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We've learned seniors aren't allowed to throw their caps in the air at Saturday's ceremonies at Trask Coliseum on the campus of UNCW. Some students and parents are upset about the rules.
The University of East Anglia is tossing the beloved commencement tradition of throwing your cap in the air because the plummeting mortarboards pose an “unacceptable risk,” according to the ...
The law students were asked to pretend to throw their caps (Picture: SWNS) A class of law students have been told to pretend to throw their graduation caps in the air for a photo – due to ...
WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - Seniors across New Hanover county will graduate from high school Saturday, but they will have to forgo a commencement tradition. We've learned seniors aren't allowed to throw ...
An entire class of graduating seniors were denied getting their diplomas after throwing their graduation caps into the air during Tuesday’s commencement when they were warned not to do so.
A whole class of graduating seniors was denied its diplomas after some students threw their caps into the air when warned not to do so. Pupils at Ridgewood High School, in the northwest Norridge su… ...
Staff at the University of Birmingham have killed-off a beloved graduation day tradition because of ‘health and safety’ fears – the throwing of caps into the air.
Trowing your cap at graduation is a time honored tradition, but at one university in the UK its time has just come to an end. The University of East Anglia has banned throwing mortarboard caps at ...
T he classic caps-in-the-air graduation photo opportunity is just too dangerous, a British university has reportedly warned its students.. The University of East Anglia (UEA) said the throwing of ...
Although unusual, the banning of cap-tossing at graduation ceremonies isn’t unheard of; in 2008, Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge banned the caps for fear students could be hurt by the ...