Note to Editors: Members of the media are welcome to attend any of the ceremonies. Call Greg Swenson at (303) 492-3113 for more information.
Former U.S. Sen. Gary Hart is one of several speakers who will be on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus May 5-6 to speak at special recognition ceremonies for spring graduates.
Most CU-Boulder schools and colleges will hold recognition ceremonies for their graduates in addition to the main university commencement ceremony on Friday, May 6, at 8:30 a.m. in Folsom Stadium.
Following is a schedule of special events in the schools and colleges.
∑College of Architecture and Planning recognition ceremony, Thursday, May 5, at 3 p.m. on the Duane Physics lawn. A reception will follow in the Environmental Design Building, room 134.
∑Leeds School of Business undergraduate recognition ceremony, Thursday, May 5, at 4:30 p.m. in the Coors Events/Conference Center.
∑Leeds School of Business MBA recognition ceremony, Friday, May 6, at 3 p.m. in Macky Auditorium. John P. Puerner, publisher, president and CEO of the Los Angeles Times, will be the speaker.
∑School of Education recognition ceremony, Thursday, May 5, at 5:30 p.m. in Macky Auditorium. State Rep. Jack Pommer, D-Boulder, will be the speaker.
∑College of Engineering and Applied Science recognition ceremony, Thursday, May 5, at 8 p.m. in the Coors Events/Conference Center. Lucinda Sanders, CEO of the National Center for Women and Information Technology, will be the speaker.
∑Graduate School recognition ceremony, Friday, May 6, immediately following the main university commencement ceremony at the CU Museum of Natural History in the Henderson Building.
∑School of Journalism and Mass Communication recognition ceremony, Thursday, May 5, at 2 p.m. in Macky Auditorium. Jonathan Weil, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal and a 1991 graduate of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, will be the speaker.
∑School of Law recognition ceremony, Friday, May 6, at 11:30 a.m. in Macky Auditorium. Hart will be the speaker. The ceremony is only open to students, faculty and staff, and tickets are required. A reception will follow at the Fleming Law Building.
∑College of Music recognition ceremony, Thursday, May 5, at 3 p.m. in the Imig Music Building's Grusin Music Hall. Eileen Tate Cline, dean emerita of the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, will be the speaker.
Many departments in the College of Arts and Sciences also will hold events to recognize their graduates. Many events may not be open to the public, and in some cases tickets may be required. Contact individual departments for further information.