Theodore “Ted” Weise, former president and chief executive officer of Federal Express Corp., will give the keynote address at the 2007 New Student Convocation at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
The ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. Monday, Aug. 13, in the Student Rec Center on the UMR campus.
Weise, a 1967 electrical engineering graduate of UMR, will welcome more than 1,050 new students to campus. Faculty, staff, students and community are invited to attend.