UK Virtual Graduation 12042020

UK Virtual graduation happening today @ 2pm for all 2020 Graduates.They Say they will hold in-person ceremony when it is safe to do so.

Taylor.

Happening today--- university of kentucky students..finally get to celebrate their big day..

Its virtual graduation day!

Abc 36's alex king spoke with two students..

About what it took...to get to their big day.

Nat: cheering the applause will be inside homes for this uk graduation.

Students will be gathering virtually to celebrate becoming graduates.

Tamara: "the road is never easy but it's always worth it."

At 9-years-old tamara vest lost her father to cancer.

He was her primary caregiver.

And her mother was battling addiction.

So vest was placed in a foster home.

Like most foster children.

She saw the good and bad that came with it and that left her determined to help others in similar situations.

Tamara:" it is possible to come out of that and if you have that drive and that determination and if you see the resources that you may be lacking that is possible to be great things for yourself."

She is graduating from uk on friday with a bachelor's degree from the college of social work.

Vest recently accepted a position at a private foster care agency.

She'll be balancing working full time and going to graduate school part time.

As for benjamin scales.

He's been waiting for graduation day for nearly 30 years.

Ben:" being away from home for the first time i made a lot of mistakes that younger folks typically make and i was as guilty as the next and my grades suffered to the point where the university asked me to go ahead and take some time off."

And that time off lasted longer than he planned... scales now has a successful business.

But after years of feeling disappointed...he finally got his degree online.

After 14 courses and 16 months, and a focus on liberal studies.

He's graduating with a 4.0 gpa.

Ben: :"it's never too late.

It's never too late.

You can go back tomorrow."

He says he doesn't need the degree but it's something he's always wanted and now he'll finally have it.

Alex king, abc 36 news.

Fs txt bullets:no uk virtual graduation happening today -2 p.m.

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Link at wtvq.com -all 2020 graduates ... tonights ceremony is for all 20-20 graduates..

Including those in the spring..

U-k does plan to hold an inperson ceremony when it is safe to do so..

The virtual ceremony will take place at 2 p-m.

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