{"id":226183,"date":"2026-05-10T04:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T04:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/226183\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T04:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T04:34:10","slug":"nearly-500-graduates-walked-across-the-stage-at-queens-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/226183\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 500 graduates walked across the stage at Queens University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:WJZY Charlotte;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fox46.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"WJZY Charlotte\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/232C1E841BC0BB863E0E9B74B574D5BADEBDCEDD7912DF6C56EBCD799BAD61E9\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefill_w0_h40;quality_80;format_webp\/\"\/><\/a>Sun, May 10, 2026 at 2:38 AM UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wjzy_charlotte_articles_714\/c54d964d16ca3245b9731f2ad10f0f1b.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>CHARLOTTE, N.C. (<a data-ylk=\"slk:QUEEN CITY NEWS;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qcnews.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">QUEEN CITY NEWS<\/a>) \u2014 On Saturday, students walked across the stage at Queens University in Charlotte for what would likely be the last graduation before the <a data-ylk=\"slk:university merges with Elon;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qcnews.com\/education\/we-are-slow-walking-the-process-leaders-provide-update-on-pending-queens-elon-university-merger\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">university merges with Elon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony was held at 10 a.m. in the Levine Center for Wellness and Recreation on the university\u2019s campus.<\/p>\n<p>This year, 495 people, including 304 undergrads and 191 graduate students, proudly received their diplomas.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s keynote speaker was Shelly Cayette-Weston, who serves as president of business operations for Hornets Sports &amp; Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to Queen City News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qcnews.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to Queen City News.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sun, May 10, 2026 at 2:38 AM UTC CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) \u2014 On Saturday, students walked&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[88888,9,24,63,88889,12774,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-226183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-levine-center-for-wellness-and-recreation","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queen-city-news","tag-queens-university","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}