Facebook And Oprah Winfrey Will Host An Online Graduation Ceremony Amid The COVID-19 Pandemic
Facebook has joined forces with Oprah Winfrey to host an online graduation ceremony for high school and college students in the US amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The special online graduation ceremony, which would recognize schools and colleges state by state, was scheduled to begin on May 15 at 2:00 p.m. ET.
Aside from Oprah Winfrey, other celebrities will also appear on the said event as they wanted to share their words of wisdom to high school and college students, including:
- Lil Nas X
- Awkwafina
- Jennifer Garner
- Simone Biles
Also, Miley Cyrus will perform at the special online graduation ceremony as she will sing her song “The Climb”. As per the report, the whole coverage of the special online graduation ceremony will be available to watch via Facebook Watch, while the highlights of the said event will appear on Instagram.
Aside from the special online graduation ceremony, Endgadget reported that those students who wanted to host their graduation party privately can do so using Facebook via virtual graduation hub, adding that the recently-launched Messenger Rooms app would allow them to invite a maximum of 50 people, including their friends and family, to their virtual party.
The announcement came as the United States reported a total of over one million confirmed cases of coronavirus disease as of this writing, with over 59,000 fatalities and more than 142,000 recoveries.
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