{"id":29317,"date":"2019-05-06T10:20:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T14:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=29317"},"modified":"2024-07-02T17:11:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T17:11:07","slug":"commencement-2019-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=29317","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations Class of 2019: Find commencement details here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29319\" src=\"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/07\/Capture-grad-banner.jpg\" alt=\"Meet the Class of 2018 is written over a photo of graduates in robes cheering in front of the Old Well\" width=\"1352\" height=\"393\" \/>Congratulations to the Class of 2019! Find commencement details here:<\/p>\n<p>Spring Commencement will be held at<br \/>\n9 a.m. on May 12, 2019, at Kenan Memorial Stadium.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No tickets are required.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"content right\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_29318\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29318\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29318\" src=\"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/07\/reckford-1.jpg\" alt=\"Jonathan Reckford \" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonathan Reckford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Commencement speaker<\/h2>\n<p>In 2003, Jonathan T.M. Reckford had been a successful business executive at some of the nation\u2019s major corporations when he felt a calling to serve others in a deeper way. He left the corporate world behind to become a pastor and now leads the world\u2019s foremost global nonprofit housing organization.<\/p>\n<p>The Habitat for Humanity CEO, Reckford graduated with a bachelor\u2019s degree in political science in 1984. He will deliver the Commencement address at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u2019s Spring Commencement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unc.edu\/discover\/a-homecoming-at-commencement\/\"><strong>Listen to a podcast interview with Reckford<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unc.edu\/posts\/2019\/02\/21\/jonathan-reckford-2019-spring-commencement\">Read more about Reckford.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch a video with Reckford:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jonathan Reckford on Carolina, His Career and Public Service\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2rOzSmA-wRw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The Class of 2019 has excelled in the classroom, conducted research, published papers, launches initiatives, won national championships and served their country. They&#8217;ve made lasting impacts on the campus community and left their heelprints on Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>From military heroes and doctors to makers and future business leaders, these Tar Heels are primed to take on the biggest issues.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unc.edu\/story\/meet-the-class-of-2019\/\"><strong>Read more profiles on graduates here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/commencement.unc.edu\/spring-commencement\/\"><strong>Read more about commencement details here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unc.edu\/posts\/2019\/05\/09\/doctoral-hooding-and-commencement-information\/\"><strong>Learn about the doctoral hooding ceremony here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to the Class of 2019! Find commencement details here: Spring Commencement will be held at 9 a.m. on May 12, 2019, at Kenan Memorial Stadium. No tickets are required. Commencement speaker In 2003, Jonathan T.M. Reckford had been a successful business executive at some of the nation\u2019s major corporations when he felt a calling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":29320,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,29,21,34,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-general","category-news","category-news-archive","category-undergraduate-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29317"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49285,"href":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29317\/revisions\/49285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}