College graduate Lauren Taylor, 21, right, gets a graduation handshake from, her father, Whitworth University President Beck Taylor, right, Friday, May 15, 2020, at Whitworth University in north Spokane. Today would have been graduation day but the commencement ceremony has been postponed until October. Still, the Taylor family gathered for photos to celebrate Lauren’s graduation with double majors biophysics and chemistry. She plans to apply to medical school. Beck Taylor points out that she’s the only graduate this year who gets a handshake. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)
Lauren Taylor puts on her mortarboard while her father, Whitworth University President Beck Taylor, left, her mom, Julie Taylor, and her younger sister, Chloe Taylor, right, look on Friday at Whitworth University in north Spokane. Today would have been graduation day but the commencement ceremony has been postponed until October. Still, the Taylor family gathered for photos to celebrate Lauren’s graduation with double majors biophysics and chemistry. She plans to apply to medical school. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)
College graduate Lauren Taylor, 21, center, talks to the media about graduation weekend without a commencement ceremony while father, Whitworth University President Beck Taylor, right, and mom Julie Taylor, left, look on Friday, May 15, 2020, at Whitworth University in north Spokane. Today would have been graduation day but the commencement ceremony has been postponed until October. Still, the Taylor family gathered for photos to celebrate Lauren’s graduation with double majors biophysics and chemistry. She plans to apply to medical school. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)
College graduate Lauren Taylor, 21, second from left, poses for graduation photos with her father, Whitworth University President Beck Taylor, left, and mom Julie Taylor, second from right, and little sister Chloe Taylor, 13, Friday, May 15, 2020, on the campus of Whitworth University in north Spokane. Today would have been graduation day but the commencement ceremony has been postponed until October. Still, the Taylor family gathered for photos to celebrate Lauren’s graduation with double majors biophysics and chemistry. She plans to apply to medical school. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)
College graduate Lauren Taylor, 21, center, celebrates graduation weekend without a commencement ceremony with her father, Whitworth University President Beck Taylor, right, and mom Julie Taylor, left, Friday, May 15, 2020, at Whitworth University in north Spokane. Today would have been graduation day but the commencement ceremony has been postponed until October. Still, the Taylor family gathered for photos to celebrate Lauren’s graduation with double majors biophysics and chemistry. She plans to apply to medical school. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)
This weekend Whitworth University President Beck Taylor normally would be accepting hugs and handshakes from 500 or 600 students as they walked across a stage during commencement, but so far he’s only had the chance to shake the hand of one graduate: his daughter.