than just her diploma on her graduation day. Sam Miller, fellow graduate and boyfriend since her freshman year, proposed marriage with a diamond engagement ring.
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Fayetteville -
Murie was the oldest graduate at the University of Arkansas' Commencement where he received a Master of Arts in Spanish at the age of 88, and he has more goals in mind.
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A Catholic high school has decided to revoke its invitation to their graduation keynote speaker, the older brother of one of the graduates and 1998 grad of the school, because he's gay.
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Wasilla -
Alaska's Wasilla High School tried to ban “Bohemian Rhapsody” from this year's graduation program because it was written by a gay man, the late Freddie Mercury.
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Baker City -
It's that time of year, and everyone expects something special at graduation. For these Baker High School graduates in Oregon, there was no disappointment. This year's commencement was filled with words of wisdom.
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A possible attempt to kill former president Jimmy Carter has been foiled on a trip to Gaza. A car bomb was found along the route that Carter was taking. Carter was in Gaza to give a graduation speech for UN-run schools.
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Eighteen years ago a father committed a horrible crime in order not to have to pay child support. He injected his infant son with a tainted needle of HIV infected blood at a hospital where the boy was recovering from an illness.
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Calvin Morett of Saratoga Springs, New York interrupted this year's graduation ceremony for Saratoga High School by running across the stage in a giant penis costume.
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It's that time of year again to bring out the cap and gown as family members pack venues across the country to see their family members walk across the stage and receive that diploma. But for many students in Texas, they will not be walking.
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The goal of so many people: a college education. At 83-years-old, Ruth Stoeffler has earned her Bachelor's Degree in Social Science Studies from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. She began her degree program in 1995.
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Graduation Headlines
Graduate pay will rise by 4% this year - the first increase since 2009, the Association of Graduate Recruiters has estimated.
The US students graduating into a gloomy economy
 More students are eligible to graduate this year from Laurentian University's midwifery program than ever before.
 An editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal is calling for a graduated licensing system for seniors, saying some keep driving despite "substantial physical or mental" deterioration.
An Australian man will break his own record as the world's oldest graduate when he receives his masters degree at the age of 97.
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