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April 28, 2000
Purdue awarding degrees during ceremonies across stateWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue University will award degrees at five campuses and six Statewide Technology sites around the state during commencement ceremonies in May. Ceremonies are scheduled at the West Lafayette campus May 12-14. Approximately 4,900 students -- 3,840 of whom are undergraduates -- will earn degrees during four ceremonies. Purdue President Steven C. Beering and Thomas J. Carroll, president of the Purdue Alumni Association, will address graduates at each ceremony in Edward C. Elliott Hall of Music. The commencement ceremonies will feature two large video screens above the Hall of Music stage. The screens will display a close-up photo of each graduate as he or she is congratulated by the dean, just after receiving the diploma. Tickets are required for admission to the hall; participants are issued tickets for family and friends. Each ceremony will be for specific schools. The schedule is: 8 p.m. Friday, May 12: Schools of Engineering and Education. Class response by Diane M. Whirledge, Goshen , Ind ., who majored in engineering. 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 13: Schools of Agriculture, Consumer and Family Sciences, Science, and Veterinary Medicine. Class response by Luke M. Jacobus, Columbus , Ind ., a School of Agriculture graduate. 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 13: Schools of Liberal Arts and Pharmacy, Nursing and Health Sciences. Class response by Shandol C. Swalley, Greencastle , Ind ., a liberal arts student. 9:30 a.m. Sunday, May 14: Schools of Management and Technology. Class response by Chad D. Kerkhof, Greenfield , Ind ., from the School of Technology. Undergraduate totals, by schools, are: Agriculture -- 310 Consumer and Family Sciences -- 260 Education -- 140 Engineering -- 665 Liberal Arts -- 690 Management -- 330 Pharmacy, Nursing and Health Sciences -- 190 Science -- 310 Technology -- 945 The other degree candidates on the West Lafayette campus include approximately 900 students from the Graduate School and 160 professional-degree candidates -- 65 from the School of Veterinary Medicine and 95 from the School of Pharmacy and Pharmacal Sciences. Commencement videos for each school will be available to new graduates, their families and friends, said Steve Hall, director of the Hall of Music. The video costs $25 plus $5 postage and handling. Order forms are available at Purdue box offices and will be available from hall ushers and with programs during the commencement exercises. The Hall of Music box office will be open just before and after each commencement ceremony to accept order forms. Commencement times and locations at other Purdue campuses are:
Anderson -Muncie : 3 p.m. Saturday, May 6, Warner Auditorium, Anderson University. Columbus and Southeastern Indiana (Versailles ): 7 p.m. Sunday, May 14, Columbus Holiday Inn. Kokomo : 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 9, Kelley Center, Indiana University, Kokomo. New Albany : 7 p.m. Monday, May 8, Amphitheater, Indiana University-Southeast. Richmond : 6 p.m. Friday, May 12, Richmond High School. South Bend -Elkhart : 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 9, Joyce Center, University of Notre Dame.
Writer: J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; mwillis@purdue.edu
Source: Kathy Munn, assistant registrar, (765) 494-8219; kmunn@purdue.edu
Related Web site:Purdue commencement calendar
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