{"id":73092,"date":"2016-12-12T08:56:56","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T14:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=73092"},"modified":"2016-12-12T08:59:33","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T14:59:33","slug":"delta-state-celebrates-fall-commencement-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2016\/12\/delta-state-celebrates-fall-commencement-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta State celebrates fall commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Delta State University celebrated 2016 Fall Commencement ceremonies at the Bologna Performing Arts Center on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The keynote address was provided by Dr. John Tiftickjian, professor emeritus of biology. Tiftickjian was presented with the Kossman Outstanding Faculty Award during spring commencement ceremonies on May 7, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The institution, family, friends and graduates came together to recognize the accomplishments of over 360 undergraduate and graduate students.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-73092 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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