{"id":82841,"date":"2022-06-02T14:02:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T18:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?page_id=82841"},"modified":"2026-06-05T13:52:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T17:52:42","slug":"stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/convocation\/stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Convocation Stories"},"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\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/nov-2021-hp-banner-1600w-1.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 Convocation\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\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-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                            \n\n\n<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h2 id=\"grad-stories\" class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative text-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] pb-4 after:w-8 after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        Grad Stories\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <\/header>\n        \n        <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-5xl md:grid-cols-3 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n\n            <figure class=\"relative mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg \">\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2026\/05\/convocation-balloons-1200x800-1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Balloons at convocation celebrations\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/figure>\n        \n                    <header class=\"px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                <div class=\"flex flex-row gap-1 w-full mb-4\">\n                                    <\/div>\n                <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black dark:text-white @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                    \nSpring Convocation 2026: Inspiring Graduating Students Share Their Stories\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header>\n                            <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6 text-left\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    Every academic journey is one of perseverance, inspiration and achievement. Here are the stories of five graduating students from each of Carleton\u2019s faculties.\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto md:pt-5\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/story\/spring-convocation-2026-graduate-stories\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    More info\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n        \n    <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n\n            <figure class=\"relative mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg \">\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2026\/05\/spring-convocation-1600x1067-1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Audience members cheer at a Carleton convocation ceremony\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/figure>\n        \n                    <header class=\"px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                <div class=\"flex flex-row gap-1 w-full mb-4\">\n                                            <time class=\"flex flex-row items-center italic text-sm text-cu-black-600 dark:text-white @sm:md:text-base\">\n                            June 1st, 2026\n                        <\/time>\n                                    <\/div>\n                <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black dark:text-white @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                    \nCarleton Celebrates Graduating Ravens at Spring Convocation\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header>\n                            <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6 text-left\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    From June 8 to 12, Carleton University celebrates Spring Convocation. Over the course of 5 days and 17 ceremonies, more than 6900 students will receive their well-earned degrees.\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto md:pt-5\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/story\/celebrating-graduating-ravens-spring-convocation\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    More info\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n        \n    <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n\n            <figure class=\"relative mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg \">\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2026\/06\/Sydney-Neilsen_Tanzania-768x768-1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Sydney Nielsen\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/figure>\n        \n                    <header class=\"px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                <div class=\"flex flex-row gap-1 w-full mb-4\">\n                                            <time class=\"flex flex-row items-center italic text-sm text-cu-black-600 dark:text-white @sm:md:text-base\">\n                            May 21st, 2026\n                        <\/time>\n                                    <\/div>\n                <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black dark:text-white @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                    Sprott Student Turns a Runner\u2019s Frustration into a Business Opportunity\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header>\n                            <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6 text-left\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    At Carleton University\u2019s Sprott School of Business, Sydney Nielsen isn\u2019t waiting until graduation to test her ideas in the real world. 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