{"id":685,"date":"2016-07-21T16:12:56","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T16:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/?p=685"},"modified":"2016-07-21T16:14:35","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T16:14:35","slug":"fun-in-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/2016\/07\/21\/fun-in-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun in the sun."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Great to see the Class of 2016 enjoying their graduation in the sun today. \u00a0It was probably a shade too hot but it certainly added too the day.\u00a0There was a fantastic atmosphere in campus heart and throughout the\u00a0University.<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-686\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2012.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2012\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2012.jpg 720w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2012-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2012-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-687\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2014.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2014\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2014.jpg 720w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2014-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2014-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-688\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2015.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2015\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2015.jpg 720w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2015-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2015-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-689\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2016.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2016\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2016.jpg 720w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2016-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2016-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-690\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2017.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2017\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2017.jpg 720w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2017-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2017-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also what\u00a0a\u00a0\u00a0pleasure it was to meet up with Product Design graduate John Barrett, who was here to receive an honorary doctorate from the University. John graduated in 1988, from the then Teesside Polytechnic, and is now President and Chief Executive Officer of US-based global design consultancy TEAGUE.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-691\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2007.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2007\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2007.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2007-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2007-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2007-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2007-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-692\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2010.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2010\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2010.jpg 720w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2010-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2010-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>John gave a wonderfully inspiring speech, talking fondly about his time at Teesside\u00a0and how the course\u00a0helped to mould his hugely successful career.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-694\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_2013.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2013\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>Good luck to all our graduates.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great to see the Class of 2016 enjoying their graduation in the sun today. \u00a0It was probably a shade too hot but it certainly added too the day.\u00a0There was a fantastic atmosphere in campus heart and throughout the\u00a0University. Also what\u00a0a\u00a0\u00a0pleasure it was to meet up with Product Design graduate John Barrett, who was here to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/2016\/07\/21\/fun-in-the-sun\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fun in the sun.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[50,39,17,47],"tags":[35,3,42,46,8,7],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3fi1x-b3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/teesmade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}