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Pioneers turn in historic seasonThe DU mens lacrosse team has turned in the greatest season in program history, culminating with the

programs first-ever trip to the NCAA Final Four.

While the magical season ended with a 14-8 loss to eventual NCAA champion Virginia in the national

semifinals on May 28, the program can look to a host of other accomplishments.

The Pioneers won the inaugural Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) tournament championship as

well as the ECAC regular season title while going undefeated in conference play. Signature victories abounded

throughout the season. DUs first NCAA tournament victory in program history over Villanova was also

the first NCAA lacrosse tournament game played west of the Mississippi.

DU then went on to beat a powerhouse Johns Hopkins team in the NCAA quarterfinals to advance to the

Final Four. The regular season brought wins against Ohio State in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse Showcase andan upset of the then-No. 4-ranked Duke Blue Devils in New York.

This is a special group of student-athletes, head coach Bill Tierney says. They worked hard, came

together as a cohesive unit and believed in themselves all season. What they achieved was remarkable.

The season also brought DU its highest-ever ranking No. 4 and by seasons end, a 15-3 record.

DUs Mark Matthews, a junior from Oshawa, Ontario, won conference player of the year honors and was named

second-team All-American. The accomplishment is the highest All-America honor for a DU lacrosse player.

Mark has played at a high level all season, Tierney says. He is a very unselfish player who is one of our

offensive catalysts. Mark is certainly deserving of the second-team honor.

Sophomore Chase Carraro of Louisville, Ky., freshman Jamie Faus of Lakeville, Conn., and sophomore Cam

Flint of Georgetown, Ontario, were named All-American honorable mentions.

Nathan Solheim

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Creative writing student receives accolades

Joanna Ruocco says she always wanted to be a writer. As a

child, she spent countless hours lying at on her stomach writing her

epic novel about mice by pencil. The novel never came to ruition,

but Ruoccos dream came true.

Ruocco, who is pursuing a PhD in creative writing at DU,

has already published two books and just received the $15,000

Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize orAnother Governess/

The Least Blacksmith-A Diptych rom Fiction Collective Two (FC2).Joannas success is impressive and a testament to her

discipline, says Brian Kiteley, proessor o English. Shes a beloved

student.

Ruocco already has an MFA rom Brown University but says

she attended DU because o its community o writers.

Im totally blown away by the talent o people Im in classes with, she says. Its a privilege to

be around them.

Others eel the same about Ruocco. Kiteley describes her as modest, but tough. He says shes

one o the smartest students hes ever had.

Her fction is very precise, Kiteley says. It strikes me that she almost never does anything

thats wrong or out o place; whatever rules shes setting or hersel, she sticks to them.

Ruocco seems to delight in setting rules or dierent projects. She explains how in The Mother-

ing Coven (Ellipsis Press, 2009) she used wordplay and drew on the Saxon and German languages to

create a language or the witches in the novel.

David Simon, in his review orThe Nation, described the book as a laboratory in which she

conducts experiments by combining language and language-like systems those that display both

regulated coherence and infnite exibility.

Ruocco says when she tackles a project with such heavy language she fnds that she oten

works simultaneously on a piece with language thats much more mundane. She did that withMans

Companions (Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2010).

I change a lot rom project to project, she says. I get excited about fguring out a dierent

narrative, the logic and vocabulary. I try not to have a set idea about what Ill produce I like that

mysterious space eeling out what could happen with the language.

While Ruocco relishes her mysterious space, her ans know her success is no mystery. Still, she

is overwhelmed by her recent award by FC2.Its really exciting and overwhelming, she says. I eel very lucky that my work is being

rewarded with this kind o recognition.

Kristal Grifth

DU receives national honor for community service and

service learning

May typically is the time o year when students receive recognition or their academic achieve-

ments. This year, the University o Denver also is being honored.

DU was named to the 2010 Presidents Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by

the Corporation or National and Community Service (CNCS).The honor recognizes DU as a leader among higher education institutions or supporting stu-

dents, aculty and sta in volunteerism, service learning and civic engagement.

Out o 851 colleges and universities that applied, 511 were admitted to the 2010 honor roll.

CNCS selects institutions based on several criteria, including the schools commitment to long-term

community partnerships, measurable outcomes o community service, and the extent to which

service learning is embedded in a schools curriculum.

