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8/24/95                 Janet McCoy (mccoyjl@mail.auburn.edu)

AUBURN UNIVERSITY EXPECTED TO AWARD 973 DEGREES AUG. 30

      AUBURN -- Auburn University expects to award 973 degrees at its 
summer quarter commencement on Wednesday, Aug. 30, bringing the total 
number for the academic year to 4,437.
      At the 2:30 p.m. ceremony in Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum, AU 
will confer 690 bachelor's degrees, 235 master's and specialist's degrees 
and 48 doctoral degrees.
      Since its charter in 1856, Auburn has awarded 135,848 bachelor's 
degrees, 20,021 master's and specialist's degrees, 3,132 doctoral degrees 
and 131 honorary degrees for a total of 159,132.
      AU at Montgomery this summer will award 292 degrees -- 176 
bachelor's degrees and 116 master's and specialist's degrees -- pushing 
its all-time total to 18,932.  AUM total 1994-95 graduates is 1,210.
      The combined campuses will have awarded 178,062 total degrees.
      Commencement day ceremonies at Auburn on Aug. 30 include:
      -- the 9:30 a.m. joint commissioning ceremony for ROTC units at 
Langdon Hall; and
      -- the reception for graduates and their families, hosted by 
President and Mrs. William V. Muse from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. at 
the Foy Union Ballroom.
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