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-East Washingtonian photo by Charlotte Baker

Jovial cheers and hollers from the 2020 Commencement Exercises audience mixed with the hurrahs and shouts of joy from the graduating Class of 2020, as these graduates celebrate with the traditional mortarboard toss into the sky. Their faces reflect the happiness and relief at accomplishing what at one time seemed unachievable in the midst of the COVID-19 world shutdown and quarantine. These graduates faced many trials and tribulations as they were abruptly transitioned from traditional education to online learning and the loss of making senior-year memories.