Pictured at MSU's Television Center, MSU President Mark E. Keenum prepares to recognize 3,300 graduates and their families during Friday's [May 1] virtual spring commencement. Broadcasting statewide via MSTV and online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the occasion represents only the third time in the land-grant university’s 142-year history that a traditional graduation ceremony has not been possible, with the earlier times during the Spanish Flu pandemic and World War II. For more photos, click here. To view the commencement ceremony, click here.