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KCC Commencement Ceremony
Saturday, May 17, 2008
10 a.m.
Ryan Gymnasium
Invitations:
Invitations are available for purchase at KCC's first floor receptionist desk. Cost is just 25 cents for a pack of 10 invitations, envelopes and party notation cards.
Arrival at commencement
Please arrive in the lower level of the Learning Resource Center by 8:30 a.m. to line up.
Directions for family and friends
Directions to KCC, and maps to locate the campus are at http://www.kcc.edu/community/collegeinfo/campusmaps/index.asp
The first floor map shows the location of the gymnasium (southeast corner of the main building).
Parking is in the main campus parking lot.
Commencement speaker:
Chester S. Gardner, Ph.D.
http://www.ece.uiuc.edu/people/profile.asp?cgardner
Chester S. Gardner Ph.D. serves as special assistant to the president of the University of Illinois and is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the Urbana-Champaign campus of the university. Gardner's research has concentrated on optical communications, adaptive imaging, and laser remote sensing of the atmosphere. He and his students have developed and deployed laser-based instruments throughout the world, including the north and south poles and aboard the space shuttle Discovery.
As special assistant to the president, Gardner is leading the establishment of the University of Illinois Global Campus (www.global.uillinois.edu), which will develop and deliver Internet-based degree, certificate and professional development programs on a very large scale to nontraditional audiences worldwide. Most recently, he served for seven years (1999-2006) as vice president for Academic Affairs, the chief academic and budget officer for the university.