MIT’s first online Commencement ceremony provided both unique and familiar experiences for graduates of the Class of 2020. Graduates heard from an array of speakers, experienced beautiful music, and flipped their Brass Rats.
But this year more than ever, the celebration that ensued on social media through #MIT2020 provided a glimpse of how our graduates experienced this unique culmination of study at MIT. While students, faculty, staff, families, and friends who tuned in were physically distant on May 29, this year’s Commencement provided the community with a series of moments that will be remembered forever.
Graduates celebrated with their families.
Graduation with the fam #mit2020 pic.twitter.com/MWy5r57sdR
— Mate0 (@ColombianMateo) May 29, 2020
CONGRATULATIONS TO MY SMART AND AMAZING BROTHER‼️‼️‼️ i love you and i’m so proud!! @MIT #mit #MIT2020 pic.twitter.com/7mO1yR4mAv
— priscilla gonzalez (@priscillaagonza) May 29, 2020
While graduates did not “walk,” they commemorated the receipt of their diplomas.
annnnnd 4 1/2 years later I’m blessed to be the second black man to graduate from MIT with a degree in Design :)
— zidane (@young__ka) May 29, 2020
#MIT2020 #BlackExcellence pic.twitter.com/7eSHftAHb2
Thank you MIT for making me a better person! #mit2020
A post shared by Naiviv Chen (@milky_the_wishful) on May 29, 2020 at 9:55am PDT
The creativity did not stop because the ceremony was online.
We took some graduation pics in animal crossing!#MIT2020 #AnimalCrossingNewHorizons pic.twitter.com/55GoiCco5B
— Yunyi Zhu (@YunyiZhu3) May 29, 2020
Congrats Katie, our engineer! Tim turns the 2020 tassle! #mit2020
A post shared by Dana Bacher (@danabacher) on May 29, 2020 at 11:23am PDT
Grads dressed up, because they earned that regalia.
Class of 2020, class of COVID-19 #commencement2020 #mit2020 #phd @mitpics
A post shared by Xiangyu Zhang (@z_xiangyu) on May 29, 2020 at 12:06pm PDT
There was cake.
And grads brought a strong balloon game.
So very proud of our graduate #1520 #emba #MIT2020 @MITPics
A post shared by Amber Colatosti (@ambernichole.xo) on May 29, 2020 at 9:21am PDT
At least one family celebrated not one but two graduates.
Congratulations, Class of 2020!