Long Beach City College held its first ever drive-thru Cap and Go event last year for the 2020 graduating class amid the pandemic, and this year the tradition will continue for the 2021 graduating class.
The 2020 Commencement Team started and also developed Cap and Go last year because the traditional Commencements were being canceled due to COVID-19.
According to the commencement team, Cap and Go is bigger this year, and only 600 graduates will be invited to this Cap and Go event.
Deborah Miller-Calvert, LBCC Director of Student Health and Student Life, and the 2021 Commencement Cap and Go Lead said, “The 2021 Cap and Go Team is excited to celebrate our graduates.”
Graduates must apply to graduate first with Admissions and Records. LBCC hired a company called Full Measure to help personalize the Virtual Commencement.
Full Measure’s goal is to help customize the graduation with any of your success at LBCC. Full Measure allows you to say your name, so the professional voice pronounces your name precisely during the roster roll-call of the commencement.
Students who complete the personal slide for virtual commencement, will be invited to RSVP for the Cap and Go event. The event is invitational only and a first come, first serve event so graduates have to complete their personal slide before they are given the RSVP link.
In addition, take into consideration that once the RSVP list reaches 600, the link to access Cap and Go will not be active anymore.
There are two different drive thru event dates at both LBCC campuses, so the May 14 event is going to be held at the PCC campus and on May 21 it will be held at the LAC campus.
Miller- Calvert said, “We will be giving the graduate students commencement swag and also cheering them on throughout the Cap and Go drive thru.”
As far as swag goes, graduate students are able to receive items like; free bags, and degree holders. There will also be some other fun and useful memorable surprises during this fun and free event.
Dr, Alisia Kirkwood, LBCC Dean of Student Affairs, and the 2021 Commencement Chair said, “I’m proud and excited for the 2021 graduating class, especially during the pandemic it is a challenge. So, I’m glad as a Commencement Team we were able to come up with this idea in order to allow students to celebrate and at least be happy for their success through their many semesters of hard work spent as a LBCC Viking. The graduate students deserve this event.”
LBCC Viking 2021 graduate students, you can check this link for more information and apply by following each step: https://www.lbcc.edu/icon/cap-go