{"id":59094,"date":"2021-03-15T11:28:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T16:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=59094"},"modified":"2021-03-15T11:28:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T16:28:57","slug":"fhsu-plans-in-person-virtual-ceremonies-for-spring-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=59094","title":{"rendered":"FHSU plans in-person, virtual ceremonies for spring commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By UNIVERSITY RELATIONS<br><\/strong>Fort Hays State University is pleased to announce the plan for spring 2021 commencement ceremonies in two different formats \u2013 in-person and virtual. Four in-person commencement celebrations will be held in Gross Memorial Coliseum, and they will be live-streamed and recorded for later viewing. Two virtual commencement programs will also be live-streamed and recorded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nceremonies are scheduled as follows (all times are CDT):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday, May 14, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In-person<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>College of Education \u2013 8 a.m.<\/li><li>Robbins College of Business and Entrepreneurship and the Werth College of Science, Technology and Mathematics \u2013 11 a.m.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saturday, May 15, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;In-person<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>College of Health and Behavioral Sciences \u2013 8 a.m.<\/li><li>College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences \u2013 11 a.m.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Virtual\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Doctoral, Ed.S., and masters graduates (all colleges) \u2013 2 p.m.<\/li><li>Undergraduate candidates (all colleges) \u2013 4 p.m.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For\nthose who plan to participate in person, several things will be different from\nprevious commencement celebrations on campus. Social distancing will be\nmaintained in the coliseum, and all in attendance will be expected to wear a\nface covering. Also, to maintain social distancing, there will be a six-person\nlimit to the number of family members and guests who may attend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nhealth and safety of students, employees, and guests remains the number one\npriority for university planners. In an email message today to the campus\ncommunity, FHSU President Mason said, \u201cI urge each person to make the best\npossible health and safety decision for themselves as to whether one should\nparticipate in the virtual commencement, in-person commencement, or both.\u201d\n\nPlease visit <a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=http%3a%2f%2flink.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com%2fls%2fclick%3fupn%3dAzU7JuM9gNoo13mIpsUPJMQ-2BGoF6YNkqzrKK4X7ufuEBkIplVvXQnQEmSJiQnHjxiLze_IbVvtzD2BnopUtSewq5g4rnpt6SzaHfk8R-2BeRtmVi8ros-2Bhw3KaKDOYD71rS-2BWWx-2B-2BUZcibDA3u3BXJ7Xw-2FqzxNpFhdlUyV4CDvdzrS3fYPeKtBPETyR47Z7pK58uDzz8K-2Bbrd6zaA-2FjoiaD7XP8bCIyXL6PihSg-2FTmqE5rUi2-2Ftue8acEvw7kmew0RMl8TtO48heQNhU1TResn6LVKd5-2FCnTxc9IzNOxIB4BhQLN43nxZhIkr8DTtJ3DmjYAND7V-2F-2FJLh7u4mpnliCUQPtUzqmOoZyskwBMHETC2NgapFVxRVUGKiDlhHyvRpWsWsLBWXFOjoUXs1AZ4HtsTV15HrWRUD8K573-2FM-2BFNvJwF78s0-2Fw-2F2UYXsi6-2BL-2BF-2B4U1QKdojrm9xrG0LsjmUKUmriyQ-3D-3D&amp;c=E,1,w0bUJxl2kB62irf5U8-R5luLlhUlbMnXXWM8psrb2eXJ2aAsiVhFK2OtHFAUj9_S1dXVY5zA4oaJrxGz-oH1fvMVF54iMa8I5Y8Eqaao1jLD74Rpi1RCFx5fjqXd&amp;typo=1\">www.fhsu.edu\/commencement<\/a> for additional information regarding the format\nof these ceremonies, including the number of guests permitted per graduate,\nimportant deadlines, and health and safety protocols.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By UNIVERSITY RELATIONSFort Hays State University is pleased to announce the plan for spring 2021 commencement ceremonies in two different formats \u2013 in-person and virtual.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11722],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Commencement20Spring20202120Image20NEWS.jpg?fit=1800%2C1200&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59094"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59096,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59094\/revisions\/59096"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/59095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}