Trent University Oshawa Thornton Road Campus Celebrates Convocation June 6

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80 graduates from Trent University Oshawa to be honoured at Symons Campus ceremony in Peterborough

Friday, May 25, 2012, Oshawa

During its 45th Convocation, Trent University will honour 1,774 members of the 2012 graduating class, over the course of five ceremonies on Wednesday, June 6; Thursday, June 7; and Friday, June 8 on Symons campus.

Among the 125 graduates of Trent University Oshawa, 69 are graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree, 13 with a Bachelor of Science Honours degree, 37 with a general Bachelor of Arts, five with a general Bachelor of Science and one with a Bachelor of Education.

All Trent University Oshawa graduates will be recognized during the ceremony on Wednesday, June 6 at 10 a.m. An honorary degree will be conferred upon Dr. Gwynne Dyer, who will address convocation. Also at this ceremony, Professors Emeriti Leonard Conolly, John Fekete, Michael Neumann, Ian Storey and Graham Taylorwill be recognized.

All Convocation ceremonies will take place outdoors on the podium of the Bata Library on the Symons Campus in Peterborough. Dr. Steven E. Franklin, Trent’s seventh president and vice-chancellor, and Dr. Tom Jackson, the University’s tenth chancellor, will preside over Convocation. Over 100 volunteers, mostly University employees and retirees, will be lending a hand at this year’s ceremonies.

For full details on all Convocation ceremonies, please visit: www.trentu.ca/convocation

Green Initiatives

For the third year, several green initiatives designed to reduce the event’s impact on the environment will be part of Trent’s Convocation ceremonies, including:

Water Bottle-Free Convocation
By eliminating the use of commercial bottled water at the ceremonies, Trent will reduce the negative environmental and social impacts of 5,000 single-use water bottles, which have been consumed at previous ceremonies. In lieu of bottled water, the University will set up a water station at an Information Table to provide tap water in recyclable or biodegradable cups to all guests of Convocation. Graduates will each receive a take-home gift of a stainless steel water bottle which will be filled with tap water for their use during the outdoor ceremonies.

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Media are invited and encouraged to attend convocation and will be provided with an official media tag allowing them into limited access points.

For official comments and more information on convocation details, please contact:
Brendan Hickie, acting associate dean, Trent University Oshawa Thornton Road Campus, 905-435-5102 ext. 5001, bhickie@trentu.ca

For more information on convocation logistics and media support, please contact:
Marilyn Burns, director, Marketing & Communications, Trent University, (705) 748-1011 ext. 6184