During the 200910 academic year, more than 1,400 DU students were involved in service

learning and at least 4,000 students perormed community service, which amounted to more than

540,000 hours to help their communities.

Amber DAngelo Na

TEDxDU was rad

TEDxDU, an independently

organized TED event dedicated

to ideas worth spreading, brought

20 speakers and performers

to DUs Newman Center for

the Performing Arts on May 13

under the banner of radical

collaboration. Speakers included

scientists, inventors, spiritual

leaders, artists, students and

teachers. Watch videos of the

speakers at tedxdu.com.

CourtesyofTarpaulinSkyPress


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University of Denver Assistant Professor Nader Hashemi jokes that all of four people used to hear his radio program during his stintat a college radio station in Ottawa.But today, Hashemis audience extends far beyond his radio days. His growing media presence includes local news outlets as well as

national platforms such as The PBS NewsHour, Time magazine and The Wall Street Journal.

Hashemi, who teaches Middle East and Islamic politics at DUs Josef Korbel School of International Studies, is a go-to source foreverything from the recent tumult in Egypt to the ongoing debate between religion and secularism in the Muslim world.

Though Hashemi was born and raised in Canada, his Iranian-immigrant parents followed the 1979 Iranian revolution closely.

The family even moved back to Iran briefly in 1980 before

returning to Canada a few years later.

I was old enough to observe a transformative moment

not only in the politics of Iran but the broader Middle East,

he says. At a young age, it really inculcated in me an interest

in the relationship between religion and politics.

His latest book, The People Reloaded: The Green Movement

and the Struggle for Irans Future (Melville House, 2011),

reflects his ongoing fascination with the Middle Easts political

dynamics. The tome demystifies a lot of assumptions people

make about the politics of the Muslim world, he says.University of Denver Professor Haider Khan says

Hashemi brings a unique educational background to campus

as well as an empathic ear for the Middle Eastern region at

large. The latter allows Hashemi to reach out to a broad range

of students.

Khan adds that Hashemi understands past cultural

connections between the Arab and European cultures as well

as the modern college students mindset.

Hes very sensitive to the need to educate people in a

gentle way, Khan says. Our job is to engage them in a non-

confrontational, enlightening way so they feel comfortable

presenting their disagreements.

Hashemis academic career has taken him to the Universityof Toronto, Northwestern University and UCLA, and in 2008

he accepted a position at the University of Denver over

another institution with a strong international component.

[Then Korbel Dean] Tom Farer really left a positive

impression on me, he recalls.

The professors typical course load includes classes

exploring modern Islamic political thought, the regions

political context and timeless books on the subject like Albert

HouranisArabic Thought in the Liberal Age .

Hashemi says he starts each of his classes with a vow to his students, one he does his best to live up to himself.

I want to get my students to challenge their unexamined assumptions about the world, he says, positions passed on from both

their families and communities.

DU graduate student Clifton Martin recalls reading Bernard Lewis What Went Wrong? in one of Hashemis classes. His classmates

found plenty of fault with Lewis arguments, but Hashemi prodded them to not simply disagree but to make a better case against

them.

Its that extra step he takes to ask us to think about the material, question it, and come up with our own perspective. Then he

challenges that perspective. Its a great method of reinforcing the critical thinking process, Martin says of Hashemi, who serves as his

adviser both as a student and with the Middle East Discussion group Martin co-directs.

Covering Middle Eastern issues can make for divisive conversations, but Hashemi says he is delighted when students tell him they

arent sure where he stands on the positions discussed in the classroom.

My position is not to preach, he says. It is to get my students to think critically.

Christian Toto

Leading expertProessor quickly becoming go-to source on Middle East

DU Assistant Proessor Nader Hashemi teaches Middle East and Islamic politics atDUs Jose Korbel School o International Studies.

CourtesyofNaderHashemi


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Anthropology professor

pursues the writing on the wall

When DU art and anthropology Proessor Christina

Kreps met Daniele Pario Perra in Bologna, Italy, in 2009

she knew hed be a great artist-in-residence or Denver.

The Italian artist is known or using a technique called

resco removal to remove grafti and preserve it as art.

Hes a relational artist who works in and with a

community, Kreps says. His work is very anthropological

Perra actually doesnt call his work art, but research and

feldwork.

