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Director of College Events Kate McGlew and Manager of MTS and Postal Services Phil Duffy work to film the virtual tribute. Photo by NIck Caito.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Trinity College community recently celebrated the graduates of the Class of 2020 through two online events. With their Commencement ceremony on campus postponed until spring 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, members of this year\u2019s graduating class were honored with a virtual Baccalaureate program and a special tribute video, both of which they could view remotely with their families from anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n

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Maryam Bitar, program coordinator for Muslim life, speaks during Baccalaureate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The virtual Baccalaureate 2020 <\/a>program invited reflection, offered thanksgiving, and included wisdom, prayer, and music from many traditions\u2014in addition to sweeping aerial views of campus and the familiar sounds of the Trinity College Chapel\u2019s pipe organ and carillon. The video<\/a> was shared online on Saturday, May 16, the 197th anniversary of the college\u2019s founding.<\/p>\n

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The Most Reverend Michael Bruce Curry, presiding bishop and primate of the Episcopal Church, serves as the guest speaker at Baccalaureate. Curry also received an honorary doctor of divinity degree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The program featured guest speaker and honorary doctor of divinity degree recipient the Most Reverend Michael Bruce Curry, presiding bishop and primate of the Episcopal Church. The Reverend Allison Read, college chaplain and dean of spiritual and religious life, welcomed the Trinity community to the unique virtual gathering before presenting Curry\u2014whom Read noted is perhaps most well-known for presiding over the wedding of Prince Harry and Megan Markle\u2014to Trinity President Joanne Berger-Sweeney for the honorary degree.<\/p>\n

In his Baccalaureate address, Curry noted that he spent some time in conversation with Trinity students via Zoom and was asked what gives him hope in difficult times. Recalling volunteering for the late Robert F. Kennedy\u2019s Senate campaign when he was in high school, Curry said, \u201cOne of the often-repeated quotes that Senator Kennedy said was quoting George Bernard Shaw \u2026 \u2018Some men see things as they are and ask, \u2018Why?\u2019 I dream things that never were and ask, \u2018Why not?\u2019<\/p>\n