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Commencement 2018: In photos<\/h3>","card_text":"Each year during commencement weekend, the University of Rochester recognizes its graduating students and their families, outstanding faculty and alumni, special guests, and other honorees.\r\n

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A message from the senior class council<\/h5>","card_text":"Four years ago, as we sat together as a class on the quad during Convocation, none of us could have imagined how many experiences, challenges, and opportunities we would find over the course of our time here","card_background_color":"#f4f4f4","card_hover_color":"#283faf","card_link":{"title":"","url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/dear-class-of-2018-a-message-from-the-senior-class-council-320302\/","target":""},"card_hover_arrow":"hover_arrow","card_image":5932,"card_image_size":"image_full","card_image_placement":"image_above","card_image_hover_state":"hover_fade","card_image_link":""},{"card_title":"
\u2018Dear Mom and Dad\u2019<\/h5>","card_text":"Each year, the Office of Parent and Family Relations invites seniors to submit a brief entry to honor their parents and families. The graduates share messages of gratitude, appreciation, and humor related to family support, guidance, and encouragement.","card_background_color":"#f4f4f4","card_hover_color":"#283faf","card_link":{"title":"","url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/graduates-share-messages-to-honor-parents-families-320642\/","target":""},"card_hover_arrow":"hover_arrow","card_image":5942,"card_image_size":"image_full","card_image_placement":"image_above","card_image_hover_state":"hover_fade","card_image_link":""},{"card_title":"
7 things I\u2019ve learned outside the classroom<\/h5>","card_text":"Joshua Hill \u201918, political science and English dual major from Penfield, New York, shares some of the knowledge he\u2019s gathered as a student at Rochester.","card_background_color":"#f4f4f4","card_hover_color":"#283faf","card_link":{"title":"","url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/7-things-ive-learned-outside-the-classroom-320382\/","target":""},"card_hover_arrow":"hover_arrow","card_image":5952,"card_image_size":"image_full","card_image_placement":"image_above","card_image_hover_state":"hover_fade","card_image_link":""}]},{"acf_fc_layout":"interstitial","anchor_id":"","classes":"","layout":"layout_stacked","lead-in":"","title":"

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