GRADUATION GUIDE
THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
PAGE 7D
COMMENCEMENT
Environmental activist to speak at 2013 ceremony
ELLY GRIMM
egrimm@kansan.com
The tradition of graduation will continue for its 141st year on Sunday, May 19 at Memorial Stadium Beginning at 10:30 a.m.
The graduates will assemble on Memorial Drive at 10 a.m. followed by the introduction of the processional near the campanile. In Memorial Stadium, graduates will walk through a walkway surrounded by faculty members. Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little will recognize and present degrees to professional schools collective and the ceremony will conclude with everyone singing "Crimson and the Blue."
This year's commencement speaker is Wes Jackson, who bounded an agricultural development organization the Land Institute in 1976 and is a candidate for a Doctor of Science for notable contributions to the environment.
He is one of three honorary degree recipients.
According to the commencement website, he has received the Pew Conservation Scholars award; a MacArthur Fellowship; the Right
"Wes is an excellent role model... His experience should inspire all of our graduates..."
BERNADETTE GRAY-LITTLE Chancellor
Livelihood Award, given for "outstanding vision and work on behalf of our planet and its people"; and the Louis Bromfield Award, as well as the Distinguished Service Award and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Alumni Awards from the University.
The other two 2013 honorary degree recipients are Karole Armitage (Doctor of Arts) for notable contributions to dance and choreography and Wendell Castle (Doctor of Arts) for notable contributions to art, design and studio crafts.
"Wes is an excellent role model for our graduates," said Gray-Little in a quote from the KU Commencement website. "After earning a master's degree from KU, he has gone on to become a leader in the drive to ensure we fulfill our role as stewards of the earth. His experience should inspire all of our graduates to use their talents for the public good."
There will be a live stream of the commencement that will start shortly before the ceremony.
Edited by Taylor Lewis
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