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Sypherd, Lundgren will deliver commencement addresses

Saturday will mark the end for 4,321 UA students' university careers as they receive their degrees.

The ceremony will take place at the McKale Center, 1 National Championship Drive, with the degree procession beginning at 9 a.m. for the first session of graduates and 1:30 p.m. for later session.

Featured speaker for the morning ceremony is UA senior vice president of academic affairs and provost, Paul Sypherd. The speaker for the afternoon procession - as well as recipient for an Honorary Doctor of Law degree - will be Terry J. Lundgren, president and chief merchandise officer of Federated Department Stores, Inc. since 1997.

Lundgren received his undergraduate degree from the UA in 1975, and in 1990 was named chairman and CEO of Neiman Marcus. In addition to other charities, Lundgren has donated academic scholarships, student-career and faculty development funds to the UA's Retailing and Consumer Studies program.

The Alumni Achievement Award will be given to Miley Gonzalez, the present undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and a UA alumnus.

Joan Kaye Cauthorn will also be presented with the same award.

Cauthorn wrote a book, "Successful Private Practice," and was the founding president of Employee Risk Management and an active participant in the community for two decades in the areas of politics, business, education, the arts and mental health.

The third recipient of the Alumni Achievement Award is James E. Rogers.

Rogers donated $100 million in 1998 to the UA College of Law. This gift marks the largest single donation to higher education made by an individual in the state of Arizona.

In November 1998, the college was named the James E. Rogers College of Law.

He is a 1960 and 1962 UA alumnus in the College of Law and currently owns and operates nine television and radio stations in the West.

The Alumni Association's final award in the area of Distinguished Citizen will be given to John W. Molina.

Molina worked as a counselor and health educator in Guadeloupe before receiving a medical degree from the UA College of Medicine in when. In 1995, Molina opened a free health clinic, the Las Fuentes Health Clinic in Guadeloupe.

Student awards will be given to six seniors.

The Robie Medal will be presented to Jonathan Shackman and Lindsay Galbut.

Shackman will graduate with degrees in chemistry, biochemistry and molecular and cellular biology. He has served as a resident assistant for three years and has also been active at a Mexican orphanage.

Galbut will be graduating with a degree in marketing from the Eller College of Business and Public Administration. She is the founder of the Muralcles program, which delivers art, music and murals to children in local hospitals.

The Nugent Award will be presented to Francisco Aguilar and Tara Kelly.

As well as serving as the ASUA president in 1999-2000, Aguilar will receive a bachelor's degree in finance and accounting from the Eller College of Business and Public Administration.

Kelly will receive degrees in Spanish and molecular and cellular biology on Saturday. She is a volunteer at numerous hospitals in Arizona and plans to attend medical school.

The Freeman Medal Award winners will be presented to Oscar Serrano and Davi Paletz.

Serrano was one of four students accepted in the summer of 1998 to the Mayo Minority Scholars Program at the Mayo Clinic. He will receive a degree in biochemistry and molecular and cellular biology. Serrano has also been published in the American Journal of Physiology and in Bioscience Reports.

Paletz, also a member of the UA track and field team, was active in the Smith project, which provided UA athletes the opportunity to interact with the community.

She will receive a degree in molecular and cellular biology and a bachelor of health science in physiology.

In total, 3,155 undergraduate degrees, 707 master's degrees and 163 doctoral degrees will be presented.

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Schedule of Events

College of Agriculture

Saturday, 9-10:30 a.m., Centennial Hall, Reception prior to Commencement. Light refreshments and awards.

College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture

Saturday, reception immediately following Commencement, T.M. Stundt Design Gallery. Convocation from noon-2p.m. in Crowder Hall at the Music building.

Arizona International College

Saturday, 10 a.m.-noon, Pre-Commencement brunch and awards. Ceremony for graduates and guests in courtyard of LaCocina Restaurant at 201 N. Court Ave. Please contact Lorraine M. Varlela at 626-0606 or e-mail varela@u.arizona.edu for details.

Eller College of Business and Public Administration

Friday, 5:30 p.m. at McKale Center reception following for graduates and guests.

College of Education

Friday, 9 a.m. Pre-Commencement Hooding Ceremony for graduates, at Kiva Auditorium. Assemble in College of Education at 8:30 a.m., reception to follow.

Friday, 1 p.m. Pre-commencement for undergraduates and post-baccalaureate students, Kiva Auditorium, reception to follow.

Friday, 3 p.m. Pre-Commencement Ceremony for undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students at Kiva Auditorium.

