{"id":83627,"date":"2019-05-06T08:33:14","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T13:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=83627"},"modified":"2019-05-06T08:33:14","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T13:33:14","slug":"fireside-chat-may-6-2019-spring-commencement-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2019\/05\/fireside-chat-may-6-2019-spring-commencement-graduates\/","title":{"rendered":"Fireside Chat &#8211; May 6, 2019 &#8211; Spring Commencement Graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President LaForge is joined by Charlie King and Ashley Griffin, two spring commencement graduates.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6H95i_8GSB4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Commencement is one of President LaForge&#8217;s favorite events on campus, as it represents the culmination of our students\u2019 dedication and hard work during their time at Delta State. This spring, we awarded approximately 500 degrees to a group of successful students who leave Delta State prepared to become leaders in a plethora of careers. LaForge personally extends his congratulations to them for their contributions to the Green and White, and we know they will continue on a path of greatness.<\/p>\n<p>LaForge also want to thank our outstanding faculty and staff who help make Delta State a beacon of opportunity in the Delta. This has been another exceptional semester, and their guidance is at the root of these graduates\u2019 achievements.<\/p>\n<p>In other news on campus, it is time again for Delta State\u2019s summer camps, and there is a wide variety of opportunities, ranging from athletics to music to art. For more information and to register, visit deltastate.edu\/summercamps.<\/p>\n<p>To keep up with all of our news, events and activities, please visit our website at deltastate.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President LaForge is joined by Charlie King and Ashley Griffin, two spring commencement graduates. Commencement is one of President LaForge&#8217;s favorite events on campus, as it represents the culmination of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":554,"featured_media":79477,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-president"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/554"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83627"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83628,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83627\/revisions\/83628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}