It was a proud moment for the Palnitkar family to attend Sahil's graduation in computer science from Texas A&M university. We had not been able to attend Aditya's graduation from University of Texas, Austin in 2018, so we really wanted to attend.

Anu, Aditya and I drove in from Houston and reached College Station (about 90 miles from Houston) by about 8.10 am on Thu, May 13, 2021.

We were admitted to Reed Arena at around 8.30 am.

The graduation was engineering school graduates. Attendees were seated in alternate rows and masks were mandatory.

Ceremony started at 9 am. There were a couple of addresses by College of Engineering professors. The ceremony was shown on large screen monitors.

Names of graduates were called one by one. Graduates walked to the stage and picked up their degree. Sahil graduated with honors.

The ceremony ended at 10 am. We took a lot of after-ceremony pictures.

We ended with having lunch together with Sahil, his friends, Belita Gopal (Sahil's local guardian at College Station).

We visited Sahil's apartment in College Station. Aditya, Anu, Sahil and I started driving from College Station at around 4 pm and reached Houston around 6 pm. Anu and I were heading out to Denver to Rocky Mountain National Park the next day. Sahil was going to Las Vegas on Saturday.

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Quick Note:
This trip to College Station from Houston was a part of a larger US trip that we undertook from May 6 - June 3, 2021. We did travels during this US trip. I have also written detailed blogs about each individual travel.  If you are interested, you will find links to those detailed blogs below.

Palnitkar US Trip - May 6- June 3, 2021 - Detailed Blog

Sahil's Graduation Ceremony - May 13 - Detailed Blog 

Denver, Rocky Mountain National Park, May 14-16 - Detailed Blog

Houston Shooting Range Experience - May 20 - Detailed Blog

Alaska Visit May 21-27 - Detailed Blog

Yellowstone and Grand Teton - May 28 - June 1 - Detailed Blog