December 9, 2009

Purdue West Lafayette commencement to be shown live on TV, webcast

Ceremonies are scheduled for 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. in the Elliott Hall of Music. The morning ceremony will be for students in the colleges of Agriculture, Education, Engineering and Liberal Arts. The afternoon event will be for students in the colleges of Consumer and Family Sciences; Pharmacy, Nursing and Health Sciences; Technology; Science; and the schools of Management and Veterinary Medicine.

The events will be aired live on Comcast Channel 5 and Boiler TV Channel 13. All speeches will be captioned for the hearing impaired. The ceremonies also will be shown live via Webcast at mms://video.dis.purdue.edu/graduation

The link will not become active until 48 hours before the ceremony.

To watch online, viewers must have Windows Media Player installed on their computers. It can be downloaded for free at https://www.Microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/
AllDownloads.aspx

Commencement videos also will be available for $30 per DVD. Order forms can be obtained at the Loeb Playhouse Box Office, online at https://www.purdue.edu/
registrar/pdf/DVD_Form.pdf  or by calling 765-494-3933. Forms may be submitted both before and after the ceremony within two weeks of the event.

There are 2,803 students who are candidates for degrees at the West Lafayette campus, including 1,901 undergraduates, 440 doctoral students, 458 master's students, one education specialist and three earning professional degrees.

For more information, call 765-494-6157 or e-mail commencement@purdue.edu

Writer: Soumitro Sen, 765-496-9711, ssen@purdue.edu

Sources: John Dietrich, video engineer, 765-494-1042, jsdietrich@purdue.edu

Christine DeHahn Pass, assistant registrar, 765-494-6163, dehahn@purdue.edu

Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu

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