If successful, University of Minnesota graduate student workers would join graduate students who have recently unionized at other universities including Temple University and the University of Chicago.
The University of Minnesota will provide students the opportunity to make the traditional walk across a stage as part of their graduation ceremony this spring.
A 1964 UMD performance introduced the musician to Duluth's Diane Skomars, who he would later wed. Morath, 96, no longer plays gigs but he's still entertaining.