{"id":133,"date":"2024-04-17T21:52:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T20:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thechcgriffin.news\/?p=133"},"modified":"2024-05-02T20:02:53","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T19:02:53","slug":"students-oppose-graduation-move-to-sorgenti-arena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thechcgriffin.news\/?p=133","title":{"rendered":"Students oppose graduation move to Sorgenti Arena"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kt-svg-icons133_b5c323-6e .kt-svg-item-0 .kb-svg-icon-wrap{color:var(--global-palette4, #2D3748);font-size:50px;}.wp-block-kadence-icon.kt-svg-icons133_b5c323-6e{justify-content:flex-end;gap:var(--global-kb-gap-xs, 0.5rem );}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-icon kt-svg-icons kt-svg-icons133_b5c323-6e alignnone\"><style>.kt-svg-item-133_8dfbf8-f8 .kb-svg-icon-wrap, .kt-svg-style-stacked.kt-svg-item-133_8dfbf8-f8 .kb-svg-icon-wrap{font-size:25px;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-single-icon kt-svg-style-default kt-svg-icon-wrap 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r=\"1\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"e17b\">By Joe Shuron<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"8aa8\">Students at Chestnut Hill College started an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/a-better-graduation?source_location=petitions_browse\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">online petition<\/a>&nbsp;Tuesday after learning that the May graduation ceremony is set for Sorgenti Arena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"3d6f\">Graduating students are limited to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chc.edu\/commencement-information-class-2024\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">two guest tickets<\/a>&nbsp;to accommodate for the limited space in Sorgenti Arena. Additional guests are invited to watch a live stream in the East Parlor and Redmond Room in Saint Joseph Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"8f46\">This move is a sharp contrast from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chc.edu\/events\/class-2023-sus-and-aadp-commencement-bachelors-graduates\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">last year\u2019s graduation<\/a>. The class of 2023 was guaranteed four tickets to the commencement ceremony in the Grad Tent on the softball field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"1e77\">The petition requests graduation be moved back outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"b048\">\u201cIt would mean that everyone would be able to see us physically graduate whether it be family, friends, alumni, etc.,\u201d said senior Morgan Todd, who started the online petition. \u201cIt gives a bigger sense of community, which is a foundation of CHC. The core value of \u2018just relationship\u2019 specifically says \u2018We live this value by celebrating one another\u2019s potential and achievements.\u2019 What is a better way to celebrate each other\u2019s achievements than making graduation accessible to more people to physically be there?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"677d\">The petition had 342 signatures at the time this story was initially published.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"f8cd\">Todd said in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/a-better-graduation\/u\/32385960\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an update on change.org<\/a>&nbsp;that the petition has been brought to the attention of college administration, but \u201c[u]nfortunately, at this moment they are implying that things are finalized.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"64d3\">Students have also directly communicated their opinion to college administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"2419\">Graduating junior media and communication major Cole Stanchina said in an email to school officials, \u201cIt is disheartening to think that our feedback and preferences as students seem to have been overlooked in planning such a significant event. The lack of communication and transparency is unsettling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"789e\">The class of 2024 is set to graduate May 11 at 10:30 a.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Joe Shuron Students at Chestnut Hill College started an&nbsp;online petition&nbsp;Tuesday after learning that the May graduation ceremony is set for Sorgenti Arena. 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