Commencement format to undergo change
By Diana Elliott
Of the Emerald
After the keynote speaker pumps hope and op
timism into the guests this year, and “Pomp and Cir
cumstance” begins to filter through the grandstands
at Hayward Field, graduates just might get up and
leave.
They will get up, that is, and reassemble at dif
ferent areas of campus, said Mary Hudzikiewicz,
director of community services for the Student
University Relations Council.
It is all part of a new plan to interject recognition
into this year’s commencement, scheduled for June
16, while maintaining the pageantry that comes with
the larger ceremony, she said.
Hudzikiewicz said that after awards are
presented, and Dr. Evelyn Handler, president of
Brandeis University, delivers the keynote address,
University president Paul Olum will say “the magic
words" declaring everyone graduates, and then
everybody will break down into individual
departments.
In the past, doctoral and master’s degree can
didates had been recognized individually after the
keynote address, but the bachelor’s degree candidates
were not called. Instead, bachelor’s candidates only
could stand up when their departments were called.
Last August, after the summer commencement,
Olum decided it would be good to change the spring
ceremony making it more personal, similar to the
smaller summer graduation program, Hudzikiewicz
said.
After investigating other Pacific-10 schools and
schools of similar size, Hudzikiewicz said she came
up with the idea of keeping the ceremony with all the
graduates at Hayward Field but also adding a smaller
ceremony where students could receive their
diplomas individually, and their parents could meet
the faculty of their departments.
Although arrangements have been made to send
students and their guests to different locations, there
still remains some kinks that need to be worked out,
Hudzikiewicz said.
The biggest problem now is arranging logistics,
Hudzikiewicz said. She does not know yet how
students and guests will disassemble to different
locations.
“1 like the general idea, but I don’t know about
scheduling two ceremonies back to back,” said
Emerald file photo
This year’s graduating students will experience some changes in their commencement ceremony as part
of a new plan to interject recognition into the exercises.
Robert Gilberts, dean of the College of Education. “It
will be interesting to see how many people we will
lose between ceremonies.” Hudzikiewicz will be
meeting with the commencement committee today to
discuss the problems that the situation might create.
Gilberts also pointed out the problem of
recognizing students. It would be difficult to line up
students in alphabetical order once they get to their
locations, he said.
Following the keynote address, students and
guests should assemble in the following locations:
•College of Arts and Sciences students will re
main at Hayward Field or McArthur Court in the
event of rain.
•Architecture students will go to Room 150
Geology.
•College of Business students will go to the lawn
north of Gilbert Hall.
•College of Education students will go to the
courtyard in the education building.
•College of Human Development and Perfor
mance students will go to Room 220 Gerlinger.
•Journalism students will go to the EMU
Ballroom.
•Music students will go to Beall Hall.
Letters from the University informing graduates
where they need to go and what they need to do dur
ing commencement were sent out early this week,
Hudzikiewicz said. Those who are planning on
graduating and did not receive a letter should contact
Hudzikiewicz at the Student University Relations
Council at 686-5555.
departments update
Awards
Three University faculty
members are among 10 scholars
state-wide who were awarded
Oregon Committee for the
Humanities summer
fellowships for 1985.
Receiving $2,000 each to sup
port scholarly research in the
humanities are Henry Alley, an
Honors College professor; I^ird
Kirkpatrick, a law professor;
and George Wickes, an English
professor.
Alley will write on George
Eliot, the 19th century novelist;
Kirkpatrick will research the
most significant cases in
Oregon that reached the U.S.
Supreme Court and contributed
to the development of federal
constitutional law; and Wickes
will finish a translation of the
memoirs of the modern Proven
cal poet Fredric Mistral.
Journalism Professor Bob
Taber was named the 1985 Nor
thwest Educator of the Year dur
ing the sixth annual Northwest
Advertising Conference, which
ended April 27 in Eugene.
David Moursund, a Universi
ty computer professor, has been
named ‘‘Outstanding Computer
Educator” by a national educa
tional computing organization.
Law school
commencement
A legal scholar best known
for work as a professor of
evidence and trial techniques
will speak at the University law
school's commencement on
May 19.
Irving Younger, a noted
lawyer, educator and author,
will deliver the commencement
address during the ceremony,
which will begin at noon in
Silva Hall at the Hult Center. It
is open to the public.
Field trip
Gordon Murphy, the
academic administrative assis
tant in the biology department,
will lead an overnight bus trip
to the Malheur Field Station, 32
miles south of Burns.
The trip, scheduled for Satur
day and Sunday, is open to
University students and the
public. The group will explore
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Summer dance
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ment will offer workshops rang
ing from Afro-American to
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1985 Summer Session.
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Governor
appoints
OSU pupil
Gov. Vic Atiyeh has ap
pointed an Oregon State
University student to a two-year
term on the State Board of
Higher Education.
Frederick Crowell, a junior
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Correction
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about an upcoming presenta
tion on the Reagan administra
tion's Strategic Defense In
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for Harris Hall. Harris Hall is at
125 Eighth Ave in Eugene.
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