{"id":130375,"date":"2026-03-09T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/?p=130375"},"modified":"2026-03-06T20:32:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T01:32:22","slug":"student-commencement-speaker-applications-are-open-now-through-march-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/student-commencement-speaker-applications-are-open-now-through-march-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Commencement Speaker Applications are Open Now through March 20!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Graduating Seniors: applications are now open to serve as the 2026 Student Commencement Speaker. This is your chance to share your reflections on how OWU has shaped you and your class, and how you\u2019re looking to the next chapter in your life.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more &amp; apply now:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/TRuMNsYu6F5GaT2n9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/forms.gle\/TRuMNsYu6F5GaT2n9&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1772920455874000&amp;usg=AOvVaw11N--zZBysZSnTmYFJCdnQ\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/<wbr \/>TRuMNsYu6F5GaT2n9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interested seniors can submit an application now through March 20, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. EST.<\/p>\n<p>Questions can be directed to Cassie Smith at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:cesmith@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cesmith@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office: University Advancement<br \/>\nContact: Cassie Smith at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:cesmith@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cesmith@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduating Seniors: applications are now open to serve as the 2026 Student Commencement Speaker. This is your chance to share your reflections on how OWU has shaped you and your class, and how you\u2019re looking to the next chapter in your life. Learn more &amp; apply now:\u00a0https:\/\/forms.gle\/TRuMNsYu6F5GaT2n9 Interested seniors can submit an application now through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2057,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-news-events"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2057"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130376,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130375\/revisions\/130376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}