Photo Opportunity: University of Arkansas 2004 Commencement Schedule

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - All-University Commencement will be held at 8:45 a.m., May 8, 2004, at Bud Walton Arena. The 2004 honorary degree recipient will be Dr. William R. Ferris, senior associate for the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Joel R. Williamson Distinguished Professor of History and an adjunct professor of folklore.

Below is a complete schedule, including locations and speakers, for all commencement activities for the university’s colleges and schools:

Friday, May 7, 2004

Eleanor Mann School of Nursing:

• 6 p.m., Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall
• Glenda Lawson - Associate professor of nursing in the UA Eleanor Mann School of Nursing

Saturday, May 8, 2004

Sam M. Walton College of Business:

• 12:30 p.m., Barnhill Arena
• J. Thomas May - Chairman and CEO of Simmons First National Corporation
• Marlena Sweeney - Graduating UA Senior

Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences:

• 1 p.m., Bud Walton Arena
• Dr. William R. Ferris
• Leremy Colf - Graduating UA Senior
• Shireen Yvette Husain - Graduating UA Senior

School of Architecture:

• 1 p.m., Arkansas Union Ballroom
• John Watkins -member of UA law faculty and the William H. Enfield Professor of Law

Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences:

• 1 p.m., Pauline Whitaker Animal Science Center
• Jennifer Drake - Graduating UA Senior

College of Engineering:

• 3:30 p.m., Barnhill Arena
• John A. Brighton -Assistant director for engineering of the National Science Foundation

College of Education and Health Professions:

• 4 p.m., Bud Walton Arena
• Margaret Jane "Janie" Darr, Ed.D. - Superintendent of the Rogers school system

Saturday, May 15, 2004

Robert A. Leflar School of Law:

• The Honorable Dale Bumpers - Former Arkansas governor and U.S. Se