"New College of Florida students organize alternative commencement in protest and response to changes"
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Students at New College of Florida have raised over $129,000 on GoFundMe to host an alternate commencement celebration in protest of what they've called a "hostile takeover" of the school by a conservative majority appointed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. The official ceremony hosted by the school will be held Friday, with Dr. Scott Atlas, who served as a White House Covid adviser under then-President Donald Trump, set to deliver the commencement address.
Topics:nationeducation#board-of-trustees#commencement#education#graduation#new-college-of-florida#protest
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