Thousands of local college seniors walked across the graduation stage Saturday morning in ceremonies in Virginia and North Carolina.
For the class of 2024, college wasn’t an easy start. Many spent their freshman year learning virtually during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Now, they’re taking their first steps into the professional world.
At Old Dominion University, family and friends packed S.B. Ballard Stadium as more than 2,000 prepared to graduate. These trailblazers in virtual education heard from a trailblazer in the U.S. Navy.
Capt. Janet Days, an ODU graduate and the first Black woman to be Commanding Officer of Naval Station Norfolk, gave students a lesson in leadership.
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“You can have it all but not all at the same time. Life requires sequencing, personal and professional balance. Find the right equilibrium requires regular reflection. Be honest with yourself,” she told them.