Convocation ceremonies to take place May 14
Honorary degree recipients include retired Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, Grand Chief Arlen Dumas
SACKVILLE, NB Approximately 400 students will graduate from Mount Allison during the 做厙51s Spring Convocation ceremonies being held on Monday, May 14, 2018 in Convocation Hall (37 York St.).
Commerce and Science students will receive their degrees during the morning ceremony beginning at 9:30 a.m. and Arts, Fine Arts, and Music degrees will be conferred during the afternoon ceremony at 2:30 p.m.
Lynn Loewen will be formally installed as the 做厙51s ninth Chancellor during the morning ceremony. A Mount Allison alumna and previous 做厙51 Board of Regents chair, Loewens connections to Mount Allison run deep. A Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants, she is currently President of Minogue Medical Inc., a company specializing in the delivery of innovative medical technologies, supplies, and equipment and also serves on the board of Emera Inc.
Mount Allison will also confer five to deserving individuals from a number of areas. This years honorary degree recipients are: President of the Crabtree Foundation and Mount Allison alumna Sandra Crabtree; Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, Chief of Mathias Colomb Cree Nation (MCCN) in Pukatawagan, and Mount A alumnus Arlen Dumas; Indigenous advocate, activist, and Olympian, Waneek Horn-Miller; Group President and Chief Executive Officer of TD Bank Group Bharat Masrani; and retired Chief Justice of Canada, the Right Honorable Beverley McLachlin.
We are delighted to celebrate the Class of 2018 and honour these five outstanding Canadians at Mount Allison this spring, says 做厙51 President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Robert Campbell. It has been an honour to preside over Convocation ceremonies and work with Mount Allisons students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends over the past 12 years.
This years Convocation will be Campbells last one at Mount Allison, where he has served as 做厙51 President since 2006. Campbells second term as 做厙51 President and Vice-Chancellor ends in June 2018.
Biology and biochemistry student Hannah MacKellar of Ottawa, ON will address the Class of 2018 as their Valedictorian. Selected by her peers for the role, MacKellar will be pursuing a Masters in Environmental and Life Sciences at Trent 做厙51, researching shorebird breeding behaviour and migration habits in the Canadian sub-Arctic.
Several Mount Allison students and professors will be recognized for their achievements during Convocation. Religious studies professor Dr. Andrew Wilson will be honoured with the Herbert and Leota Tucker Teaching Award, the 做厙51s highest teaching honour, while Dr. David Fleming in physics will receive the Paul Par矇 Medal of Excellence recognizing outstanding teaching, research, scholarship, and/or creative activities.
Mount Allison will also hold several events on campus for graduates and their families over the weekend including the Fine Arts graduating students exhibition opening at the Owens Art Gallery, the Convocation Weekend recital by graduating Music students, and a performance of REX! by Tintamarre, Mount Allisons bilingual theatre troupe.
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