{"id":249,"date":"2021-03-01T00:33:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T05:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-explorations.pantheonsite.io\/?p=249"},"modified":"2021-07-15T16:03:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T20:03:54","slug":"sebs-class-of-2021-convocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev-explorations.pantheonsite.io\/sebs-class-of-2021-convocation\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating SEBS Class of 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-352 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GH21-2021-Graduates-4618-Cropped-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev-explorations.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GH21-2021-Graduates-4618-Cropped-2-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/dev-explorations.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GH21-2021-Graduates-4618-Cropped-2-1-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev-explorations.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GH21-2021-Graduates-4618-Cropped-2-1-1024x476.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev-explorations.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GH21-2021-Graduates-4618-Cropped-2-1-768x357.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Convocation<\/h2>\n<p>According to Merriam-Webster, the word &#8220;convocation&#8221; is \u201can assembly of persons called together to a meeting.\u201d On May 14, the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) did meet, though in the age of COVID-19, the meeting was virtual. Students, faculty, staff, parents, and extended family and friends assembled, at home, for a reading of names.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SEBS Class of 2021 Virtual Convocation\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cqppF7z86Ds?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That assembly, however, was so much more than a reading of names. It was a rite of passage for hundreds of men and women who worked hard, studied hard, researched, found their mentors, won awards, made friends, discovered their paths, and succeeded. And the beloved community that surrounded them during their time at school looked on with pride and hope.<\/p>\n<p>These newly minted alumni not only graduated from the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, but they did so during an unprecedented pandemic that has left so many adrift. They handled this adversity with grace, grit, and creativity. And in doing so, they\u2019re uniquely prepared to face global challenges like emerging diseases, food insecurity, and the climate crisis with skills that will lead the world back to a place of hope.<\/p>\n<h2>The Past<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s believed that the baccalaureate service originated at Oxford University in 1432 when each bachelor was required to deliver a sermon in Latin as part of the program. The practice continued with the earliest universities in this country\u2014founded mainly to educate ministers, as was the case with Queens College, now Rutgers University.<\/p>\n<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-thumbnail foogallery-single-thumbnail foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-center fg-thumbnail fg-light fg-border-thin fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-hover fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom fg-ready\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-508\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true}\" >\r\n    <div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-explorations.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Hardenbergh1774Commencement-lg.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"The Reverend Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh, 1st president of Queen&#039;s College, 1774 Commencement Address. Photo: Rutgers.\" data-attachment-id=\"528\" rel=\"lightbox[508]\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scan of first commencement address at Rutgers.\" title=\"The Reverend Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh, 1st president of Queen&#039;s College, 1774 Commencement Address. Photo: Rutgers.\" width=\"400\" height=\"255\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/dev-explorations.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2021\/06\/Hardenbergh1774Commencement-lg\/1639769269.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22255%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20400%20255%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div>    <div class=\"fg-st-hidden\">\r\n        <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n<p>The first and only graduate of Queen\u2019s College was Matthew Leydt in 1774. And even after the establishment of the Rutgers Scientific School\u2014now SEBS\u2014in 1864, only 99 men graduated in the first 15 years after its founding.<\/p>\n<h2>The Present<\/h2>\n<p>Now, SEBS confers undergraduate degrees on more than 600 co-ed students each year. Typically held on the lawns of Cook campus&#8217;s beloved Passion Puddle, the COVID-19 pandemic caused convocation to look very different for the graduates in the Class of 2020 and 2021. (Watch the SEBS Class of 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cqppF7z86Ds\">virtual convocation<\/a>, which was celebrated on May 14.)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"convocationstats-header\">By the Numbers<\/h3>\n<section id=\"convocationstats-wrapper\" class=\"screen-wrapper show-for-medium\">\n<div id=\"convocationstats\" class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x small-up-1 medium-up-2 large-up-3\">\n<div class=\"cell callout\">\n<div class=\"undergrads\"><i class=\"show-for-medium fas fa-users\"><span class=\"vh\">Icon of a graduate<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<span id=\"count-undergrads\" class=\"count-stat\" title=\"2917\">655<\/span>Full- and part-time undergraduate students<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cell callout\">\n<div class=\"honors\"><i class=\"show-for-medium fas fa-award\"><span class=\"vh\">Icon of three people<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<span id=\"count-honors\" class=\"count-stat\" title=\"26\">229<\/span>Total # of honors students<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cell callout\">\n<div class=\"distinctions\"><i class=\"show-for-medium fas fa-graduation-cap\"><span class=\"vh\">Icon of a diploma<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<span id=\"magna\" class=\"count-stat count-distinctions\">56<\/span>Magna Cum Laude<span id=\"suma\" class=\"count-stat count-distinctions\">66<\/span>Suma Cum Laude<span id=\"cumlaude\" class=\"count-stat count-distinctions\">107<\/span>Cum Laude<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--end of .grid-x.grid-margin-x--><!--end of #convocationstats--><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--end of #convocationstats-wrapper--><\/p>\n<p>Despite this, the pomp and circumstance, celebration of student accomplishment, and pride of faculty, staff, students, family, and friends have remained at the heart of this important step to the future.<\/p>\n<p>As former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama said, \u201cIt is absolutely still possible to make a difference.\u201d And we know the SEBS Class of 2021 will do exactly that.<\/p>\n<h2>The Future<\/h2>\n<p>For the first time since 2019, Rutgers University will honor its graduates during in-person, school-based ceremonies in fall 2021 to celebrate and honor the Class of 2020 and 2021. Save the date for Rutgers University\u2013New Brunswick and RBHS: October 22-23.<\/p>\n<p>Details of each celebration will be announced by the relevant chancellor\u2019s offices in the coming months and posted on the university website. We can\u2019t wait to bring our graduates together in person and salute them for their accomplishments.<\/p>\n<p>In honor of their hard work and achievement and to celebrate their future successes, let\u2019s congratulate the SEBS Class of 2021!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Convocation According to Merriam-Webster, the word &#8220;convocation&#8221; is \u201can assembly of persons called together to a meeting.\u201d On May 14, the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) did meet, though in the age of COVID-19, the meeting was virtual. 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