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On Monday, May 30,Ìýwe had the pleasure of
welcomingÌýa large group of new graduates to our DalArchPlan alumni family. Students from five programs in our two Schools walked across the stage at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium.

By the numbers

At this year’s spring Convocation, we welcomedÌý52 graduates with Bachelor of Environmental Design degrees. Nine of these students earnedÌýdistinctions (aÌýgrade point average of between a 3.7 and 3.84) and threeÌýgraduated with Sexton distinction (an average of 3.85 or more).

32 students graduated with a Master of Architecture degree, exactly half female and half male. ÌýAll of these students represented many provinces in Canada. One of our graduates,ÌýPhilippa Ovonji Odida,Ìýis from Uganda. She was featured in a special Dal News convocation story, .
We had 29 students graduate with a Bachelor of Community Design,Ìý22 with Honours in either Urban Design and Planning or Environmental Planning and Sustainability, or both. ÌýThese graduates are from Canada, the United States, Egypt, the Bahamas, and China.

18 students graduated with a Master of Planning. They are from Canada, China and Iran. ÌýOne student graduated with a Master of Planning Studies.

Faculty members enjoyed celebrating with their students! Pictured here Here is Eric Rapport from Planning.

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A family affair

Families traveled to support their students from all over Nova Scotia and other provinces across Canada, but also from the United States and China.

One of our graduates had his two young children in attendance and another became a new father just 3 weeks before graduation day!

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Diogo Burnay, Acting Dean of the Faculty, with new MArch graduates!

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Faculty celebrations

Back at the Faculty, graduates received theirÌýawards and showed their supporters around the Schools at the annual Convocation Tea.

Alumni supporters in attendance included Louis Lawen (BEng’94) and Benjie Nycum (MArchFP’97),Ìýboth of whom support student scholarships.

Friends of the Faculty and members of the professional associations were also on hand to congratulate and take part in the presentations.

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Honorary Degree Recipient

Our newest honorary degree recipient,Ìý, attended the ceremony and the convocation teas.

Our Faculty had the honour of hostingÌýProf Gehl while he was at Dalhouise. Prof GehlÌýparticipated in all our graduation events andÌýcontributed his vast knowledge and experience in
various other ways as well, including a walk alongÌýSpring Garden Road with members of the PlanningÌýand Design Centre and others working on SGRÌýimprovements; a workshop for colleagues inÌýprofessional practice; and a standingÌýroom only public lecture on May 31st in theÌýMedjuck Building. The Faculty partnered with HRM,ÌýWDCL, and the Halifax Business District Commissionto support these events. Thank you especially to SoP’sÌýDr. Eric Rapaport for helping to coordinate ProfÌýGehl’s itinerary, and to TJ Maguire (WDCL and SoPÌýalumnus) for also helping to host Prof Gehl and takingÌýtime to show him around the South Shore.

One other note-worthy point about Prof Gehl’s visit:ÌýPLANiFax developed a promotional video for hisÌýpublic lecture and recorded his visit. If you have notÌýseen the video, you can view it atÌýhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2Zr5Q0Xi4

After the ceremony graduates took photos and updated their information at the alumni booth!

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Staying connected

Congratulations class of 2016!

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Best of Luck!