Matthew graduated from the U on May 7th with a BS in biology and a minor in chemistry. It feels so nice for both of us to have our bachelor's degree finished with! And I know Matt was super excited to finally be done with school...for a bit (hopefully). The day was pretty chill and go with the flow. His convocation ceremony started at 1:30 and lasted about an hour. I'll have to admit, I was a bit jealous of how his ceremony played out in comparison to mine. Since his graduating class was smaller than mine, he was able to do some little things that I couldn't. Things like: walking in with all the graduates at once while bagpipes played, (There was no such thing during my graduation. The graduates just walked in on their own time and found a seat before it started.) having one person announced at a time, as opposed to mine where we formed two lines and had to different announcers, and also getting to walk on an actual stage. Whoo, so fancy! However, in Matt's words, he described the whole event as very "anti-climactic."
After the ceremony we walked outside for the usual pictures and then headed to the restaurant of Matt's choice (Red Robin) for dinner.
Enjoy some pics.
Getting ready to walk on stage and be announced
Matt and his parents
Matt and his aunt
eating at Red Robin
