Media Relations
Press Release:
MEDIA CONTACT: Kristine M. Gobbo
561-297-1168, kgobbo@fau.edu or
Lisa
Metcalf
561-297-3022,
lmetcalf@fau.edu
FAU to Host Installation
Ceremony of Dr. Mary Jane Saunders
BOCA RATON, FL (October 27, 2010) – Florida Atlantic University will host the installation ceremony of Dr. Mary Jane Saunders, FAU’s sixth president, on Friday, October 29 at 10 a.m. in the Carole and Barry Kaye Auditorium, FAU’s Student Union, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton campus.
Themed Making Waves: Celebrating and Cultivating Discovery, Diversity and Distinction, the inauguration is designed to introduce the president to the University’s constituents and provide a platform for the expression of the president’s vision for the future of FAU. It also is an opportunity for the entire university community to welcome her.
An
inaugural open house at the Eleanor R. Baldwin House on
FAU’s Boca Raton campus will follow the installation
ceremony at 2:30 p.m.
Press seating for the installation ceremony will be
available. For additional information, contact Lisa Metcalf
at 561-297-3022 or
lmetcalf@fau.edu,
or Kristine Gobbo at 561-297-1168 or kgobbo@fau.edu.
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About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University opened its doors in 1964 as
the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University
serves more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students on
seven campuses and sites. Building on its rich tradition as a
teaching university, with a world-class faculty, FAU hosts 10
colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters,
the College of Business, the College for Design and Social
Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of
Engineering & Computer Science, the Graduate College, the
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt
College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. For more
information, visit
www.fau.edu.
