UK Alumni Association Presents Grad Salute

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 4, 2011) – The UK Alumni Association is hosting the 2011 Grad Salute from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today, Oct. 4, and tomorrow, Oct. 5, in the basement of the Helen King Alumni House, 400 Rose Street. August and December 2011 graduates are urged to stop by to finalize all of their Commencement needs quickly and easily in one place.

Representatives of many campus departments and businesses will have booths set up to assist with ordering caps, gowns and tassels, purchasing class rings, student account stops and holds, loan exit counseling, yearbook photos, diploma frames and even employment opportunities.

Parents are invited to attend as well.

For those unable to attend, visit the UK Bookstore, located in the Student Center, for your official Commencement regalia.

Those attending should allow 45 minutes to an hour to visit all of the Grad Salute vendors.  For more information about Grad Salute, contact Meg Phillips by calling (859) 257-3569 or by email at meg.phillips@uky.edu or click here.

For more information or to register for December Commencement, visit www.uky.edu/commencement. December Commencement is Friday, Dec. 16, at Memorial Coliseum. Graduate and professional students' ceremony begins at 1:30 p.m. The undergraduate ceremony begins at 6 p.m.