{"id":15280,"date":"2019-05-14T13:12:15","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T18:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/?p=15280"},"modified":"2019-05-20T16:51:32","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T21:51:32","slug":"minnesota-supreme-court-justice-thissen-to-give-keynote-address-at-sundays-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/2019\/05\/14\/minnesota-supreme-court-justice-thissen-to-give-keynote-address-at-sundays-commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Thissen to give keynote address at Sunday&#8217;s commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15285 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/05\/Woit_180520_0006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/05\/Woit_180520_0006.jpg 399w, https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/05\/Woit_180520_0006-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/>239 graduates will receive their law degrees at Mitchell Hamline&#8217;s spring commencement on Sunday, May 19. The ceremony begins at 2 pm at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rivercentre.org\/\">St. Paul RiverCentre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The new graduates will join the ranks of more than 20,000 alumni.<\/p>\n<p>A reception for graduates and their families will be held the day before graduation, Saturday, May 18, from 4 to 6 pm in the Mitchell Hamline Auditorium.<\/p>\n<p>The Office of Diversity and Inclusion is hosting a celebration for Mitchell Hamline\u2019s culturally diverse graduates on Friday, May 17, 5\u20147 pm in the Kelley Board Room. Alums are welcome to attend and can RSVP by <a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/biographies\/person\/sharon-van-leer\/\">contacting Diversity and Inclusion manager Sharon Van Leer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday&#8217;s ceremony will feature a commencement address by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mncourts.gov\/About-The-Courts\/Overview\/JudicialDirectory\/Bio.aspx?id=622\">Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Paul C. Thissen<\/a>. Thissen was sworn in to the state&#8217;s highest court in 2018. He is a former Minnesota legislator who served as speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>The student speaker will be <strong>Essence Cleveland<\/strong>. Originally from the Dallas\/Fort Worth area, Cleveland is a mother of five and United States Air Force veteran. During her final year at Mitchell Hamline, Cleveland served as a <a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/law-review\/\">Mitchell Hamline Law Review<\/a> associate. She plans to pursue a career in criminal law.<\/p>\n<p>Associate Dean for Academic Affairs <strong>Peter Knapp<\/strong> will give the Charge to the Class. Knapp will serve as the school\u2019s interim president and dean starting July 1 as the school searches for the successor to current president and dean <strong>Mark Gordon<\/strong>. The graduates selected Professors\u00a0<strong>Leanne Fuith &#8217;10<\/strong>,<strong> Jim Hilbert<\/strong>,<strong> Jim Morrow &#8217;78<\/strong>, and <strong>John Sonsteng<\/strong> to hood them.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch a <a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/j\/791101379?status=success\">live stream broadcast<\/a> of the ceremony starting at 2 pm on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Parking information and tips on public transportation options can be found on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rivercentre.org\/exhibit\/parking-transportation\">RiverCentre website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>239 graduates will receive their law degrees at Mitchell Hamline&#8217;s spring commencement on Sunday, May 19. The ceremony begins at 2 pm at the St. Paul RiverCentre. The new graduates will join the ranks of more than 20,000 alumni. A reception for graduates and their families will be held the day before graduation, Saturday, May &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/2019\/05\/14\/minnesota-supreme-court-justice-thissen-to-give-keynote-address-at-sundays-commencement\/\" class=\"more-link\">Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Thissen to give keynote address at Sunday&#8217;s commencement<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4909,"featured_media":15285,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15280","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4909"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}