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Former CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Chancellor Roderic Park and his wife, Cathy, have contributed $100,000 to create renovated space on campus for the University of Colorado Museum, current Chancellor Richard L. Byyny, reported today. Park served as chancellor from August 1994 through January 1997. Dr. Byyny said the former Geology Building would be the new site for the museumÂ’s collections of natural history and anthropology. The Laboratory of Plant Systematics and Evolution will bear the names of Roderic and Catherine Park.

Communities seeking to reduce juvenile violence have a new and practical alternative to building more prisons, according to the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ. "After reviewing over 400 violence prevention programs, we have identified 10 programs that meet the highest scientific standards for demonstrating that they can successfully prevent or reduce levels of violence," said Delbert Elliott, a national authority on juvenile delinquency and a CU-Â鶹ӰԺ sociology professor.

Special recognition ceremonies will be sponsored by several University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ schools and colleges in addition to the university-wide commencement ceremony on Dec. 20 at 9:30 a.m. in the Coors Events/Conference Center. Following is a schedule of special events to be held by the schools and colleges, which also are open to the public: •Architecture and Planning - Recognition ceremony for architecture and planning graduates, Dec. 19, 3 p.m., Hale 270. A reception at the Koenig Alumni Center will follow.

When 29-year-old Frances Whiteley of Â鶹ӰԺ receives her bachelorÂ’s degree at the University of ColoradoÂ’s winter commencement Dec. 20, sheÂ’ll be continuing a tradition in her family that dates back to the earliest years of the university. FrancesÂ’ great-uncle Richard Henry Whiteley, Jr., was a member of CUÂ’s first graduating class, the Class of 1882, which had six graduates. Four years later, in 1886, her great-aunt Helen Florence “Ella” Tyler, became the first woman to graduate from CU.

Some 1,937 students, including 24 who earned double degrees, will receive diplomas in winter commencement exercises Saturday, Dec. 20, at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ. Of the 1,961 degrees to be awarded, 1,350 will be bachelorÂ’s degrees, 440 will be masterÂ’s degrees, 160 will be doctoral degrees and 11 will be law degrees. The ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the Coors Events/Conference Center. The ceremony kicks off with a procession of graduates, faculty and administrators led by Jim Williams, dean of libraries, as commencement marshal.

A CU-Â鶹ӰԺ built satellite known as the Student Nitric Oxide Explorer has been approved for shipment by NASA officials to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for a Jan. 19 launch.

New findings by a University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ research team indicate Earth is alternately peppered by extremely high-energy electrons from the two giants of our solar system, the sun and Jupiter.

Three finalists for director of Facilities Management at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ are scheduled to visit the campus for interviews this month. The finalists are James Demarest, executive director of the Facility Management Department at Illinois State University; James Ellis, director of land planning and infrastructure management for Jefferson County; and Elizabeth Lander Medlin, associate vice president of the Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers and former assistant director of the Department of Physical Plant at the University of Maryland.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will launch a pilot employee bus pass program early next year in cooperation with the RTD ECOPASS system and the City of Â鶹ӰԺ, according to Paul Tabolt, vice chancellor for administration. Specific dates will be announced after agreements with the city and RTD have been finalized. The campus has made a decision on a plan for financing CU-Â鶹ӰԺ’s portion of the programÂ’s costs, Tabolt said.

The Study Abroad Program at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ has awarded $124,123 in scholarship aid to 153 students enrolled in study abroad programs this year. The aid comes from alumni donations, the Colorado Commission on Higher Education Diversity Fund, foundation donations and the programÂ’s auxiliary accounts. CU-Â鶹ӰԺ enrolled 625 students in study abroad programs during the 1997-98 academic year, including summer ‘97. Â鶹ӰԺ 34 percent applied for scholarships.