Glynis Boyd Hughes is overcome with emotion while having her graduation photo taken outside the school's library. The photo will be used for VCU’s virtual commencement celebration launching May 8th. Students are being asked to submit a photo for the online graduation due to Covid-19. We asked Boyd to email us her thoughts—"Standing on the compass I remember my first day back at VCU, after having been gone over 20 years---I was standing there that warm August day in 2017, the first day of classes, overwhelmed by how different everything looked, kinda scared, not knowing anyone, and praying for the strength to be successful after so many years of wanting to complete my undergraduate studies. Memories--starting Retro Rams, breaking my wrist the semester I had a 25 page paper, my amazing professors, making friends, being recognized as a student leader, the silly times.....VCU stopped being just a place to get a degree and finally became my home. And now I am standing here in my graduation robe and cap and it's different--not the way I had quite imagined because of the pandemic but no less significant---and I am overwhelmed all over again because I did it. I really, really did it and as exciting as it is, saying goodbye to this part of my life is much harder than I ever thought it would be,” she wrote. @jaypaulphoto #richmondmag #Ram4Life #vcu #graduation #classof2020 #college #virtualgraduation #Covid-19 #virus #pandemic #staysafe #rams #virginia #rva #richmond (at VCU James Branch Cabell Library) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_bGQJ1F7L3ITfHI-O2NqBQntP_pb3pPHKbMJ00/?igshid=1gb4jn8punukq
