The Roschelle family happily converged at Morningside Heights to celebrate Micah’s commencement from Columbia University. He actually graduated two years ago, in May 2020. But that was the year of coming home for spring break and never returning to New York to finish senior year. So it was great to finally have a full on celebration two years later. My mother, Alice, has a master’s degree from Columbia, making it a multi-generational roar of the Columbia lion. And, of course, Victoria also graduated from Columbia, a year before Micah. Columbia blue was everywhere as were the big smiles.
We had some damp morning weather, but the skies eventually cleared, as they should for such a wonderful event. Jacob flew in on the red eye but managed to stay (mostly) awake, which is impressive given the speeches and long list of names. Afterwards, we headed to Greenwich Village and dined at a lovely Italian restaurant.
One benefit of a New York commencement is that you’ve got some great songs to work with. This commencement started with Billy Joel’s New York State of Mind and ended with Frank Sinatra belting out “If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere, it’s up to YOU NEW YORK NEW YORK!”
