{"id":36654,"date":"2015-05-04T13:31:06","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T17:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=36654"},"modified":"2015-05-04T13:34:40","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T17:34:40","slug":"spring-commencement-in-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2015\/05\/04\/spring-commencement-in-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2015 commencement in photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_36673\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2015\/05\/14883_ep_5801.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36673\" class=\"size-large wp-image-36673\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2015\/05\/14883_ep_5801-508x369.jpg\" alt=\"Student celebrates with diploma\" width=\"460\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-36673\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wright State University\u2019s class of 2015 celebrated during the university\u2019s spring commencement ceremony May 2 in the Wright State Nutter Center.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Wright State University honored more than 2,100 graduating students at its spring commencement ceremony May 2 in the Wright State Nutter Center.<\/p>\n<p>The class of 2015 included 2,138 applicants for degrees, including 56 associate degrees, 1,340 bachelor&#8217;s, 706 master\u2019s and 44 doctoral degrees.<\/p>\n<p>Graduating students range in age from 18 to 71. The class included 1,470 from the 16 counties anchored by Wright State\u2019s Dayton and Lake campuses. Graduates also included 268 international students from 28 nations.<\/p>\n<p>Wright State President David R. Hopkins urged graduates to &#8220;use your life to do good and inspire others&#8221; during the ceremony. <a title=\"Wright State President Hopkins tells graduates to go out in the world and shine\" href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2015\/05\/02\/wright-state-president-hopkins-tells-graduates-to-go-out-in-the-world-and-shine\/\">Read more &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/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-36654 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 href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2015\/05\/04\/spring-commencement-in-photos\/14884_395\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2015\/05\/14884_395-135x90.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"John Janning giving his speech\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-36667\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-36667'>\n\t\t\t\tDayton inventor John Janning received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2015\/05\/04\/spring-commencement-in-photos\/14884_731\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2015\/05\/14884_731-135x90.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Faculty in seats\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-36670\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-36670'>\n\t\t\t\tMany faculty attended graduation to celebrate with their students.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2015\/05\/04\/spring-commencement-in-photos\/14883_ep_548\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2015\/05\/14883_ep_548-135x90.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Student waves to crowd\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-36661\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-36661'>\n\t\t\t\tGraduates were urged not to &#8220;let anything hold you back from living your life.&#8221; \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2015\/05\/02\/wright-state-president-hopkins-tells-graduates-to-go-out-in-the-world-and-shine\/14884_372\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2015\/05\/14884_372-135x90.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"President Hopkins speaking from the stage\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-36638\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-36638'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Wright State University Nutter Center was packed with a cheerful crowd Saturday.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2015\/05\/04\/spring-commencement-in-photos\/14883_ep_240\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2015\/05\/14883_ep_240-135x90.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Graduate waves from the arena floor\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-36658\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-36658'>\n\t\t\t\tAlthough the Nutter Center was packed, it was possible to find loved ones in the crowd.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2015\/05\/04\/spring-commencement-in-photos\/14883_ep_064\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2015\/05\/14883_ep_064-135x90.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Service dog waiting\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-36657\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-36657'>\n\t\t\t\tA number of service dogs also got to experience commencement.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2015\/05\/04\/spring-commencement-in-photos\/14884_763\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2015\/05\/14884_763-135x90.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"ETHOS singin\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-36671\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-36671'>\n\t\t\t\tWright State a cappella ensemble ETHOS performed &#8220;Best Day of My Life.&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2015\/05\/04\/spring-commencement-in-photos\/14884_733\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2015\/05\/14884_733-135x90.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Education mortarboards\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-36656\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-36656'>\n\t\t\t\tMany education graduates proudly decorated their mortarboards.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2015\/05\/04\/spring-commencement-in-photos\/14883_ep_579\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2015\/05\/14883_ep_579-135x90.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Students gives thumbs up\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-36663\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-36663'>\n\t\t\t\tThumbs up all around the Nutter Center Saturday.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2015\/05\/04\/spring-commencement-in-photos\/14884_519\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2015\/05\/14884_519-135x90.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Smiling graduates\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-36668\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-36668'>\n\t\t\t\tGraduates were happy to share their day with friends.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2015\/05\/04\/spring-commencement-in-photos\/14883_ep_591\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2015\/05\/14883_ep_591-135x90.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Student cheers\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-36665\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-36665'>\n\t\t\t\tMany graduates were ecstatic to received their diplomas.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2015\/05\/04\/spring-commencement-in-photos\/14884_237\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2015\/05\/14884_237-135x90.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Smiling graduate students\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-36666\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-36666'>\n\t\t\t\tThere was no shortage of smiles at spring commencement.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2015\/05\/04\/spring-commencement-in-photos\/14883_ep_472\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2015\/05\/14883_ep_472-135x90.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Graduate takes selfie with President Hopkins\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-36659\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-36659'>\n\t\t\t\tA graduate documented her big day with President David R. Hopkins.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2015\/05\/04\/spring-commencement-in-photos\/14883_ep_491\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2015\/05\/14883_ep_491-135x90.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Graduates with diplomas\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-36660\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-36660'>\n\t\t\t\tGraduates proudly show off their diplomas.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2015\/05\/04\/spring-commencement-in-photos\/14884_661-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2015\/05\/14884_6611-135x90.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"President David R. 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Hopkins congratulated graduates.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wright State University honored more than 2,100 graduating students at its 81st commencement ceremony May 2. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2015\/05\/04\/spring-commencement-in-photos\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":36676,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[722,733,729,748,2107,743,2060,2017,744,725,727,2045,2046,747,715,717,746,2119,2061],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-alumni","category-around-campus","category-business","category-commencement","category-engineering-computer-science","category-graduate","category-nursing-health","category-education-human-services","category-home-news-sidebar","category-homepage-photos-and-video","category-honors-program","category-international-students","category-liberal-arts","category-news","category-photos","category-science-mathematics","category-university-college","category-undergraduate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36654"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36677,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36654\/revisions\/36677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}