{"id":858,"date":"2021-05-11T17:48:28","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T17:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ehgazette.com\/?p=858"},"modified":"2021-05-11T17:49:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T17:49:58","slug":"goodwin-university-to-use-stadium-for-2021-graduation-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ehgazette.com\/?p=858","title":{"rendered":"Goodwin University to use stadium for 2021 graduation ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Goodwin University will hold its 2021 commencement ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 5, at Pratt &amp; Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ehgazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gOODWINu_block-gc-to-gu.jpg?resize=300%2C183\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ehgazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gOODWINu_block-gc-to-gu.jpg?resize=300%2C183&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ehgazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gOODWINu_block-gc-to-gu.jpg?w=575&amp;ssl=1 575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Goodwin follows the University of Connecticut&#8217;s lead in conducting its graduation exercises in the stadium rather than on campus. At the UConn graduations held May 8 participants were also able to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine in a special drive-through lane set aside for the graduates on the former airfield runway south of the stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Danielle Wilken, Goodwin University university&#8217;s provost, will serve as master of ceremonies. Over 400 are expected to formally receive their degrees, including members of Goodwin&#8217;s Class of 2020 when the ceremony was canceled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Goodwin University&#8217;s campus remains mostly closed due to COVID-19 restrictions. Those attending the stadium ceremony will be required to present proof of completed vaccines, or a negative COVID-19 test within the previous 72 hours of the ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Effective July 6, 2021, fully vaccinated people can return to the Goodwin University&#8217;s Riverfront campus in East Hartford, the school website posted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goodwin University will hold its 2021 commencement ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 5, at Pratt &amp; Whitney Stadium at [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ehgazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gOODWINu_block-gc-to-gu.jpg?fit=575%2C350&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ehgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ehgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ehgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ehgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ehgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=858"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ehgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":862,"href":"https:\/\/www.ehgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858\/revisions\/862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ehgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ehgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ehgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ehgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}