{"id":1417,"date":"2019-10-30T10:08:47","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T16:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=1417"},"modified":"2019-10-30T10:08:49","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T16:08:49","slug":"graduation-ceremony-location-has-changed-once-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/30\/graduation-ceremony-location-has-changed-once-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduation Ceremony Location has Changed Once Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/final-commencmenet-ceremony_mixdown.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this month, the University Registrar announced that Brownsville students will attend the Commencement Ceremony on Friday December 13 at the Harlingen convention center. While the Edinburg ceremony will be on Saturday December 14 at the Bert Ogden Arena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last semester, the ceremonies were held at the Mcallen Convention Center and the Brownsville Jacob Brown Auditorium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>University Registrar Official, Sofia Montes explains why the location had to be changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are not at the Jacob Brown Auditorium this December because it was not available in our commencement dates, but the Harlingen commencement center is another alternative that has a comparable size and capacity for their graduates and their guests, and as for the upper Valley ceremony location. We have, for many years been at the McAllen convention center but that facility also wasn\u2019t available this time around.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bilingual Senior Gloria Betancourt will attend the Harlingen Convention Center and explains why she prefers to graduate on the Brownsville campus instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI wish it would be held on the campus; you know especially because this is the campus that I\u2019ve been at the entire time of my educational career. So, it would be nice, that I\u2019d get to bring my family, you know to come see the campus where I spent many long hours.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong> <\/strong>Mechanical Engineer Senior, Maximiliano Aguilar will graduate at the Bert Ogden Arena, and thinks that the change of location is for the better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019ve gotten a lot to gain about the location changes. For example, I chose to graduate in the Bert Ogden arena because I think the ceremony would be bigger, probably more exciting. \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0Montes says that because of location capacity, graduating students attending the Bert Ogden arena will receive 9 tickets, while those attending harlingen will receive 6.\u00a0 For more information or special accommodations, email the University Registrar at Grad College at utrgv.edu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>Reporter: Samantha Garza<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, the University Registrar announced that Brownsville students will attend the Commencement Ceremony on Friday December<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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