from students and parents who were worried about being exposed at the commencement ceremonies , '' the e-mail said . `` We have an obligation to protect others from what they perceive is possible exposure to this virus . '' When he heard the news , Godshall was worried about how he would tell his mother that she would n't get to see him walk across the stage with the pomp and circumstance that everyone else will have . `` I thought my mom was going to freak , '' he said . iReport.com : How should we handle swine flu Senior Ryan Brisini said at first when he found out that he could n't walk , he was `` a little irked . '' `` But we are a liability , and if you are going to try and do the best thing for the school and the entire graduation ceremony , we probably should n't be there , '' he said . So Brisini and Godshall took the news in stride . The 22 students will get a ceremony unlike anyone else in the school -- and the main graduation will see a video of their ceremony .
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Dan Godshall and 21 other students at Slippery Rock University will not be allowed to graduate at their school 's main ceremony because they recently visited Mexico . Dan Godshall was worried at first about telling his mother he was n't able to be at the main graduation . The students , who returned this week after student teaching in Mexico , came back to the United States early because they were worried the border would be closed and they 'd miss out on walking at their graduation . But now , they 'll be walking in their own graduation , without any of their classmates , because the college feared they made have been exposed to the H1N1 flu outbreak in Mexico . `` At first I was like , no way , no way , '' Godshall told CNN . `` I had the irrational , 15-minute oh my God , oh my God , I ca n't go to my graduation . '' The students got the news from the school and received an e-mail from the university 's vice president explaining the change . `` The university has received hundreds of calls