Colorado State University Announces Spring 1997 Commencement Activities
Friday, May 2, 1997
FORT COLLINS--About 3,000 undergraduate and graduate
students will receive their diplomas during Colorado State's all-
university commencement May 17.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ellen Goodman will give
the keynote address at the all-university ceremony, scheduled
from 9-10:30 a.m. May 17 at Hughes Stadium. Goodman's columns are
nationally syndicated, appearing in 440 newspapers across the
country. Goodman's work covers a variety of subjects including
campus life, family issues, college sports and media.
Diplomas will be given to 2,204 undergraduates, 600
graduates and 145 doctoral graduates. During commencement, 38
students will graduate summa cum laude, 69 students magna cum
laude and 146 students cum laude.
In keeping with tradition, each of the university's eight
colleges also will hold convocation ceremonies May 16 and 17 at
various campus locations. The College of Veterinary Medicine and
Biomedical Sciences will hold two ceremonies, one for
undergraduates and another for those receiving professional
veterinary medicine degrees.
Following is the time, location and speaker for each of the
college commencement ceremonies.
May 16
* Professional Veterinary Medical Program, College of Veterinary
Medicine and Biomedical Sciences: 7 p.m., Moby Arena. Guest
speaker is Tony Frank, head of the department of pathology.
* ROTC officers" commissioning ceremony: 7 p.m., Lory Student
Center Theatre.
May 17
* College of Agricultural Sciences: 12:30 p.m., Equine Teaching
and Research Center. Guest speaker is Art Hecker, the 1997 Honor
Alumnus for the College of Agricultural Sciences.
* College of Applied Human Sciences: 12:30 p.m., Moby Arena.
Guest speakers include Keith Miser, vice president for Student
Affairs at Colorado State, and Lorie Barker, a graduating senior.
* College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences:
undergraduate commencement: 12:30 p.m., Lory Student Center Main
Ballroom. Keynote speaker is Mark Howell, assistant professor of
microbiology.
* College of Business: 4 p.m., Equine Teaching and Research
Center. Keynote speaker is Sen. Peggy Reeves.
* College of Liberal Arts: 4 p.m., Moby Arena. Guest speakers are
Morris Burns, professor of music, theater, and dance, and
graduating senior Heather Snow.
* College of Natural Resources: 4 p.m., Lory Student Center Main
Ballroom. Guest speaker is Chris Pague, director and chief
scientist of Colorado Natural Heritage Program.
* College of Engineering: 7:30 p.m., Equine Teaching and Research
Center. Guest speaker is Thomas Brubaker, a retiring professor of
electrical engineering at Colorado State.
* College of Natural Sciences: 7:30 p.m., Moby Arena. Guest
speaker is Chuck Mabry, President of the State Board of
Agriculture.
For more information about commencement, call the public
relations department at (970) 491-6432.
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