{"id":479,"date":"2015-03-04T12:14:52","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T17:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/sle\/?page_id=479"},"modified":"2026-02-11T12:37:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T17:37:52","slug":"commencement-speaker","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/students\/awards\/commencement-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Students can self-nominate or be nominated by faculty or staff members as well as fellow students. All nominees will be asked to\u00a0submit brief answers to the questions on the nomination form. 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