{"id":4545,"date":"2020-06-17T17:08:33","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T21:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/academics\/?page_id=4545"},"modified":"2026-06-01T09:14:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T13:14:52","slug":"commencement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/academics\/office-of-the-academic-dean\/commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f0342b05 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-class-of-2026\">Class of 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Saturday, May 23, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow 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