{"id":13356,"date":"2025-12-22T16:26:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T22:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/?p=13356"},"modified":"2026-01-05T08:57:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T14:57:58","slug":"congrats-class-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/congrats-class-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Congrats, Class of 2025!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"lead-in\">We celebrated another semester of graduates at commencement on Sunday, December 22 at the UWM Panther Arena. Congratulations to all of our newest alumni! 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