{"id":36728,"date":"2025-04-16T14:40:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T19:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/?p=36728"},"modified":"2025-04-17T11:06:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T16:06:04","slug":"class-of-2025-commencement-ceremony-announcements-%f0%9f%8e%89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/class-of-2025-commencement-ceremony-announcements-%f0%9f%8e%89\/","title":{"rendered":"Class of 2025 Commencement Ceremony Announcements \ud83c\udf89"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"162\" data-end=\"295\">SBA is thrilled to announce that <strong data-start=\"330\" data-end=\"358\">U.S. Senator Cory Booker<\/strong> will serve as the <strong data-start=\"377\" data-end=\"406\">2025 Commencement Speaker<\/strong>, bringing his inspiring voice and dedication to public service to this year\u2019s graduation ceremony.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"507\" data-end=\"578\">We also extend our heartfelt congratulations to the following honorees:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"580\" data-end=\"787\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"580\" data-end=\"634\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"582\" data-end=\"634\"><strong data-start=\"582\" data-end=\"607\">Professor of the Year<\/strong>: <em data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"632\">Professor Sonya Garza<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"635\" data-end=\"707\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"637\" data-end=\"707\"><strong data-start=\"637\" data-end=\"670\">Adjunct Professor of the Year<\/strong>: <em data-start=\"672\" data-end=\"705\">Professor Elizabeth Walker Fyke<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"708\" data-end=\"746\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"710\" data-end=\"746\"><strong data-start=\"710\" data-end=\"729\">Student Speaker<\/strong>: <em data-start=\"731\" data-end=\"744\">Peter Bouck<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"747\" data-end=\"787\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"749\" data-end=\"787\"><strong data-start=\"749\" data-end=\"767\">Student Singer<\/strong>: <em data-start=\"769\" data-end=\"787\">Jonathan Hancock<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">This momentous occasion marks the culmination of years of hard work, dedication, and growth. We look forward to honoring the Class of 2025!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Class-of-2025-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-36739\" src=\"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Class-of-2025-6-791x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Class-of-2025-6-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Class-of-2025-6-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Class-of-2025-6-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Class-of-2025-6-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Class-of-2025-6-1583x2048.png 1583w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SBA is thrilled to announce that U.S. Senator Cory Booker will serve as the 2025 Commencement Speaker, bringing his inspiring voice&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sba"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36728"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36740,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36728\/revisions\/36740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}