{"id":2996,"date":"2022-09-11T11:57:54","date_gmt":"2022-09-11T15:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/gradcoll\/?page_id=2996"},"modified":"2025-12-02T11:27:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:27:36","slug":"graduation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/gradcoll\/graduation\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2996\" class=\"elementor elementor-2996\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2b38310 elementor-section-full_width elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2b38310\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0919944\" data-id=\"0919944\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ae9d33 elementor--h-position-right elementor--v-position-bottom elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-inside elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-4071 elementor-widget-slides\" data-id=\"1ae9d33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;transition&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;transition_speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"slides.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-slides-wrapper elementor-main-swiper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Slides\" dir=\"ltr\" data-animation=\"fadeInUp\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper elementor-slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-676f5e7 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><a class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" href=\"https:\/\/form.jotform.com\/251895829850069\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-799bbaa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"799bbaa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a63143\" data-id=\"7a63143\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b63d5b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b63d5b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95331c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"95331c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Graduation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7f712c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7f712c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are three graduation dates each year:<\/p><ul><li><strong>May<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; for students who plan to complete degree requirements by the end of the spring semester<\/li><li><strong>August<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; for students who plan to complete degree requirements by the end of the summer session<\/li><li><strong>December<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; for students who plan to complete degree requirements by the end of the fall semester<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>The commencement ceremony is only held in May of each year. <\/strong>Refer to the Commencement Communiqu\u00e9 for specific details surrounding the ceremony&#8217;s activities. 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