# @rhodeislandcollege on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BxK1tpTnjGY
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/74942889-rhodeislandcollege-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2019-05-07T17:16:19.000+00:00

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This year’s #RICcommencement will combine the awarding of #baccalaureate and advanced degrees into a single ceremony. It seems like a new way of doing things, but actually it’s a bit of #throwback.
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RIC began conferring advanced degrees in 1924. From then until 1970, the combined total of #undergrad and #graduate degrees was small enough to manage in a single ceremony. In 1971, it was decided that the number of degrees had reached the point of requiring separate ceremonies. From 1971-81, advanced degrees were conferred at a ceremony in the Walsh Center (which burned down in ‘92 and was replaced by the Murray Center) on the Friday before the #undergraduate ceremony.
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From 1982-93, the college held both winter and spring commencements. This reduced the number of degrees awarded each semester to the point that the college was able to resume the practice of a single, all-inclusive ceremony.
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With the college now offering an incredible range of graduate programs – and graduating the first cohort of the Doctor of Nursing Practice program – we return to the #tradition of the single ceremony for #commencement2019 in order to showcase the full range of #academicachievement here at RIC! 👩🏾‍🎓👨🏽‍🎓🎓
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#RICnews #experienceRIC #RICspirit #rhodeislandcollege #graduation #graduationszn #graduation🎓 #capandgown #commencementceremony

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