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With about 20,000 people expected to attend the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder commencement exercises May 12 at 9:30 a.m. in Folsom Stadium, attendees should plan to make an early arrival. Parking will be available in Lot 436 on Regent Drive for most people attending. Meters on campus are free the morning of the University Commencement Ceremony, but regular fees will be charged for the Euclid Autopark east of the University Memorial Center.

The University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder and Sun Microsystems have signed an agreement for a pilot program that initially will allow applied mathematics and computer science students at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ to become Sun Microsystems Certified Instructors.

Justin Anthony Colonna, Tuan Linh Vu Nguyen, Eric Mitchell Smith and Jeong Uk Noh will receive posthumous degrees from the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder during commencement ceremonies May 11 and May 12. Colonna, a fifth-year senior at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder, was killed in an avalanche on Dec. 18, 1999, in the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area. He will receive bachelor's degrees in communications and humanities. Ann Colonna, Justin Colonna's sister, will accept the degree on May 12 at the recognition ceremony for communications majors at 3:30 p.m. in the Mary Rippon Theater.

After five years spent building an entrepreneurship program that was recently ranked 16th in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder Entrepreneurship Director Denis Nock is retiring effective this month. "It has been my privilege to work with the faculty, advisory board and the entrepreneur community to serve and benefit students," said Nock. "This has been, without question, the most enjoyable and satisfying assignment I have had in my entire career. I am truly grateful to have had this opportunity."