Daily Staff Writer

An estimated 1,650 students will receive degrees during Iowa State’s two fall commencement ceremonies this weekend.

During the graduate ceremony, which begins at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, in C.Y. Stephens Auditorium, approximately 210 students will receive master’s degrees and another 100 will receive their Ph.D. awards. Walt Fehr, Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture and professor of agronomy, will give the address titled “The Delicate Balance.”

The undergraduate ceremony begins at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, in Hilton Coliseum. The earlier start time accommodates the ISU Holiday Classic men’s basketball tournament in Hilton that evening.

An estimated 1,325 students will receive bachelor’s degrees. Richard McCormick, chairman, president and chief executive officer of US West Inc., will speak.

A Fort Dodge native, McCormick received his B.S. in electrical engineering from Iowa State in 1961.

With the exception of Veterinary Medicine, which doesn’t confer D.V.M. degrees in the fall semester, all colleges will host a graduation event Saturday morning preceding the undergraduate ceremony.

Two luncheons will be offered for graduating students and their guests Saturday between the college events and the all-university ceremony.

Students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences are invited to a brunch served from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Maple-Willow-Larch dining hall.

Tickets cost $9 for adults and $5 for children (those under 3 eat free) and should be purchased in 158 Memorial Union by Friday, Dec. 13.