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20 minutes with Sharon Hawkins, UofL apparel administrator

May 5, 2010

Commencement wouldn’t be the same without academic regalia. Students don their caps and gowns and march in by school and degree. To see the pomp and circumstance, one would never imagine that just a few short days beforehand, those caps and gowns were packed in boxes stacked around the Red Barn. UofL Today talked to Sharon Hawkins, UofL apparel administrator, about what it takes to sort and distribute 2,400 caps and gowns in two and a half days’ time.

Commencement speaker is one of a kind

May 5, 2010

Caleb Bastian isn't the typical dental student. Bastian, who will represent his fellow University of Louisville graduates as the 2010 student commencement speaker, not only graduates with a dental medicine degree, but also with master's degrees in business administration, oral biology and anatomical science and neurobiology.

Outstanding students lead way at commencement

May 5, 2010

When University of Louisville graduates march into Freedom Hall May 8 for commencement ceremonies, they will follow students carrying colorful banners with each school or college name.