IU commencements

Ceremonies next month on eight campuses to confer 14,761 degrees

A total of 14,761 degrees will be conferred at the eight campuses of Indiana University during 1998 commencement ceremonies on a daily schedule that begins Saturday, May 9 with two ceremonies in Bloom ington and continues through the following Friday, May 15, in Richmond (IU East).

Of the total, 13,072 are IU degrees and 1,689 are from Purdue. Bloomington accounts for 5,944 of the degree recipients; Indianapolis, 4,117; Fort Wayne, 1,484; South Bend, 995; Southeast, 787; Northwest, 751; Kokomo, 433; and East, 250.

Sylvia McNair will address commencement audiences at the two Bloomington ceremonies in Assembly Hall. Described as one of the world's greatest living sopranos, McNair has performed at every major concert hall and opera house in North America, Europe and Asia. A native of Mansfield, Ohio, she is an IU alumna and also will receive an honorary doctorate of music.

Ceremonies for the Bloomington campus were moved this year to Assembly Hall from Memorial Stadium, alleviating concerns about inclement weather, but creating the need for two separate events to accommodate graduates and their commencement guests.

IU's 169th year of commencement ceremonies actually begins May 8 with the traditional graduation send-off from 2:45 to 4:45 p.m. at Bryan House, followed by the Baccalaureate concert at 4:30 in the Musical Arts Center, and Baccalaureate services from 5 to 5:45 p.m., also in the MAC.

Tradition has it that the parent of a graduating senior delivers the Baccalaureate address. This year, Randall C. Jacobs of Valparaiso, Ind., who received a bachelor of science degree from IU in 1970, will do those honors. He will be introduced by his son, Scott, a member of the Class of 1998 and past vice president of the Student Alumni Association.

Indiana University commencement ceremonies
IU Bloomington
May 9	Assembly Hall	10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
IUPUI
May 10	RCA Dome, Indianapolis	3 p.m.
Southeast
May 11	IUS Amphitheater, New Albany	7 p.m.
Kokomo
May 12	IUK campus	1:30 p.m.
South Bend
May 12	Century Center	7 p.m.
IPFW
May 13	Fort Wayne Coliseum	7 p.m.
Northwest
May 14	Star Plaza Theater, Merrillville	5 p.m.
East
May 15	Tiernan Center, Richmond	6 p.m.

The first Bloomington commencement ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. for the Kelley School of Business; SPEA, the School of Education; the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER); the School of Music; the School of Law and Graduate School; and Ph.D. majors in the above areas.

The second commencement will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. for the College of Arts and Sciences; the School of Continuing Studies; the School of Library and Information Science; the School of Optometry, the School of Journalism; and the Graduate School.

The degree figures listed include Bloomington degree candidates for May, June and August, as well as graduate students whose degrees have been or will be awarded on a monthly basis from January through July of this year. They do not include the 2,002 students who were conferred degrees last December in Bloomington, but they do include the December graduates for all other campuses.

For a complete calendar of Bloomington campus commencement events, please refer to page six of this issue of IU Home Pages. A full schedule of formal commencement ceremonies can be found below.

For more information, visit:

http://www.indiana.edu/~alumni/programs/commence.html

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