Celebrating an Unusual Graduation
By Tom Porter
Departing senior Anne McKee—an environmental studies and history coordinate major—has found a unique way to celebrate her graduation. In the pandemic-induced absence of a traditional commencement ceremony, the track athlete and concert violinist decided to mark this special day her own way—by running to her home in Hallowell from campus.
As she prepared to set off from the campus on Saturday morning, McKee said she thought it would be “a cool way to honor the day… not as something I’m missing, but something I made really fun in light of the circumstances.” The distance is thirty-one miles. Her time was an impressive four hours, forty-four minutes.
Anne in the Media
WMTW/Channel 8 (May 25, 2020)
“Bowdoin graduate marks commencement weekend with 32-mile run home”
Portland Press Herald (May 24, 2020)
“Bowdoin College graduate runs home — more than 50 kilometers — to Hallowell”
207/WCSH (January 23, 2020)
“Bowdoin Runner Excelling On and Off the Track”
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