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Saskatchewan Polytechnic celebrates more than 1,800 graduates in Saskatoon

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‘COVID-19 version of college’: Sask. Polytechnic celebrates students’ learning journey through pandemic at 2023 convocation
More than 1,800 Saskatchewan Polytechnic students took the final step in their degrees and crossed the stage to collect their diplomas on Thursday. Some students like Tara Bryant and Joy Juson, both graduating from the Early Childhood Development program, met each other face to face for the first time prior to the ceremony due to distance learning brought on by the pandemic. Bryant said, "having two kids it was perfect for me, and I plan to take the summer off!" – Jun 19, 2023

A two-day convocation has begun for students at Saskatchewan Polytech in Saskatoon, taking place at TCU Place.

More than 1,800 students have been invited to the event, with Monday covering the schools of Hospitality and Tourism, Human Services and Community Safety, Mining, Energy and Manufacturing, and Natural Resources and Built Environment.

Tuesday will celebrate the schools of Business, Construction, Information and Communications Technology, Transportation, Health Sciences, Nursing, and Adult 12.

“I’ve been waiting for this moment for quite a while, it’s been going on over a year now,” said Saskatchewan Polytechnic 2023 graduate Tristen Hansen-Aistine.

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She studied the culinary arts program.

“I would like to go full-time at the downtown Delta Hotels,” Hansen-Aistine said. “I would also like to go travelling.”

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For online students, the graduation ceremony was the first-time meeting their peers face-to-face.

“It was a wild ride but we all supported each other and made it through,” said graduate Tara Bryant.

She studied the early-childhood education program.

“I was excited to meet everybody because we only ever saw each other on a computer screen and I’m excited for my kids to watch me graduate,” Bryant said.

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