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Schuster as the keynote speaker.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe bachelor\u0026rsquo;s ceremony will be the last of the weekend\u0026rsquo;s activities, on Saturday, December 16 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Undergraduates will hear from Coleman, former president of the University Michigan, who was named by Time magazine as one of the nation\u0026rsquo;s 10 best college presidents.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the ceremonies, a total of 1,350 bachelor\u0026rsquo;s degrees, 1,450 master\u0026rsquo;s degrees, and 360 doctor of philosophy degrees will be awarded.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDuring Fall Commencement 2017, about 3,200\u0026nbsp;bachelor\u0026rsquo;s, master\u0026#39;s and doctor of philophy degrees\u0026nbsp;will be awarded.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"AAU President to speak at Fall 2017 undergraduate Commencement."}],"uid":"28797","created_gmt":"2017-12-13 21:08:14","changed_gmt":"2017-12-14 18:14:38","author":"Lance Wallace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-12-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-12-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"599883":{"id":"599883","type":"image","title":"Gary Schuster","body":null,"created":"1513197976","gmt_created":"2017-12-13 20:46:16","changed":"1513198910","gmt_changed":"2017-12-13 21:01:50","alt":"","file":{"fid":"228695","name":"Schuster(2).jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Schuster%282%29.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Schuster%282%29.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":396908,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Schuster%282%29.jpg?itok=_HF1jgTe"}},"599882":{"id":"599882","type":"image","title":"Mary Sue Coleman","body":null,"created":"1513197883","gmt_created":"2017-12-13 20:44:43","changed":"1513198949","gmt_changed":"2017-12-13 21:02:29","alt":"","file":{"fid":"228696","name":"ColemanMarySueAug17(03).jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ColemanMarySueAug17%2803%29.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ColemanMarySueAug17%2803%29.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":110156,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ColemanMarySueAug17%2803%29.jpg?itok=TneYeDC2"}},"511191":{"id":"511191","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech President G.P. \u0022Bud\u0022 Peterson","body":null,"created":"1458923712","gmt_created":"2016-03-25 16:35:12","changed":"1475895273","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:33","alt":"Georgia Tech President G.P. \u0022Bud\u0022 Peterson","file":{"fid":"204975","name":"hiresbudpetersonformal.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hiresbudpetersonformal_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hiresbudpetersonformal_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":80766,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/hiresbudpetersonformal_0.jpg?itok=wJGGK1E_"}}},"media_ids":["599883","599882","511191"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.commencement.gatech.edu\/","title":"Fall Commencement 2017 Information"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[{"id":"176516","name":"Mary Sue Coleman"},{"id":"2736","name":"Gary Schuster"},{"id":"13502","name":"President G.P."},{"id":"627","name":"commencement"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003Elance.wallace@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lance.wallace@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}