{"id":49558,"date":"2025-05-09T14:24:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T19:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/?p=49558"},"modified":"2025-05-09T14:24:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T19:24:18","slug":"commencement-2025-backstage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2025\/05\/09\/commencement-2025-backstage\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement 2025: Backstage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-49558 gallery-size-small-image row row-cols-2 row-cols-md-3 my-4'><figure class='gallery-item text-center col'><a href="https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/25Commencement-Backstage-01.jpg"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/25Commencement-Backstage-01-570x380.jpg\" class=\"in-gallery-1 img-fluid shadow-1\" alt=\"2025 Commencement: 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570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item text-center col'><a href="https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/25Commencement-Backstage-12.jpg"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/25Commencement-Backstage-12-570x380.jpg\" class=\"in-gallery-1 img-fluid shadow-1\" alt=\"2025 Commencement: Backstage\" ids=\"49559,49560,49561,49562,49563,49564,49565,49566,49567,49568,49569,49570,49571,49572,49573,49574,49575,49576,49577,49578\" orderby=\"post__in\" include=\"49559,49560,49561,49562,49563,49564,49565,49566,49567,49568,49569,49570,49571,49572,49573,49574,49575,49576,49577,49578\" columns=\"3\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/25Commencement-Backstage-12.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" 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570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item text-center col'><a href="https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/25Commencement-Backstage-14.jpg"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/25Commencement-Backstage-14-570x380.jpg\" class=\"in-gallery-1 img-fluid shadow-1\" alt=\"2025 Commencement: Backstage\" ids=\"49559,49560,49561,49562,49563,49564,49565,49566,49567,49568,49569,49570,49571,49572,49573,49574,49575,49576,49577,49578\" orderby=\"post__in\" include=\"49559,49560,49561,49562,49563,49564,49565,49566,49567,49568,49569,49570,49571,49572,49573,49574,49575,49576,49577,49578\" columns=\"3\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/25Commencement-Backstage-14.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" 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