Morningside College’s Class of 2020 is the largest combined graduating class in the college’s 125-year history.
Morningside awarded 296 undergraduate degrees and 375 graduate degrees for a total of 671 undergraduate and graduate students.
Morningside President John Reynders says it’s a great achievement in a year where classes were changed to online for the final several weeks of the academic year:
OC………a terrific job. ;15
The traditional commencement ceremony that was to be held this month has been rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Morningside is planning to celebrate the students in a combined undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremony on August 8th at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Sioux City.
Reynders says the graduating Class of 2020 will have a special place in history;
OC……….to talk about. :19
Reynders says the college is now [planning to welcome students back to campus for the start of the fall semester:
OC………..in place for that. :19
This year’s graduates will also be honored during the college’s Homecoming weekend on October 9th – 11th.