{"id":1456,"date":"2020-11-04T16:50:01","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T22:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/commencement\/?page_id=1456"},"modified":"2026-04-03T12:40:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:40:39","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container fusion-parallax-none nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-image: url(&quot;https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/103\/2023\/02\/commencement-wideshot.png&quot;);background-image:linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(0,0,0,0.5) 0%,rgba(0,0,0,0.5) 100%),url(https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/103\/2023\/02\/commencement-wideshot.png);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;border-radius:10px 10px 10px 10px;background-color:rgba(17,17,17,0.84);border-width: 1px 1px 1px 1px;border-color:#ffc700;border-style:solid;border-radius:10px 10px 10px 10px;overflow:hidden;box-shadow:2px 2px 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.78);;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:25px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><h1 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0px; --fontsize: 28; line-height: 1.4;\" data-fontsize=\"28\" data-lineheight=\"39.2px\"><span style=\"color: #ffc700; font-size: 36pt;\">Spring 2026 Commencement<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffc700; font-size: 24pt;\">Saturday, May 9, 2026<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffc72c;\">11:00 a.m. (College of Science and Health)<br \/>\n3:00 p.m. (College of Business and Professional Studies; College of Liberal Arts; Division of Academic Affairs 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