Event: UBC’s Vancouver campus Fall Congregation
2,800 students graduate; two honorary degrees
Dates / Times: 9:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. on:
Wednesday, November 23
Thursday, November 24
Friday, November 25 (Note: Friday ceremony times are 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. only)
Location: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, 6265 Crescent Rd.
For a map and parking information, visit: www.maps.ubc.ca/?130
Honorary Degree recipient Mario José Molina
Date/Time: Thursday, Nov. 24, 9:30 a.m.
Honorary Degree recipient David Suzuki
Date/Time: Friday, Nov. 25, 11:30 a.m.
Assignment/Photo Editors:
Media authorization is required to cover congregation ceremonies in the Chan Centre. Please call Heather Amos at 604.822.3213 or 604.828.3867 to arrange. Stationary camera space is very limited. Please arrive early. Handheld cameras highly recommended. A media feed will be provided.
Between Wednesday Nov. 23 and Friday Nov. 25, more than 2,800 UBC undergraduate and graduate degrees from all 12 Vancouver faculties will be conferred.
On Thursday, Nov. 24, Nobel laureate Mario José Molina will receive an honorary degree from UBC. Molina is a Mexican-born chemist who identified the threat of chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gases to the ozone layer and was a key figure in focusing public attention on this environmental issue.
On Friday, Nov. 25, researcher, science broadcaster and environmental activist David Suzuki will receive an honorary degree from UBC. Suzuki is the co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation and has worked to popularize science and environmental issues throughout his career. Before working in the media, Suzuki was a zoology professor at UBC.
For more information about Fall Congregation, visit http://www.graduation.ubc.ca/ubc-vancouver/
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