{"id":28915,"date":"2025-12-16T16:38:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T16:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-news\/?p=28915"},"modified":"2026-03-12T18:23:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:23:04","slug":"december-graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/2025\/12\/december-graduation\/","title":{"rendered":"December Graduation 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hats off to our December 2025 grads! On Friday, December 12, eighteen students received their diplomas. 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