{"id":5596,"date":"2026-03-18T15:49:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T22:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/calendar\/?post_type=event&#038;p=5596"},"modified":"2026-03-18T15:49:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T22:49:30","slug":"68th-commencement-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/calendar\/events\/68th-commencement-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"68th Commencement Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span class=\"outlook-search-highlight\" data-markjs=\"true\">Commencement<\/span> Ceremony, Mudd Quadrangle<\/strong>\u00a0| <strong>1:30\u20133:15 p.m.<\/strong><br \/>\nThis event is open to all friends and families of the graduates. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/2026\/01\/28\/space-scientist-and-higher-education-leader-laurie-leshin-to-deliver-the-2026-commencement-address\/\">Laurie Leshin,<\/a> distinguished space scientist and higher education leader, will deliver the keynote address.<\/p>\n<p>No tickets are required. There is no limit to the number of guests a graduate may invite to cheer their accomplishments. For those unable to attend, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/student-life\/commencement\/livestream\/\">Livestream of the ceremony will begin at 1:30 p.m. PDT<\/a>. (No megaphones at <span class=\"outlook-search-highlight\" data-markjs=\"true\">Commencement<\/span>. It is a small venue.)<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"outlook-search-highlight\" data-markjs=\"true\">Commencement<\/span> Reception, Strauss Plaza, HMC campus<\/strong> | <strong>3:30 p.m.<\/strong><br \/>\nNo RSVP or tickets necessary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commencement Ceremony, Mudd Quadrangle\u00a0| 1:30\u20133:15 p.m. This event is open to all friends and families of the graduates. Laurie Leshin, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":5597,"template":"","class_list":["post-5596","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-categories-home-feed"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/5596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}