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padding:0in'><b><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Saturday, August 12, 2006<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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padding:0in'><b><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>University Auditorium<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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color=navy><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Social</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Science</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Building</st1:PlaceType></span></font></b></st1:place><b><font
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padding:0in'><b><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>9:45 a.m. Assembly: Faculty
for All Colleges</span></font></b><b><font size=2 color=navy><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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padding:0in'><b><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>10:00 Undergraduate
Ceremony for All Colleges <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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padding:0in'><b><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>1:45 Assembly:
Graduate Faculty <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>2:00 Graduate
Ceremony <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>TO: All
Faculty and Professional Librarians<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>FROM: Frank
B. Ashley <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'> Interim
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>DATE: August
2, 2006<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>RE: Agenda
for Commencement<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Commencement exercises
will be held Saturday</span></font></b><b><font size=3 color=navy><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>, August 12, 2006</span></font></b><b><font
size=3 color=navy><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><b><font
size=3 color=navy><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>with
s</span></font></b><b><font size=3 color=navy><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:navy;font-weight:bold'>eparate ceremonies for undergraduate and graduate
students. All faculty on contract are expected to participate. Adjunct faculty
are invited, but not required, to participate in the processional.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Faculty and professional
librarians are requested to assemble in academic regalia in the ground floor
hallway of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Social</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Sciences</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Building</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
no later than the assembly times given above. The processional will begin
at the times listed for each graduation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Graduate advisors who will
be hooding doctoral candidates should have received separate instructions. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Requests
to be excused from participation in Commencement should be forwarded through
Department Head to the College Dean. Deans will need to provide a count to Ms.
Paige Bussell, Registrar. <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
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