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State Sen. Jane Nelson ('72) will present the commencement address to the class of 2000 at UNT's spring graduation ceremonies on May 13.
More than 1,800 UNT graduates are expected to receive degrees in ceremonies throughout the day.
Nelson, who represents Senate District 9, will deliver her address during the 12:30 p.m. general convocation in the UNT Coliseum.
The general convocation also will include a welcome from Chancellor and President Alfred F. Hurley and the hooding of doctoral degree candidates.
Following the general convocation, ceremonies will be held in the Coliseum for UNT's individual colleges and schools.
Commencement for the College of Business Administration, the School of Community Service, the School of Library and Information Sciences, the College of Music, and the School of Visual Arts will begin at 2:30 p.m.
Ceremonies for the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Education, and the School of Merchandising and Hospitality Management will begin at 4:30 p.m. Hurley and his wife, Joanna, will be hosts of a reception for graduates, their families and their guests from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. on the sports practice field northwest of the Coliseum.
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About Sen. Jane Nelson: Currently serving her third term as a senator, Nelson was first elected in 1992 after two terms on the State Board of Education. A 1972 UNT alumna who earned a bachelor of science degree in elementary education, Nelson is a former public school teacher who has established a reputation as a leading proponent of educational reform. Her committee responsibilities include chairing the Senate Health Services Committee and serving on the Criminal Justice Committee, the Education Committee and Joint and Special Committees on Electric Utility Restructuring. Nelson is the senior and highest ranking senator representing Dallas County. At the time of her first electoral victory in 1992, she was the first senator from Denton County since 1946 and the first woman to hold office for the district. In 1999, she was listed as one of Tarrant County's Most Influential Women. Her work has been recognized with numerous other awards. She was twice named a Top 10 Legislator. Nelson
and her husband, J. Michael Nelson, have one son and four daughters.
They own and operate a precision aircraft component manufacturing
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