Inside Iowa State: Iowa State University

April 30, 2004

3,000-plus will receive degrees next weekend

Associate vice president for facilities Chris Ahoy delivers another perfect omelet to the plate of senior accounting major Amanda Mason during the annual graduation breakfast for seniors April 22 in the Memorial Union. About 40 faculty, staff and administrators cooked for an estimated 400 members of the class of 2004. Photo by Bob Elbert.

by Anne Krapfl
Iowa State will honor and send off an estimated 3,167 graduating students May 7-8 during spring commencement exercises.

At 8 p.m. Friday, May 7, an estimated 90 doctoral and 332 master's students will receive degrees during a ceremony in C.Y. Stephens Auditorium.

Ames Laboratory director and chemistry faculty member Tom Barton will speak to the graduate students. Since 1998, Barton also has served as director of the Institute for Physical Research and Technology, a consortium of 10 research centers on campus.

At noon Saturday, also in Stephens, 102 graduates will receive the doctor of veterinary medicine degree in a College of Veterinary Medicine ceremony. Retiring dean of the college, Norm Cheville, will give the address.

And at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Hilton, an estimated 2,643 students will receive bachelor's degrees at the undergraduate ceremony.

Des Moines businessman and 1992 Iowa Business Leader of the Year John Pappajohn will give the address. Pappajohn gifts totaling $2 million established the Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship at Iowa State.

The Official University Mace will be used for the first time at spring commencement events. It will be carried in the procession by a faculty marshal.

Colleges will honor their graduates during preliminary events. A complete list of graduation-related events follows.

Commencement activities
Spring 2004

Friday, May 7

5 p.m. Reception, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, for undergraduate students (4 p.m., ceremony recognizing students graduating with distinction, Fisher Theater), Scheman, 4-7742.
5 p.m., Ceremony, College of Business, for undergraduate students, Hilton, 4-8430.
5 p.m., Ceremony, College of Education, for undergraduate students (6:30 p.m. reception, first floor lobby, Scheman), Stephens, 4-7003.
5:30-7 p.m., Reception, College of Engineering, for graduate students, Scheman, 4-5933.
8 p.m., Commencement, for graduate students, no tickets needed, Stephens, 4-9372.
9:15-10:15 p.m., Reception, College of Education, for graduate students, first floor lobby, Scheman, 4-7003.

Saturday, May 8

8:15 a.m., Reception, College of Agriculture (9 a.m., ceremony), for undergraduate students, Stephens, 4-2766.
8:30 a.m., Reception, College of Family and Consumer Sciences (9:30 a.m., ceremony), for undergraduate students, Sun Room, MU, 4-5981.
9 a.m., Receptions, College of Engineering (9:30 a.m., recognition programs), for undergraduate students, Fisher Theater, Scheman, Hilton and Hoover Hall auditorium, 4-5933.
9:30 a.m., Reception, College of Design (10 a.m. ceremony), for undergraduate students, atrium, Design Center, 4-7428.
Noon, Commencement, College of Veterinary Medicine, no tickets needed, Stephens, 4-0772.
1:30 p.m., Commencement, for undergraduate students, no tickets needed, Hilton, 4-9372.