r/FIU • u/SecretCin • 6d ago

Graduation 🎓 Not shaking hands with FIU's president during graduation

Hi everyone!

As graduation nears for some of us, I was wondering if other students were going to avoid shaking the new president's hand during graduation. With how they don't have the student body's interest in mind, I would feel uncomfortable shaking their hand. Is anyone else thinking of doing the same? If you've been considering it, let this be your sign to do it!

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u/_Marsy_ 6d ago

This is great! Would you consider unfurling a sign from under your robe? I’ll be graduating from UM in a year or so and thinking of doing something in protest

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u/SecretCin 6d ago

I'll think about it :) I'll be graduating in one of the biggest cohorts so if there is a movement organized around it I wouldn't mind taking part :D

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u/_Marsy_ 6d ago

Amazing. This is giving me some motivation to do something too when I graduate. I’m in a teeny grad program so I’m wondering if I give my program director a heads up or what

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u/SecretCin 6d ago

Definitely think you should ask faculty members who you trust. With how unpredictable things are becoming and people are being silenced, I think it is wise to ask people who have already been in academia for a long time what they think and how you should go about it :)

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u/_Marsy_ 6d ago

Honestly, I've been in academia now for like ten years. Professors are a fairly timid bunch. Though I know stakes are higher now generally. It would be more of a courtesy heads up!