Extra seating at Bayou Pointe Saturday for ÍøÆØÃÅ graduation
ÍøÆØÃÅ’s Spring 2018 Commencement Ceremony is 10 a.m., Saturday, May 12, in Fant-Ewing Coliseum.
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Special guest speaker will be Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Milton D. Moore III.
Due to the unprecedented number of graduates, Fant-Ewing Coliseum is expected to quickly fill. There will be 680 additional seats at Bayou Pointe where guests can watch the LIVESTREAM of the ceremony.ÌýThe live stream will also be available on the ÍøÆØÃÅ website,Ìýulm.edu, for those unable to attend the ceremony.
Bayou Pointe opens at 8:30 a.m. and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Reserving or saving of seats is not allowed.
TheÌýaddress is 1 Warhawk Way, the website isÌýulm.edu/bayoupointeÌýand phone number is 342-1900.
For seating and guest information, visitÌýulm.edu/commencement-info.
Parking will be available in the green lot, Brown stadium lot, Malone stadium lot, and the grove. Lots will also be available on the west side of campus (ÍøÆØÃÅ Library side) closest to Desiard Street and on Mitchell.
Northeast Drive will remain closed throughout the ceremony for disabled guest loading and unloading and VIP parking. These individuals are allowed to drop off anyone who is handicap; then park their vehicles in the designated parking lot in the triangle lot.
No parking on the grass except for parking in the Green lot and the Grove area. Also there will be no parking on the sidewalks.
Violators will be subject to vehicle tow if they are parked in these areas.
There will be a handicap loading and unloading area on the east side of the coliseum.
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Guests are encouraged to remember:
For our disabled or mobility-impaired guests:
A lifelong resident of Monroe,ÌýMooreÌýattended Monroe public schools, graduating from Neville High School. He received aÌýBachelor
of ArtsÌýin history from LSU and hisÌýJuris DoctorÌýfrom LSU Law School in 1976. Prior
to election to the bench in 1988,ÌýMooreÌýpracticed general civil and criminal law in Monroe. He served two terms on the Monroe
City Council from 1980-88, serving as chairman from 1984-86. Ìý
He served for over 14 years on the Fourth Judicial District Court for Ouachita and
Morehouse parishes, serving as Chief Judge from 1997-98.ÌýMooreÌýwas instrumental in the establishment of the first Drug Court for the area and was
its first presiding judge. He was elected without opposition to the Second Circuit
Court of Appeal for a 10-year term, began serving in January 2003, and was re-elected
to a second term, again without opposition, in 2012. Ìý
MooreÌýis a member of various professional organizations, including the American, Louisiana,
Fourth District and Shreveport Bar Associations, and the American Judges Association.
He was a Charter Judicial Fellow of the Louisiana Bar Foundation and served two terms
on the Board of Directors.ÌýMooreÌýserved a four-year term on the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana, serving as chairman
for one year.
He served on the Board of Directors of the Wellspring Alliance for Families for six
years and as chairman from 2011-12. ÌýHe now serves on the Wellspring Foundation Board
of Trustees. He currently serves on the board of the St. Francis Medical Center Foundation
and is also a member of the Governing Board of University Health-Conway.
MooreÌýhas been married to the former Janet Little of New Orleans for over 40 years and they
have two grown sons, William and Douglas, and two grandsons, Griffin and Fisher. Judge
and Mrs.ÌýMooreÌýare members of Jesus the Good Shepherd Catholic Church, where he is a lector and has
served as president of the Parish Council