Graduation for Elizabethtown Community and Technical College’s spring semester is coming up on Monday, May 6, and to support the upcoming grads the college has created the Gowns for Grads initiative.
“To support the grads, you can go to our website, and we have a Day of Giving link where they can pick just the Gowns for Grads,” said ECTC Director of Admissions and Assessment Judy Akers. “$50 gets a gown, cap, and tassel.”
The Gowns for Grads program relies partly on ECTC alumni donating previously used graduation regalia, but members of the public are also able to support future graduates by donating.
“We are trying to make sure that all of our graduates have the opportunity to graduate without worrying about the cost of buying a gown to participate in graduation,” Akers said.
Some of the graduates at ECTC are the first members of their families to receive college degrees, and some are completing lifelong missions of continuing their education, so graduation day is a special occasion that Akers says the college wants to see celebrated properly.
“They’ve already done so much, and we don’t want anything to get in the way of them celebrating that accomplishment,” akers said.
Visit ectc.us/give and select the Gowns for Grads Lending Closet to donate, or contact Akers’s office for more information.
