Item consists of the illustrated Convocation 2009 wrap-up program "A Time to Celebrate", which includes the University President's message, a selection of student profiles, Dalhousie teaching awards, and recipients of honorary degrees.
Item consists of an annotated draft of Alexander Enoch Kerr's speech to be delivered at the October 4, 1960 Dalhousie Fall Convocation ceremonies. Includes additions and elaborations in Kerr's hand to verso of several pages.
Item consists of W.J. Alexander's convocation address at the October 28, 1884 ceremonies. Alexander was "Munro Professor of English Language and Literature, Sometime Fellow of the Johns Hopkins University"
Item consists of the text of Lord Beaverbrook's commencement address on the occasion of the laying of the cornerstone of the Sir James Dunn Science Building on October 29, 1958.
Item consists of an annotated typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's address to Dalhousie alumni (present and future) at the Lord Nelson Hotel, Halifax, May 14, 1934.
Item consists of a facsimile of the text of an address delivered by President Carleton Stanley at a Special Convocation ceremony at a Dalhousie University Reunion event, August 17, 1938. Item originally appeared in Volume 2, Number 1 of the Second Series of The Alumni News, pages 9 and 16.
File includes transcripts of Ronald St. John Macdonald's convocation addresses given on different occasions and institutions, including at McGill University, Dalhousie University, and Carleton University.
Item consists of the Convocation program for the following proceedings: Dentistry, Medicine, Graduate Studies, 9:30 am, May 22, 2009; and Law, Graduate Studies, 2:30 pm, May 22, 2009.
Item consists of the Convocation program for the following proceedings: Health Professions, Graduate Studies, 9:30 am, May 25, 2009; [and] Health Professions, Graduate Studies, 2:30 pm, May 25, 2009.
Item consists of the Convocation program for the following proceedings: Architecture and Planning, Dentistry, Health Professions, Law, Medicine, Graduate Studies, 9:30 am, October 17, 2009; Arts and Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Graduate Studies, 2:30 pm, October 17, 2009; [and] Management, Arts and Science, Graduate Studies, 9:30 am, October 18, 2009.
Item consists of the Convocation program for the following proceedings: Arts and Social Sciences, Graduate Studies, 9:30 am, May 19, 2009; Arts and Social Sciences, Graduate Studies, 2:30 pm, May 19, 2009; and Architecture and Planning, Computer Science, Graduate Studies, 9:30 am, May 20, 2009.
Item consists of the Convocation program for the following proceedings: Management (Undergraduate), 9:30 am, May 26, 2009; Management (Graduate), 2:30 pm, May 26, 2009; Engineering I (Undergraduate and Graduate), 9:30 am, May 27, 2009; [and] Engineering II (Undergraduate and Graduate), 2:30 pm, May 27, 2009.
Item consists of the Convocation program for the following proceedings: Sciences I, 2:30 pm, May 20, 2009; Sciences II, 9:30 am, May 21, 2009; and Sciences Ill, Dental Hygiene, Pharmacy, Graduate Studies, 2:30 pm, May 21, 2009.
Item consists of the text of an address delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr at the May 6, 1963 Dalhousie University Convocation ceremonies, about Dalhousie's growth and development in the post-war years (coinciding with Kerr's tenure as President). Item also contains reports submitted by individual faculties about their developments under Kerr's presidency. Includes reports submitted by H.B.S. Cooke (Dean, Faculty of Arts), H.E. Read (Dean, Faculty of Law), C.B. Stewart (Dean, Faculty of Medicine), J.D. McLean (Dean, Faculty of Dentistry), W.R. Trost (Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies), F.R. Hayes (Director, Institute of Oceanography), E.A. Electa MacLennan (Director, Faculty of Health Professions), J.G. Duff (Director, College of Pharmacy), Arthur H. Shears (Director) and Robert M. MacDonald (Dean-elect, School of Physiotherapy), Guy Henson (Director, Institute of Public Affairs), J.P. Wilkinson (University Librarian), K.D. Gowie (Director, Physical Education), and Bruce G. Irwin (Director, Alumni Association).
Item is a program from Dalhousie University convocation ceremonies on May 16, 1974 and May 17, 1974. The program contains orders of proceedings and lists of graduates from four convocation ceremonies that took place on those days, as well as transcripts of citations given during the conferral of honorary degrees.
File contains programs from Dalhousie University convocations in 1974. The programs include two copies of a program from a special convocation for the opening of the Dalhousie Life Sciences Centre on April 19, 1974; and a program from Dalhousie convocation ceremonies on May 16, 1974 and May 17, 1974.
Item is a copy of the address given by Tom Traves at the first convocation following the April 1 amalgamation of Dalhousie and the Technical University of Nova Scotia.
Item consists of a handwritten address delivered by Arthur Stanley MacKenzie at the closing exercises for the graduates of the Halifax School for the Blind, June 9, 1913.
File contains two inaugural addresses delivered by James DeMille at convocation ceremonies of Dalhousie College. The first inaugural address was delivered on November 4, 1873 and printed in Dalhousie Gazette, Vol. 6, No. 1 (November 15, 1873). The second inaugural address was delivered at convocation in 1878 and printed in Dalhousie Gazette, New series Vol. 4, No. 1 and No. 2 (November 23, 1878 and December 7, 1878).
File contains invitations to convocation ceremonies for Dalhousie University on October 27, 1885; April 28, 1886; April 27, 1887; October 18, 1887; April 26, 1888; April 23, 1891; September 21, 1892; April 23, 1895; April 26, 1898; and May 13, 1919. The file contains some duplicates.
Item consists of an annotated draft address delivered by Arthur Stanley MacKenzie at the Encoenia ceremonies at King's College, May 9, 1912, upon receiving a Doctor of Civil Law degree.
File contains programs and itineraries for the Order of Nova Scotia, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, and the Mount Saint Vincent University convocation ceremonies.
Item consists of a handwritten address delivered by Arthur Stanley MacKenzie at the closing exercises for the graduating nurses at the Nova Scotia Hospital, July 4, 1913.