UMC Commencement Set for May 11
The University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC) will hold commencement ceremonies for the graduating class of 2002 on Saturday, May 11. Ceremonies begin at 2 p.m. in the Lysaker Gymnasium on the campus. The public is welcome to attend the ceremony and the reception to follow in Brown Dining Room.
Nearly 150 students are expected to participate in the ceremonies. Bachelor of science, associate in applied science, and associate in science degrees will be conferred upon graduates, subject to completion of all curriculum requirements.
At 2 p.m. the processional will begin, led by senior faculty member and mace-bearer Robert Smith, director of UMC’s Center for Business and Technology. The procession will include faculty marshal David Hoff, assistant professor of agricultural economics, followed by the UMC faculty, degree candidates, and platform guests.
Air
Force ROTC Detachment 610, with students from UMC and the University of
North Dakota, will serve as the color guard.
University of Minnesota President Mark Yudof (right) will attend the ceremonies and will provide the keynote address to the class of 2002 and the audience. UMC Chancellor Donald Sargeant and University of Minnesota Regent William Hogan will confer the degrees, while UMC Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Douglas Knowlton presents the candidates.
The
Honorable William Hogan
(right) will also bring greetings from the Board of Regents and will
address the graduating class. Hogan, who lives in Minnetonka, is CEO of the Hogan Company, an
investment firm that creates and builds companies. His experience includes 19 years in executive positions in
the corporate sector, including serving as CEO of a telecommunications
company and vice president of operations for Medtronic, and 11 years as
professor and senior administrator for the University of Kansas at
Lawrence.
UMC
Student Association President Steven Brandt (left), a business management
and marketing major from Kimball, Minnesota, will speak for the class of
2002. As outgoing student
body president, Brandt will pass the academic torch to President-elect
Jean Korkowski (right), an information technology major from Brandon,
Minnesota.
Sue LeGare, UMC Class of 1989 and president of the UMC Alumni Association, will offer congratulations to the class of 2002.
Special music will be presented by the UMC Choir under the direction of George French, assistant professor of music and theater, with assistance from student directors Amy Lampi and Joshua Kietzman.
View the Commencement Program (Adobe PDF file)
Earlier in the day at 11 a.m. President Yudof and other University officials will officially dedicate a sculpture of a golden eagle, located near the north entrance of the UMC Sports Center. The sculpture was created by architectural sculptor Richard Arfsten of Burlington, Wisconsin. Arfsten was commissioned to do the piece when the campus received a grant from the Arts Council of the Northwest Regional Development Commission, funded by the Minnesota State Legislature. The grant for public art was provided because UMC's Sports Center is the host site for many regional and community athletic tournaments and other events.
The sculpture will be dedicated to the enterprising spirit of all UMC students and to the late Al Westburg, friend of UMC and former assistant basketball coach.
Posted 05/03/2002
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