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78 set to graduate at UI Coeur d'Alene |
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April 24, 2017 |
Seventy-eight graduating students are
eligible to receive a combined 78 degrees this
spring at the University of Idaho Coeur d’Alene.
Students from UI Coeur d’Alene applied for 48
bachelor’s degrees, 28 master’s degrees and two
specialist degrees.
Statewide, UI students have applied for 1,119
bachelor’s degrees, 85 law degrees, 33 doctorate
degrees, 13 specialist degrees and 301 master’s
degrees. Some UI students will have earned
multiple degrees. This year's commencement
brings the university's all-time total to
117,335 graduates and 125,567 degrees.
The Coeur d’Alene commencement ceremony will
take place at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 8, at the
Schuler Performing Arts Center in Boswell Hall
at North Idaho College.
The commencement speaker is Dr. James Robson,
owner of Avondale Dental and a 1969 graduate of
UI.
Robson is a native Idahoan with deep roots. His
great-great-grandfather was the first Supreme
Court justice for the territory of Idaho, and
then became the first Supreme Court justice for
the new state of Idaho. His great-grandfather
was a District Court judge for Idaho, living in
Harrison. His grand-parents graduated from Coeur
d’Alene High School 1916 and his grandfather was
an executive for the Bunker Hill Company in
Kellogg. His father graduated from UI’s College
of Law and served as an Idaho attorney general.
Robson is proudly part of four generations of
Vandals — his children are the fourth
generation. His granddaughters are in line to be
the fifth.
In 1975, Robson opened Avondale Dental and he
practices there today. He has been very active
in dental organizations, serving as president of
the Kootenai County Dental society, North Idaho
Dental Society, and the Idaho State Dental
Association and is a past delegate to the
American Dental Association.
He has belonged to numerous dental study groups
throughout the years, receiving many honors and
awards, including the ISDA’s President’s Award
and has been named by his peers as the most
Outstanding Esthetic Dentist in the area.
Lineup for commencement begins at 6:45 p.m.
Students or guests with disability-related needs
are invited to call Juli Anderson at (208)
667-2588 or email
julianaa@uidaho.edu as early as possible to
allow time to arrange needed services and
access. Requests are very difficult to arrange
on the day of commencement.
The University of Idaho Coeur d’Alene and the
President’s Office will host a reception
immediately following the ceremony.
Friends, family and faculty are invited to join
in congratulating the new graduates. Dessert
will be served. Tickets are not required for the
event; however, students are asked to RSVP by
May 1 to (208) 667-2588 with the number of
guests they are bringing.
Complete information about all University of
Idaho commencement ceremonies, including
information for visitors, is available at
www.uidaho.edu/commencement. |
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