KU News Release

KU announces banner carriers for 2007 commencement ceremony

LAWRENCE — University of Kansas students who have excelled academically have been selected to carry banners for KU’s 13 schools and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences during commencement next month.

As banner carriers, the students will lead their fellow graduates in the traditional march down Mount Oread into Memorial Stadium at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 20, for KU’s 135th commencement.

Banner bearers also will join university officials on a platform in the stadium for the ceremonial conferring of degrees.

Banner carriers first became a part of KU commencement activities in spring 1908, according to the late Robert Taft, a KU chemistry professor from 1922 to 1955 and author of “Across the Years on Mount Oread,” published in 1941.

The students are listed below by hometown, major and KU school they are representing, parents’ names and previous schools attended.

DOUGLAS COUNTY
From Lawrence 66046
Lester Lee Big Goose Jr., bachelor’s degree candidate in social work, School of Social Welfare; Lawrence High School.

From Lawrence 66049
Anne Isabel McEnroe, bachelor’s degree candidate in classical languages and English, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; daughter of Bruce McEnroe and Michelle Tamburini; Lawrence Free State High School.

FINNEY COUNTY
From Garden City 67846
Michael Scott Merz, bachelor’s degree candidate in engineering physics, School of Engineering; son of David Merz; Garden City Senior High School.

JEFFERSON COUNTY
From Winchester 66097
Judee S. Herring, bachelor’s degree candidate in nursing, School of Nursing; daughter of Ronald and Lorraine Herring; Jefferson County North High School.

JOHNSON COUNTY
From Leawood 66224
Crissy Lynne Del Percio, bachelor’s degree candidate in communication studies and journalism and mass communications (news and information emphasis), William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications; daughter of Lou Ann Del Percio; Barstow School, Kansas City, Mo.

From Olathe 66062
Angela Suzanne Armenta, juris doctor candidate, School of Law; bachelor’s degree from Kansas State University.

From Overland Park 66212
James W. Bowman, bachelor’s degree candidate in information systems, School of Business; son of Rosemary Bowman; Shawnee Mission South High School.

From Overland Park 66213
Sarah Marie Shulda, master’s degree candidate in chemical engineering, Graduate School; daughter of Robert and Laura Thompson; bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri-Rolla; Olathe East High School.

From Overland Park 66223
Cindy Sue Scott, bachelor’s degree candidate in social studies education, School of Education; daughter of Doug and Peggy McGough; Blue Valley High School, Stilwell.

MIAMI COUNTY
From La Cygne 66040
Ryan W. Vancura, doctor of medicine degree candidate, School of Medicine; son of Brad Vancura; bachelor’s degree in biology from KU, spring 2000; Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, Lenexa.

MARION COUNTY
From Hillsboro 67063
Adam Wade Driggers, bachelor’s degree candidate in art, School of Fine Arts; son of Darrell and Charlene Driggers; Hillsboro High School.

NEOSHO COUNTY
From Erie 66733
Grace L. Ward, bachelor’s degree candidate in health information management, School of Allied Health; daughter of Mark and Tina Ward; Erie High School.

TEXAS
From Houston 77063
Jariat Omolabake Oyetunji, doctor of pharmacy degree candidate, School of Pharmacy; daughter of Mujidat Oyetunji.

ECUADOR
From Cuenca
Carla Marcela Hermida, master’s of architecture degree candidate, School of Architecture and Urban Planning.

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