College of Engineering and Mines:

Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Friday, 7 p.m., Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering building #119, Auditorium Room F202

Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering

Friday, 7 p.m., Plaza Hotel at 1900 E. Speedway Blvd., Wildcat II room, Pre-Commencement dinner and awards.

Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Friday, 3-5 p.m., Marriott University Park Hotel 880 E. Second St., Sabino/Pima Room, refreshments and awards.

Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

Friday, 7-8:30 p.m., Arizona Historical Society, refreshments and awards.

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Friday, 3:30 p.m., Marriott University Park Hotel at 880 E. Second St., Madera Canyon Room, refreshments and awards.

Engineering Mathematics

Friday, 4-5:00 p.m., Mathematics building Room 401 north. Pre-commencement awards for graduating seniors and families.

Engineering Physics

Friday, 2-4 p.m. Physics and Atmospheric Sciences building Room 218.

Environmental Hydrology and Water Resources

Friday, 3:30-5 p.m., at Memorial Student Union, Tucson Room.

Materials Science Engineering

Friday, 5:30 p.m., at the Plaza Hotel Conference Center at 1900 E. Speedway

Mining and Geological Engineering

Friday, 6:30-7 p.m., at Viscount Suites at 4855 E. Broadway, dinner and awards.

Systems and Industrial Engineering

Friday, 6 p.m., at Clarion Hotel 6801 S. Tucson Blvd. in the Arizona Room, dinner and awards,

College of Fine Arts

Friday, 4:00 p.m. Pre-Commencement Hooding Ceremony for graduate students at Crowder Hall. Reception will follow in the Arts Oasis, academic attire is requested.

Saturday 10:30 a.m. Pre-Commencement Hooding Ceremony for undergraduate students, at The Arizona Ballroom in the Memorial Student Union. Reception will follow in the Rincon Room, academics attire is requested and three guests are limited per graduate.

College of Humanities

Friday, noon-2:00 p.m. Commencement luncheon and awards ceremony for bachelor of arts candidates at Marriott University Park Hotel at 880 E. Second St. Tickets required for admittance.

Friday, 3:30-5 p.m. Hooding Ceremony for Masters of Arts, Master of Fine Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy candidates in Modern Language building Room 350.

College of Law

Saturday, 3:00 p.m. Convocation Ceremony, Centennial Hall, reception for graduates and guests immediately following Convocation, at the UA Museum of Art.

College of Medicine

Friday, 8:00 p.m. Convocation/reception at Centennial Hall. Keynote speaker: Dr. Charles C. Daschbach, contact Rebecca Anderson for more information at 626-6177.

College of Nursing

Friday, 2:00 p.m. Convocation ceremony will be held at Centennial Hall followed by a reception. Graduates will be recognized individually and awards will be presented.

College of Pharmacy

Friday, 9:30 a.m., at Centennial Hall. Will include Doctor of Pharmacy Hooding Ceremony and student awards will be presented a reception will follow.

College of Public Health

Friday, 9-10 a.m., breakfast reception at the Plaza between University Medical Center and Arizona Cancer Center at 1501 N. Campbell Ave. Keynote address with be at DuVal Auditorium at University Medical Center.

College of Science

Saturday, 6 a.m., breakfast and awards in the Grand Canyon Ballroom, at Marriott University Park at 880 E. Second St. Seniors will be recognized individually, and awards will be distributed to Outstanding Seniors, Outstanding Teachers and Outstanding Advisers.

College of Social and Behavioral Science

Friday, 3-5 p.m. at Tucson Convention Center Music Hall. Graduating seniors will be recognized individually by the Dean and Faculty, reception to follow. RSVP required, call 621-1112.

School of Health Professions

Physiological Sciences and Medical Technology

Saturday, 11 a.m., at DuVal Auditorium, Room 2600 at Arizona Health Sciences Center. Graduates will be individually recognized and refreshments will be served. RSVP is required call 621-4850.

ROTC-Commissioning Ceremonies

Air Force

Friday, 6 p.m., El Conquistador Hotel, please call 612-3521 for information.

Amy

Monday, 1 p.m., at Crowder Auditorium, please contact Capt. Raul Benitez 621-4916 for more information.

Navy and Marine Corps

Friday, 3 p.m. front lawn at Arizona State Museum, please contact Maria Elena Moreno at 621-1281 for more information.

Vanessa Francis can be reached at Vanessa.Francis@wildcat.arizona.edu.