UMaine Coronamencement

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Orono, Maine -- March 13, 2020 -- UMaine seniors Taylor Cray (left) and Lauren Ryan hug before names of graduating seniors in attendance were read  out loud and blank certificates were handed out during the makeshift commencement ceremony on Friday. Around 1,200 people gathered in the Memorial Union, University of Maine for a celebration they called "Corona-mencement", for graduation seniors to gather one last time and say good-bye to their friends. Organized by senior Sophia Palangas, nearly 400 certificates were given out at the ceremony.