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Sen. John Edwards, a graduate of North Carolina State University, will deliver the NC State Commencement address on Saturday, May 15, at Carter-Finley Stadium.

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In an unprecedented example of academic excellence at the University of Maine, two valedictorians and three salutatorians have been named for May Commencement ceremonies at UMaine. UMaine's 194th Commencement May 8 will feature two ceremonies at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., in Alfond Sports Arena. Attending one or both of the ceremonies will be the five highest ranking baccalaureate students.

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Louis J. Freeh, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, will deliver the Commencement address at the University of Delaware on Saturday, May 29, before members of the graduating Class of 1999 and their families and friends.

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The University of Vermont has announced that Dr. John Hope Franklin, professor emeritus of history at Duke University and the University of Chicago, will give the commencement address to the graduating class of 1999 on Sunday, May 23.

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Dayton Duncan, noted author, historian and co-creator of "Louis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery", will speak and receive an honorary degree at Franklin Pierce College in Rindge, N.H., during commencement on Sunday, May 16.

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Elizabeth Dole, former president of the American Red Cross and a career public servant who has been named one of the world's 10 most admired women, will be the principal speaker at the University of Notre Dame's 154th Commencement May 16 (Sun.).

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Aung San Suu Kyi, the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner for her struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma, has agreed to give the address at Bucknell's commencement May 16. However, university officials say someone else will have to deliver the speech for her.

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Former U.S. Senator George J. Mitchell of Maine -- who served in the Senate for 14 years and more recently chaired the peace negotiations in Northern Ireland -- will deliver the main address at Dartmouth's 1999 Commencement exercises.

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The Medical College of Wisconsin will bestow honorary Doctor of Science degrees to William R. Brody, M.D., Ph.D., President of The Johns Hopkins University, and Ann E. Heil, an active community volunteer and leader at the College's May 22nd Commencement.

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A weekend of beginnings commences Friday, May 14, for the approximately 4,000 students eligible to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison this spring. Nadine Strossen, president of the American Civil Liberties Union and law professor at New York Law School, will speak.

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Temple University's Class of 1999 will march down the aisle to receive their degrees on Thursday, May 20, at The Apollo of Temple.

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Annette Gordon-Reed, author of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemmings: An American Controversy, and Law Professor at New York Law School, to speak at 41st Commencement Exercise at Ramapo College of New Jersey on Thursday, May 27, 1999 at 10:00 a.m.

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Rocket Boy Homer H. "Sonny" Hickam of the popular movie October Sky will address nearly 3,000 West Virginia University graduates and their families Sunday, May 16, during 130th commencement exercises at the Coliseum. Doors open at noon; no tickets are necessary.

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St. John's University Calendar of Commencement Events and Speakers, including NBC News' Tim Russert.

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Dr. Rita Rossi Colwell, Director of the National Science Foundation, will receive an honorary Doctor of Science degree and speak at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County's undergraduate commencement ceremony on May 25.

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The 128th Commencement of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be held in two ceremonies May 16 (Sunday) at the Assembly Hall, 1800 S. First St., Champaign. The speaker at both ceremonies will be Rick Kaplan, president of CNN/USA, veteran network news producer and adjunct professor of broadcast journalism at the U. of I.

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Julian Bond, chair of the board of the NAACP, will speak at the University of Washington commencement June 12.

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Noted pharmaceutical scientist Leslie Benet will deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Long Island University's Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences on Friday, May 21 at 1 p.m.

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Former U.S. Senator Howard H. Baker Jr. and NBC correspondent Sara James are among scheduled speakers for Finals Weekend at the University of Virginia on May 22 and 23.

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Christine Todd Whitman, Republican governor of New Jersey, will serve as the keynote speaker at Dickinson College's 226th commencement ceremony.

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Elie Wiesel--Nobel laureate, human rights advocate and world-renowned Jewish scholar--will be Michigan State University's 1999 spring convocation speaker.

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John Wallach, founder and president of Seeds of Peace and an award-winning author and journalist, will deliver the commencement address at Middlebury College's graduation ceremony on May 23. He and seven others will receive an honorary degrees.

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Former President George Bush, Lt. Gov. Rick Perry and State Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs will be the speakers at Texas A&M University's three spring commencement exercises May 14-15 for approximately 4,500 graduates.

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Cardinal Francis Arinze, a renowned Roman Catholic leader, will deliver the 1999 commencement address at Wake Forest University on May 17. Arinze, frequently mentioned as a possible successor to Pope John Paul II, is president of the Vatican's office for promoting mutual understanding, respect and collaboration between Catholics and followers of other religions.

