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"
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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 386 Collections and/or Records:
Medical Departments of the University of Denver Thirteenth Annual Commencement, 1894 April 17
Program from the Medical Departments of the University of Denver thirteenth annual commencement on Tuesday evening April 17, 1894. The presentation of diplomas and the Manly Prize was by Chancellor McDowell.
Memorandum: Optional Wearing of Cap and Gown, 1970 May 25
Memorandum stating that wearing caps and gowns at graduation was optional and indicating that two alternative funds were available for students to contribute their cap and gown money.
Memorandum to Senior and Graduate Students Concerning Graduation, 1970 May 13
Memorandum on alternative uses for cap and gown money.
"On Human Resources and Sustaining the Nation's Future", 1990 June 9
Text of the commencement address by Hon. Arthur Allen Fletcher, Chairman, U.S. Commission of Civil Rights, delivered at the University of Denver, June 9, 1990. In his speech, Arthur Allen Fletcher encouraged graduates to assume a leadership role building a brand new America. An America that far exceeds the one they inherited.
"One Moment", 1954 June 11
Text of the commencement address "One Moment" by President of Student Senate Allen Keith Jackson delivered at the University of Denver, June 11, 1954.
Program for the University of Denver Commencement and Insignia Day: March Seventeenth, 1944, Memorial Chapel, 1944 March 17
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate commencement and Insignia ceremony, March Seventeenth,1944. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Ben M. Cherrington. The commencement address was given by Chancellor Ben M. Cherrington.
Program of the Inaugural and Commencement Ceremonies University of Denver August 18, 1978, 1978 August 18
Program for the University of Denver Inaugural ceremony for the charge and investiture of Ross Pritchard as the Fourteenth Chancellor of the University of Denver as well as for the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, August 18, 1978. Honorary degree recipient: Allan O. Pfnister, Doctor of Laws, former executive vice chancellor and acting chancellor of the University of Denver. Remarks by: Ross Pritchard, Chancellor of the University.
Second Annual Commencencement of the University of Denver, 1885 June 17
Program for the University of Denver (DU) ceremony, June 17, 1885, 8 p.m., First Baptist Church, Denver, Colorado. University address, The Rev'd Earl Cranston, D.D. (a DU Trustee, and later Bishop); salutatory, valedictory and student orations, Earl M. Cranston, George C. Manly, William A. Moore.
Sixth Annual Commencement, University of Denver, 1886 July 16
Program for the University of Denver (DU) ceremony, Wednesday, June 16, 1886, 8 p.m., First Baptist Church, Denver, Colorado. Commencement address was given by Rev. H. A. Buchtel, D.D.
Student Commencement, 1956
The image depicts students standing in a line for summer commencement and the University of Denver, in 1956.