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 47001 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver Commencement Program (August 2017), 2017 August 19
Program for University of Denver commencement on August 19, 2017. Conferring of degrees by Chancellor Rebecca S. Chopp. Commencement address by Andrei Kutateladze.
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 (August 2019), 2019 August 17
Commencement ceremony held August 17, 2019 for graduate and undergraduate degrees. Conferring of degrees by Chancellor Jeremy Haefner. Commencement address by Karen Riley, Dean of the Morgridge College of Education.
University of Denver Commencement Program August 14,1992, 1992 August 14
Program for the University of Denver doctoral, graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremony, August 14, 1992. Remarks were given by William Zaranka, Provos. The closing remarks were given by Daniel L. Ritchie, Chancellor of the University.
University of Denver Commencement Program, Eighty-eighth Year, 1952 June 14
University of Denver Commencement Program, Eighty-eighth Year, 1952 August 22
University of Denver Commencement Program Eighty-Fifth Year [corrected copy], 1949 June 11
Corrected copy program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June Eleventh,1949. Honorary degree recipients: Dr. Oliver Cromwell Carmichael, Doctor of Humane Letters; Mr. Fowler Berry McConnell, Doctor of Laws. Conferring of degrees in course: Chancellor Alfred C. Nelson.
University of Denver Commencement Program Fifty-Eighth Year, 1922 June 7
Programs for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony Fifty-Eighth Year, Wednesday, the Seventh of June, 1922. Honorary degree recipient: Jesse Homer Newlon, Doctor of Laws. Conferring Degrees: Wilber D. Engle, the Acting Chancellor. The Commecement Address was givenb y David Starr Jordan, M.S., M.D., Ph.D., LL.D.