> SFU’s Fall Convocation set for Oct. 9-10
SFU’s Fall Convocation set for Oct. 9-10
Contact:
Marianne Meadahl, PAMR, 778.782.4323
Carol Thorbes, PAMR, 778.782.3035
Marianne Meadahl, PAMR, 778.782.4323
Carol Thorbes, PAMR, 778.782.3035
October 8, 2008
Simon Fraser University’s fall convocation ceremonies will be held Oct. 9 and 10 with the largest fall convocation graduating class to date. More than 2,500 students are eligible to graduate.
The ceremonies are as follows:
October 9
9:45 a.m. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
2:30 p.m. Faculties of Applied Sciences and Science
October 10
9:45 a.m. Faculties of Business Administration and Arts and Social Sciences (Bachelor of General Studies degrees, Criminology and English)
2:30 p.m. Faculties of Education and Health Sciences, all faculties’ certificates and diplomas
Those graduating in the Faculty of Education’s Professional Development Program (PDP) will be recognized in a ceremony at convocation mall at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 8 (today).
Honorary degrees will be conferred on:
Iain Baxter&, who is recognized internationally as a forerunner of Canadian conceptual art (Oct. 9 morning ceremony)
Cary Fowler, the executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, who is known as the world’s seed banker (Oct. 9 afternoon ceremony)
Martha Piper, UBC’s first female president (1997 to 2006), and one of the Canadian academic community’s most influential and charismatic administrators and research advocates (Oct. 10 afternoon ceremony)
The ceremonies are as follows:
October 9
9:45 a.m. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
2:30 p.m. Faculties of Applied Sciences and Science
October 10
9:45 a.m. Faculties of Business Administration and Arts and Social Sciences (Bachelor of General Studies degrees, Criminology and English)
2:30 p.m. Faculties of Education and Health Sciences, all faculties’ certificates and diplomas
Those graduating in the Faculty of Education’s Professional Development Program (PDP) will be recognized in a ceremony at convocation mall at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 8 (today).
Honorary degrees will be conferred on:
Iain Baxter&, who is recognized internationally as a forerunner of Canadian conceptual art (Oct. 9 morning ceremony)
Cary Fowler, the executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, who is known as the world’s seed banker (Oct. 9 afternoon ceremony)
Martha Piper, UBC’s first female president (1997 to 2006), and one of the Canadian academic community’s most influential and charismatic administrators and research advocates (Oct. 10 afternoon ceremony)