Quinsigamond Community College to Hold Virtual Commencement Ceremony

WORCESTER, MA— May 11, 2020 — Quinsigamond Community College will hold its first ever-virtual commencement ceremony for the Class of 2020 on Thursday, May 21 at 1:00 p.m. The ceremony, which was to originally have taken place at the DCU Center in Worcester, will now be streamed live online. Graduates and their families will be able to experience the ceremony in the comfort and safety of their homes.

“While the effects of the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic have made it necessary for us to change the way will be celebrating Commencement this year, this will in no way diminish the amazing accomplishments of the Class of 2020,” said QCC President Dr. Luis Pedraja. “Our graduates have worked through incredible challenges, particularly these last few months as they have adjusted to remote modes of learning. Yet through it all we have seen the best that QCC has to offer and I am deeply moved and inspired by our students, who have risen to these unprecedented challenges.”

The choice to move to a virtual ceremony was one the Administration did not take lightly, according to President Pedraja. However, due to Governor Baker’s orders that limit gatherings to 10 people or less and the DCU Center being used as a field hospital for patient overflow, the College Administration felt this was in the best interest of its students, faculty and staff.

“When the current pandemic subsides, we also plan to have a physical ceremony at a later date, as yet to be determined. I, along with the QCC Board of Trustees, look forward at that time to having the opportunity to congratulate each graduate in-person and welcome them into the QCC alumni family,” President Pedraja said. “Our QCC family has made an indelible impression on our local communities and many of the first-responders, nurses, respiratory therapists, police officers, firefighters are QCC graduates or soon to be graduates, who each and every day set out to make our world a better place.”

To view the ceremony on May 21 at 1:00 p.m., visit www.QCC.edu or public access station WCCA-TV 194.

For more information on QCC, contact Josh Martin, Director of Institutional Communications at 508.854.7513 or jmartin [at] qcc.mass.edu