To celebrate the art and artistry of Jazz legend Louis Armstrong, and to honor the musical mentors that are a part of New Orleans' musical heritage, the University of New Orleans is hosting the Louis Armstrong Centennial Conference, August 2 -4, 2001 at the Louisiana State Museum.
In celebration of one of the founding fathers of jazz and the father of one of America's most celebrated jazz families, the University of New Orleans is hosting Satchmo to Marsalis: A Tribute to the Fathers of Jazz, a concert featuring Ellis Marsalis, his four sons, and his most well-known student.
Hofstra University is preparing for graduation festivities scheduled for the end of May. The largest class to date, more than 1,800 undergraduates and graduates will celebrate commencement on Sunday, May 20 and Monday, May 21, 2001
Bill Cosby today urged the 1,100 graduates of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to change the world by being honest, remaining humble, and continuing to learn from others.
Dr. Tom Morris, well-known business speaker and author, will address graduates at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington on Saturday, May 19.
The Hon. Sila Calderon, the first woman governor of Puerto Rico, will deliver the address at Boston University's 128th commencement exercises Sunday, May 20, at 11 a.m. President Jon Westling announced the speaker during the annual senior brunch, held on campus last week.
The Honorable Elaine L. Chao, United States Secretary of Labor in the Bush Cabinet will be among the recipients of honorary degrees and awards at Commencement Exercises at St. John's University in New York on Sunday, May 20, 2001.
Antonio Mora, news anchor of ABC's "Good Morning America," will speak at the 128th Ursinus College Commencement at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 19, on the front lawn of campus. The ceremony will be held outdoors, rain or shine.
Nobel Prize winner Eric R. Kandel will speak at the commencement ceremonies of New York University School of Medicine on Thursday, May 11.
More than 3,000 students, their families and friends will welcome Gov. Parris N. Glendening as he delivers the commencement address at the University of Maryland at 9 a.m. May 24.
Richard Butler, who oversaw the United Nation's Special Commission charged with the disarmament of Iraq, is the guest speaker at Washington and Lee School of Law Commencement May 13.
The Honorable Charles E. Schumer, the senior U.S. senator from New York, will join entertainer and educator Bill Cosby in speaking to graduates at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's 195th Commencement this Saturday, May 12, 9:30 a.m. at the Pepsi Arena in Albany.
For the first time in recent history, the University of California, San Diego will hold an all-campus commencement ceremony and graduation rites for its five undergraduate colleges on a single day-Sunday, June 17. Programs for two graduate divisions will be held the preceding day, June 16, while the UCSD School of Medicine will hold its commencement June 3.
Pomp plus circumstance, mixed with student success equals Temple's 114th commencement.
Helen Thomas, renowned journalist for the past 40 years, will deliver the keynote address at the College of Saint Benedict commencement ceremonies at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 26, in the Clemens Field House.
Over the next few weeks Cornell University biology students and members of the campus Herpetology Society will gather along a road about six miles from campus to stop and slow down automobile traffic, giving frogs and salamanders right of way to cross from the forest to a mating pond.
Charlene Barshefsky, U.S. trade representative during the Clinton administration, will offer advice and encouragement to new graduates from the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Letters and Science during commencement exercises this spring.
Rev. Abuna Elias Chacour spoke at the 2001 Commencement Ceremony to the largest graduating class in U of Indianpolis history. Chacour founded the Mar Elias Educational Institution in Israel, the only private interfaith educational facility in Galilee.
A pioneering evolutionary biologist, a noted TV news analyst and the former heads of the FDA and National Science Foundation are among the six individuals who will receive honorary degrees at North Carolina State University's Commencement on May 19.
CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather to deliver commencement address and receive honorary degree at Colgate University. Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Chu; Harvard's Henry Louis Gates Jr., National Football League Commissioner Paul Tagliabue; and Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor also to receive honorary degrees from Colgate on May 20, 2001.
The 2001 graduates (1,170 students) are the first Spring graduating class to receive diplomas from first-year Creighton President Rev. John P. Schlegel, S.J. Creighton is inaugurating a new honor at commencement, the Presidential Medallion.
A list of individuals who will speak Saturday, May 12, at commencement ceremonies of University of Wyoming Colleges.
Distinguished theologian James I. Packer, professor of Systematic and Historial Theology at Regent College, Vancouver, addressed graduates in separate ceremonies at Wheaton College (IL) May 5 and 6.
Jeff Greenfield, a senior analyst for CNN's "Inside Politics," will speak May 20 at Bucknell University's commencement ceremony. Greenfield was host of CNN's seven-part series, "Democracy in America."
