{"id":479,"date":"2015-03-04T12:14:52","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T17:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/student-activities\/?page_id=479"},"modified":"2024-03-20T16:28:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T20:28:39","slug":"commencement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/student-activities\/commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement Speaker and Leadership Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-tabs su-tabs-style-default su-tabs-mobile-stack\" data-active=\"1\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-tabs-nav\"><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Commencement Speaker<\/span><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Leadership Award<\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-tabs-panes\"><div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"Commencement Speaker\">\n<p>Greenfield Community College is currently accepting nominations for a student speaker to represent and address the graduating class at Commencement on <strong>Fri<\/strong><strong>day, May 22, 2026<\/strong>. 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