> Convocation – hoop stars to the first health sciences grads
Convocation – hoop stars to the first health sciences grads
Contact:
Marianne Meadahl, PAMR, 604.291.4323
Marianne Meadahl, PAMR, 604.291.4323
June 4, 2007
More than 3,500 SFU students will share a common milestone – their
names on parchments citing the completion of their degrees. They’re
eligible to take part in Spring convocation June 5 – 8.
Ceremonies will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, and at 9:45 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Among grads:
Julia Wilson, who, despite physical hardship and adversity, rose to excel on the basketball court as well as the classroom; and team mate Courtney Brown, whose academic excellence is leading her to the halls of Oxford this fall;
Shirin Farrahi, an MIT-bound engineering science student who set out to prove her field is wide open for women;
Bernie Maroney, who at 45 switched careers and picked up a dean’s medal for completing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a near perfect grade point average;
Patrick Nosil, winner of the Governor General’s gold medal, considered a world-leader in evolutionary biology for research on how species evolve;
Sasha Uhlmann, whose research on water-borne illness in Langley well water (to be published this fall) earned him SFU’s first dean of health sciences medal.
For full stories and others see http://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/
Graduands will be joined by five outstanding individuals who will also be recognized for their contributions. They include:
Douglas Coupland, novelist (Tues. p.m.)
Terry Snutch, molecular biologist (Wed. a.m.)
Marguerite Ford, former Vancouver city councillor (Weds 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
Ceremonies will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, and at 9:45 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Among grads:
Julia Wilson, who, despite physical hardship and adversity, rose to excel on the basketball court as well as the classroom; and team mate Courtney Brown, whose academic excellence is leading her to the halls of Oxford this fall;
Shirin Farrahi, an MIT-bound engineering science student who set out to prove her field is wide open for women;
Bernie Maroney, who at 45 switched careers and picked up a dean’s medal for completing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a near perfect grade point average;
Patrick Nosil, winner of the Governor General’s gold medal, considered a world-leader in evolutionary biology for research on how species evolve;
Sasha Uhlmann, whose research on water-borne illness in Langley well water (to be published this fall) earned him SFU’s first dean of health sciences medal.
For full stories and others see http://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/
Graduands will be joined by five outstanding individuals who will also be recognized for their contributions. They include:
Douglas Coupland, novelist (Tues. p.m.)
Terry Snutch, molecular biologist (Wed. a.m.)
Marguerite Ford, former Vancouver city councillor (Weds 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