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May 9, 2003
Vol. 27, No. 16

• Final budget bill includes pay raise
• Vote on civil service ends in tie
• English department wins CTE honor
• Full Steam ahead
• Geology professor’s classes are all Greek to students
• KU alum to head Fine Arts
• Hall heroes
• Student Success office taps Concordia native
• Pinamonti selected as admissions director
• Jimmy Carter, Rudy Giuliani plan to attend Dole dedication in July
• Athletes honor
Dailey
• Fund run
• Improvement projects may delay traffic, cause detours
• Hall Center receives $255,000 to expand programs in Wichita
• Professors receive distinguished awards
• Commencement schedule of events
• Retirees to be honored
• Simulcast offers stadium alternative
• All-University Supper to feature citation winners
• Outstanding grads to carry banners
• Outstanding GTAs to be honored
• Seniors recognized for academics, leadership
• Board of Regents announces KU promotions and tenure
• Employees of the year honored at ceremony
• KU First
• On the hill
• Off the hill
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Commencement schedule of events

For additional information about commencement, visit www.commencement.ku.edu.

Friday, May 16
3:30 to 5 p.m. Reception for graduating international students. Kansas Room, Kansas Union. Refreshments follow, Malott Room.
Co-sponsors: International Programs, International Student and Scholar Services, Phi Beta Delta.
4 to 6 p.m. Reception for graduating nontraditional students. Centennial Room, Level 6, Kansas Union.
4 to 6 p.m. School of Business recognition for bachelor’s degree candidates and hooding for master’s degree candidates. Lied Center.
Saturday, May 17
8:30 a.m. School of Journalism graduate recognition and master’s degree hooding ceremony. Lied Center. Reception follows.
8:30 to 10 a.m. Reception for Chancellor’s Student Awards recipients. Kansas Room, Kansas Union.
9 a.m. School of Allied Health recognition ceremony. Memorial Hall, 600 N. Seventh St., Kansas City, Kan.
10 to 11 a.m. College Graduate Division master’s hooding. Crafton-Preyer Theatre, Murphy Hall.
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. KU Visitor Center open at 1502 Iowa St.
10:30 a.m. School of Fine Arts Convocation. Lied Center.
10:30 a.m. to noon. School of Allied Health and School of Graduate Studies brunch for graduates and families. Murphy courtyard, KU Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan.
11 a.m. School of Nursing recognition ceremony. Memorial Hall, 600 N. Seventh St., Kansas City, Kan.
11 a.m. to noon. Phi Beta Kappa initiation. Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union. Reception follows, Big 12 Room.
12:30 to 2 p.m. School of Nursing brunch for graduates and families. Murphy courtyard, KU Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan.
1 to 3 p.m. Program and reception for graduating seniors who have completed the University Honors Program and for graduating University Scholars, Crafton-Preyer Theatre, Murphy Hall.
1 to 3 p.m. School of Education convocation. Lied Center.
2 to 3 p.m. School of Medicine graduation brunch for graduates and families. Murphy courtyard, KU Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan.
4 p.m. Graduate School doctoral hooding. Lied Center.
6 p.m. Multicultural graduation banquet. Kansas Union ballroom.
6 to 7:30 p.m. School of Pharmacy senior recognition and hooding. Crafton-Preyer Theatre, Murphy Hall. Reception follows, Murphy courtyard.
7 p.m. School of Medicine hooding and awards. Lied Center.
7 to 9 p.m. Division of Biological Sciences recognition of honors, awards, and graduating seniors ceremony. Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union. Reception follows, Big 12 Room.
Sunday, May 18
8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Memorial Drive closed to traffic. (Parking ban begins midnight Saturday.)
8 a.m. School of Engineering recognition and awards ceremony. Lied Center. Reception follows, Oliver Hall.
9 to 11 a.m. Environmental Studies Program graduate recognition and honors reception. Environmental studies building, 517 W. 14th.
9:30 a.m. Department of Human Development and Family Life recognition for students receiving BA and BGS degrees. Courtyard between Dole and Haworth halls.
9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Speech-Language-Hearing undergraduate and graduate recognition ceremony. 110 Budig Hall. Reception follows, Budig Hall north entrance area.
10 to 11 a.m. Bachelor of Social Welfare recognition. Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union.
10 to 11:15 a.m. School of Law hooding. Lied Center. Brunch follows, Green Hall lawn. Tickets required for both events.
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. KU Visitor Center open at 1502 Iowa St.
10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Class of 2003 commencement lunch. Chancellor’s residence, 1532 Lilac Lane. Program begins 11:30 a.m.
11 a.m. to noon. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences recognition for students graduating with distinction and highest distinction. Crafton-Preyer Theatre, Murphy Hall.
11:30 a.m. School of Architecture and Urban Design commencement celebration. Kansas Union ballroom.
Noon to 1:15 p.m. School of Social Welfare hooding for master’s degree candidates. Lied Center.
2 p.m. Commencement participants assemble on Memorial Drive.
2:30 p.m. Commencement procession begins.
Monday, May 19
10 a.m. to noon. Joint Service commissioning ceremony. Kansas Union ballroom. Reception follows.

 

 

    
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