Bradley University mid-year commencement is December 20

Peoria, Illinois...December 8, 2003... Bradley University's mid-year commencement ceremony will be held on Saturday, December 20, at 10 a.m. in the Robertson Memorial Field House on the Bradley campus. Caterpillar Professor of Art and Chairman of the Department of Art Harold Linton will give the commencement address.

Pastor Deveraux Hubbard of St. Paul Baptist Church will give the invocation and benediction. Oscar Gillespie, associate professor of art, will be the honorary marshal.

Linton joined the faculty at Bradley in 1998 and is responsible for resource development, program innovation, and curriculum development. He currently is working with faculty to develop new studios and courses in papermaking and book arts and is pursuing new initiatives for studio facility and design program development.

Linton's works are included in collections throughout the Midwest and his painting "Four Seasons" is displayed in the United States Embassy in Helsinki, Finland. More than 200 universities or schools of art use his book "Portfolio Design." He is considered one of the foremost educators in the fields of design and architecture and is among the most widely read and referenced educators in the country.