Graduation day is close. And students are thinking of ways their families can pick them out of the massive crowd of graduates before they shake President Gary Ransdell’s hand.

Every grad is unique. Graduation caps, or mortarboards, can reflect that easily.

Six years ago on May 4, Pellville freshman Melissa “Katie” Autry partied at a Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity end-of-the-semester celebration. Less than 24 hours later, Autry was at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, Tenn., after a fire in her Poland Hall room. Autry was raped, doused with hairspray and burned in her room the week before finals.

A plethora of senior artwork is being showcased in the Kentucky Library and Museum until May 17. Gallery director Kristina Arnold said that of the 40 art department graduates, 30 are participating in the exhibition.

The art department has always had a senior exhibition, although it has taken different forms every year, she said.

Thursday night, students will have the chance to expose themselves to the fine arts.

“An Evening of Dance” has been an annual tradition since the late 1980s, Department Head Scott Stroot said. The dance recital begins tonight and runs until May 5 at 8 p.m.