{"id":11109,"date":"2021-03-15T16:33:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T20:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/?page_id=11109"},"modified":"2026-06-03T13:20:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:20:01","slug":"commencement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/academics\/commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14195\" style=\"width: 553px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/sociology\/files\/2026\/05\/faculty-graduation-543x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"543\" height=\"636\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/files\/2026\/05\/faculty-graduation-543x636.jpg 543w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/files\/2026\/05\/faculty-graduation-875x1024.jpg 875w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/files\/2026\/05\/faculty-graduation-768x899.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/files\/2026\/05\/faculty-graduation-513x600.jpg 513w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/files\/2026\/05\/faculty-graduation.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sociology faculty at the 2026 undergraduate convocation ceremony<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Recent Sociology Convocation Speeches<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/2025\/05\/20\/we-have-to-be-creative-bu-sociology-alumna-emma-kalffs-2025-commencement-speech\/\">We have to be creative: BU Sociology Alumna Emma Kalff\u2019s 2025 Commencement Speech<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/2024\/05\/23\/sean-ahern-cas-14-returns-to-give-bu-sociologys-2024-commencement-address\/\">Sean Ahern (CAS \u201914) returns to give BU Sociology\u2019s 2024 commencement address<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/2023\/06\/21\/class-of-2023-congratulations-ariana-katzs-commencement-speech\/\">Class of 2023, CONGRATULATIONS! Ariana Katz\u2019s commencement speech<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/2022\/05\/26\/a-more-beautiful-world-full-text-of-bu-sociology-alum-sarah-sullivans-2022-commencement-speech\/\">A More Beautiful World: Full text of BU Sociology alum Sarah Sullivan\u2019s 2022 Commencement Speech<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Important Links<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/commencement\">BU Commencement Home Page<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/colleges.herffjones.com\/college\/bu\/\">Commencement Regalia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent Sociology Convocation Speeches We have to be creative: BU Sociology Alumna Emma Kalff\u2019s 2025 Commencement Speech Sean Ahern (CAS \u201914) returns to give BU Sociology\u2019s 2024 commencement address Class of 2023, CONGRATULATIONS! Ariana Katz\u2019s commencement speech A More Beautiful World: Full text of BU Sociology alum Sarah Sullivan\u2019s 2022 Commencement Speech Important Links BU [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18710,"featured_media":0,"parent":10076,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11109"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18710"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11109"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14205,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11109\/revisions\/14205"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}