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Wednesday, April 14, 1999

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CNN's Leon Harris Will Speak at Commencement June 12

Leon Harris, co-anchor of CNN's "Early Edition," will be the keynote speaker at Ohio University's two undergraduate commencement ceremonies at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. June 12 in the Convocation Center.

A 1983 graduate of Ohio University, Harris has twice won the Best Newscaster Award at the Annual CableAce Awards ceremonies. Before his early morning newscast assignment, Harris was co-anchor of "Prime News" and "The World Today" weekday evenings with Joie Chen.

Harris has covered major breaking news stories such as the Oklahoma City bombing in April 1995, the manhunt for fashion designer Gianni Versace's alleged murderer Andrew Cunanan in July 1997, and the Los Angeles riots.

As in past years, the morning commencement will include the colleges of business, communication, fine arts and health and human services. The afternoon commencement will include the Honors Tutorial College, University College, and the colleges of arts and sciences, education and engineering and technology.

For more information, please visit the University News Services Web site to read the full text of this press release.

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Notes of Interest...

• Keynote speaker, Dr. Danny Wallace will speak on the OhioLEARN Infrastructure Project today from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. at Alden Library 318. Dr. Wallace is the Dean of the School of Library Information Science at Kent State University. The event is part of National Library Week.
• Two lectures will be presented by Indiana University's Professor of Religious Studies David Haberman on Ohio University's Athens campus. Haberman will lecture on "Yamuna: Religious Goddess, Polluted River" at 7 p.m., April 15 in Anderson Auditorium of Scripps Hall and on "Religious Studies at the End of the Twentieth Century" at 4 p.m., April 16 in Room 214 of the RTVC Building. Both lectures are free and open to the public.
• Free childhood immunizations will be offered by the mobile health unit of the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine according to the following schedule: tomorrow from 3 to 5 p.m. at McDonald's on East State Street in Athens; April 20, from 3 to 5 p.m., Ramada Inn in Nelsonville; and April 30, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Mac-N-Bec's in Albany. Free immunizations also will be provided at area kindergarten registrations as follows: Athens East Elementary, Nelsonville-York, April 16, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Morrison, April 19, 8 to 11 a.m.; Chauncey, April 19, from 12:45 to 5 p.m.; Trimble, April 22, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; The Plains, April 26, from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; and Coolville, April 28, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call 1-800-844-2654.
• Transportation from Athens to Columbus is available. Click here for details.
• The Ohio University Calendar of Events is now available online. Visit http://redbud.cats.ohiou.edu/calendar/ to access.
  

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