UO COMMENCEMENT
June 9, 1999
Contact: John R. Crosiar (541) 346-3135
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 John Crosiar who will be on the field in front of the speakers’ platform. During the ceremony, he can be reached on cellular phone, (541) 954-6402, or by pager, (541) 465-0349.
The schedule for college and department ceremonies is available on the World Wide Web at http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~stl/comm.htm.
WHAT: The University of Oregon will hold its 122nd Spring Commencement with Robert Ellis Smith, national expert on privacy issues and publisher of the Privacy Journal, delivering the keynote address and UO President Dave Frohnmayer presiding. Approximately 3,700 spring term candidates for bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degrees and fall and winter graduates are eligible to participate.
WHEN: 12:30 p.m. Saturday, June 12
WHERE: Hayward Field, 1580 E. 15th Ave., Eugene
In the event of rain, the ceremony will be held in McArthur Court, 1601 University St.
Nearly 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 11—12 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 12 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, Herman Faculty Achievement Award for Distinguished Teaching, Ersted Awards for Distinguished Teaching, and Graduate Teaching Fellow Awards.
1:30 p.m. Commencement address by Robert Ellis Smith, publisher of the Privacy Journal.
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.
Corrected:
UO COLLEGE AND DEPARTMENT CEREMONIESFriday, June 11
3 p.m. ROTC Commissioning Ceremony, Alumni Lounge, Gerlinger Hall.
6 p.m. M.B.A. and M.S. degrees in industrial relations, Beall Concert Hall. Reception follows in the Alumni Lounge, Gerlinger Hall.
7 p.m. Black Student Union, EMU Fir Room.
7 p.m. Honors College, west steps of Chapman Hall. (RAIN: Olum Atrium, Willamette Hall)
Saturday, June 12
8 a.m. Phi Beta Kappa Initiation, Alumni Lounge, Gerlinger Hall.
9:30 a.m. College of Education, Memorial Quad near PLC. (RAIN: Reading Room, Second Floor, Knight Library)
10 a.m. Classics, Humanities, Medieval Studies and Religious Studies, Lawn east of Condon Hall. (RAIN: EMU Fir Room)
10 a.m. Computer and Information Science, Courtyard, Deschutes Hall. (RAIN: 220 Gerlinger Hall)
10 a.m. Economics, Beall Concert Hall.
10 a.m. Exercise and Movement Science, Courtyard, Streisinger Hall. (RAIN: 180 PLC)
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. School of Journalism and Communication, Lawn south of Knight Library. (RAIN: Hilton Hotel)
10 a.m. Sociology, Covered Tennis Courts, follow signs from University Street.
10:30 a.m. Planning, Public Policy and Management, Reception only, lawn west of Hendricks Hall.
10:30 a.m. Physics/Geological Science/General Science, 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: Hilton Hotel)
3 p.m. Chemistry, 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, Covered Tennis Courts, follow signs from University Street.
3 p.m. Linguistics, Alumni Lounge, Gerlinger Hall.
3 p.m. Political Science, EMU Ballroom.
3 p.m. Psychology, Hayward Field. (RAIN: Auditorium, South Eugene High School)
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. Asian Studies, Courtyard, Streisinger Hall. (RAIN: EMU Fir Room)
4:30 p.m. Women’s Studies, Lawn west of Hendricks Hall. (RAIN: Lounge, Hendricks Hall)
5:15 p.m. Environmental Studies, Memorial Quad near PLC. (RAIN: Reading Room, Second Floor, Knight Library)
6 p.m. Biology, Olum Atrium, Willamette Hall.
8 p.m. Hillel Havdalah, Hillel House, 1059 Hilyard St.
Addresses of Ceremony Venues
Beall Concert Hall, 961 E. 18th Ave. McArthur Court, 1601 University St.
Chapman Hall, 990 E. 13th Ave. Pacific Hall, 1210 Franklin Blvd.
Columbia Hall, 1215 E. 13th Ave. Prince Lucien Campbell Hall (PLC), 1415 Kincaid St
Condon Hall, 1321 Kincaid St. Streisinger Hall, 1390 Franklin Blvd.
Deschutes Hall, 1477 E. 13th Ave. Villard Hall, 1109 Old Campus Lane
Erb Memorial Union (EMU), 1222 E. 13th Ave. Willamette Hall, 1371 E. 13th Ave.
Gerlinger Hall, 1468 University St.
Hendricks Hall, 1408 University St. Hilton Hotel, 66 E. 6th Ave.
Knight Library, 1501 Kincaid St. South Eugene High School, 400 E. 19th Ave.
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