<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><div><span>Realizing that the Daily News might not report on UI's commencement . . .</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>(Although, with the Argonaut's approval, the Daily News may be permitted to copy and paste this into their newspaper)</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Courtesy of today's (May 8, 2012) UI Argonaut at:</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><a href="http://www.uiargonaut.com/2012/05/03/stroll-across-stage-uis-1356-graduates-plan-to-walk-next-saturday/"><a href="http://www.uiargonaut.com/2012/05/03/stroll-across-stage-uis-1356-graduates-plan-to-walk-next-saturday/">http://www.uiargonaut.com/2012/05/03/stroll-across-stage-uis-1356-graduates-plan-to-walk-next-saturday/</a></a></div><div> <br><span>-----------------------------------</span><br><span></span><br><span><h2 class="title" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 3px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 34px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(48, 48, 48); font-style: italic; font-family: 'Droid Serif', Helvetica; line-height: normal; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Stroll across stage: UI’s 1,356 graduates plan to walk next Saturday</h2><div style="font-family: museo-slab-1, museo-slab-2, serif; font-size: 14px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); color: rgb(80, 80, 80); line-height: 24px; "><br></div></span></div><div><span>At 9 a.m. May 12, bagpipes will fill the air and the University of Idaho’s 116th graduating class will follow the procession down University Avenue to the Kibbie Dome, where the two-and-a-half-hour ceremony will commence.</span><br><span></span><br><span>The ceremony will start at 9:30 a.m. with a live stream available online for those unable to attend.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Dave Putensen, assistant registrar, said 1,356 students are expected to attend, up from 1,119 at last year’s commencement ceremony.</span><br><span></span><br><span>He said the event does not use a reservation system, but he estimates about 6,800 guests will attend.</span><br><span></span><br><span>“For planning purposes we use a 5 to 1 ratio,” Putensen said. “Although it really depends on who brings large families and who doesn’t.”</span><br><span></span><br><span>Immediately following the ceremony, each college will host a celebration reception. Locations are available on the university’s commencement website.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Graduating seniors also have the opportunity to donate to the senior gift.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Meredith Malek, annual giving program coordinator and adviser for the student foundation said the gift has been changed from the traditional bench or tree.</span><br><span></span><br><span>“We are instead asking seniors … to donate to any of the 2,500 programs,” Malek said. “We ask they donate to something meaningful to them and immediately when they do they will receive a spirit tassel for their donation of $20.12.”</span><br><span></span><br><span>Malek said if previous classes didn’t reach a fundraising goal to purchase a tangible gift, which happened often, organizers didn’t have anything to do with the money. Now they are focusing purely on participation.</span><br><span></span><br><span>“Currently for this school year we have about 120 seniors that have already given about $2,500,” Malek said. “If we get 10 more seniors it will be the biggest year ever with the most participants.”</span><br><span></span><br><span>Malek said she hopes donors find something they are passionate about and use their donation as a thank you.</span><br><span></span><br><span>For more information on the ceremony visit:</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span><a href="http://www.uidaho.edu/commencement">http://www.uidaho.edu/commencement</a></span></div><div><span> </span></div><div><span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">----------------------------------- </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">UI Commencement By the Numbers . . . </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">1,356 (students to attend graduation)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">220 (masters and specialist degrees)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">36 (doctoral degrees - That's 36 more than Boise State has EVER awarded.)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">1,110 (undergraduate degrees)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">Note to bSU - Good luck with that football thingie.<br></span><span></span> <br><span>Seeya round town, Moscow.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Tom Hansen</span><br><span>Moscow, Idaho</span><br><span></span><br><span>"If not us, who?</span><br><span>If not now, when?"</span><br><span></span><br><span>- Unknown</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br></div></div><div></div></body></html>