{"id":55374,"date":"2018-12-17T11:17:35","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T16:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=55374"},"modified":"2018-12-17T13:44:26","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T18:44:26","slug":"fall-2018-commencement-ceremony-in-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2018\/12\/17\/fall-2018-commencement-ceremony-in-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2018 commencement ceremony in photos"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nearly 1,700 graduating students celebrated at Wright State University\u2019s fall commencement ceremony Dec. 15 in the Wright State Nutter Center. (Photos by Erin Pence and Chris Snyder)<\/p><\/div>\n

Wright State University honored nearly 1,700 graduating students at its fall commencement ceremony Dec. 15 in the Wright State Nutter Center.<\/p>\n

The fall class of 2018 included graduates with 1,010 bachelor\u2019s degrees and 602 master\u2019s degrees, 54 doctorates as well those awarded associate degrees and post-master\u2019s certificates.<\/p>\n

Graduating students range in age from 18 to 68. The class included 1,461 students from the 16 counties anchored by Wright State\u2019s Dayton and Lake campuses. Graduates came from 28 states. The class also included 221 international students from 24 different nations.<\/p>\n

In her commencement address, President Cheryl B. Schrader told graduating students at fall commencement that acts of kindness can be a powerful world-changing force.<\/p>\n

\u201cClass of 2018,\u201d she said, \u201cyou give me hope \u2014 hope for a better tomorrow, hope for a world in which we can put our differences aside and celebrate the commonalities that unite us all.\u201d<\/p>\n

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