June 7, 2002
Computer System Displays Personal Messages About Graduates at 2 Commencements
The days of masking-tape messages on mortarboards could be drawing to a close, at least at the Universities of Pennsylvania and New Mexico.
Last month, both institutions held commencements using a Web site and wireless technology to allow students to display personal messages on video screens as they collected their diplomas.
The displays were produced with a computerized system called MarchingOrder, which was developed and is maintained by two students who graduated from Penn
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