Site chosen for University of Michigan graduation ceremony
Apr 3, 2008 12:18 PM
The grass on the University of Michigan's Diag will go under cover, and two
dozen bleachers and 25,000 chairs will fill the outdoor plaza for the school's
April 26 commencement. Since 1950, spring graduation is held at Michigan
Stadium, but a $226 million renovation project at the site has forced the school
to find an alternative site. Protests erupted earlier this year when officials
said Rynearson Stadium at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti would host
the graduation. The university polled students about other options, and Diag was
the clear favorite.
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The Detroit News article.
University of Michigan seniors have won the first round of their fight
with administration: Spring commencement will no longer be held at Eastern
Michigan University in Ypsilanti. The ceremony will take place on
University of Michigan's Ann Arbor campus, but it's not clear where. The
change of plans is in response to an avalanche of criticism from seniors after
the university announced earlier this month the commencement would be moved from
Michigan's football stadium to EMU's Rynearson Stadium, the next largest
facility in the area.
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Detroit News article.
EARLIER: The University of Michigan class of 2008 learned this week that their
April 26 commencement will be at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti
because of construction at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor. Many seniors,
feeling cheated out of a spring tradition that began at the stadium in 1950, are
uniting to fight for change.
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Detroit News article.
