Whanganui UCOL to celebrate graduation this week

Media Release

Monday 16 March 2015

Whanganui UCOL to celebrate graduation this week

Hard work and commitment has paid off for 330 Whanganui UCOL Graduates who successfully completed their Certificates, Diplomas and Degrees in 2014.

Many of the graduates will attend and personally receive their new qualifications at one of the two Graduation Ceremonies in Whanganui this Wednesday.

Morning and afternoon Ceremonies will be held at the Prince Edward Auditorium at Wanganui Collegiate School on Wednesday 18 March at 10.00am and 12.30pm.

Whanganui UCOL Associate Dean Vocational Tony Gan says every Graduand represents a success story. “The graduation ceremony is the occasion to celebrate our students’ achievement in arriving at the finish line and fulfilling their study goals.”

“The celebration confirms the students’ commitment to achieving excellence and their readiness for meaningful employment. It’s also an opportunity to acknowledge the families who’ve supported them, and the lecturers and support staff at UCOL who’ve walked the journey with them, every step of the way.”

“Life is a journey of discovery and I hope the Graduands will let their passion take them to the height of their career.”

The Vocational and Sport Performance ceremony starts at 10.00am for students eligible to graduate in Business Studies, Computing, Culinary Arts and Hospitality, Exercise and Sport, Hairdressing and Beauty, Mental Health (Support Work), and Tertiary Study Skills.

Students of the National Certificate in Early Childhood Education and Care will graduate with qualifications from Training for You, in partnership with Whanganui UCOL.

The most sizeable groups of graduands are 26 Diploma in Professional Chef Practice and 26 National Certificate in Hospitality (Cookery) students.

A group of 21 will graduate with a National Certificate in Hospitality (Basic Cookery); and 20 with a National Certificate in Business Administration and Computing – delivered in partnership with Training for You.

The Creative and Nursing Award ceremony starts at 12.30pm for students eligible to graduate in Music, Fashion, Fine Arts, Glass, Art and Design, Computer Graphic Design, Whakairo, Animation, Nursing, Science and Health, and Adult Teaching.

Another large group of graduands consists of twenty-two people from the Bachelor of Nursing and a group of seventeen students will graduate with a Certificate in Art and Design.

During the Vocational and Sport Performance ceremony Whanganui businessman Trevor Goodwin will be presented with a UCOL Council Honours’ Award for outstanding and distinguished contribution to UCOL, the wider community and society in general.

Whanganui born Designer and Patternmaker John Kite, now living and working in Auckland, will be presented with an Honours’ Award during the Creative and Nursing Award ceremony in the afternoon.

The guest speaker for the Vocational and Sport Performance ceremony will be Whanganui Businessman Myles Fothergill; and for the Creative and Nursing Graduation ceremony the speaker is Sandy Blake, Director of Nursing, Patient Safety & Quality for Whanganui District Health Board.

At the conclusion of the afternoon ceremony, graduates, their families and friends and UCOL staff are invited to travel to St Mary’s Church, Guyton Street for the official procession at 2.30pm.

The procession will move down Victoria Street to the Rutland Street Campus for light refreshments.

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