MEDIA ADVISORY: UO COMMENCEMENT
June 8, 2000
Contact: Maureen Shine (541) 346-3145
EDITOR’S NOTE:
Reserved areas for media will be located at the southwest end of Hayward Field in front of the speakers’ platform.Pick up programs and background information about the university general commencement from UO Office of Communications staff member Pauline Austin who will be on the field in front of the speakers’ platform. During the ceremony, she can be reached on cellular phone, (541) 954-6402, or by pager, (541) 465-0349.
The schedule for college and department ceremonies also is available on the World Wide Web at http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~stl/comm.htm.
WHAT:
The University of Oregon will hold its 123rd Spring Commencement with the keynote address delivered by Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) and a tireless advocate for the rights of children. UO President Dave Frohnmayer will preside over the ceremonies in which approximately 4,200WHEN: 12:30 p.m. Saturday, June 10
WHERE: Hayward Field, 1580 E. 15th Ave., Eugene
In the event of rain, the ceremony will be held in McArthur Court, 1601 University St.
More than 30 ceremonies for departments, schools and colleges, featuring individual
recognition for bachelor’s and master’s degree students, are scheduled at various times and locations June 9—10 as listed on the reverse.
PARKING: Campus parking will be limited and those attending are advised to arrive early. Free
parking will be available in the lots at East 15th Avenue and Columbia Street and
East 14th Avenue and Kincaid Street, as well as at specially marked meters along University Street, Agate Street from 13th to 18th avenues, 18th Avenue from Agate to Alder streets, 15th Avenue from University to Columbia streets, 13th Avenue from Agate to Columbia streets and Kincaid Street from 15th to 11th avenues.
SCHEDULE FOR JUNE 10 GENERAL COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES
Noon
Graduates line up for the processional at the southeast end of Hayward Field.Graduates will be seated on the field facing the speakers’ platform.
12:30 p.m. Processional begins for general commencement ceremonies.
1 p.m. Presentation of the Distinguished Service Awards, Presidential Medals, and Herman
and Ersted Faculty Achievement Awards for Distinguished Teaching.
1:30 p.m. Commencement address by Marian Wright Edelman, CDF founder and president.
Edelman also will receive an honorary doctorate, the UO’s fourth in 54 years.
2 p.m. Conferral of degrees, including individual recognition of doctoral degree students.
2:30 p.m. Departments, schools and colleges (listed on reverse) relocate for 3 p.m. ceremonies.
UO COLLEGE AND DEPARTMENT CEREMONIES
Friday, June 9
3 p.m. ROTC Commissioning Ceremony, Alumni Lounge, Gerlinger Hall.
3:30 p.m. Art History, Museum of Art. Reception follows in EMU Fir Room.
6:30 p.m. M.B.A. and M.S. degrees in industrial relations, Beall Concert Hall. Reception follows in Gilbert Hall Courtyard.
7 p.m. Black Student Union, EMU Fir Room.
7:30 p.m. Honors College, west steps of Chapman Hall. (RAIN: Paul Olum Atrium, Willamette Hall)
Saturday, June 10
8 a.m. Phi Beta Kappa Initiation, Alumni Lounge, Gerlinger Hall.
9 a.m. College of Education, Memorial Quad near PLC. (RAIN: Reading Room, Second Floor, Knight Library)
10 a.m. Asian Studies, EMU Fir Room.
10 a.m. Classics, Humanities, Medieval Studies and Religious Studies, Lawn east of Condon Hall.
(RAIN: 177 Lawrence Hall)
10 a.m. Computer and Information Science, Courtyard, Deschutes Hall. (RAIN: 220 Gerlinger Hall)
10 a.m. Economics, Beall Concert Hall.
10 a.m. Ethnic Studies, EMU Rogue Room.
10 a.m. Exercise and Movement Science, Courtyard, Streisinger Hall. (RAIN: 180 Prince Lucien Campbell)
10 a.m. History, EMU Ballroom.
10 a.m. International Studies, EMU Amphitheater. (RAIN: 150 Columbia Hall)
10 a.m. Mathematics, Robinson Theatre, Villard Hall.
10 a.m. Philosophy, Courtyard, Pacific Hall. (RAIN: 100 Willamette Hall)
10 a.m. Political Science, EMU East Lawn. (RAIN: 54 Gerlinger Annex)
10 a.m. School of Journalism and Communication, Lawn south of Knight Library. (RAIN: Covered Tennis Courts, follow signs from University Street)
10 a.m. Sociology, Student Recreation Center.
10:30 a.m. Planning, Public Policy and Management, Reception only, lawn west of Hendricks Hall.
10:30 a.m. Physics/Geological Sciences/General Science, Paul Olum Atrium, Willamette Hall.
3 p.m. Anthropology/Geography, Lawn east of Condon Hall. (RAIN: 220 Gerlinger Hall)
3 p.m. Charles H. Lundquist College of Business, Lawn south of Knight Library. (RAIN: Covered Tennis Courts)
3 p.m. Chemistry, Paul Olum Atrium, Willamette Hall.
3 p.m. English, Memorial Quad near PLC. (RAIN: Reading Room, Second Floor, Knight Library)
3 p.m. Foreign Languages/Comparative Literature, Student Recreation Center.
3 p.m. Linguistics, Alumni Lounge, Gerlinger Hall.
3 p.m. Psychology, Hayward Field. (RAIN: 54 Gerlinger Annex)
3 p.m. School of Architecture and Allied Arts, EMU East Lawn. (RAIN: McArthur Court)
3 p.m. School of Music, Beall Concert Hall.
3 p.m. Theater Arts, Robinson Theatre, Villard Hall.
4:30 p.m. Women’s Studies, Hendricks Hall.
5:15 p.m. Environmental Studies, Memorial Quad near PLC. (RAIN: Reading Room, Second Floor, Knight Library)
6 p.m. Biology, Paul Olum Atrium, Willamette Hall.
8 p.m. Hillel Havdalah and Reception, Hillel House, 1059 Hilyard St.
Addresses of Ceremony Venues
Beall Concert Hall, 961 E. 18th Ave. Knight Library, 1501 Kincaid St.
Chapman Hall, 990 E. 13th Ave. McArthur Court, 1601 University St.
Columbia Hall, 1215 E. 13th Ave. Pacific Hall, 1210 Franklin Blvd.
Condon Hall, 1321 Kincaid St. Prince Lucien Campbell Hall (PLC), 1415 Kincaid St.
Deschutes Hall, 1477 E. 13th Ave. Streisinger Hall, 1390 Franklin Blvd.
Erb Memorial Union (EMU), 1222 E. 13th Ave. Student Recreation Center, 1202 E. 15th Ave.
Gerlinger Hall, 1468 University St. Villard Hall, 1109 Old Campus Lane
Gilbert Hall, 955 E. 13th Ave. Willamette Hall, 1371 E. 13th Ave.
Hendricks Hall, 1408 University St.
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