{"id":5322,"date":"2025-09-12T16:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T22:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/?p=5322"},"modified":"2025-12-02T08:35:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T15:35:43","slug":"commencement-speaker-selection-step-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/2025\/09\/12\/commencement-speaker-selection-step-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement Speaker Selection: Step 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"nl-container\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#f3f0eb\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"row row-1\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" 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width=\"96\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"row row-2\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#f3f0eb\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"row-content stack\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#f3f0eb;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:640px;margin:0 auto\" width=\"640\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"column column-1\" style=\"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;background-color:#f3f0eb;vertical-align:top\" width=\"100%\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"image_block block-1\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pad\" style=\"width:100%\">\n<div align=\"center\" class=\"alignment\">\n<div style=\"max-width:640px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Email banner in gold with black text that says A message from the President Dr. Manya Whitaker, alongside a photo of Manya Whitaker in a gold dress\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net\/20250912\/00\/84\/82\/d1\/98480230365bea07d6983734.png\" style=\"display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%\" title=\"Email banner in gold with black text that says A message from the President Dr. Manya Whitaker, alongside a photo of Manya Whitaker in a gold dress\" width=\"640\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"row row-3\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#f3f0eb;background-size:auto\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"row-content stack\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-size:auto;color:#000;background-color:#f3f0eb;width:640px;margin:0 auto\" width=\"640\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"column column-1\" style=\"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;background-color:#f3f0eb;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:20px;vertical-align:top\" width=\"100%\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"heading_block block-1\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pad\" style=\"padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:100%\">\n<h1 style=\"margin:0;color:#222;direction:ltr;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:26px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:39px\">  <span class=\"tinyMce-placeholder\" style=\"word-break: break-word;\">Commencement speaker ranking time is here!<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"row row-4\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#f3f0eb\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"row-content stack\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;color:#000;background-color:#f3f0eb;width:640px;margin:0 auto\" width=\"640\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"column column-1\" style=\"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;background-color:#f3f0eb;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top\" width=\"100%\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"paragraph_block block-1\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pad\" style=\"padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-top:5px\">\n<div style=\"color:#222;direction:ltr;font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;mso-line-height-alt:24px\">\n<p style=\"margin:0\">It&#8217;s time for the moment I know you&#8217;ve all been just <em>SO<\/em> excited about all week&#8212;ranking the commencement speaker nominations (duh, what else what it be?).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"button_block block-2\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pad\">\n<div align=\"center\" class=\"alignment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/3f39mj\/nr5ib5j\/ft9k2u\" style=\"color:#000000;text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\"><!--[if mso]><v:roundrect arcsize=\"11%\" fillcolor=\"#eab337\" href='https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/3f39mj\/nr5ib5j\/vlal2u' style=\"height:38px;width:122px;v-text-anchor:middle;\" xmlns:v=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml\" xmlns:w=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word\">  <v:stroke color=\"#eab337\" dashstyle=\"Solid\" weight=\"0px\"\/>  <w:anchorlock\/>  <v:textbox inset=\"0px,0px,0px,0px\">  <center dir=\"false\" style=\"color:#000000;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px\"\/><![endif]--><span class=\"button\" style=\"background-color: #eab337; border-bottom: 0px solid transparent; border-left: 0px solid transparent; border-radius: 4px; 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Roman',serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;mso-line-height-alt:24px\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px\">Maybe you don&#8217;t know who everyone is? No prob, neither did I. They&#8217;re all pretty sick though, I won&#8217;t lie. I&#8217;ve put together a little bio form so you can learn about them before ranking:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/3f39mj\/nr5ib5j\/bebl2u\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #4764af;\" target=\"_blank\">Commencement Speaker Bios HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px\">P.S. If you&#8217;re graduating in the winter, email me which professor you want to speak for your commencement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0\">From my porch swing-bed situation,<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"row row-5\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#f3f0eb\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"row-content stack\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;color:#000;background-color:#f3f0eb;width:640px;margin:0 auto\" width=\"640\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"column column-1\" style=\"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;background-color:#f3f0eb;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top\" width=\"100%\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"heading_block block-1\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pad\" style=\"padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:100%\">\n<h2 style=\"margin:0;color:#222;direction:ltr;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:20px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:30px\">  <span class=\"tinyMce-placeholder\" style=\"word-break: break-word;\">Royce Hinojosa&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"paragraph_block block-2\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pad\" style=\"padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px\">\n<div style=\"color:#222;direction:ltr;font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;mso-line-height-alt:24px\">\n<p style=\"margin:0\"><em>Student Body President&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"row row-6\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"row-content stack\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#f3f0eb;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:640px;margin:0 auto\" width=\"640\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"column column-1\" style=\"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top\" width=\"75%\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"text_block block-1\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pad\" style=\"padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-top:10px\">\n<div style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px;color:#9d9e9f;line-height:1.2\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;font-size:11px;mso-line-height-alt:13.2px\"><span style=\"word-break: break-word; font-size: 11px;\"><\/span><br \/>  <span style=\"word-break: break-word; font-size: 11px;\">You are receiving this email because you are a member of the Colorado College community. 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It&#8217;s time for the moment I know you&#8217;ve all been just SO excited about all week&#8212;ranking the commencement speaker nominations (duh, what else what it be?).&nbsp; RANK HERE Maybe you don&#8217;t know who everyone is? No prob, neither did I. They&#8217;re all pretty sick though, I won&#8217;t lie. I&#8217;ve &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/2025\/09\/12\/commencement-speaker-selection-step-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Commencement Speaker Selection: Step 2&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":777,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5322","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\/5322","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=5322"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5635,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5322\/revisions\/5635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}