Students are pressuring university officials to reconsider and have generated more than 15,000 signatures on an online petition.
Joshua Biragbara imagined that walking across the stage at college commencement, and hearing his name read aloud to a packed crowd, would represent the payoff for all the years he struggled. He had clawed his way through Cal State University Long Beach, after dropping out of community college and working a series of jobs that included barista and warehouse worker.
But Biragbara and thousands of other students will miss out on those fleeting moments on stage when they graduate from Cal State Long Beach in May. That’s because university officials have — for the third year in a row — decided to forgo the ritual of reading graduates’ names as they walk across the stage to ceremonially receive their degrees.
Students are incensed. They say they feel robbed of another quintessential college experience, after having much of their education already disrupted by the pandemic.that had generated more than 16,000 signatures in three weeks. They’ve contacted media outlets and posted fliers on campus that read “Let ’23 walk.” Hundreds of students have also subscribed to a Discord server where they can vent their frustrations and share information with one another.
Elrachild, whose best friends have booked plane tickets to fly out for the ceremony from Tennessee, said she wants her moment on stage to make her parents proud.
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