Peninsula College graduate Mackenzie Jay of Sequim looks at her cellphone in Pirate Square prior to the beginning of Saturday’s ceremony to award associate of arts degrees on the Port Angeles campus. A total of 413 students were qualified to receive degrees and certificates as part of the Class of 2020 and 2021. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Graduate Anthony Cortani of Sequim, left, takes a photograph of Skye Henning of Seqjuim and David Avalos of Forks before the start of Saturday’s commencement ceremonies for associate of arts recipients on the Port Angeles campus of Peninsula College. A total of 413 students were qualified to receive degrees and certificates as part of the Class of 2020 and 2021. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Japanese international students, from left, Malia Fujita from Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Yu Chigira, Tochigi, Tochigi Prefecture, and Haruka Nakamura, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, prepare themselves for Saturday’s associate of arts commencement ceremony at the Port Angeles campus of Peninsula College. A total of 413 students were qualified to receive degrees and certificates as part of the Class of 2020 and 2021. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)