{"id":572,"date":"2024-05-23T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/rtipton2\/?p=572"},"modified":"2024-05-22T18:32:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T22:32:39","slug":"celebrating-student-achievements-dr-roger-tipton-at-uncc-spring-2024-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/rtipton2\/2024\/05\/celebrating-student-achievements-dr-roger-tipton-at-uncc-spring-2024-commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Student Achievements: Dr. Roger Tipton at UNCC Spring 2024 Commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Charlotte, North Carolina, May 13, 2024<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) recently held its Spring 2024 Commencement, a momentous occasion celebrating the academic achievements of thousands of students. With a record-breaking\u00a0<strong>5,100-plus graduates<\/strong>, this year\u2019s ceremonies were filled with pride, joy, and a sense of accomplishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Diverse Class of 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Class of 2024 represented a rich tapestry of backgrounds and experiences. From\u00a0<strong>55 countries<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>36 U.S. states<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>89 North Carolina counties<\/strong>, these graduates came together to mark the culmination of their educational journey. Among them were the youngest graduate, aged 19, and the most seasoned graduate, a remarkable 72 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Looking Ahead<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I always enjoy attending commencement and the excitement and attitude of newly minted engineers is infectious. I would like to say congratulations to all the students and their families that graduated this year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlotte, North Carolina, May 13, 2024\u00a0\u2014 The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) recently held its Spring 2024 Commencement, a momentous occasion celebrating the academic achievements of thousands of students. With a record-breaking\u00a05,100-plus graduates, this year\u2019s ceremonies were filled with pride, joy, and a sense of accomplishment. A Diverse Class of 2024 The Class [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":298,"featured_media":575,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-572","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-students","8":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/rtipton2\/files\/2024\/05\/2024-UNCC-Graduation.jpg?fit=944%2C1280&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/rtipton2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/rtipton2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/rtipton2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/rtipton2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/298"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/rtipton2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/rtipton2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":579,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/rtipton2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572\/revisions\/579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/rtipton2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/rtipton2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/rtipton2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/rtipton2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}