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The Boulder Campus Wellness Wednesday program on May 14 will feature the third annual Poker Walk from noon to 1 p.m. beginning and ending outside the Recreation Center. Staff and faculty will walk or run to five designated campus locations to pick up a playing card. Those drawing the best five-card poker hands will win prizes and everyone will receive a prize for participating. Juice and water will be served at each station on the route.

A team of University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder researchers have combined a unique set of remote-sensing techniques to pinpoint a series of eight previously unknown Paleo-Indian quarries in Montana dating back as far as 10,000 years.

With about 20,000 people expected to attend University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder commencement exercises May 16 at 9:30 a.m. in Folsom Stadium, carpooling and alternative transportation are recommended for anyone planning to be on campus. The Hop shuttle and RTD buses will be on regular schedules that day. Visitors are advised to arrive early because many parking spaces will be occupied by staff and faculty during regular working hours from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., the first day of summer hours.

Special commencement activities will be held by the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder Alumni Association and several schools and colleges in addition to the main commencement exercises on May 16 at 9:30 a.m. in Folsom Stadium.

Twelve ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder faculty members received the highest honor given by their peers May 7 when they were named winners of the 1996-97 Awards for Excellence from the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder Faculty Assembly. Up to four recipients are nominated and selected by their colleagues each spring in each of three categories: teaching, service, and research, scholarly or creative work. Each award includes $3,000.

ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ 3,800 students will receive diplomas May 16 from the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder in outdoor commencement exercises in Folsom Stadium. Of the diplomas to be presented, about 2,700 will be for bachelorÂ’s degrees, 700 for masterÂ’s degrees and 400 for doctorates. Forty-eight students will earn two diplomas and about 356 will receive their degrees with honors.

The University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder English department will host an international scholarly conference on contemporary or “urban” legends from May 21 to May 24 at the Hotel Boulderado.

Professor Charles Wilkinson of the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder School of Law has been named the 1996-97 Teaching Excellence Award winner by a vote of law school students. The award, which has been given to top teaching faculty for the past eight years, carries a $1,000 stipend from the Student Bar Association and the DeanÂ’s Fund for Excellence.

A book authored by Kenneth Hammond, a retired University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder psychology professor and a leading expert on human decision-making, has received an award from the American Educational Research Association as the publication making the most significant contribution during the past year.

Lamar will host an exhibit on Greek culture of more than 9,000 years ago as part of the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ This Summer cultural outreach program of the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder. The exhibit, “Chaeroneia: 6000 Years B.C.,” will be May 24 through Sept. 1 at the Lamar Public Library, 104 Parmenter St. Exhibit hours are Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Admission is free. The local sponsors are KLMR/KSEC Radio, the Lamar Daily News and the Friends of the Library.