Durham College to honour graduates at convocation

June 18, 2007

OSHAWA, Ont. – Close to 1,400 market-ready, career-focused graduates will celebrate their success with family, friends, faculty, staff, guests and one of Durham College’s first-ever graduates, as the college celebrates its spring convocation on Friday, June 22.

Three different ceremonies will be held throughout the day to recognize the accomplishments of this year’s graduates. Ron Backwell, a 1969 Mechanical Drafting program alumnus and member of Durham College’s first-ever graduating class, will speak at all three ceremonies, which will also see the 2007 Alumnus of Distinction winners presented with their awards.

In addition to obtaining his mechanical drafting diploma, Backwell is also a 1979 graduate of the Durham College Mechanical Technology program who has completed additional programs at Ryerson Polytechnic Institute, the Canadian Institute of Management and North Texas Central College. This award-winning leader has been a professional business manager since 1988, is currently president and owner of Backwell Quality Systems, a consulting firm, and was named a Durham College Alumnus of Distinction in 1992.

Since its inception in 1967, Durham College has graduated more than 40,000 students, helping more and more become successful professionals each year. Offering more than 100 programs and courses through the schools of Applied Sciences & Technology; Business; Communication Arts; Career Development & Continuing Education; Design; Emergency Services; Health & Community Services; Information Technology; Integrated Studies; Justice; and Skilled Trades & Apprenticeship, Durham College enables students to succeed in their careers and make a difference in the world.

When:
Friday, June 22
9:30 a.m. – students from the schools of Emergency Services, Integrated Studies and Justice to graduate.
1:30 p.m. – students from the schools of Applied Sciences & Technology, Communication Arts, Design and Skilled Trades & Apprenticeship to graduate.
5:30 p.m. – students from the schools of Business, Health & Community Services and Information Technology to graduate.

Where:
General Motors Centre
99 Athol Street East
Oshawa, Ontario

For more information contact:
Tony Doyle
905.721.2000 ext. 2209
tony.doyle@durhamcollege.ca

 

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