With the announcement that the 2020 X-Ring Ceremony in-person will be cancelled, many of the graduates and community members were understandably upset, although the decision was the right one. Please give the Class of 2021 the option of an in-person ceremony at a later date. The Class of 2020 was mailed their degrees and given an in-person Convocation this coming May, so why is this not a possibility for the Class of 2021 to get their X-Rings this December 3rd and have an in-person ceremony at a later date?

We want to reiterate that the issue was never with cancelling the in-person ceremony -- that was the right thing to do. The issue was announcing moving forward with an online format before consulting this year's X-Ring recipients.