{"id":2006,"date":"2023-04-10T12:00:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T18:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/?p=2006"},"modified":"2023-04-10T12:31:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T18:31:25","slug":"commencement-2023-is-around-the-corner-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/2023\/04\/10\/commencement-2023-is-around-the-corner-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement 2023 is around the corner!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"e2ma-design-option-backdrop\" data-e2ma-styles=\"background\" style=\"padding: 0;width: 100% !important;margin: 0;background-color: #fff\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" data-e2ma-color=\"#434755, #7a6646, #304957\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" class=\"sanpad\" style=\"padding:30px 0px\" valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mobile-width-nopad\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px\" width=\"640\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" class=\"editable_image\" valign=\"top\">\n<div class=\"ff-max-width\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/vdk77f\/nr5ib5j\/zw5jwl\" style=\"font-weight: normal;font-weight: normal\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"319.5\" src=\"https:\/\/d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net\/20230407\/fc\/c9\/5a\/97\/ab245bf7644672b19eabc3e5_1280x638.jpg\" style=\"display: block;border: 0;display: block;border: 0\" width=\"640\">  <\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" id=\"template_container\" style=\"padding-top:25px\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"e2ma-row-region-content e2ma-section\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"e2ma-layout-column-content\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"e2ma-block-outer\" id=\"block_tkviychu\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"e2ma-wrapper e2ma-image-td\" style=\"padding-right: 0;padding-bottom: 0;padding-left: 0;font-size: 12px;line-height: 1.5\" valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"e2ma-holder\" style=\"padding: 20px 40px 20px 40px;background-color: transparent\" valign=\"top\">\n<div class=\"e2ma-content-block\">\n<h1 style=\"display: block;font-size: 30px;font-weight: bold;margin: 0;line-height: 1.3;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: 0;font-size: 100%;font: inherit;vertical-align: baseline;font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 21px;font-weight: bold;color: #333;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: 0;font-size: 100%;font: inherit;vertical-align: baseline;font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 21px;font-weight: bold;color: #333\">  <strong>The biggest annual celebration on the CC campus \u2014 Commencement \u2014 is coming up Sunday, May 28, 8:30 a.m., in Ed Robson Arena. That\u2019s less than 50 days away!<\/strong><span>  <\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"e2ma-p-div\" style=\"display: block;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"e2ma-p-div\" style=\"display: block;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  Additional end-of-year and Commencement festivities include:<\/div>\n<p>  <span><\/span>  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  <strong>Honors Convocation, Tuesday, May 16, 11 a.m.<\/strong>, Shove Memorial Chapel. This is CC\u2019s opportunity to honor outstanding students and faculty. The annual program includes departmental awards, all-college awards, Just World Awards, faculty teaching   and professorships, and awards from the CC Student Government Association. All members of the campus community are welcome to attend!\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>  <span><\/span>  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  <strong>Baccalaureate, Saturday, May 27, 3 p.m.<\/strong>, Shove Memorial Chapel. This event is open to graduating seniors and two guests per graduate, overflow viewing for this event will be in the Kathryn Mohrman theater, and an online livestream of the ceremony   will be available. Baccalaureate provides a quiet, intimate opportunity to reflect on this rite of passage, hear from a faculty member, and celebrate our talented students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"display: block;font-size: 24px;font-weight: bold;color: #444;margin: 0 0 18px 0;line-height: 1.3;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: 0;font-size: 100%;font: inherit;vertical-align: baseline;font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 18px;font-weight: bold;color: #333;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: 0;font-size: 100%;font: inherit;vertical-align: baseline;font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 18px;font-weight: bold;color: #333\">  <\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"display: block;font-size: 24px;font-weight: bold;color: #444;margin: 0 0 18px 0;line-height: 1.3;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: 0;font-size: 100%;font: inherit;vertical-align: baseline;font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 18px;font-weight: bold;color: #333;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: 0;font-size: 100%;font: inherit;vertical-align: baseline;font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 18px;font-weight: bold;color: #333\">  <span><span>Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degrees<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"e2ma-p-div\" style=\"display: block;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  CC recently announced that former U.S. Representative Liz Cheney \u201988 will present the 2023 Commencement address, and Mike Edmonds, Robert Moore, Hilaree Nelson \u201995 (in memoriam), and Robin Wilson will be presented with honorary degrees.  <a data-name=\"Learn more about these amazing individuals, and see all Commencement weekend details\" data-type=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/vdk77f\/nr5ib5j\/fp6jwl\" style=\"font-weight: normal;font-weight: normal;color: #7a6646;text-decoration: underline;color: #7a6646;text-decoration: underline\">  Learn more about these amazing individuals, and see all Commencement weekend details<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"display: block;font-size: 24px;font-weight: bold;color: #444;margin: 0 0 18px 0;line-height: 1.3;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: 0;font-size: 100%;font: inherit;vertical-align: baseline;font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 18px;font-weight: bold;color: #333;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: 0;font-size: 100%;font: inherit;vertical-align: baseline;font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 18px;font-weight: bold;color: #333\">  Baccalaureate Speaker<\/h2>\n<div class=\"e2ma-p-div\" style=\"display: block;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  Colorado College today announced that Richard Fernando Buxton, associate professor and chair of the Classics Department, has been selected as this year&#8217;s Baccalaureate speaker. Professor Buxton has been teaching at CC since 2014 \u2014  <a data-name=\"click here\" data-type=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/vdk77f\/nr5ib5j\/vh7jwl\" style=\"font-weight: normal;font-weight: normal;color: #7a6646;text-decoration: underline;color: #7a6646;text-decoration: underline\">  click here<\/a> for his bio.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"display: block;font-size: 24px;font-weight: bold;color: #444;margin: 0 0 18px 0;line-height: 1.3;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: 0;font-size: 100%;font: inherit;vertical-align: baseline;font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 18px;font-weight: bold;color: #333;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: 0;font-size: 100%;font: inherit;vertical-align: baseline;font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 18px;font-weight: bold;color: #333\">  <span><strong>Volunteers Needed<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"e2ma-p-div\" style=\"display: block;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  <span><span style=\"color: rgb(69, 75, 85); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)\">Want to get involved? This year\u2019s Commencement celebrations take place over Memorial Day weekend, and we anticipate challenges recruiting   the staff and campus volunteers needed to execute these remarkable events. If you will be in town, please consider signing up to volunteer! Stay tuned in the coming weeks for a signup sheet with specific roles, or email Brenda Soto at&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"mailto:bsoto@coloradocollege.edu\" style=\"font-weight: normal;font-weight: normal;color: #7a6646;text-decoration: underline;color: #7a6646;text-decoration: underline;text-decoration-line: underline; color: rgb(122, 102, 70); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)\"><a href=\"mailto:bsoto@coloradocollege.edu\" >bsoto@coloradocollege.edu<\/a><\/a><span style=\"color: rgb(69, 75, 85); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)\">&nbsp;to   express your interest.<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"display: block;font-size: 24px;font-weight: bold;color: #444;margin: 0 0 18px 0;line-height: 1.3;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: 0;font-size: 100%;font: inherit;vertical-align: baseline;font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 18px;font-weight: bold;color: #333;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: 0;font-size: 100%;font: inherit;vertical-align: baseline;font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 18px;font-weight: bold;color: #333\">  Ticket Information<\/h2>\n<div class=\"e2ma-p-div\" style=\"display: block;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  A limited amount of standing-room-only tickets will be available for faculty and staff after May 22, once students have claimed all the guest tickets they need. A livestream will be available for those who cannot attend in person.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"display: block;font-size: 24px;font-weight: bold;color: #444;margin: 0 0 18px 0;line-height: 1.3;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: 0;font-size: 100%;font: inherit;vertical-align: baseline;font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 18px;font-weight: bold;color: #333;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: 0;font-size: 100%;font: inherit;vertical-align: baseline;font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 18px;font-weight: bold;color: #333\">  Thank You&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<div class=\"e2ma-p-div\" style=\"display: block;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  Students, thank you for supporting each other throughout your time at CC! 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That\u2019s less than 50 days away! Additional end-of-year and Commencement festivities include: Honors Convocation, Tuesday, May 16, 11 a.m., Shove Memorial Chapel. This is CC\u2019s opportunity to honor outstanding students and faculty. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/2023\/04\/10\/commencement-2023-is-around-the-corner-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Commencement 2023 is around the corner!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":777,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-email","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/777"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}