{"id":3033,"date":"2020-03-20T08:19:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T12:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.berea.edu\/ast\/?p=3033"},"modified":"2020-04-28T13:07:22","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T17:07:22","slug":"an-early-farewell-to-the-class-of-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/ast\/2020\/03\/20\/an-early-farewell-to-the-class-of-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"An Early Farewell to the Class of 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/ast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2020\/03\/AST-class-of-2020-3-12-20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3034 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/ast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2020\/03\/AST-class-of-2020-3-12-20.jpg\" alt=\"AST Class of 2020\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/ast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2020\/03\/AST-class-of-2020-3-12-20.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/ast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2020\/03\/AST-class-of-2020-3-12-20-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/ast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2020\/03\/AST-class-of-2020-3-12-20-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/ast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2020\/03\/AST-class-of-2020-3-12-20-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/ast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2020\/03\/AST-class-of-2020-3-12-20-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/covid-19-plan\/\">closure of campus on March 15 in response to COVID-19 concerns<\/a>, the Asian Studies Department\u2019s graduating class of 2020 had to make do with a hurried, informal celebration of their achievements.\u00a0 Fortunately, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.noodlenirvanaky.com\/\">Noodle Nirvana<\/a>, a favorite Berea restaurant, was still open for on-site dining at the time and was able to host the farewell dinner.\u00a0 Three graduating seniors \u2013 major <strong>Jesse Paul \u201920<\/strong> and minors <strong>Delaney Anderson \u201920<\/strong> and <strong>Sienna Burgess \u201920<\/strong> \u2013 also were inducted into <a href=\"http:\/\/berea.smartcatalogiq.com\/en\/Current\/Catalog\/About-Academics\/Honors-and-Honor-Societies\">Epsilon Alpha Sigma (EA\u03a3)<\/a>, the honor society for academic achievement in East Asian studies.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Our students will have to complete the remainder of their coursework this term via remote learning options arranged by their professors, but although it appears that there will be no Commencement ceremony in May, they still will receive their diplomas.\u00a0 Several are still waiting for news about post-graduate opportunities, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/jetprogramusa.org\/\">JET Program<\/a> finalists <strong>Myles Crain \u201920<\/strong>, <strong>Rusty Dotson \u201920<\/strong>, <strong>Dominique Jenkins \u201920<\/strong>, and <strong>Jesse Paul \u201920<\/strong>.\u00a0 Others, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacecorps.gov\/\">U.S. Peace Corps<\/a> volunteer <strong>Delaney Anderson \u201920<\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clscholarship.org\/\">U.S. State Department Critical Language Scholarship<\/a> recipient <strong>Janae Davis \u201920 <\/strong>(who also has been accepted into the University of Maryland&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/psyc.umd.edu\/graduate\/mps-industrial-organizational-psychology\">MPS program in Industrial Organizational Psychology<\/a>), are hoping that post-graduate opportunities for which they have already received acceptance will not be cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Please join the Department in congratulating these soon-to-be graduates!\u00a0 (Pictured, clockwise from top left: major <strong>Alyssa Vinson \u201920<\/strong>, minor <strong>Sienna Burgess \u201920<\/strong>, minor <strong>A. 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