Tag: graduation
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2024 U.S. Air Force Academy Commencement
Scenes from the United States Air Force Academy’s 2024 graduation ceremony at Falcon Stadium on Thursday, May 30, in Colorado Springs, Colo. A total of 974 cadets crossed the stage as part of the academy’s 66th graduating class. Vice President Kamala Harris delivered the commencement speech. (Video by Skyler Ballard/ The Gazette)
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Air Force Academy grads celebrate commencement and overcoming pandemic struggles
Most newly minted Air Force Academy officers celebrated their high school graduations online and in living rooms because of the pandemic — so Thursday’s Air Force Academy graduation ceremony was an emotional day for their families who sported signs, banners, buttons and T-shirts branded with cadets’ faces. The cadets of the Class of 2024 began their…
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Vice President Kamala Harris calls on USAFA graduates to build upon U.S. air superiority
Under clear skies in Falcon Stadium on Thursday, Vice President Kamala Harris called on the Air Force Academy’s Class of 2024 to uphold and build upon the nation’s dominance of the air. The vice president gave examples of U.S. air superiority, describing how the Air Force is helping to deter Russia on NATO’s eastern flank,…
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2024 USAFA Graduation Parade
Scenes from the 2024 United States Air Force Academy Graduation Parade, held on Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at Stillman Field. The parade honors the graduating class and symbolizes the assumption of command by the second class.
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Air Force Academy Class of 2024: Legal studies major among record number of cadets set to pursue graduate school
The Air Force Academy expects to send a record number of cadets off to graduate school in the fall and Rebecca Wusinich will be among them on her way to working in intelligence. The legal studies major, expects to attend Pardee RAND Graduate School in California and earn her doctorate in international policy studies in three…
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Air Force Academy Class of 2024: Former enlisted airman aims for F-22s
Former enlisted airman Rachel Parillo expects to apply her legal studies degree to her future career as a pilot. “Instead of talking about it, I will have to keep it in mind when I go flying,” she said. The soon-to-be second lieutenant hopes to become a weapons systems officer for F-15s and then pilot F-22s.…
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Air Force Academy graduation tickets available
Residents can pick up free Air Force Academy graduation tickets starting on Wednesday in Monument and Colorado Springs. Tickets for the May 30 commencement are available at the Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce at 166 2nd St. in Monument. The office is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Colorado Springs Visitor…
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Colorado College pro-Palestinian encampment dismantled ahead of graduation
Days ahead of Sunday’s Colorado College commencement, pro-Palestinian protests on campus have come to a halt as students dismantled an encampment Wednesday afternoon. The fenced-in encampment on the CC Tava Quad was more of a memory by Thursday afternoon, with only two empty tents remaining out of dozen or so that had been stood for…
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Colorado College seniors celebrate end of school year
Colorado College seniors celebrate the end of the school year and upcoming graduation with the annual champagne shower celebration on campus, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. CC’s graduation is this Sunday at Ed Robson Arena.
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NEWS | 2023 U.S. Air Force Academy Graduation
Highlights from the United States Air Force Academy 2023 graduation ceremony. Over 900 crossed the stage at Falcon Stadium Thursday as part of the school’s 65th graduating class. President Joe Biden delivered the commencement speech and shook the hand of each cadet, chatting with some of them. (Video by Skyler Ballard/ The Gazette)