{"id":17162,"date":"2020-04-28T08:10:41","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T12:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archdesign.utk.edu\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=17162"},"modified":"2020-05-07T14:12:27","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T18:12:27","slug":"redesigned_spring-2020-commencement","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/archdesign.utk.edu\/event\/redesigned_spring-2020-commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"Redesigned _ Spring 2020 Commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"
Graduating students, we are excited to share plans for celebrating you!<\/p>\n
Thanks to the many students, faculty and staff who contributed to this redesigned commencement celebration after coronavirus changed everyone’s plans. We know from your feedback and conversations that above all else, you want to be together for commencement, and nothing will replace that in-person, together experience. You’ve asked to be able to come together in the fall. You asked that your work be on exhibit. You’ve asked to be recognized and celebrated.<\/p>\n
And that’s exactly what we’re going to do now…and later!<\/p>\n
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UT is providing a virtual ceremony and other activities. The virtual ceremony on May 7, 9:00 a.m. ET, will include<\/p>\n
And UT is providing these additional ways to commemorate the moment:<\/p>\n
Watch Parties!<\/strong><\/p>\n We hope you will gather as many family members and friends as social distancing allows to watch the ceremony, and identify a special person or way to place your hood at the appropriate time. See below for posting your commencement photos to our social media.<\/p>\n And the college is providing these additional ways to celebrate our graduating students:<\/p>\n We heard you:\u00a0 Above all, you want to be together to celebrate graduation and say a proper “goodbye.” UT is working to schedule a live commencement for spring 2020 graduates to possibly be held in early fall 2020. On that day, some of you will also attend the Chancellor’s Honors Banquet, and all of you can attend UT’s traditional Aloha Oe ceremony. We will keep you updated as those plans, which of course must follow the guidelines around COVID-19, become more developed. In the meantime, keep reading!<\/p>\n Regardless of whether UT is able to hold a live commencement in early fall, your college plans to offer something very special after we’re able to gather on campus again:<\/p>\n We commend you for your bravery this semester, your leadership, your mentoring and your resilience. We can’t wait to celebrate you in May and in the fall.<\/p>\n Whether virtual or live…whether here or there…Celebrate your moment!<\/p>\n [Please note: We’ve done our best to ensure these plans are set, but because of the still rapidly evolving situation with coronavirus, some details might be forced to change. We will keep you informed.]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Celebrate! Commencement (9:00 a.m. ET) followed by End-of-Year Awards (11:00 a.m. ET) Graduating students, we are excited to share plans for celebrating you! Thanks to the many students, faculty and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":169,"featured_media":17195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"passster_activate_protection":false,"passster_protect_child_pages":"","passster_protection_type":"password","passster_password":"","passster_activate_overwrite_defaults":"","passster_headline":"","passster_instruction":"","passster_placeholder":"","passster_button":"","passster_id":"","passster_activate_misc_settings":"","passster_redirect_url":"","passster_hide":"no","passster_area_shortcode":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-17162","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMay 7, 2020, 11:00 a.m. ET: College Celebration for our Students<\/h3>\n
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But we won’t stop there.<\/h3>\n
Fall 2020: Reception and Exhibit for Spring 2020 Graduates<\/h3>\n
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