(CNN) For seniors, the decisions by colleges to shut down campus because of the coronavirus and have students finish the rest of their semester online comes as a blow.

The virus has thwarted campus traditions, cut into the time they have left to make memories with friends and thrown into question whether they'll be able to return for graduation.

But the seniors at Olin College of Engineering in Needham, Massachusetts, didn't let that get them down.

Like true engineers, the class of 2020 channeled creativity and innovation to put together a "fauxmencement" ceremony on Thursday -- a day they'll probably never forget.

They donned garbage bags as gowns. They fashioned graduation caps out of paper. They made tassels with yarn.

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