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 400 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver Commencement Speech, August 13, 1993, 1993 August 13
Text of the commencement address by Vice Chancellor, Business and Financial Affairs, University of Denver, Dr. James R. Griesemer, delivered at the University of Denver, August 13, 1993.
University of Denver Commencement Undergraduate Ceremony 2008, 2008 June 7
Undergraduate ceremony, June 7, 2008: Honorary degrees: Robert D. Richardson, Doctor of Humane Letters; Daniel L. Ritchie, Doctor of Higher Education; remarks by: Daniel L. Ritchie, Chancellor Robert D. Coombe.
University of Denver Dental School, between 1910-1930
University of Denver (DU) Dental school graduation ceremony.
University of Denver Eleventh Annual Commencement and Graduation of the Eighth Class, 1891 June 10
Program for the University of Denver Eleventh Annual Commencement and graduation of the Eighth Class on Wednesday, June 10, 1891 at 8 p.m. at Trinity Church.
University of Denver, Ninth Annual Commencement Program and Graduation of the Fifth Class, 1888 June 13
Program for the University of Denver (DU) ceremony, Tuesday, June 13, 1888, 8 p.m., First Baptist Church, Denver, Colorado. Degrees conferred by Chancellor David H. Moore. The University address and presentation of diplomas was by Bishop Henry W. Warren.
University of Denver Sixth Annual Commencement, 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.
University of Denver Summer Commencement, 1956
The image depicts University of Denver students at summer commencement, in front of Illif School of Theology, in 1956.
University of Denver Summer Convocation Commencement Program: Eightieth Year, Memorial Chapel, August Twenty-fourth, 1944, 1944 August 24
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate summer convocation commencement ceremony, August Twenty-fourth, 1944. Honorary degree recipient: Caleb Frank Gates, Doctor of Humane Letters. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Ben M. Cherrington. The commencement address was given by Captain Arthur S. Adams, USN (Retired).
University of Denver Summer Convocation Commencement Program, Eighty-first Year, 1945 August 24
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate summer convocation commencement ceremony, August Twenty-fourth, 1945. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Ben M. Cherrington. The commencement address was give by Dr. George D. Humphrey.
University of Denver Summer Convocation Commencement Program, Eighty-second Year, 1946 August 23
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate summer convocation commencement ceremony, August Twenty-third, 1946. Commencement Address "Victorious Thinking" by Milton S. Eisenhower. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Caleb F. Gates.