{"id":7824,"date":"2021-05-07T11:43:20","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T16:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.se.edu\/?p=7824"},"modified":"2021-05-07T11:43:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T16:43:20","slug":"commencement-at-southeastern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.se.edu\/2021\/05\/commencement-at-southeastern\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement at Southeastern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7825\" src=\"https:\/\/www.se.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_0154-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.se.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_0154-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.se.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_0154-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.se.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_0154-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.se.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_0154-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.se.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_0154.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Southeastern president Thomas Newsom offers congratulations to a graduate.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7826\" src=\"https:\/\/www.se.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_7526-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.se.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_7526-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.se.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_7526-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.se.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_7526-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.se.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_7526-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.se.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_7526.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Randy Clark, communication professor and chair of the Faculty Senate,\u00a0 bears the symbolic mace\u00a0 at Friday\u2019s commencement.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7827\" src=\"https:\/\/www.se.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_7760-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.se.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_7760-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.se.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_7760-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.se.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_7760-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.se.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_7760-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.se.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_7760.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Friday was a day to celebrate for the graduates at Southeastern.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DURANT, Okla. \u2013<\/strong> Graduates, families, and friends celebrated Friday morning at the first of three in-person commencements scheduled over the weekend at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.<\/p>\n<p>The Spring 2021 graduating class includes students from 38 states and 19 countries. Forty-nine percent are first-generation graduates \u2013 the first in their families to receive a college degree.<\/p>\n<p>All three ceremonies are at Paul Laird Field on the Durant campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southeastern president Thomas Newsom offers congratulations to a graduate. Dr. Randy Clark, communication professor and chair of the Faculty Senate,\u00a0 bears the symbolic mace\u00a0 at Friday\u2019s commencement. 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