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In addition to the CU-Boulder commencement ceremony at Folsom Stadium on May 14 at 9:30 a.m., graduates and their friends and families are invited to attend special recognition ceremonies organized by individual schools and colleges. The following is a schedule of special events to be held by the schoolsand colleges:

Stephanie L. Cuthbertson, a senior at Northglenn High School, has been selected to receive the Luther and Helene Denzler Monberg Memorial Achievement Scholarship at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Cuthbertson will receive a $1,608 scholarship for her freshman year at CU-Boulder. She has a 3.95 grade-point average and plans to major in journalism. The scholarship, provided by a CU alumna and native of Leadville, is intended to provide financial help to deserving students who are active in their communities.

Michael Kunz will be far along his career track of understanding how non-native grasses succeed when he graduates from the University of Colorado at Boulder this spring, leaving the campus with not one, but two degrees he earned simultaneously.

Applicants are being sought for a new residential program starting in fall 1999 for University of Colorado at Boulder freshmen who are interested in leadership. The Chancellor's Leadership Residential Program will consist of 50 to 75 incoming freshmen who will live together on designated floors in a Williams Village residence hall. The program will be directed by Richard Kraft, an award-winning education professor and former vice chairman of the Colorado State Board of Education.

Two faculty members from the University of Colorado at Boulder were elected to the National Academy of Sciences this week, bringing the total number of CU-Boulder professors to 17 who have been named to the elite institution. Richard McIntosh, a professor in CU-BoulderÂ’s molecular, cellular and developmental biology department, and Charles DePuy, an emeritus professor in CU-BoulderÂ’s chemistry and biochemistry department, were among the 60 members nationwide elected in 1999.

The University of Colorado at Boulder, in partnership with Storage Technology Corp., will host the 1999 Latino Student Unity/Leadership Conference Thursday, May 6, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the University Memorial Center. More than 300 Latino/Chicano high school students from the Boulder Valley School District are expected to attend. The students engage in a variety of workshops and presentations on Latino/Chicano literature and history, film studies and higher education opportunities.

The 69th annual Alumni Awards ceremony will honor 10 people for their service to the University of Colorado and their communities in Old Main Chapel at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 11. The George Norlin Award, honoring distinguished alumni for lifetime achievement and devotion to the betterment of society, goes to Mary Ann Casey, a 1970 International Relations graduate, former ambassador to Algeria and Tunisia, and CU-Boulder's current diplomat in residence.

Two students in the McNair Scholars Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder won top prizes in the oral presentation competition at the Fourth Annual Rocky Mountain McNair Scholars Research Symposium and Graduate Education Conference. More than 170 people from 21 schools came to share information and network about graduate education at the conference that was sponsored by CU-Boulder, Colorado State University, the University of Northern Colorado and the University of Wyoming.

Phase I of the Student Odyssey Project, an initiative of the chancellor and the three vice chancellors to re-engineer the delivery of administrative services to students on the Boulder campus, has been completed. "CU-Boulder is striving to be a total learning environment, which means putting students first and being innovative, responsive, efficient, and asking at every juncture, 'what's best for the students?' " said Chancellor Richard Byyny. "It is important that we improve student services to ensure that student energy is focused on academics."

George A. Sissel, chairman and CEO of Ball Corp., has been awarded the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award by the University of Colorado at Boulder. The award, presented by the College of Engineering and Applied Science at its 34th annual Engineering Alumni Banquet on April 16, recognizes alumni of the college who have distinguished themselves through their outstanding personal qualities, knowledge and significant contributions to their fields.