> SFU adds additional convocation ceremony
SFU adds additional convocation ceremony
Contact:
Marianne Meadahl, PAMR, 604.291.4323
Marianne Meadahl, PAMR, 604.291.4323
May 31, 2007
Simon Fraser University graduates are preparing to don caps and gowns June 5 - 8. With more than 3,500 students having made the grade, the university is adding another ceremony to its line-up.
A new Tuesday afternoon (2:30 pm.) ceremony will see convocation run over four days. Two ceremonies will be held on each of the next three days (Wed. – Fri.), beginning at 9:45 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Graduands will be led by the SFU pipe band past the AQ reflecting pond and down the steps into Convocation Mall.
The ceremonies will recognize students in the following fields of study:
Tuesday p.m.: Business Administration
Wednesday a.m.: Faculties of Science and Health Sciences
Wednesday p.m.: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, including anthropology, archaeology, Canadian studies, contemporary arts, French, geography, history, integrated studies, Latin American studies, liberal studies, political science, publishing, sociology, and women’s studies
Thursday a.m.: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, including economics, English, general studies, public policy and urban studies
Thursday p.m.: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, including cognitive science, criminology, gerontology, humanities, international leadership, linguistics, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, special arrangements, statistics
Friday a.m.: Faculty of Applied Sciences, including computing science, engineering science, general studies, geographic information science, information technology, information arts and technology, interactive arts, kinesiology, resource and environmental management
Friday p.m.: Faculty of Applied Sciences, including communication, interactive arts and technology and the Faculty of Education
Honorary degrees will be conferred on five distinguished individuals, including:
Douglas Coupland, novelist (Tues. p.m.)
Terry Snutch, molecular biologist (Wed. a.m.)
Marguerite Ford, former Vancouver city councillor (Wed. p.m.)
Eleanor Wachtel, writer and CBC broadcaster (Thurs. a.m.)
Larry Beasley, former Vancouver city planner (Thurs. p.m.)
For more details on the honorary degree candidates see: http://www.sfu.ca/convocation/information/HDR.html
A new Tuesday afternoon (2:30 pm.) ceremony will see convocation run over four days. Two ceremonies will be held on each of the next three days (Wed. – Fri.), beginning at 9:45 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Graduands will be led by the SFU pipe band past the AQ reflecting pond and down the steps into Convocation Mall.
The ceremonies will recognize students in the following fields of study:
Tuesday p.m.: Business Administration
Wednesday a.m.: Faculties of Science and Health Sciences
Wednesday p.m.: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, including anthropology, archaeology, Canadian studies, contemporary arts, French, geography, history, integrated studies, Latin American studies, liberal studies, political science, publishing, sociology, and women’s studies
Thursday a.m.: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, including economics, English, general studies, public policy and urban studies
Thursday p.m.: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, including cognitive science, criminology, gerontology, humanities, international leadership, linguistics, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, special arrangements, statistics
Friday a.m.: Faculty of Applied Sciences, including computing science, engineering science, general studies, geographic information science, information technology, information arts and technology, interactive arts, kinesiology, resource and environmental management
Friday p.m.: Faculty of Applied Sciences, including communication, interactive arts and technology and the Faculty of Education
Honorary degrees will be conferred on five distinguished individuals, including:
Douglas Coupland, novelist (Tues. p.m.)
Terry Snutch, molecular biologist (Wed. a.m.)
Marguerite Ford, former Vancouver city councillor (Wed. p.m.)
Eleanor Wachtel, writer and CBC broadcaster (Thurs. a.m.)
Larry Beasley, former Vancouver city planner (Thurs. p.m.)
For more details on the honorary degree candidates see: http://www.sfu.ca/convocation/information/HDR.html