(Source: University of Illinois System) Article» Commencement ceremonies to take place May 12 at Illinois 5/1/2013 | Jeff Unger, News Bureau | 217-3331085; news@illinois.edu [ | Share ] CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The 142nd commencement of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be held in two ceremonies May 12 (Sunday) at Assembly Hall, 1800 S. First St., Champaign. U. of I. alumnus Shahid Khan, an entrepreneur who got his start at Urbana's Flex-N-Gate automotive supply company, will speak at both ceremonies. Khan, a naturalized U.S. citizen who left Pakistan in 1967 at age 16 to attend the U. of I., started working for Flex-N-Gate in 1970 while he was studying engineering at Illinois. He...
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