{"id":1576,"date":"2025-05-05T09:46:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T13:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/advancement\/?post_type=cu_story&#038;p=1576"},"modified":"2025-05-05T09:46:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T13:46:15","slug":"celebrating-60-years-of-connection-with-the-commerce-class-of-65","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/advancement\/story\/celebrating-60-years-of-connection-with-the-commerce-class-of-65\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 60 years of connection with the Commerce Class of &#8217;65"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/advancement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/05\/IMG_5544-1600x700.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Celebrating 60 years of connection with the Commerce Class of &#8217;65\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>This dedicated group of Carleton alum have been making an impact at Carleton for over 60 years!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To celebrate this milestone reunion,&nbsp;the Class of &#8217;65 has announced their generous support to establish the Commerce Class of 65 Eric Sprott Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The award will provide financial support annually to an outstanding undergraduate student in their final year at the Sprott School of Business. This individual will have demonstrated leadership and a generosity of spirit during their time at Carleton, having had an impact on their classmates and\/or in the broader community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As students prepare to close out another year at Carleton, we are reminded that connections made at Carleton can last a lifetime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sprott.carleton.ca\/2025\/sixty-years-strong-how-carletons-commerce-class-of-65-turned-friendship-into-a-lasting-legacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the full story<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This dedicated group of Carleton alum have been making an impact at Carleton for over 60 years!&nbsp; To celebrate this milestone reunion,&nbsp;the Class of &#8217;65 has announced their generous support to establish the Commerce Class of 65 Eric Sprott Award. 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