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September 18, 1998 Winter commencement times move WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Winter commencements at Purdue University have returned to a morning and afternoon schedule starting this December. Commencement ceremonies will be conducted at 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Dec. 20 in Elliott Hall of Music. Since 1987, they have been at 1:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. The first winter commencement was in 1984. The afternoon ceremonies were necessary because members of the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, which provided music during winter and summer commencement, often were committed to morning church performances during the Christmas season, when Purdue has winter commencement, Registrar Marlesa Roney said. A morning commencement became possible because student musicians now will perform at the commencements, said Roney, who is chairwoman of the commencement committee. CONTACT: Roney, (765) 494-6133; e-mail, maroney@reg.purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu To the Purdue News and Photos Page