{"id":49141,"date":"2018-06-14T14:21:03","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T18:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?post_type=cu_story&p=49141"},"modified":"2025-09-30T10:19:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T14:19:22","slug":"carleton-holds-second-day-of-june-convocation-ceremonies","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/story\/carleton-holds-second-day-of-june-convocation-ceremonies\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton Holds Second Day of Spring Convocation Ceremonies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Above a sea of roaring family members and friends, students from Carleton\u2019s Faculty of Public Affairs<\/a> flew through the final leg of their journey as Ravens during Carleton University’s Spring Convocation on June 13, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the undergraduate programs sending their students off to graduate included Journalism<\/a>, Communication and Media Studies<\/a>, Public Affairs and Policy Management (PAPM)<\/a>, Law and Legal Studies<\/a> and Criminology and Criminal Justice<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, some of the graduate programs included Infrastructure Protection and International Security<\/a>, Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership<\/a>, Public Policy and Administration<\/a> and Indigenous Policy and Administration<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jayne Stoyles<\/a>, executive director of Amnesty International Canada, was awarded an honorary degree from Carleton at the morning ceremony for her outstanding contributions to international issues of human rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo one ever looks back and says I should have done something less fulfilling,\u201d Stoyles said in her address. \u201cI should have chosen a job I didn\u2019t care about. I wish I had focused on accumulating more stuff. Nobody says that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the afternoon ceremony, Catherine Frazee<\/a>, professor emerita at Ryerson University, received an honorary degree for her leadership as a writer, educator, activist and advocate for promoting disability studies, art, culture and action in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTomorrow, plant a tree, or at least begin the enterprise,\u201d and \u201cunder your careful stewardship, nourish and protect something outside of yourself, something that may live on,\u201d Frazee said in her address.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A Time for Reflection<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Many graduating students saw the day as not only a time for celebration, but reflection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe campus itself, it\u2019s almost like a family,\u201d said Will Bradley, a graduate of Carleton\u2019s Law program. \u201cI\u2019m sure a lot of [other] schools are like that, but Carleton\u2019s top-notch.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Esteban Sanchez-Maya and Dale Wilson graduated from the Law program, but their friendship extends far beyond classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pair formed a band in first-year, where Sanchez-Maya plays the bass guitar and Wilson the drums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We jammed out once and stuck together [ever since],” Wilson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

International student Jiuhong Wu, originally from China, admitted that being from so far away does pose its challenges, but said the International Student Services Office (ISSO)<\/a> helped him succeed at Carleton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe can share our difficulties [in the ISSO]\u201d Wu said. \u201cThe papers are hard but the life is good . . .  Canadians are so nice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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A New Way of Seeing the World<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Ally Larkin, Kelly Boudreau and Taylor Sulpher graduated from Carleton\u2019s Bachelor of Communications and Media Studies. The trio credit the program for opening their eyes to the world and helping them develop a close bond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEverything we learned was so different . . .  it\u2019s a new way of seeing the world,\u201d Larkin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three musical performers at the ceremonies were also to receive their degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michelle Gendron, who sand a powerful rendition of the national anthem, is graduating with a Bachelor of Music<\/a> degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It’s one of the only programs in Canada where you can focus on any genre [of music], so you meet so many diverse musicians,” Gendron said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kyle Jordan and Dennis Bass, who were part of the three-piece band at Convocation, are also graduating from the Music program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The duo praised Carleton\u2019s recent purchase of Dominion-Chalmers United Church in downtown Ottawa, which will become a new community and cultural hub for the city and will include a multi-purpose performance space for students and faculty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe played in there a couple weeks ago and the acoustics are great,\u201d Jordan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One unique graduate was Nick Anderson from the Political Science program<\/a>. He was working as a staff member at Convocation for the remainder of the week to ensure everything runs smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nice to see my friends on their special day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anderson will continue his time at the university this fall by entering a joint program between Carleton\u2019s Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA)<\/a> and the University of Ottawa\u2019s Faculty of Law (Common Law).<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Above a sea of roaring family members and friends, students from Carleton\u2019s Faculty of Public Affairs flew through the final leg of their journey as Ravens during Carleton University’s Spring Convocation on June 13, 2018. Some of the undergraduate programs sending their students off to graduate included Journalism, Communication and Media Studies, Public Affairs and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":410,"featured_media":49142,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_story_type":[25],"cu_story_tag":[],"class_list":["post-49141","cu_story","type-cu_story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_story_type-student-experience"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":"blueprint"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story\/49141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_story"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/410"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story\/49141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97948,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story\/49141\/revisions\/97948"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_story_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story_type?post=49141"},{"taxonomy":"cu_story_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story_tag?post=49141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}