MEDIA ADVISORY:
1997 SPRING COMMENCEMENT ACTIVITIES
Jackson, Tenn. — 51ÉçÇø is expected to confer approximately 400 degrees during the 1997 Spring Commencement Exercises on May 31.
The following is a schedule of important commencement activities:
Friday, May 16 to Saturday, May 31
Annual Student Art Exhibit
9 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily , Art Gallery, Penick Academic Complex
Friday, May 23
University Honors and Awards Day
10 a.m., G.M. Savage Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Catherine Kwasigroh, Executive Director of Finance, System Affiliate Division,
West Tennessee Healthcare, Inc.
Friday, May 30
Senior Rehearsal
9:30 a.m., G.M. Savage Memorial Chapel
Nursing Dedication Ceremony
7 p.m., G.M. Savage Memorial Chapel
Saturday, May 31
Baccalaureate
11 a.m., G.M. Savage Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Dr. Jerry Tidwell, pastor, West Jackson Baptist Church
Commencement Exercises
6 p.m., Campus East Lawn
(Rain Location: Oman Arena)
Speaker: Dr. Timothy George, dean, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University
For more information about any graduation event, contact Union's Office of Public Relations at (901) 661-5215.