{"id":8996,"date":"2022-05-02T13:41:27","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T18:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/?p=8996"},"modified":"2022-05-02T13:41:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T18:41:27","slug":"southern-arkansas-university-commencement-ceremonies-set-for-may-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/2022\/southern-arkansas-university-commencement-ceremonies-set-for-may-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern Arkansas University Commencement ceremonies set for May 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Southern Arkansas University will come together to honor over 500 spring 2022 graduates during three commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 6, in the W.T. Watson Athletic Center.<\/p>\n

The Rankin College of Business and the College of Liberal and Performing Arts ceremony will begin at 10:00 a.m., while the ceremony for the College of Education and Human Performance and the College of Science and Engineering will be at 2:00 p.m.\u00a0 The afternoon will conclude with a 4:30 p.m. ceremony for the School of Graduate Studies.\u00a0 Additionally, the Department of Nursing will host a pinning ceremony for all nursing graduates in the Donald W. Reynolds Center Grand Hall at 11:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

Monty Harrington, Market President for Farmers Bank & Trust and the SAU Board of Trustees Board Chairman, will deliver the spring 2022 undergraduate commencement address.\u00a0 Harrington has been with Farmers Bank and Trust since 2000.\u00a0 He is actively involved as the community facilitator for Albemarle CAP and frequently volunteers with numerous community organizations, including Magnolia\u2019s Central Baptist Church, the Magnolia Blossom Festival, the Magnolia Housing Authority, and Columbia Christian School.<\/p>\n

The commencement address for the graduate ceremony will be delivered by Travell Green, Clinton Primary 4th grade reading and language arts instructor.\u00a0 Green is a proud member of the community and school district of Nashville, Arkansas.\u00a0 During his time at Clinton Primary, he created the Gentlemen\u2019s Club, an organization that was designed to teach young men life skills, social skills, and how to be a gentleman.\u00a0 He was also named the 2021 Educator of the Year by the Hope\/Hempstead County of Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n

Each ceremony should last approximately 60-90 minutes.\u00a0 There will be no guest limits or tickets required for guests to attend the commencement ceremonies, and face coverings will be optional for all attendees (candidates and guests). The commencement ceremonies will be streamed live on the SAU Facebook page<\/a> for those who wish to attend virtually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Southern Arkansas University will come together to honor over 500 spring 2022 graduates during three commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 6, in the W.T. Watson Athletic Center. The Rankin College of Business and the College of Liberal and Performing Arts ceremony will begin at 10:00 a.m., while the ceremony for the College of Education and… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":564,"featured_media":8997,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[271,140,181,207,308,276,265,33,7753,288,143],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8996","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-academics","8":"category-college-of-business","9":"category-education","10":"category-college-of-liberal-performing-arts","11":"category-college-of-science-and-technology","12":"category-community-corner","13":"category-events","14":"category-graduate-studies","15":"category-homepage","16":"category-regional-news","17":"category-student-life","18":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/564"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}