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Celebrating my graduating seniors

I am teaching an undergrad class this semester, more than half of which are graduating seniors. They have been struggling to come to terms with a stolen college experience as a result of the pandemic. Many are nervous about graduating into recession and are anxious about their future (and rightly so). Do you have any suggestions for something we can do online as a group to celebrate their accomplishment and their journey through the last four years of college? If you have suggestions for tasks or fun activities (or any other thoughts on the subject), please share. 

I understand some may think the disappointment of not- being- able- to -have- a -usual -senior -year experience as a serious enough problem , especially when we compare this to other relatively "bigger" challenges in the current crisis (such as loss of life, layoffs, compromised healthcare systems, etc.) . I may not have control over other people's circumstances , but I want to do my bit to raise my students' morale.
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Acknowledge their disappointment.  Even just "I know this isn't how any of you thought this year was going to end.  You went home of spring break expecting to come back and see dear friends who you've weathered the past four years with, and now you're not sure when the next time you'll see them is."

Acknowledge their anxieties.  "The economy is uncertain, it seems as if our whole way of life is uncertain.  But if there's one truth, it's that we need good people to do good work.  Your opportunity to change the world, even for one other person, is out there. You'll find it."

Let them know that it's okay to have these feelings. "I know some of you feel guilty feeling this way when the world seems faced by these other problems. It's okay to feel disappointed and anxious for yourself."

Encourage them to grind on. "For most of us, our duty to society is to minimize our risk of catching the virus and transmitting it. During this time, do what you can to take advantage of every minute. Do yoga, take a walk, work on those projects you've always wanted to do, read Marie Kondo and organize your socks. Make someone's day better--call one person, every day, until we get out of lockdown. Read something, every day. This is it. We have one life. There's so much we can't change or control. That makes it so much more important not to squander what we can control. *It is up to us."*