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CSU Graduation Ceremony - May 2008

On Wednesday 7th and Friday 9th of May 2008 we celebrated our students' completion of their course with a Graduation Ceremony.

The ceremony was held at the CSU Bathurst Campus for the Study Centre’s Bachelor and Master graduands. This was the first graduation for our Melbourne CSU Study Centre. Azeem Mohammad (Course Coordinator Business Programs - Melbourne Study Centre) was proud to see the first CSU Study Centre Melbourne graduates receive their awards.

The CSU music maestro set the scene for the colourful academic procession with inspirational classical organ music.

Dr Margaret Drever (Course Coordinator Business Programs - Sydney Study Centre) and Dr Jeffrey Gosper (Course Coordinator IT Programs - Sydney Study Centre) joined the Chancellor (Lawrence Willett), Vice Chancellor (Dr Ian Goulter), Dean of the Faculty of Business (Prof John Hicks), and other CSU senior academics in a procession and took their place on the stage for the graduation ceremony.

The official welcome was read in aboriginal by Gloria Rogers (a Wiradjuri Elder) to honour the people who once dwelled upon the land where the CSU campus now resides.

As a key part of the ceremony the University conferred honorary degrees on Sister Pat Linnane, for her tireless life’s work dedicated to helping those less fortunate then ourselves. In her ‘Occasional Address’ Sister Pat reminded us all that with education comes responsibility, responsibility to the community, responsibility to those less fortunate amongst us, and also responsibility to mother earth.

Our students made up a significant proportion of the students receiving their degrees at the ceremony. Students were also joined by their families and friends who travelled from around the world to celebrate the success of years of dedication and hard work by their loved ones.

We were proud of each and every student as they crossed the stage to shake the hand of the Chancellor and Dean as they received their degree certificates.

The ceremony was completed by a group of young talented CSU musicians, named ‘Charlie Lion’, performing their own original rock song.

It was truly a memorable and wonderful occasion at the CSU Bathurst Campus.