Columbia College Hosts Drive-Thru Commencement Ceremony

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Columbia, CA –Columbia College will be holding modified graduation on Friday, April 30th at 4 pm with all health and safety protocols in place giving the new graduates a safe way to celebrate their academic accomplishments. The 2020/2021 class will be doing a drive-thru graduation, Each family is allowed one car that will drive through the campus to certain “checkpoints” before arriving at the final destination where the graduates will be briefly exiting the vehicle to walk across the stage and receive their diploma from Columbia President Dr. G.H. Javaheripour and other distinguished guests.

Graduates who didn’t have any kind of graduation at all due to COVID-19 last year have been invited to participate in this year’s ceremony if they choose to.

Among the graduating class of 2021, 101 Associate of Art Degrees will be conferred, 89 Associate of Arts for Transfer Degrees, 169 Associate of Science Degrees, and 41 Associate of Science for Transfer Degrees.  75 students will graduate with distinction (cumulative grade point averages of 3.75 or better) and 58 with honors (between 3.5 and 3.74 grade point averages).