{"id":50823,"date":"2021-06-14T20:50:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T20:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/?p=50823"},"modified":"2021-06-14T20:50:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T20:50:12","slug":"celebrating-in-person-commencement-for-the-classes-of-2020-and-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/2021\/06\/14\/celebrating-in-person-commencement-for-the-classes-of-2020-and-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating In-Person Commencement for the Classes of 2020 and 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/Graduation-Graphic-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50817 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/Graduation-Graphic-2-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"A collage of three photos. The upper left photos consist of graduates walking in their caps and gowns outside, one of them is waving. The upper right photo shows a man with his diploma holder and balloons. He is smiling with a woman to his right. The bottom photo shows a row of graduates standing in front of their seats, all of them are masked.\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/Graduation-Graphic-2-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/Graduation-Graphic-2-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/Graduation-Graphic-2-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/Graduation-Graphic-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>June 8, 2021, Augsburg held an in-person commencement ceremony for the classes of 2020 and 2021. After a difficult year of virtual learning and social distancing, the community was able to come together and celebrate the achievements of our Auggie grads!<\/p>\n<p>The event recognized <strong>857 graduates<\/strong> from our undergrad, graduate, and doctoral programs. <strong>4,000+ attendees<\/strong>\u00a0watched as their loved ones crossed the stage and received their diplomas. U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar also had a special message to share with the graduates. You can watch it on our <a href=\"https:\/\/fb.watch\/67bMf3Q8iV\/\">Facebook page.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To all of the new alumni, congratulations and we hope you stay connected with us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 8, 2021, Augsburg held an in-person commencement ceremony for the classes of 2020 and 2021. After a difficult &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":470,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,13],"tags":[224,849,906],"class_list":["post-50823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-news","tag-augsburg-alumni","tag-augsburg-university","tag-commencement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/470"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50824,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50823\/revisions\/50824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}