Perras been an artist-in-residence since March

22 at the PlatteForum, an arts organization that

connects proessional artists with Denver-area

youth. His visit culminates with an installation titled

ANARCHETIQUETTE: the etiquette o anarchy

preserving the writing on the wall, which opened May 6

at the Museum o Contemporary Art Denver.

The exhibit eatures Perras work rom Italy as wel

as grafti and writings rom Denver.I hope the exhibit has people thinking about the

meaning and message behind writing on the wall, Kreps

says. This is a whole new way to look at grafti. We have

to see how this is someones voice.

Perra is not interested in tagging or the large-scale

art grafti that is popular in Denver. Rather, he is drawn to

writings that say something. He calls grafti spontaneous

communication and the cultural DNA o a city.

The exhibit is open through June 29. Admission

is 10 cents. For more inormation, visit the Museum o

Contemporary Art website, www.mcadenver.org.

Kristal Grifth

Building named for longtime Trustee Joy Burns

Joy Burns, already an iconic name on campus, recently was honored or three

decades o service to the University o Denver and the Daniels College o Business

when DU ofcials named the building that houses the Knoebel School o Hospitality

Management the Joy Burns Center.

Burns and her late husband, Franklin Burns, are the namesakes and primary

beneactors o several campus acilities and programs, including the Joy Burns Ice Arena

in the Ritchie Center, the Franklin L. Burns School o Real Estate and ConstructionManagement and the Joy Burns Plaza at the Newman Center.

Joy joined the Universitys Board o Trustees in 1981 and, over the past 30 years,

she has helped the University to become the extraordinary institution that it is today,

says DU Chancellor Robert Coombe. We are orever grateul or all shes done to

strengthen and expand our academic programs, especially in the Daniels College o

Business, and to make our campus into one o the most beautiul in America.

Burns, a Denver-area businesswoman, philanthropist and womens sports pioneer,

chaired DUs Board o Trustees rom 19902005 and again rom 200709.

We would like to convey our deepest appreciation to Joy Burns or her involvement

with and commitment to the Daniels College o Business and the University o Denver,

says Daniels Dean Christine Riordan.

In addition to housing the Knoebel School o Hospitality Management, the Joy

Burns Center is home to the Daniels executive education program and the Institute orthe Advancement o the American Legal System. It also serves as a primary venue or

many conerences and events on the DU campus.

Burns was one o the original ounders o the Womens Bank in 1976, which

became Colorado Business Bank in 1993. She renovated the ormer Hampshire

House into the Burnsley Hotel in the 1980s, was a ounding member o the Womens

Foundation o Colorado, and is the frst woman to chair the Denver Metro Convention

and Business Bureau. She is president o the D.C. Burns Realty & Trust and president o

the Sportswomen o Colorado board o directors. In 2000, she was inducted into the

Colorado Womens Hall o Fame.

Kim DeVigil

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The building that houses DUs Knoebel School o Hospitality Management was named inhonor o Joy Burns. Here, Burns addresses the crowd gathered or the naming event.

Daniele Pario Perra shows how he preserves grafti.


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Alan Frosh (BA political science 05) cant remember a timewhen words like philanthropy, service and communityengagement werent in his vocabulary.

Frosh who graduated on May 21 with a JD from DUs

Sturm College of Law, is the chairman and founder of the GordianFund, a nonprofit for young professionals who want to engage in

philanthropy.

Frosh traces his interest in philanthropy back to his Jewish

faiths emphasis on social justice.

As a high school student, Frosh worked at the Young Americans

Center for Financial Education, an affiliate of the Daniels Fund.

While at DU, he founded the Daniels Legacy Circle, a youth

advisory board for young alumni to stay involved as ambassadors

for the programs.

After graduating, Frosh joined the El Pomar Foundation as

a senior program associate/fellow. He worked on professional

development and built community partnerships in Colorado

mountain communities.

While at El Pomar, Frosh started thinking about how he could

bring young professionals together to share in his passion for

helping the community.

As my high school and college classmates began to populate

the workforce, I was amazed at how few recognized the need for

supporting the nonprofit sector, Frosh says.

He came up with the Gordian Fund, a donor-advised fund

comprised of young professionals looking for opportunities to give

back to their communities. After researching and discussing the

idea for two years, Frosh reached out to his network of peers to

recruit founding members. The fund received nonprofit status in

2007.

Gordian Fund members commit to a five-year giving cycle

with an amount they can afford to give for most, its about $100

per year. Twice a year, fund members nominate nonprofits and

convene to vote on one organization to receive a grant.

