5 Ways to Recognize a Graduating Senior

Graduating Senior
Graduating Senior

The graduating Class of 2020 does not get to experience the same Pomp and Circumstance that all other graduating classes before them experienced. Despite this, here are some ways you can celebrate and help a graduating senior to feel special:

1.) Create Compilation Videos:
Have multiple friends to state in 10-15 seconds why they appreciate, their favorite memory with, or simply anything that comes to mind that will make the graduating senior feel special. Put these clips together and post it on the graduating seniors social media.

2.) Purchase a Grad/Alumni Gift
Check out the Grad and Alumni sections of the UNL Bookstore to find a meaningful item that you could buy for a senior to help them show their pride and the grit they showed to graduate in these trying times.

3.) Write a Letter
We all get excited if we get something in the mail that is not a bill. Write a letter to a graduating senior because it shows that you took the time to think about them and physically write something a letter.

4.) Take a Senior to Lunch
Despite not being able to gather in the same physical space, have lunch with a senior. Set up a time to have a digital lunch via zoom, google hangouts, Facebook etc. and pay for the lunch to delivered to their house. Share your favorite memories of college, why you appreciate the person, or just talk casually. Nothing beats having conversation with a cherished friend.

5.) Social Media Shout Out
Post a picture of you and a graduating senior and thank them for their friendship or some of their accomplishments during college, or a piece of advice as the move into a new stage of life.

More details at: https://involved.unl.edu/