Photograph of Courtney Parrish (left) and three friends at the Spring 2018 UNT Commencement. They are all wearing graduation regalia and are graduating from the College of Education. Two are wearing stoles, one for the Delta Gamma sorority.

Photograph of Courtney Parrish standing outside of the Coliseum at the Spring 2018 UNT Commencement. She is wearing graduation regalia and is graduating from the College of Education. In one hand she is holding her degree folder and in the other she is holding her personalized cap. The cap reads "2:30 Wallow in self pity, 3:00 Stare into the abyss, 3:30 Dinner with me... I can't cancel that again, 4:00 GRADUATION! But... What would I wear?!".

Photograph of Courtney Parrish and Brandon Adams, her fiancé, outside of the Coliseum at the Spring 2018 UNT Commencement. Parrish is wearing full regalia and is graduating from the College of Education. Adams is holding her and their faces are blocked by her personalized cap, which reads "2:30 Wallow in self pity, 3:00 Stare into the abyss, 3:30 Dinner with me... I can't cancel that again, 4:00 GRADUATION! But... What would I wear?!".

Photograph of Courtney Parrish standing outside of the Coliseum at the Spring 2018 UNT Commencement. She is wearing graduation regalia and is graduating from the College of Education. In one hand she is holding her degree folder and in the other she is holding her personalized cap. The cap reads "2:30 Wallow in self pity, 3:00 Stare into the abyss, 3:30 Dinner with me... I can't cancel that again, 4:00 GRADUATION! But... What would I wear?!".