As of May 2011, the fund had 52 active members including 15 DU alumni and six current DU graduate students. The fund is open

to all age groups, though most members are 2129 years old.

As membership grows, the grant amounts grow as well. Frosh says the fund aims for quality members over quantity.

Our goal is to grow reasonably and strategically, he says. A lot of organizations, especially using social media, expand way too

quickly and move far away from their core goals and mission. Our goal is to find the right members who are committed to the five-year

cycle and to learning and growing.The fund has a board of directors and several committees, and aside from the two annual meetings, Gordian Fund members get

together throughout the year for organized volunteer opportunities and networking events.

Thus far, the organization has given three $1,000 grants and one $1,500 grant to the following Denver-area nonprofits: Colorado

Youth at Risk, Growing Home, Freedom Service Dogs and Denver Urban Gardens. Over the next five years, Frosh estimates the fund will

make at least two $5,000 grants per year.

Frosh does not receive any compensation for his role at the Gordian Fund, as all of the funds go directly to grants. Now that hes

graduated, he hopes to put his law degree to use as a general counsel for a nonprofit.

Charitable work makes me feel great, and I hope that my lifes work will make that feeling contagious.

Amber DAngelo Na

Frosh ideasLaw graduate to continue nonproft advocacy through Gordian Fund

Alan Frosh, who graduated rom DUs Sturm College o Law on May 21,started the Gordian Fund, a philanthropy group or young proessionals.


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DU named tops in Sun Belt Conference for renewable energy credits

Were No. 1.

The Environmental Protection Agency is recognizing the University o Denver or being the largest green power purchaser in the Sun Bel

Conerence a conerence championship when it comes to sustainability.

Over the course o the EPAs 20102011 College and University Green Power Challenge, DU purchased some 15 million kilowatt-hours o

power generated rom renewable sources, or about 34 percent o the schools power usage, according to the EPA.

The agency estimates that purchase is equivalent to eliminating the atmospheric carbon dioxide release rom the electricity use o more than

1,000 homes over the course o a year, or the equivalent o the carbon dioxide release o 2,000 cars in a year.

The purchase o RECs (Renewable Energy Credits) helps to lower our carbon ootprint, thereby actoring into our ability to meet the objective set orth in our Climate Action Plan o a 24-percent carbon reduction by 2020 and carbon neutrality by 2050, says DU energy engineer Tom

McGee.

McGee says the Universitys most recent purchase will help oset costs associated with development o wind power in Texas. The credits were

purchased rom NextEra Energy Resources, North Americas largest producer o wind and solar power.

Chase Squire

Communications students nonprofit receives national honor

Colorados White River National Forest is the most visited recreation

orest in the nation. More people visit the orest than Yellowstone, RockyMountain and Grand Canyon national parks combined.

Due to its popularity, the orests trails and other amenities see heavy

damage.

Thats where Jessica Evett, whos working on her masters degree in

strategic communication at DU, steps in. As executive director o Friends

o the Dillon Ranger District, Evett and her organization try to help reverse

the declining conditions o national orests, specifcally in Colorados Summ

County.

Our mission is to promote stewardship o the White River Nationa

Forest in Summit County, Evett says. We are ortunate to have a very active

volunteer community. We did 60 projects last year alone.

The volunteers perorm a number o tasks, including trail maintenance

weed control, fre mitigation and tree replanting. Volunteers logged morthan 7,000 volunteer hours last summer. For their work, the organization was

named Volunteer Group o the Year by the National Forest Service volunteer

program. Evetts organization was selected out o hundreds o similar groups

across the country.

Its a huge honor, Evett says. Its a testament to what our volunteers

do.

Evett says thesis research at DU also could beneft the Friends o the

Dillon Ranger District.

What is also interesting about Jess is that her thesis is an examination

o actors aecting stakeholder relationships between the Forest Service and

volunteer organizations, says Renee Botta, associate proessor o media, flm

and journalism studies. With her thesis research, she learned what it takes

to build a good relationship with the Forest Service; being chosen as the besvolunteer organization by the Forest Service is really reective o her ability to

apply that knowledge.

Evett hopes she can apply it even urther. A goal is to create awareness

about the organization beyond Summit County.

Were always looking or people to volunteer with us, and there are a

variety o ways to get involved, she says. I love this kind o work because

people want to give back this way and there is a desire to take care o these

lands.

