Time honored rituals mark EU commencement at KU
The KU commencement features time honored rituals and student traditions. Graduates add unique touches to caps, pledges donate to landscaping at Lied Center, and families host international students to share in the celebration. Dick Wintermote reflects on decades with the KU Alumni Association and the communal joy of new and old Jayhawks uniting.
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University
Lied
West Campus
Dick Wintermore
KU Endowment Association
Richard Steffen
Eva
Colorful academic regalia at KU commencement explained
The article describes tassel colors by discipline for KU graduates, gown styles by degree level, and hood features signifying high attainment. It notes exceptions for certain doctoral and professional degrees and mentions the diverse origins of KU faculty.
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Kansas University
United States
Graduation relocations and stage changes across years
Support staff describe weather driven moves at commencement since 1924 with relocations in Memorial Stadium Hoch Auditorium fieldhouse and later into Hoch Auditorium again the 1990 shift from evening to afternoon eases cleanup Porter notes graduates are tidy and Facilities Operations, with Mother Nature, take pride in presenting a neat campus after ceremonies and football games.
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Memorial Stadium
Hoch Auditorium
Porter
Mother Nature
Nursery teachers shape life lessons in a Manhattan preschool
In Temple Emanu El Nursery School, Nancy Heffner and Louise Gottfried guide 18 three year olds beyond play with social skills, not formal academics. They balance parent expectations, discipline, and curiosity as they prepare children for later schooling and life.
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Nancy Heffner
Louise Gottfried
Heffner
Gottfried
Sterling
Yale University
Temple Emanu-El
Manhattan
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