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| * Córdova: Commencement offers opportunity for bold beginning |
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 * President France A. Córdova speaks at her first Purdue commencement. (2:36 ) |
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| * Purdue University commencement |
August 4, 2007
New Purdue president speaks during summer commencement
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - |
Among the 1,234 degrees being awarded 602 were undergraduate degrees, three were professional degrees, 374 were master's degrees and 255 were doctoral degrees.
Nicole L. Key of Yorktown, Ind., who received a doctorate in mechanical engineering, provided the student response.
Commencement videos are available. A DVD costs $30, and order forms are available at Stewart Center's Loeb Playhouse box office or by calling (765) 494-3933.
For information, call (765) 494-6157 or e-mail commencement@purdue.edu.
Purdue has been holding summer commencement ceremonies since 1984.
Writer: Christy Jones, (765) 494-1089, christyjones@purdue.edu
Sources: Christine L. DeHahn, assistant registrar, (765) 494-6163, dehahn@purdue.edu
Abby Yankovich, assistant registrar, (765) 494-8219, abby@purdue.edu
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu
PHOTO CAPTION:
Purdue President France A. Córdova poses for a picture with Chulwoo Son (at left) and Hyunjoong Kim on Saturday (Aug. 4) after the university's commencement ceremony, where the two South Korean students had both been awarded doctoral degrees in electrical and computer engineering. More than 1,200 degrees were awarded in Saturday's ceremony, which was Córdova's first since she began her term as the university's president on July 16. (Purdue News Service photo/David Umberger)
A publication-quality photo is available at https://www.purdue.edu/uns/images/+2007/cordova-commence0807.jpg
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