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IU TO CONFER 13,072 DEGREES IN EIGHT COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A total of 13,072 degrees will be conferred by Indiana University next month during commencement ceremonies on its eight campuses. An additional 1,689 degrees from Purdue University will be awarded on the six campuses where Purdue also offers courses.
IU also will confer seven honorary degrees during three different campus ceremonies.
The daily schedule of commencement observances will begin May 9 in Bloomington with two ceremonies -- at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. in Assembly Hall. The other commencements are: Indianapolis (IUPUI) -- 3 p.m. May 10 in the RCA Dome; Southeast (IUS) -- 7 p.m. May 11 in the IUS Amphitheater near New Albany; Kokomo (IUK) -- 1:30 p.m. May 12 on the IUK campus; South Bend (IUSB) -- 7 p.m. May 12 in South Bend's Century Center; Fort Wayne (IPFW) -- 7 p.m. May 13 in the Fort Wayne Coliseum; Northwest (IUN) -- 5 p.m. May 14 in the Merrillville Star Plaza Theater; and East (IUE) -- 6 p.m. May 15 in Richmond's Tiernan Center.
Bloomington will award 5,944 degrees; Indianapolis, 4,117; Fort Wayne, 1,484; South Bend, 995; Southeast, 787; Northwest, 751; Kokomo, 433; and East, 250. The figures include Bloomington degree candidates for May, June and August, as well as graduate students whose degrees have been or will be awarded on a monthly basis from January through July of this year. They do not include the 2,002 students who received degrees last December in Bloomington, but they do include the December graduates for all other campuses.
World-famous soprano Sylvia McNair, an IU alumna, will be the commencement speaker at Bloomington and will receive an honorary Doctor of Music degree.
A native of Mansfield, Ohio, and current resident of New York City, McNair has performed at every major concert hall and opera house in North America, Europe and Asia; has earned a Grammy Award (in 1996 for The Echoing Air: The Music of Henry Purcell); and has made more than 70 recordings of both American songs and classical arias.
At IU she studied with Distinguished Professor of Voice Virginia Zeani, and she became a protege of the Atlanta Symphony's musical director, Robert Shaw. She was the first recipient of the prestigious Marian Anderson Award, and in 1996 appeared with the New York Philharmonic in the world premiere of a composition written for her by Andre Previn.
In 1982, she won the National Metropolitan Opera auditions, made her London concert debut and received her first Grammy nomination -- all the year before earning her master of music degree, with distinction.
Also receiving honorary degrees from IU this year, and the campus on which the degree will be conferred:
Bloomington: Chemist Odele Eisenstein of France, director of the Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry, Doctor of Science; Karl Haas of New York City, pianist, conductor and host of National Public Radio's "Adventures in Good Music," Doctor of Music; and George P. Smith of New York City, professor of law at the Columbia School of Law and Catholic University of America, Doctor of Laws.
Indianapolis: Former Indiana Congressman Andrew Jacobs Jr. of Indianapolis, Doctor of Laws; and astronaut David Wolf of Houston, Texas, who recently completed a mission on the Mir space station, Doctor of Science.
Kokomo: Former Indiana Congressman Elwood Hillis of Kokomo, Doctor of Laws.
IU Bloomington's 169th year of commencement activities actually will begin May 8 with the traditional graduation send-off from 2:45 to 4:45 p.m. at Bryan House, the Bloomington campus home of President Myles Brand and his wife, Peg.
The send-off will be followed by a Baccalaureate concert at 4:30 p.m. in the Musical Arts Center, and Baccalaureate services from 5 to 5:45 p.m., also in the MAC.
Randall C. Jacobs of Valparaiso, who received a bachelor of science degree from IU in 1970, will deliver the Baccalaureate address. He will be introduced by his son Scott, a member of the Class of 1998 and past vice president of the Student Alumni Association.
Ceremonies for the Bloomington campus were moved this year from Memorial Stadium to Assembly Hall, alleviating concerns about inclement weather but creating the need for two separate events to accommodate the number of graduates and their guests.
The first Bloomington ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. for those receiving degrees from the Kelley School of Business; the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA); the School of Education; the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER); the School of Music; and the School of Law.
The second commencement will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. for those receiving degrees from the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Continuing Studies, the School of Library and Information Science, the School of Optometry, and the School of Journalism.
Individual school activities on Commencement Day will include:
College of Arts and Sciences breakfast from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Indiana Memorial Union's Alumni Hall
School of Continuing Studies luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the DeVault Alumni Center
School of Library and Information Sciences luncheon at 11:30 a.m. in the IMU State Rooms East and West
Kelley School of Business open house and luncheon at noon in the Kelley School of Business building
School of Law luncheon at noon in the Bloomington Convention Center.
School of HPER luncheon at noon in Mellencamp Pavilion
SPEA open house from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the SPEA building
School of Education open house and reception at noon in the School of Education building
School of Music luncheon at 12:30 p.m. in the Musical Arts Center (MAC) lobby
School of Law recognition ceremony at 4 p.m. in the MAC
School of Journalism reception at 4:30 p.m. in the Hoosier Room on the west side of Memorial Stadium.
(DeAnna Hines, executive director of communications, 812-855-0085 or 812-855-3911, djhines@indiana.edu.)