University of Denver
Biography
The first reference to Colorado Seminary was in The Rocky Mountain News of November 27, 1862: “ a board of Trustees, composed of the solid men of Denver, has been organized to superintend the erection of a seminary building… for an academic education.”
Sources
Breck, "From the Rockies to the World"
Biography
University of Denver votes to adopt quarter system in 1929.
Sources
"University Adopts New Quarter Plan; Vote Unanimous," The Denver Clarion, vol. 34, no. 19, November 26, 1929, 1.
Biography
First year Hillel organization features full programming at DU
Citation:
Jan. 30, 1974, letter to faculty, U172._.0003, Hillel folderFound in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Bloom Commencement Speech 8/18/2006, 2006 August 18
This folder contains documents about and a transcript of Michele ''Mike'' Bloom's speech at commencement in 2006.
Finley Orson Gose Papers
This collection consists of a commencement program and a photograph of Dr. Finley Orson Gose.
University of Denver Commencement Program (August 2018), 2018 August 18
Commencement ceremony held August 18, 2018 for graduate and undergraduate degrees. Conferring of degrees by Chancellor Rebecca S. Chopp. Commencement address by Shelly Smith-Acuña, Dean of the Graduate School of Professional Psychology.
University of Denver Commencement Program (June 2018), 2018 June 8
Program for University of Denver commencement on June 8, 2018. Conferring of degrees by Chancellor Rebecca S. Chopp. Commencement address by Carol B. Tomé.
University of Denver Commencement Program (June 2019), 2019 June 14
Commencement ceremony held June 14, 2019 for graduate and undergraduate degrees. Conferring of degrees by Chancellor Rebecca S. Chopp. Commencement address by Imran Khan.
University of Denver Commencement Program (June 2020), June 2020
Commencement program for those graduating in June 2020 with graduate and undergraduate degrees. Conferring of degrees by Chancellor Jeremy Haefner. No commencement ceremony was held due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
University of Denver Commencement Records
Contains invitations, programs, correspondence, speeches, press clippings and miscellaneous materials related to commencement exercises of the University of Denver and its constituent units. Some law commencment materials (programs) included in this collection, but the majority of publications and records related to law commencement are in the Sturm College of Law Records (U057).