20.05.12
East Carolina University class of 2011 graduates are stepping off on the right foot in both life and footwear. Underneath the rows and rows of uniform purple robes was a huge variety of shoes: everything from basic business shoes and practical boots to high-fashion heels.
Not limited to standard academic regalia, shoes showed up in everything from animal print and patent red leather to checkered black and white and dove gray suede.
“I wanted to stand out,” said Laura Beth Harrell, who rocked a pair of gold sparkling peep-toe slingbacks.
Graduates also had their thinking caps on when it came to headgear. Construction majors wore hard hats and nurses wore white caps. Traditional academic mortar boards were decorated with stickers, messages, lights, glitter, feathers and more.
Staci Frison, who earned a Bachelor of Science in sociology, filled her graduation cap to the brim with gold stickers and lettering including memories and music notes and a Bible verse, Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things in Christ who strengthens me.
Source: Greenville Daily Reflector