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5/26/95                           Katie Skala

AU EXPECTED TO GRADUATE 1,826 AT SPRING COMMENCEMENT JUNE 7
     AUBURN -- Auburn University expects to award 1,826 degrees
during spring quarter commencement on Wednesday, June 7, says
Registrar John Fletcher.
     AU will confer 1,582 bachelor's, 213 master's and 31 doctoral
degrees. Commencement exercises will be at 2:30 p.m. in
Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum.
     Related graduation day activities include the 154th joint
officer commissioning of the Navy, Air Force and Army ROTC units at
9:30 a.m. in Langdon Hall and a reception for graduates and their
families hosted by AU President and Mrs. Muse from 10:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. in Foy Union Ballroom.
     The AU School of Nursing Convocation Ceremony will also be
Wednesday at the Auburn United at 10:30 a.m. Eighty-four seniors
are expected to go through the pinning ceremony.
     Meanwhile, David Bronner, chief executive officer of the
Retirement Systems of Alabama, will address the spring quarter
commencement for the College of Veterinary Medicine on Tuesday,
June 6, at 6 p.m., at the Student Activities Center. A reception
will follow at the Auburn Alumni Center. Eighty-six new doctors of
veterinary medicine will receive their diplomas.
     Auburn University at Montgomery expects to confer 471 degrees.
     For the four most recent academic quarters, AU's main campus
will have awarded 5,634 degrees. Since being chartered in 1856, AU
has awarded 133,624 bachelor's, 19,592 master's and specialist's,
3,056 doctoral and 131 honorary degrees, a total of 156,403.

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