{"id":4392,"date":"2020-03-18T10:51:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T14:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=4392"},"modified":"2020-03-18T10:56:07","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T14:56:07","slug":"commencement-ceremonies-postponed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2020\/03\/18\/commencement-ceremonies-postponed\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement ceremonies postponed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4393\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2020\/03\/Commencement_Main.jpg?resize=993%2C452&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Commencement 2019 down the aisle \" width=\"993\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2020\/03\/Commencement_Main.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2020\/03\/Commencement_Main.jpg?resize=300%2C137&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2020\/03\/Commencement_Main.jpg?resize=768%2C350&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2020\/03\/Commencement_Main.jpg?resize=1024%2C466&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2020\/03\/Commencement_Main.jpg?resize=1204%2C548&amp;ssl=1 1204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>In accordance with the Center for Disease Control\u2019s COVID-19 guideline that gatherings of more than 50 people should not be held over the next eight weeks, the University has decided to postpone the 2020 commencement ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know this is very disappointing news to our Class of 2020, but the safety of our students, their families and our staff takes precedence in this situation,\u201d Detroit Mercy President Dr. Antoine Garibaldi said in a statement sent to the University community.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next several months, Detroit Mercy will evaluate the possibility of rescheduling the ceremonies to a later date or having an appropriate celebration to honor the graduates.<\/p>\n<p>After students complete their degree requirements, their degrees will be conferred and diplomas and transcripts will be available. More information will be coming from the Registrar\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/udmercy.edu\/life\/health\/health-advisory.php\">For the most current information on the University\u2019s response to COVID-19, please visit udmercy.edu\/coronavirus<\/a>.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In accordance with the Center for Disease Control\u2019s COVID-19 guideline that gatherings of more than 50 people should not be held over the next eight &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":4393,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6],"tags":[2503,2502,1010,1313,1009,2504,2491,2490,2489,185,2494,154,1813,2493,2492],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2020\/03\/Commencement_Main.jpg?fit=1920%2C874&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-18Q","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4392"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4392"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4396,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4392\/revisions\/4396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}