{"id":1377,"date":"2020-04-21T11:39:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T16:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/commencement\/?page_id=1377"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:53:12","slug":"congratulations-seniors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__hero panel panel-hero site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"hero\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper imageoverlay site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<figure  class=\"site-section__bg-img site-panel__hero-bg-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"Commencement-422\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/commencement\/files\/2020\/02\/Commencement-422-1600x1067.jpg\" sizes=\"100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/commencement\/files\/2020\/02\/Commencement-422-1152x768.jpg 1152w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/commencement\/files\/2020\/02\/Commencement-422-1600x1067.jpg 1600w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/commencement\/files\/2020\/02\/Commencement-422-2304x1536.jpg 2304w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/commencement\/files\/2020\/02\/Commencement-422-3200x2133.jpg 3200w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__hero-content site-panel__hero-content--navy\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__hero-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-panel__hero-title\" id=\"commencement-class-of-2026\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">Commencement Class of 2026<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__hero-desc\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-name=\"content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-autop\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-livetext\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong><em>Saturday, May 23, 2026<\/em><\/strong> | 1 p.m. at Campus Green<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/commencement\/files\/2019\/03\/STO-Commencement-2026-SOE-FINAL.pdf&#038;sa=D&#038;source=docs&#038;ust=1779478752382999&#038;usg=AOvVaw28AsIjRMnqJi0LLw4GQwCw\"\n\t\t\t\t\t   class=\"btn\"\n\t\t\t\t\t   target=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMobile Schedule of Events\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__micronavbutton panel panel-micronavbutton site-section__bg--default\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"micronavbutton\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t    <div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--top-padding-none site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none micronavbutton\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__no-gutters\"\n\t     data-depth=\"0\"\n\t     data-name=\"buttons\"\n\t  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