Kristal Grift

PhotocourtesyofJessicaEvett

Jessica Evett poses with Smokey Bear at the 2010 Beetleest in Frisco,Colo. The event served as a beneft or Friends o the Dillon RangerDistrict.


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DU beats rival CU in annual Rocky Mountain Real Estate Challenge

For the sixth time in nine years, DU has won the Rocky Mountain Real Estate Challenge, beating its rivals at the University o ColoradoBoulde

(CU).

Both teams spent several months working on a real-lie case study, researching and creating a redevelopment plan or Nine Mile Station a

23-acre redevelopment property located at South Parker Road and I-225 in Aurora, Colo.

Every year, Colorados chapter o the National Association o Industrial and Ofce Properties (NAIOP) selects a property in the Denver metro

area that needs to be redeveloped. CU students spend a semester working on their redevelopment plans, while DU students spend an academic

quarter on theirs.

The teams presented their fnal plans to a panel o 13 judges all Denver-area commercial real estate leaders at the Real Estate Challenge

awards banquet on May 3 at the Marriot City Center in downtown Denver. More than 800 commercial real estate proessionals attended the competition, where Ed Tauer, mayor o Aurora, announced DU as the winner.

This was by ar the best educational experience o my lie, says DU team member Ilan Reissner.

DUs team created a plan that included space or King Soopers, Key Bank, a brewpub, retail shops and a suburban-style, walk-up apartmen

complex.

DUs team members won more than just bragging rights. They also took home a trophy, a $2,500 cash award and a $5,000 scholarship to help

uture real estate and construction management students.

This team came to the reality that they needed to frst look at the market and say OK, what will the market respond to? says Clinical Proesso

Je Engelstad, who teaches DUs graduate-level real estate development class that prepares students or the competition and helps them develop

their plan. Because i you go o to build the Emerald City you might get it approved, but youll never get it built and youll go broke trying.

Amber DAngelo Na

DU club baseball says goodbye to departed teammate

On a Mothers Day that brought Denver its frst

hint o summer, the University o Denver club baseball

squad said goodbye to ormer pitcher Joe Lubar, who

was killed in a skiing accident over the winter.

Joined by more than 30 o Lubars amily and

riends drawn rom across the Midwest, teammates

retired Lubars No. 9 jersey beore putting on a hittingdisplay in a game played in his honor, beating rivals

Colorado College 14-7.

Both teams lined up along the All City Field base

paths prior to the game, with Lubars mother and

ather, Madeleine and David, and siblings Patrick and

Hannah gathered by the pitchers mound sporting

gold DU baseball T-shirts emblazoned with Lubars

number on the back.

DUs Idiosingcrasies a cappella group opened the

ceremony with Billy Joels And So It Goes beore

coach Jared Floyd stepped orward.

Were here to celebrate the lie and baseball

career o Joe Lubar. He was a very good baseballplayer, and an even better teammate, Floyd said, then

turned to the assembled amily and added We love

you guys so much. We cant show it enough.

The team presented the Lubar amily with

Lubars ramed jersey, and in a gesture that highlights

the nature o club baseballs sportsmanship, Colorado

Colleges Jeremy Kazanjian-Amory presented the amily with a game bat.

Patrick Lubar kicked o the game with a blazing ceremonial frst pitch over the plate, showing o some o the talent his older brother brought

to the diamond.

An emotional DU team seemed to eed o the energy o the ceremony, pounding out six runs in the frst inning on the way to victory.

Chase Squire

The Lubar amily (let to right), mother Madeleine, brother Patrick, sister Hannah and atherDavid, join the University o Denver club baseball team on Mothers Day to honor their son,

Joe, a baseball player and DU student killed in a skiing accident this past winter.


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Events[ ]

JuneAround campus2 INSHORT: DOCS, DU film/video

showcase. Featuring student ilmsrom the Department o Media, Film &

Journalism Studies. Davis Auditorium. 7p.m. Free.

3 Graduate CommencementCeremony. Commencement addressby Jami Miscik (MA 82) 4:30 p.m.Magness Arena. Tickets not required.

4 Undergraduate CommencementCeremony. Commencement addressby John Morgridge. 9:30 a.m. Magness

Arena. Tickets are required.

