1970 Controversy erupted in 1970, when the university implemented a Faculty Senate requirement for seniors to take finals. This meant that commencement was moved back to the Sunday after finals week and that blank diplomas were given during the ceremony. A boycott of commencement was called by the student body. Ultimately the administration rescinded the policy.
Commencement caps, 1974-ca. 1980. Mike Bellinger (of Lebanon, Oregon) and three unidentified graduates have personalized their mortar boards, a practice that became common in the 1970s and continues today.
(News and Communication Services Photograph Collection P057)
(News and Communication Services Photograph Collection P057)
(Oregon Stater Photograph Collection P195)
(News and Communication Services Photograph Collection P057)
Commencement as a family affair, 1977. Ron Cule had a number of family and friends on hand when he received his degree from the School of Business, including his sister, Jaqueline Cule Slider, his grandmother, Mabel Washington and his wife.
(News and Communication Services Photograph Collection P057)
Blazermania, 1977. On Sunday, June 5, 1977, the Portland Trailblazers were playing the Philadelphia 76ers for the NBA championship. Graduates Rick Jolley and Larry Lewis set up a television on the MU quad while others (Steve Bakke, Sally Hammer, Matt Hammack, and Mike Higgs) listened by radio.
(Harriet's Photograph Collection #492)
(News and Communication Services Photograph Collection P057)
Proud parents, 1978.
(Oregon Stater Photograph Collection P195)
"Here I am and it's mine!" 1979.
(Oregon Stater Photograph Collection P195)