No snags involved in dressing for graduation
■ Commencement is
coming up, and there are
plenty of caps, gowns and
tassels at the bookstore
By Serena Markstrom
Oregon Daily Emerald
Graduating? Worrying about
what you should do to prepare?
Don’t.
The Office of the Dean of Stu
dent Life and the University Book
store have made the logistics of
graduation simple.
Seniors who applied for gradua
tion will receive a “Commence
ment Brochure” from Student
Life. The brochure details where
students need to be and when and
also includes four tickets in case
the June 10 main ceremony is relo
cated from Hayward Field to
McArthur Court because of rain.
For undergraduates, there is no
deadline to order the cap, gown
and tassel. Masters and Ph.D. stu
dents must order their package be
fore May 29 or pay a $10 late fee.
Law students must order before
May 12.
“Don’t panic, just relax — we
can take care of it whenever you
come in,” said Serra Morrison, a
senior environmental studies ma
jor and bookstore employee.
The main commencement cer
emony will last about two hours,
and only in the event of rain will
students’ families and friends
need tickets to attend.
Because the details of the cere
mony are so straightforward, said
Mary Hudzikiewicz, commence
ment coordinator for the Office of
the Dean of Student Life, seniors
should use the last weeks before
graduation to position themselves
for future employment by polish
ing their resumes and contacting
references.
For undergraduates, the cap,
gown and tassel cost $35 and can
be purchased anytime before grad
uation. Students completing more
than one major can purchase ex
tra tassels at the bookstore for
$3.50.
Morrison said students need
not worry about the bookstore
running out of their size because
they order more as supplies in a
size are running low.
Javier Hernandez, a senior ma
joring in international and envi
ronmental studies, suggested stu
dents buy their caps and gowns
early so they have time to get the
wrinkles out.
A tip for wrinkle removal, Her
nandez said, is to hang the gown
in the bathroom and take a hot
sho'»»ci to steam the wrinkles
away.
Thd bookstore’s policy on re
tu os is that students who buy cap
a’id gown and choose not to par
ticipate in the ceremony can re
turn them if they are unworn until
June 9, the day before commence
ment.
None of the departmental cere
monies requires tickets for entry,
and there is a full list of times and
locations at the bookstore and on
the Office of Student Life Web
page.
Students who wish to send
graduation announcements or in
vitations can order them at the
bookstore at 1-800-433-0296 or or
der them on-line.
Hudzikiewicz said announce
ments can be sent at anytime, but
invitations should be sent at least
a month before commencement.
Graduation packages
$35 Bachelors: No deadline to buy
cap, gown, tassel (own)
$51 Masters: May 29 deadline to
order cap, hood, tassel (own)
gown (rent)
$59 Ph.D: May 29 deadline to or
der hood, cap, tassel (own)
gown, tam (rent)
* Prices include diploma cover and
commencement fee
$45 Law: May 12 deadline to order
cap, tassel (own)
gown, hood (rent)
Announcements: Order them at
the bookstore or call 1-800-433
0296. Or order on-line; cbgradan
nouncements.com
SOURCE: The University Bookstore
University receives grant for computer education
* ■ Intel awardsthe UO
computing department a
> grant for more terminals
and networking classes
By Ben Romano
Oregon Daily Emerald
With the number of high-tech
jobs in Oregon expected to triple
in the next six years, a recent grant
from Intel to create a computer
networking laboratory will help
the University fill the state’s grow
ing demand.
The Department of Computer
and Information Science was
awarded a $70,000 grant to add a
20-computer, configurable labora
tory and eight new courses devot
ed to teaching the hands-on as
pects of networking.
Many CIS courses are currently
based on computer principles,
said Virginia Lo, CIS undergradu
ate education director and one of
the professors who put together
the grant proposal. In the new lab
oratory-based courses students
will “actually be doing the physi
cal work of setting up a network,”
she said.
The first course, Enterprise Net
working, began this term.
“They actually started with tak
ing the PCs out of the boxes,” Lo
said.
The course is business-orient
ed. Students leam about installing
hardware and software and net
work security issues.
Other new courses, scheduled
to begin in the next three terms,
will simulate network congestion
and other computing problems
and teach students how to adapt
and deal with them, Lo said.
Jobs that demand networking
skills will be one of the most in
tense areas of growth in the near
future, she said.
The grant is part of Intel’s Fac
ulty Fellows program, which is in
its second year. Intel reviewed 30
grant applications and awarded
five. The University’s grant is by
far the largest of those selected.
Morgan Anderson, Intel’s edu
cation relations manager, said the
microchip-manufacturing giant
supports higher education in tech
nical fields because there is a large
demand for skilled graduates.
The support benefits the entire
high-tech industry, not just Intel,
Anderson said.
Partnerships between Oregon’s
universities and private compa
nies are crucial to Oregon Univer
sity System’s ability to provide
training in engineering and tech
nology fields, said Bob Dryden,
OUS vice chancellor for engineer
ing and computer science.
In addition to funding programs
such as the University’s CIS cur
riculum additions, industry part
ners can help direct educators to
ward the kind of skills that will be
in demand in the future, he said.
“Having industry partners is
critical because they’re really the
ones we’re serving ultimately,” Lo
said.
OUS hopes to at least double
the number of graduates in engi
neering and high-tech fields in the
next five years, Dry den said.
The industry partnerships
“help us jump-start the system
and more rapidly achieve the state
of the art level than if we just had
to rely on state resources,” he said.
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