{"id":3617,"date":"2025-02-05T18:34:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T18:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/?p=3617"},"modified":"2025-02-14T19:21:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T19:21:38","slug":"commencement-class-of-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/2025\/02\/05\/commencement-class-of-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement: Class of 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3618 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/02\/grad.jpg\" alt=\"Graduate looks up while crossing stage.\" width=\"300\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/02\/grad.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/02\/grad-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The School of Dentistry celebrated the graduation of 172 dental professionals on May 18, 2024, at the Alamodome. Among the graduates were 107 who earned a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree and 19 who received their Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene. Another 46 advanced certificates and master\u2019s degrees were also awarded.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We give you this diploma as a reminder to keep learning, because one day, what you have learned after this diploma will become more important to patients than what you learned before this diploma.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>\u2014 Robert Hromas, MD, FACP, UT Health San Antonio Acting President<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The School of Dentistry celebrated the graduation of 172 dental professionals during the 2024 commencement ceremony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":653,"featured_media":3619,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"magazine":[23],"issue-year":[59],"featured-story":[],"class_list":["post-3617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","magazine-salute","issue-year-59"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Commencement: Class of 2024 - Magazines of the Schools at UT Health San Antonio<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/2025\/02\/05\/commencement-class-of-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Commencement: Class of 2024 - Magazines of the Schools at UT Health San Antonio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The School of Dentistry celebrated the graduation of 172 dental professionals during the 2024 commencement ceremony.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/2025\/02\/05\/commencement-class-of-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Magazines of the Schools at UT Health San Antonio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-05T18:34:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-14T19:21:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/02\/graduation.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1250\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"850\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"dominguezp2\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"dominguezp2\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/schools\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/05\\\/commencement-class-of-2024\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/schools\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/05\\\/commencement-class-of-2024\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"dominguezp2\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/schools\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c734dd974c7c296a670851e101671c32\"},\"headline\":\"Commencement: Class of 2024\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-05T18:34:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-14T19:21:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/schools\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/05\\\/commencement-class-of-2024\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":95,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/schools\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/05\\\/commencement-class-of-2024\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/schools\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/11\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/graduation.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Academics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/schools\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/05\\\/commencement-class-of-2024\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/schools\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/05\\\/commencement-class-of-2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Commencement: Class of 2024 - Magazines of the Schools at UT Health San Antonio\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/schools\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/schools\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/05\\\/commencement-class-of-2024\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/schools\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/05\\\/commencement-class-of-2024\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/schools\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/11\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/graduation.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-05T18:34:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-14T19:21:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/schools\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c734dd974c7c296a670851e101671c32\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/schools\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/05\\\/commencement-class-of-2024\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/schools\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/05\\\/commencement-class-of-2024\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/schools\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/05\\\/commencement-class-of-2024\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/schools\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/11\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/graduation.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/schools\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/11\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/graduation.jpg\",\"width\":1250,\"height\":850,\"caption\":\"School of Dentistry graduation graphic\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/schools\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/05\\\/commencement-class-of-2024\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/schools\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Salute\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/schools\\\/magazine\\\/salute\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Commencement: Class of 2024\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/schools\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/schools\\\/\",\"name\":\"Magazines of the Schools at UT Health San Antonio\",\"description\":\"Magazines of the Schools at UT Health San Antonio\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/schools\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/schools\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c734dd974c7c296a670851e101671c32\",\"name\":\"dominguezp2\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/54820ebd1a094dbfe7013ab038b785a715c44b8cea595ffa16259759c8dbeb19?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/54820ebd1a094dbfe7013ab038b785a715c44b8cea595ffa16259759c8dbeb19?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/54820ebd1a094dbfe7013ab038b785a715c44b8cea595ffa16259759c8dbeb19?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"dominguezp2\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/schools\\\/author\\\/dominguezp2\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Commencement: Class of 2024 - Magazines of the Schools at UT Health San Antonio","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/2025\/02\/05\/commencement-class-of-2024\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Commencement: Class of 2024 - Magazines of the Schools at UT Health San Antonio","og_description":"The School of Dentistry celebrated the graduation of 172 dental professionals during the 2024 commencement ceremony.","og_url":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/2025\/02\/05\/commencement-class-of-2024\/","og_site_name":"Magazines of the Schools at UT Health San Antonio","article_published_time":"2025-02-05T18:34:52+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-02-14T19:21:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1250,"height":850,"url":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/02\/graduation.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"dominguezp2","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"dominguezp2","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/2025\/02\/05\/commencement-class-of-2024\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/2025\/02\/05\/commencement-class-of-2024\/"},"author":{"name":"dominguezp2","@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/#\/schema\/person\/c734dd974c7c296a670851e101671c32"},"headline":"Commencement: Class of 2024","datePublished":"2025-02-05T18:34:52+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-14T19:21:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/2025\/02\/05\/commencement-class-of-2024\/"},"wordCount":95,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/2025\/02\/05\/commencement-class-of-2024\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/02\/graduation.jpg","articleSection":["Academics"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/2025\/02\/05\/commencement-class-of-2024\/","url":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/2025\/02\/05\/commencement-class-of-2024\/","name":"Commencement: Class of 2024 - Magazines of the Schools at UT Health San Antonio","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/2025\/02\/05\/commencement-class-of-2024\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/2025\/02\/05\/commencement-class-of-2024\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/02\/graduation.jpg","datePublished":"2025-02-05T18:34:52+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-14T19:21:38+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/#\/schema\/person\/c734dd974c7c296a670851e101671c32"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/2025\/02\/05\/commencement-class-of-2024\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/2025\/02\/05\/commencement-class-of-2024\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/2025\/02\/05\/commencement-class-of-2024\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/02\/graduation.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/02\/graduation.jpg","width":1250,"height":850,"caption":"School of Dentistry graduation graphic"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/2025\/02\/05\/commencement-class-of-2024\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Salute","item":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/magazine\/salute\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Commencement: Class of 2024"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/#website","url":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/","name":"Magazines of the Schools at UT Health San Antonio","description":"Magazines of the Schools at UT Health San Antonio","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/#\/schema\/person\/c734dd974c7c296a670851e101671c32","name":"dominguezp2","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/54820ebd1a094dbfe7013ab038b785a715c44b8cea595ffa16259759c8dbeb19?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/54820ebd1a094dbfe7013ab038b785a715c44b8cea595ffa16259759c8dbeb19?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/54820ebd1a094dbfe7013ab038b785a715c44b8cea595ffa16259759c8dbeb19?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"dominguezp2"},"url":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/author\/dominguezp2\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3617"},{"taxonomy":"magazine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/magazine?post=3617"},{"taxonomy":"issue-year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue-year?post=3617"},{"taxonomy":"featured-story","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/schools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured-story?post=3617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}