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LaDonna Spragg, a Terre Haute, Ind., wife and mother who is a graduating senior at Indiana State University, will give what is believed to be the first-ever student address at the 128th Spring Commencement May 8.

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Focusing on topics including balanced community health systems and elimination of racial disparities in health care, U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., will speak to the 1999 graduating class of the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine during commencement ceremonies Saturday, May 8.

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William H. Rehnquist, chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, will deliver the address at the Washington and Lee University School of Law commencement on Sunday, May 16.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and educator Jane Smiley will speak to approximately 200 graduating seniors at the Scripps College 1999 Commencement on Sunday, May 16, at 3 p.m., on the campus's Elm Tree Lawn.

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Houston Astros Baseball Club owner and Texas business leader Drayton McLane Jr., will be the keynote speaker for The University of Tulsa's 103rd commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 8, 1999.

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On May 22, Maya Angelou, world-renowned author, educator, producer, director, actress and civil rights activist, will speak at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa. The author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Angelou will receive an honorary degree.

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More than 3,500 University of California, San Diego students will receive their degrees during commencement ceremonies scheduled June 6, June 12 and June 13 on the La Jolla campus. For the third year in a row, an all-campus commencement will precede individual graduation rites held by the various UCSD colleges.

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A college dean known for his best-selling autobiography about growing up black in Muncie, and a former CEO of a Fortune 500 company will be awarded honorary doctorates at Ball State University's May 8 commencement.

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Dr. Nathan O. Hatch, provost of the University of Notre Dame and a distinguished alumnus of Wheaton College, will address both the undergraduate and graduate classes of 1999 during commencement exercises at Wheaton College on May 8-9, 1999.

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Kofi Annan, secretary-general of the United Nations, and Shirley M. Malcom, director of education and human resources at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, will gave commencement addresses at the University of Michigan graduation ceremonies April 30-May 2.

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Former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt--a leading advocate of the European Monetary Unit (EMU) and an influential voice in European politics and economics--will deliver the commencement speech at Rice University on Saturday, May 15.

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Acclaimed author Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. will give the address at Agnes Scott College's 110th commencement exercises at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 15.

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr., noted author and director of the W.E.B. DuBois Institute for Afro-American Research at Harvard University, will deliver the commencement address at Hamilton College on Sunday, May 23, at 10:30 a.m.

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Award-winning television journalist and talk show host Charlie Rose will deliver the commencement address to 1,300 graduates and 4,200 guests of the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University on Sunday, May 9, 1999.

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Microsoft Founder Paul Allen will address grads when he receives Washington State University's Distinguished Alumnus Award.

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Charles O. Rossotti, 45th Commissioner of Internal Revenue, will deliver the commencement address to the Simon School graduating Class of '99 Sunday, June 13, 1999, at 10:00 a.m. in the Eastman Theatre in Rochester, New York.

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A former astronaut and a decorated Air Force general are two of the speakers slated for commencement ceremonies at Colorado State University May 14 and 15.

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Award-winning actress and former NEA chair Jane Alexander to speak at Smith commencement. Honorary degrees to be awarded to Alexander, Hanan Ashrawi, Carol Gilligan, Lani Guinier, and Romila Thapar.

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John Glenn, former senator from Ohio, the first American astronaut to orbit the earth, and later the oldest person ever to go into space, will deliver the address at Case Western Reserve University's commencement convocation Sunday, May 16.

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Dr. Alan I. Leshner, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and a 1965 F&M graduate, and Dr. David L. Warren, president of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) will speak and receive honorary degrees from Franklin & Marshall College at its May 9 Commencement ceremonies.

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A veteran of U.S. politics and an international business leader will share the honor and responsibility of sending the Class of 1999 into the world at this year's University of Arkansas commencement.

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Sam Donaldson, chief White House correspondent for ABC News, will address graduates at Old Dominion University's spring 1999 commencement ceremony, scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 8, at Norfolk Scope Convention Center.

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Mitt Romney, president and CEO of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games 2002, will give the commencement address at the University of Utah's 130th annual commencement May 7.

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Jean Chretien, the Prime Minister of Canada since 1993, will address Michigan State University's candidates for advanced degrees Friday, May 7.

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Texas Governor George W. Bush will give the address at Southern Methodist University's 84th annual commencement ceremony on May 15.

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CNN senior White House correspondent, Wolf Blitzer, one of UB's most famous alumni, will be the university's commencement speaker at 10 a.m. on May 16 in Alumni Arena.