{"id":15888,"date":"2024-09-24T09:49:36","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T13:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/?page_id=15888"},"modified":"2025-11-20T10:39:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T15:39:39","slug":"student-speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/fall2025\/student-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"type-intro fullwidth\">All graduates\u2014both undergraduate and Graduate School students\u2014are invited to apply to be speakers for the Fall 2025 Commencement ceremony. Selected speakers will receive the distinguished honor of sharing their experience and unique Rhody perspective with classmates, faculty, and guests at their ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deadlines<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Deadline for students to apply: <strong>Monday, November 10th<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deadline for submissions to be reviewed and speakers chosen: <strong>Monday, November 17th<\/strong>. Selected speakers will be notified prior to Thanksgiving break.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Criteria for consideration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Please indicate whether you are applying to be the <strong>Undergraduate<\/strong> or <strong>Graduate School<\/strong> speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Submit the following, in PDF form, to <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:events@uri.edu\" target=\"_blank\">events@uri.edu<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A brief (one-paragraph) description of why you wish to be selected as a&nbsp;student&nbsp;speaker&nbsp;for the Fall 2025 commencement ceremony.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A resume that highlights leadership and involvement at URI.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Proof of your intent to graduate by December 2025 and unofficial transcript.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your commencement speech, which should be 3 minutes in length (approximately 400 words), 12 pt. font, and double spaced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Each&nbsp;student&nbsp;speaker has the opportunity to work with a professional URI Communications Team member for assistance with their speech content and presentation tips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All graduates\u2014both undergraduate and Graduate School students\u2014are invited to apply to be speakers for the Fall 2025 Commencement ceremony. Selected speakers will receive the distinguished honor of sharing their experience and unique Rhody perspective with classmates, faculty, and guests at their ceremony. Deadlines Criteria for consideration Please indicate whether you are applying to be the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"parent":16313,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-15888","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15888"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16466,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15888\/revisions\/16466"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}