David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., United States Surgeon General, is the commencement speaker for Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine May 24, 2001.
Everett Alvarez, Jr., the first American aviator shot down over North Vietnam, will serve as keynote speaker at commencement ceremonies for the University of North Texas Health Science Center May 19.
Chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall and U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone are two of the speakers who will appear at this year's University of Minnesota-Twin Cities commencement ceremonies.
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. ˆ Fred de Sam Lazaro, correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS, will deliver the commencement address at Saint John's at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 27, in the Saint John's Abbey Church.
The mayor of Charlotte, Catawba College Alumnus Pat McCrory, will be the featured speaker during Catawba College"šs Graduation Exercise at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 12 on the lawn of the Abernethy Quadrangle.
Chancellor Gordon Gee will give his first Commencement speech to approximately 2,200 students at Vanderbilt University's graduation exercises Friday, May 11.
Rene Auberjonois, a 1962 graduate of the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama and recipient of many accolades for his performances in television, in film and on Broadway, will be the speaker for Carnegie Mellon's commencement on Sunday, May 20, 2001, at 11 a.m.
Boston University School of Medicine announces Anamaria Bulatovic, MD, MPH, FAAP, president, Doctors Without Borders, as this year's commencement speaker. The BUSM Commencement will be held on Sunday, May 20 at 3:00 p.m. at the World Trade Center in Boston.
Russert is the moderator of NBC's "Meet the Press" and is a political analyst for the "NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw" and the "Today" show.
To be honored at Smith Commencement: Novelist Toni Morrison, who received an honorary degree at Smith in 1991, as well as five leaders and visionaries in their respective fields will be recognized with honorary doctoral degrees.
The scheduled speaker for the University of Arizona's 124th Commencement ceremonies is basketball coach, Lute Olson.
Cisco Systems CEO and West Virginia University alumnus John T. Chambers will address graduates at his alma mater Sunday, May 13, when he gives the 1:30 p.m. main address at WVU's 132nd Commencement at the WVU Coliseum.
New York-based designer Kenneth Cole will give the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health convocation keynote address.
George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st president of the United States and father of the current president, will give the commencement address at LSU's 244th spring commencement ceremonies May 18.
Don Carty, the chairman, president and chief executive officer of AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines, will give the address May 19 at Southern Methodist University's 86th annual commencement ceremony.
A University of Mississippi graduate who has played a significant role in the success stories of several high-profile companies and now is investing in his home state through a $100 million reading institute gives UM's 2001 commencement address May 12.
Commencement exercises like these are perhaps the most elaborate civic rituals in our American culture. The funny hats and get-ups, capelike hoods with an arcane code of symbolic colors explained in the program, the procession.
Noted civil rights activist and architect of the highly successful Algebra project, Bob Moses, will be the guest speaker at the 2001 Grinnell College commencement ceremonies.
Giving commencements the personal touch has become a growing challenge, particularly for the nation's large research universities, such as the University at Albany.
Internationally recognized economist Dr. Lester C. Thurow addresses 276 Alma College degree candidates and their families and friends during Commencement ceremonies Saturday, April 21, on campus. Thurow speaks about "Living and Working in a Knowledge-Based Economy."
Bernice Johnson Reagon, renowned gospel singer and folklorist who has devoted her life to promoting the African-American gospel music tradition, will address Barnard College's Class of 2001 at the 108th Commencement on Tuesday, May 15, on Lehman Lawn at Barnard College, 117th Street and Broadway, (rain location: Levien Gymnasium, Columbia University).
Award-winning screenwriter and playwright Suzan-Lori Parks will be the speaker at Mount Holyoke College's 164th commencement ceremonies on Sunday, May 27. Additional honorary degrees will be bestowed.
James H. Billington, the Librarian of Congress, will be the commencement speaker at The University of Tulsa's 107th commencement on Saturday, May 5. More than 600 students will receive diplomas during TU's graduation ceremony which begins at 2 p.m. in the Donald W. Reynolds Center, located at Eleventh and Harvard.
United States Ambassador to Thailand Richard E. Hecklinger will receive an honorary degree from his alma mater, St. Lawrence University, May 20.
Laurie Garrett, the only writer to receive the Peabody, Polk and Pulitzer awards for journalism, will address students, faculty and guests of the School of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) during ceremonies honoring the Class of 2001.
They caught the bug as undergrads. Throughout the month of May, Colorado College alumni keep up the habit by holding the third annual CC Cares Day.
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