* WHO :* 2007 WVU Commencement honorary degree recipients Kathy Mattea, Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter; Thomas L. Harrison, chairman and CEO of Diversified Agency Services and WVU alum; Robert L. Reynolds, former vice chairman and COO of Fidelity Investments and WVU alum; Robert R. Ruffolo Jr., president of research and development at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and a senior VP of Wyeth Corp.; and Murray Sidman, professor emeritus at Northeastern University and former visiting scholar in the Department of Psychology at WVU

* WHAT :* WVU President David C. Hardesty Jr. will overview changes to this years commencement and introduce the honorary degree recipients, who will be available for brief media interviews and photos.

* WHEN :* 10:30 a.m., Friday, May 11

* WHERE :* Multimedia Theatre, Lincoln Hall, off Evansdale Drive near Evansdale Residential Complex. Use main entrance.

* NOTES :* Parking will be available for the media in Areas 48 (behind Towers) and 50 (near Allen Hall); please display WVU media parking pass. To request a media parking pass, call 293-6997.

**For media covering Friday evenings (7 p.m.) Commencement Honors Convocation at the WVU Coliseum, limited seating for print reporters will be available on press row, just off the main concourse as you enter the blue gate. Videographers and photographers are welcome to roam the main floor with proper identification/media credentials. A mult box will be set up for broadcast media at the far back corner of the Coliseum floor. See Becky Lofstead or Janey Cink, News&Information Services, on press row for a press kit. Parking at the Coliseum is free.