78 set to graduate at UI Coeur d'Alene

April 24, 2017

Seventy-eight graduating students are eligible to receive a combined 78 degrees this spring at the University of Idaho Coeur d’Alene. Students from UI Coeur d’Alene applied for 48 bachelor’s degrees, 28 master’s degrees and two specialist degrees. Statewide, UI students have applied for 1,119 bachelor’s degrees, 85 law degrees, 33 doctorate degrees, 13 specialist degrees and 301 master’s degrees. Some UI students will have earned multiple degrees. This year's commencement brings the university's all-time total to 117,335 graduates and 125,567 degrees. The Coeur d’Alene commencement ceremony will take place at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 8, at the Schuler Performing Arts Center in Boswell Hall at North Idaho College. The commencement speaker is Dr. James Robson, owner of Avondale Dental and a 1969 graduate of UI. Robson is a native Idahoan with deep roots. His great-great-grandfather was the first Supreme Court justice for the territory of Idaho, and then became the first Supreme Court justice for the new state of Idaho. His great-grandfather was a District Court judge for Idaho, living in Harrison. His grand-parents graduated from Coeur d’Alene High School 1916 and his grandfather was an executive for the Bunker Hill Company in Kellogg. His father graduated from UI’s College of Law and served as an Idaho attorney general. Robson is proudly part of four generations of Vandals — his children are the fourth generation. His granddaughters are in line to be the fifth. In 1975, Robson opened Avondale Dental and he practices there today. He has been very active in dental organizations, serving as president of the Kootenai County Dental society, North Idaho Dental Society, and the Idaho State Dental Association and is a past delegate to the American Dental Association. He has belonged to numerous dental study groups throughout the years, receiving many honors and awards, including the ISDA’s President’s Award and has been named by his peers as the most Outstanding Esthetic Dentist in the area. Lineup for commencement begins at 6:45 p.m. Students or guests with disability-related needs are invited to call Juli Anderson at (208) 667-2588 or email julianaa@uidaho.edu as early as possible to allow time to arrange needed services and access. Requests are very difficult to arrange on the day of commencement. The University of Idaho Coeur d’Alene and the President’s Office will host a reception immediately following the ceremony. Friends, family and faculty are invited to join in congratulating the new graduates. Dessert will be served. Tickets are not required for the event; however, students are asked to RSVP by May 1 to (208) 667-2588 with the number of guests they are bringing. Complete information about all University of Idaho commencement ceremonies, including information for visitors, is available at www.uidaho.edu/commencement.