{"id":43509,"date":"2016-05-03T14:18:11","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T21:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=43509"},"modified":"2016-05-16T09:29:30","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T16:29:30","slug":"celebrate-class-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/celebrate-class-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the class of 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" width=\"200\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div style=\"float: RIGHT; padding: 15px; margin: 0 10px 5px 0;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/videocard\/786641431497277440\" width=\"400\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 10px;\">Watch the interactive video and click on the tags\u00a0to follow the #NAUgrad journey.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Families and friends will gather to celebrate as nearly 5,000\u00a0students receive their diplomas from Northern Arizona University this spring. NAU has scheduled four\u00a0ceremonies Friday, May 13, and Saturday, May 14, in the Walkup Skydome and one in Yuma on Friday, May 13.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the celebration,\u00a0<strong>Christine Marsh<\/strong>, the 2016 Arizona Teacher of the Year, and NAU alumnus\u00a0<strong>David J. Mangelsdorf<\/strong> will be awarded <a href=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/honorary-degrees-awarded-nau-commencement\/#.Vyo7jZMrL5Y\">honorary degrees<\/a>\u00a0for their continued support of Northern Arizona University and Arizona education.<\/p>\n<p>Details may be found<b>\u00a0<\/b>on the <a href=\"http:\/\/nau.edu\/Commencement\/Fall-and-Spring-Schedules\/\">commencement website<\/a>. Watch the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nau.edu\/Commencement\/Watch-Live\/\">ceremonies live online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees should anticipate <a href=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/commencement-bring-traffic-modifications\/\">traffic modifications<\/a> on the Flagstaff campus before and after each ceremony. 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 week\u00a0include commissioning ceremonies and convocations for various cultural, affiliation and identity groups. Visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/nau.edu\/Commencement\/Special-Recognition-Events\/\">special recognition<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nau.edu\/IMS\/Convocations\/\">convocation<\/a>\u00a0websites\u00a0for information and to RSVP for the events.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, May 8<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rainbow Convocation | 2 p.m. | du Bois Ballroom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, May 11<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>International Graduation Celebration | 4 p.m. | du Bois Ballroom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thursday, May 12<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Veterans Convocation | 2 p.m. | Havasupai A\/B, University Union<\/li>\n<li>Native American Student Convocation | 3:30 p.m. | Ardrey Memorial Auditorium<\/li>\n<li>Hispanic Student Convocation | 6 p.m. |\u00a0Ardrey Memorial Auditorium<\/li>\n<li>Black Student Convocation | 7:30 p.m. |\u00a0du Bois Ballroom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday, May 13<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Asian Pacific Islander Student Celebration | 8 a.m. |\u00a0du Bois Ballroom<\/li>\n<li>Army ROTC Commissioning Ceremony | 8:30\u00a0a.m. | Cline Library Auditorium<\/li>\n<li>School of Nursing Pinning Ceremony | 2 p.m. | Ardrey Memorial Auditorium<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Saturday, May 14<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Air Force ROTC Commissioning Ceremony | 6 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 13<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>12 p.m.<br \/>\n<\/strong>This ceremony is for<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>all\u00a0students in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>College of Education<\/li>\n<li>College of Arts and Letters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday, May 13<br \/>\n4 p.m.<br \/>\n<\/strong>This ceremony is for<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>all\u00a0students in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>College of Engineering, Forestry and Natural Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Extended Campuses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Saturday, May 14<br \/>\n10 a.m.<br \/>\n<\/strong>This ceremony is for\u00a0all\u00a0students in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>College of\u00a0Social and Behavioral Sciences<\/li>\n<li>University College<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Saturday, May 14<br \/>\n2 p.m.<br \/>\n<\/strong>This ceremony is for\u00a0all\u00a0students in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>College of\u00a0Health and Human Services<\/li>\n<li>The W.A. Franke College of Business<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday, May 13<br \/>\n8 p.m.<br \/>\n<\/strong>This ceremony is for graduates at NAU-Yuma and takes place at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Yuma. <a href=\"http:\/\/yuma.nau.edu\/Commencement.aspx\">Details about the ceremony are available online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/celebrate-class-2016\/\">Watch the interactive video and click on the tags\u00a0to follow the #NAUgrad journey. Families and friends will gather to celebrate as nearly 5,000\u00a0students receive their diplomas from Northern Arizona University this spring. NAU has scheduled four\u00a0ceremonies Friday, May 13, and Saturday, May 14, in the Walkup Skydome and one in Yuma on Friday, May 13.&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":42060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43509","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\/43509","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=43509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}