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Graduation ceremonies are underway at colleges and universities across the country.
More than 350 students from Norwich University graduated Sunday.
While it's an exciting time for these grads, the economy may make looking for a job a little nerve racking. According to the Department of Labor, five-point-seven million jobs have been lost since December 2007. Some new graduates aren't worried about the economy getting in their way.
"I've got a bunch of jobs lined up, I just have to pursue them this summer," Gregory Pawluk said.
Pawluk is going into law enforcement. As of March only about a third of his class didn't have a job lined up. Chelsea Driscoll is currently in that group, but may not be for long, she has an interview on Monday.
"There is usually something you can do whether it's per diem or full time," Driscoll said. She says she isn't worried about finding a job as a nurse, since her field is in high demand.
About 37% of the class is going into the military."It's exciting i'm going off into the Corps of Engineers for the U.S. Army, so I've got a lot of roads to travel still," James Pfeiffer said.
While other students like Rudy Caron will move on to graduate programs."To further my education and hopefully become an accredited architect," Caron said.
The Director of Norwich University's Career Center said this year the number of grads heading to Graduate school has doubled over a typical year.
Surrounded by a ceremony filled with tradition and honor, Pawluk said it's the lessons learned at Norwich University that will help the class of 2009 make it through a bad economy.
"I mean it's tough, but coming from Norwich, I mean they really planted us good with a foundation," Pawluk said.
