{"id":5822,"date":"2017-12-20T16:00:52","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T21:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/?page_id=5822"},"modified":"2017-12-20T16:00:52","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T21:00:52","slug":"main-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/y2018\/main-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Main Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>2018 Main Commencement Ceremony<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Sunday, May 20, 2018 12:30 p.m.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>URI Quadrangle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our Main Commencement Ceremony recognizes the achievements of all of our graduates in a single event on the URI Quadrangle. Student diplomas are not presented at the main ceremony. Undergraduate degrees are presented at the individual college ceremonies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bluebox\" style=\"width: 300px\">\n<h4 style=\"color: #002147;margin-top: 5px\">Live Streaming<\/h4>\n<p>The ceremony will be streamed live\u00a0on URI&#8217;s<b>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/universityofrhodeisland\">Livestream<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>channel for people at home. On campus, the ceremony will be livecast in Edwards Hall, the Ram&#8217;s Den in the Memorial Union, Mackal Field House and Keaney Gymnasium. Viewing sites open at 11:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"color: #002147\">Share the Moments<\/h4>\n<p>Use the hashtag <strong>#URI2018<\/strong> to share the highlights of your big day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Schedule<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Noon<br \/>\n<\/strong>Bachelor\u2019s degree candidates assemble in academic attire on Lower College Road in areas that are designated for each college.<\/p>\n<p><strong>12:20 p.m.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Bagpipes and 50th Class step-off<\/p>\n<p><strong>12:30 p.m.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Bell tolls and procession begins. After the procession is complete, Commencement exercises\u00a0will begin and run approximately 90 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/y2018\/speakers-and-honored-guests\/\">See the List of Speakers and Honored Guests \u00bb<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--themify_builder_static--><\/p>\n<h2>College Ceremonies<\/h2>\n<p>Students are presented with their diplomas at their individual college ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/themify_builder_static--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2018 Main Commencement Ceremony Sunday, May 20, 2018 12:30 p.m. URI Quadrangle Our Main Commencement Ceremony recognizes the achievements of all of our graduates in a single event on the URI Quadrangle. Student diplomas are not presented at the main ceremony. Undergraduate degrees are presented at the individual college ceremonies. Live Streaming The ceremony will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":5750,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-5822","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5822","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"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5822\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}