Congrats to our Spring 2015 grads!

Thousands of UVic students and their families and friends will gather on campus this month to celebrate the achievement of an academic milestone. During Spring Convocation from June 8-12, ceremonies will be held to confer 3,649 degrees, diplomas and certificates.

Spring Convocation webcast

All Spring Convocation ceremonies will be webcast live. If you’re not able to attend in person, you can watch the ceremonies at uvic.ca/convocation. The video of each webcast will be available on this website for six weeks following Convocation. All ceremonies take place in the University Centre Farquhar Auditorium. For event times and more information, please visit uvic.ca/ceremonies.

Chancellor Shelagh Rogers was formally installed in office at the outset of spring convocation ceremonies. 

Congratulations and best wishes to all convocating students. On the following pages, we present profiles of a few of the many outstanding members of this year’s graduating class:

Honorary degree recipients
Inspiring leadership

Major medal awards
Student awardees

Taking academia underwater
Mike Irvine, education

A passport stamped “experience”
Sarah Allan, electrical engineering

From Manila to Broadway
Chari Arespacochaga, theatre

Wild game and words
Art Napoleon, linguistics

Co-ops give health info sciences grad a competitive edge 
Emily Mailes, health information sciences

Global perspective, international itinerary
Bader Murad, Gustavson School of Business

An international career path in law
Anna Beatch, law

What comes after plastic?
Saurabh Chitnis, chemistry

A natural path to resilience, outdoors
Brittney Sharma, anthropology