6 P.A.S.S. Camp. Through June 10. AlsoJune 1317, 2024 and 27July 1. 8a.m.5:30 p.m. Coors Fitness Center.$229 per week.

14 Sustainability Council meeting. 8:30a.m. Mary Reed Building, DuPont Room.Free and open to the public.

23 Music and Meditation. Noon. RuatoHall, Mountain View Room. Free.

Exhibits1 2011 BFA Senior Exhibition.

Featuring work by students graduat-

ing rom the DU School o Art andArt History. Through June 3. MyhrenGallery. Free. Exhibit open noon4 p.m.daily.

Arts4 Cinderella, International Youth

Ballet.2:30 and 7:30 p.m. GatesConcert Hall. $21.

Ars Nova Singers presentsHorizons & Reflections: Ars Novaat 25. 7:30 p.m. Hamilton RecitalHall. $23.75 general admission, $17.25seniors, $12.25 students and $7.25 chil-dren.

6Denver Young Artists Orchestra.National Concerto Competition

winner perorming Barbers ViolinConcerto. Program includes Dvoraks9th Symphony. 7:30 p.m. Gates ConcertHall. $17.25, $23.75 and $33.75 generaladmission; $7.25, $12.25 and $17.25students and seniors.

11 Pointe Dance Academy recital,Ready Set Glam. 3 p.m. GatesConcert Hall. $10$20.

12 Cherry Creek Dance recital, Off toNeverland. 9:30 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 3p.m. and 5:45 p.m. Gates Concert Hall.Call 303-399-8087 or tickets.

The Recorder Orchestra Festivalof America.3 p.m. Hamilton RecitalHall. Tickets not required. Donationsaccepted to beneit Japan disaster relie.

16 Colorado Vincentian Volunteerspresents Heart and Soul BenefitConcert 2011. 7 p.m. Gates ConcertHall. $30 general admission, $15 studentand $50 patron.

18 Rocky Mountain School of Dance

Festival of Dance 2011. Noon and6 p.m. Gates Concert Hall. $25.

22 Carillon Summer Recital Series.Geert Dhollander, carillon. 7 p.m.

Williams Carillon, Ritchie Center. Free.

JulyAround campus4 Independence Day. Campus closed.

5 P.A.S.S. Camp. Through July 8. AlsoJuly 1115, 1822 and 2529. 8 a.m.5:30 p.m. Coors Fitness Center. $229per week.

Arts6 Carillon Summer Recital Series.Koen van Assche, carillon. Also July20 with Anne Kroeze, carillon. 7 p.m.

Williams Carillon, Ritchie Center. Free.

AugustAround campus1 P.A.S.S. Camp. Through Aug. 5. Also

Aug. 812 and 1519. 8 a.m.5:30 p.m.Coors Fitness Center. $229 per week.

12 Undergraduate and GraduateCommencement. Commencementaddress by Bill Zaranka (PhD 74).

8:30 a.m. Magness Arena. Tickets notrequired.

Arts3 Carillon Summer Recital Series.

Carlo van Ult, carillon. Also Aug. 17with Janet Tebbel, carillon. 7 p.m.Williams Carillon, Ritchie Center. Free.

For ticketing and other information, including a full listing ofcampus events, visit www.du.edu/calendar.

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JuneAugust

For law grads, tough

economy brings

opportunity to help

In a telling sign o the countrys strug-

gling economy, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette

(D-Denver) didnt sugarcoat the difcult job

market acing University o Denver Sturm

College o Law graduates but reminded them

that tough times also aord opportunities.

Nearly 300 new DU law graduates

crossed the stage May 21 inside Magness

Arena, acing elevated unemployment na

tionwide.

DeGette told graduates there are stil

opportunities to make a dierence and put

their skills to work. Instead o taking a job ina metropolitan law frm, working as an asso-

ciate and striving to make partner, DeGette

suggested working or a legal aid organization

or working in underserved rural areas.

Think outside the box. Get in your

car and go to Ouray or Grand Junction or

Nebraska, she said. Find a small town that

needs a lawyer. Its the opportunity or

you to make the dierence o a generation.

Chase Squire

Commencement TimeDUs graduate Commencement

ceremony will take place at

4:30 p.m. June 3. Undergraduate

Commencement ceremonies will

take place at 9:30 a.m. June 4. Both

ceremonies are at Magness Arena.

For more information, visit www.

du.edu/commencement.

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