{"id":35976,"date":"2015-04-14T11:03:14","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T18:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=35976"},"modified":"2015-05-11T07:36:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T14:36:00","slug":"spring-commencement-calls-for-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/spring-commencement-calls-for-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring commencement calls for celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Families and friends will gather to celebrate as nearly 5,000 students receive their diplomas from Northern Arizona University this spring. NAU has scheduled five ceremonies Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May 9, in the Walkup Skydome and one in Yuma on Friday, May 15.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the observances,\u00a0<a title=\"Four Arizona leaders to earn honorary degrees during spring commencement ceremonies\" href=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/four-arizona-leaders-to-earn-honorary-degrees-during-spring-commencement-ceremonies\/\">four individuals will be awarded honorary degrees<\/a>\u00a0for their continued support of Northern Arizona University and Arizona education.<\/p>\n<p>Details about commencement may be found\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nau.edu\/Commencement\/Fall-and-Spring-Schedules\/\"><strong>online<\/strong><\/a>. Watch the\u00a0ceremonies live <a href=\"http:\/\/nau.edu\/Commencement\/Watch-Live\/\">here<\/a>. Commencement ceremonies are scheduled as follows:<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"400\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #61003d;\"><strong>Special recognition events<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Special recognition events to honor graduates throughout the weekend include commissioning ceremonies and convocations for various cultural, affiliation and identity groups. Visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/nau.edu\/IMS\/Convocations\/\">convocation website<\/a>\u00a0for information and to RSVP for the events.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, May 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rainbow Convocation | 2 \u2013 4 p.m. | du Bois Ballroom, University Union<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thursday, May 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Veterans Convocation | 2 \u2013 4 p.m. | Kaibab Room, Union Fieldhouse<\/li>\n<li>Native American Student Convocation | 3:30 \u2013 5 p.m. | Ardrey Auditorium<\/li>\n<li>Hispanic Student Convocation | 6 \u2013 7:30 p.m. |\u00a0Ardrey Memorial Auditorium<\/li>\n<li>Black Student Convocation | 7:30 \u2013 9 p.m. | Ashurst Auditorium<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday, May 8<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Asian Pacific Islander Student Celebration | 8:30 \u2013 10 a.m. | Havasupai A\/B, University Union<\/li>\n<li>Army ROTC Commissioning Ceremony | 10 a.m. | Cline Library Auditorium<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Saturday, May 9<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Air Force ROTC Commissioning Ceremony | 7 \u2013 9 p.m. | Cline Library Auditorium<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Friday, May 8<br \/>\n1 p.m.<br \/>\n<\/strong>This ceremony is for<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>all\u00a0students in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>W.A. Franke College of Business<\/li>\n<li>University College<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday, May 8<br \/>\n5 p.m.<br \/>\n<\/strong>This ceremony is for<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>all\u00a0students in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Social and Behavioral Sciences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Saturday, May 9<br \/>\n9 a.m.<br \/>\n<\/strong>This ceremony is for\u00a0all\u00a0students in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>College of Health and Human Services<\/li>\n<li>Extended Campuses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Saturday, May 9<br \/>\n1 p.m.<br \/>\n<\/strong>This ceremony is for\u00a0all\u00a0students in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>College of Engineering, Forestry and Natural Sciences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Saturday, May 9<br \/>\n5 p.m.<br \/>\n<\/strong>This ceremony is for\u00a0all\u00a0students in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>College of Arts and Letters<\/li>\n<li>College of Education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday, May 15<br \/>\n8 p.m.<br \/>\n<\/strong>This ceremony is for graduates at NAU-Yuma and takes place at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Yuma. Click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/yuma.nau.edu\/Commencement.aspx\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/spring-commencement-calls-for-celebration\/\">Families and friends will gather to celebrate as nearly 5,000 students receive their diplomas from Northern Arizona University this spring. NAU has scheduled five ceremonies Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May 9, in the Walkup Skydome and one in Yuma on Friday, May 15. As part of the observances,\u00a0four individuals will be awarded honorary degrees\u00a0for&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":36240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-happenings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}