{"id":752,"date":"2018-05-20T03:37:52","date_gmt":"2018-05-20T03:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/?p=752"},"modified":"2018-06-14T03:41:33","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T03:41:33","slug":"a-very-special-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/a-very-special-commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"A very special commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>My view of Camp Randall and speaker David Muire at <a href=\"https:\/\/news.wisc.edu\/commencement-the-weekend-in-photos\/\">Commencement! <span style=\"color: #000000;\">(For more pictures, not mine, follow the link.)<\/span><\/a><\/strong><a style=\"font-weight: 300;\" href=\"https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/27342144717_aeb21f589e_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-757\" src=\"https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/27342144717_aeb21f589e_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/27342144717_aeb21f589e_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/27342144717_aeb21f589e_z-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>I had the honor to be part of the platform party one more time (representing the faculty as chair of the University Committee), which also came with certain obligations &#8230; or should I say &#8216;obligations&#8217;&#8230;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/grad-plat-1.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-760\" src=\"https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/grad-plat-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"775\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/grad-plat-1.jpg 775w, https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/grad-plat-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/grad-plat-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/a><strong>&#8230;3\/4 through the ceremony:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\" responsive-embed widescreen uw-oembed-video-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jump around\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lljxaTqv5KQ?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><a href=\"https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/jumparound.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-770\" src=\"https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/jumparound.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/jumparound.jpg 960w, https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/jumparound-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/jumparound-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>As an added bonus, on the way out I managed to take a quick selfie with (most of) our AEL Class of 2018. What an unexpected surprise!<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/41312755925_d19ebb23fc_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-764 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/41312755925_d19ebb23fc_z-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/41312755925_d19ebb23fc_z-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/41312755925_d19ebb23fc_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My view of Camp Randall and speaker David Muire at Commencement! (For more pictures, not mine, follow the link.) 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