Tag: class of 2026
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Colorado Springs District 11 alternative school graduates its final class
With its graduating class of 2026, The Bijou School in Colorado Springs District 11 saw its last class of Bijou Dragons receive their diplomas Thursday morning at Colorado College’s Ed Robson Arena. Starting next year, the school will join the Tesla Educational Opportunity School under the latter’s name as a single, unified campus. Students enrolled…
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Tickets available for Air Force Academy class of 2026 graduation ceremony
Tickets are now available to community members for the class of 2026 U.S. Air Force Academy graduation ceremony on May 28 at Falcon Stadium. The graduating class will mark the academy’s 68th commencement ceremony, where more than 900 cadets will commission as officers in the Air Force and Space Force. Vice President JD Vance will serve as the speaker for the…
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‘Change is the only constant’: Renowned voice actor, Colorado College grad addresses class of 2026
In her first commencement speech after the “interim” tag was removed from her title, Colorado College President Manya Whitaker stood before nearly 500 graduates-in-waiting at Ed Robson Arena and issued a challenge. The U.S. is celebrating its 250th birthday this year, Whitaker said, and the opening chapter of its next 250 years will be written,…
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Pikes Peak State College celebrates Native American scholarship graduates
In the days ahead of Pikes Peak State College’s commencement ceremony, graduating student Margo Condon would be the first person to tell you she didn’t think she’d be there two years ago. A 42-year-old, first-generation student who sustained a brain injury during her time in the military, she admitted that she only began attending because…
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Air Force Academy senior receives Holaday scholarship to study at Oxford
Alexandra Skeen fell in love with aviation as a teen while working at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. “I was fascinated with how aircraft work, and how they’ve improved over time,” said Skeen, a cadet first class at the Air Force Academy. “I really wanted to be a part of that…