Wednesday 28 June 2017

Graduation Special Newsletter

Welcome to this Graduation Special newsletter. We've brought together a range of stories and images from our celebrations last week.

The usual staff & student newsletters will resume next week. If you wish to submit an article for the next newsletter, issued Wed 5 July, please contact internal-comms@dundee.ac.uk by 5pm on Fri 30 June.

Wimberley Award winners 2017

Two University of Dundee students have an extra reason to celebrate graduation after being named Wimberley Award winners 2017. The winners, Elizabeth Ferris from the School of Medicine, and Ciara Hepburn, from the School of Social Sciences, were selected for their most distinguished contribution to University life. It is also the first time in the history of the institution that two students have been named joint winners of the award. Read the full story here.

Honorary Graduates

The University celebrated eight remarkable individuals with Honorary Degrees at last week's summer graduation ceremonies. Those honoured including Olympians, humanitarians, filmmakers, artists and human rights workers. 

Actor and science communicator Alan Alda spoke about his career, his life and his involvement in the scientific world. His secret for life is "Adapt, Adjust, Revise".

Local fundraiser and Dundee graduate, David Cunningham, Chief Executive of the Archie Foundation, paid tribute to his own time as a student at the University and how it influenced his career and work with the community.

Read the full story

Staff, students and alumni can nominate Honorary Graduates at any time - who would you like to suggest?

Graduating Staff

Congratulations to all of our staff members who graduated.

School of Medicine staff member Kate Martin graduated as a Doctor of Education awarded from the School of Education & Social Work on Friday morning.

Are you a member of staff who graduated? Send us your celebration photos by tagging them with #dundeeuni 

The Chancellor's Award

The Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching 2016 was awarded to Professor Rami Abboud, School of Medicine, Professor Mary Modeen, School of Art & Design, Professor Colin Reid, School of Social Sciences.

This award aims to acknowledge and reward senior teachers for outstanding achievement in contributions to teaching at the University of Dundee over a significant period of time. Winners have demonstrated effective leadership in teaching and mentorship of new teachers, and have made significant contributions to the development and promotion of excellence in teaching within their respective discipline and/or the wider University.

There were huge cheers for Rami, Mary & Colin at their respective ceremonies.

Some of our prize winners (from left) Humanities, Science & Engineering, Medicine

We publicised Graduation across the University's social media channels, and so did our Graduates, liking and sharing our content, and generating plenty of their own.

Above are the most popular photos from our Facebook page. Take a look at our Facebook photo albums:

• Wednesday Morning
• Wednesday Afternoon
• Thursday Morning
• Thursday Afternoon
• Friday Morning
• Friday Afternoon

Law graduate Harry Martin takes over Snapchat

This year we asked our student blogger Harry Martin to takeover our Snapchat on the Thursday graduation. He took us on a journey from when he woke up, to getting a haircut, to the ceremony and wrapping things up at the Garden Party. We think he did a brilliant job - take a look (on Box).

Storify

We've collected together photos and posts from many people on Storify - take a look.

Dundee Connect

Our Alumni Team were out & about during the Graduation Garden Parties, taking "photo booth" shots. You can find them all on Dundee Connect, our online Alumni Network. Staff, students & graduates can all join Dundee Connect.