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Vol.
15 No. 1
May 2001
Graduation
ceremonies
are a real team effort!
| Vol. 15 No. 1 |
May 2001 |
Graduation ceremonies
are a real team effort!
So you want to graduate? Here are some of the hardworking staff at the Registrar’s Office sitting among some of the 2,000 applications for graduation. Before students can graduate they must apply and their transcripts must be checked against degree requirements. Memorial’s convocation ceremonies are taking place at the end of the May. Pictured here are: (L-R) MaryJane Puxley, Judy Jewison, Marg Pynn, Joan Burry and Nancy Wood, all of the Registrar's Office. To see who else helps with convocation, see story below.
It is not hard to tell
that spring has arrived. In addition to snowfalls being limited
to 10-15 cm apiece, Memorial's spring convocation is on the horizon
and the university is preparing to confer over 2,000 degrees.
In advance of the convocation ceremonies in St. John's and Corner
Brook, employees from all over Memorial campuses will be pulling
together to ensure that the university's biggest and most publicly
visible event goes off successfully. For example, folks in the
Registrar's Office have been processing over 2,000 applications
from students who wish to graduate this spring. This means they
are busy scrutinizing transcripts and checking them against degree
requirements, a meticulous process that has to happen before
the graduation ceremony can take place.
The staff in the Office of Financial and Administrative Services
attend to any fees and outstanding payments.
The team at the Division of University Relations ensure the event
itself is planned; they arrange to provide students with their
caps and gowns, plus tickets for family members. They also arrange
to have academic dress on site for members of the convocation
procession, and ensure that a myriad other details are looked
after before, during and after the event.
An appropriate stage set-up has to be put in place at the Arts
and Culture Centre and at Grenfell College, and this requires
the efforts of staff from the Department of Facilities Management
who move and set up all the furniture.
The ceremony is also broadcast on the internet and videotaped
for televising later on, a service provided by staff at the Centre
for Academic and Media Services.
Printing Services, University Relations, Publication Services
and the Registrar's Office are responsible for helping put together
the convocation program, a document that doubles as a souvenir
for many students and families attending convocation.