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December graduation schedule announced

Several schools have planned December graduate recognition ceremonies. KU holds only one formal commencement ceremony each year. This academic yearÕs commencement will be May 18.

Below is a schedule of the December ceremonies.

  • School of Business -- 4-6 p.m. Dec. 7, Lied Center
  • School of Engineering -- 9 a.m. Dec. 8, Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union
  • William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications -- 1 p.m. Dec. 9 Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union. A reception will follow in the Big 12 Room.
  • School of Law (hooding ceremony) -- 3:30 p.m. Dec. 14, Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union. A reception to follow in the Big 12 Room.
  • College of Liberal Arts and Sciences -- 2 p.m. Dec. 9, Lied Center

More information is available at www.commencement.ku.edu.

TOPONYMS

In June 1945, Gertrude Sellards Pearson, a 1901 alumna, and her husband, Texas oilman Joseph R. Pearson, donated $200,000 to help build student housing. In the next 15 years, two residence halls and three scholarship halls opened. One residence hall, named for her, still houses women; the other, named for him, now is home to the School of Education. Pearson, Grace Pearson and Sellards scholarship halls were named for members of their families. For more, see www.buildings.ku.edu.