On the first day of class last spring, Shannon Portillo walked to the front of the room to begin her lecture. From behind her, in the rows of students enrolled in Introduction to Public Administration, she heard giggling.

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• 1.Campus Closeup
  
  
• 2.Three earn Steeples awards
• 3.Governance Matters
  
  

• Two alums earn KU's highest honor
• Faculty to receive distinguished teaching awards
• Schedule of commencement events

• Ten grads named Chancellor's Student Award winners
• About 4,000 grads to make walk down the hill
• Faculty, GTAs lauded for graduate education, mentoring efforts
• High-achieving students to carry schools' banners