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June 4, 2002
More than 2,400 Simon Fraser University students are preparing to step beyond their studies and celebrate the completion of their degrees during convocation ceremonies on June 5, 6, and 7.
Two ceremonies will be held on campus each day, beginning at 9:45 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Graduands, led by the SFU pipe band, will participate in colourful processions leading them past the AQ reflecting pond and down the steps into Convocation Mall.
Three honorary degrees will be conferred during the ceremonies: on Cornelia Oberlander (Wednesday morning), Rosalie Segal (Wednesday afternoon) and Theodore Maiman (Thursday afternoon). Oberlander is Canada’s premier landscape architect, internationally celebrated for her natural and environmentally-responsible public landscapes. Segal, well-known and respected in BC for her generosity and philanthropy, has quietly assisted dozens of SFU students with special needs for more than 20 years. Maimain, a two-time Nobel prize nominee who resides in Vancouver, pioneered the field of photonics when he invented the world’s first operational laser in 1960.
Each honorary degree recipient will deliver a convocation address. Student speakers will also participate at each of the six ceremonies.
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Marianne Meadahl/Julie Ovenell-Carter, Media & PR, 604.291.4323/3210
Two ceremonies will be held on campus each day, beginning at 9:45 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Graduands, led by the SFU pipe band, will participate in colourful processions leading them past the AQ reflecting pond and down the steps into Convocation Mall.
Three honorary degrees will be conferred during the ceremonies: on Cornelia Oberlander (Wednesday morning), Rosalie Segal (Wednesday afternoon) and Theodore Maiman (Thursday afternoon). Oberlander is Canada’s premier landscape architect, internationally celebrated for her natural and environmentally-responsible public landscapes. Segal, well-known and respected in BC for her generosity and philanthropy, has quietly assisted dozens of SFU students with special needs for more than 20 years. Maimain, a two-time Nobel prize nominee who resides in Vancouver, pioneered the field of photonics when he invented the world’s first operational laser in 1960.
Each honorary degree recipient will deliver a convocation address. Student speakers will also participate at each of the six ceremonies.
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CONTACT
Marianne Meadahl/Julie Ovenell-Carter, Media & PR, 604.291.4323/3210