Garland allows campuses to choose whether to include invocations and benedictions in their graduation programs. Since 2008, only one school has included invocations, a spokesman said.

After a long study, the 175-member senate -- composed of faculty, students and staff members -- voted 42 to 14 on Monday to abolish the prayer, a long-standing feature of the graduation ceremony ...

The Hope inVocation Fellows Program connects emerging adults with peers, mentors and thought leaders who will journey alongside them while navigating the crucial transition from college to career.

There will be no invocation or benediction during Pottsgrove High School’s commencement exercises on June 15. “The decision was made after last year’s graduation when a student went off ...