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Academic excellence recognized at Fall Convocation

October 17, 2006

Brock University will recognize the recipients of the Governor General's Silver Medals at the 2006 Fall Convocation ceremony, taking place on Saturday, Oct. 21.

Julianne Tenhaaf and Thomas Farrar, who graduated in the spring, will return to receive the medals as the top undergraduate students with the highest cumulative overall average for the academic year receiving their first honours degree.

"These award winners represent the high quality of students who choose to study at Brock," said Brock President Jack N. Lightstone. "It takes dedication and hard work to achieve this level of scholarship and I sincerely congratulate them on their accomplishments."

Julianne Tenhaaf, Jordan, Ont.
Honours Bachelor of Arts, Speech and Language Sciences

Thomas Farrar, Waterloo, Ont.
Honours Bachelor of Science - Mathematics Integrated with Computers and Applications (MICA), concentration in statistics

Tenhaaf is continuing her studies at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ont., working towards a Master of Clinical Science degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders. Farrar is working toward a Master of Mathematics in statistics at the University of Waterloo. His research interests include Monte Carlo sampling algorithms and high-dimensional nonparametric statistical testing.

The number of silver medals awarded by individual universities is determined by the institution's full-time equivalent (FTE) undergraduate enrolment. Brock awards two Governor General's Silver Medals because the University has an FTE undergraduate enrolment between 15,000 and 25,000 students.

Lord Dufferin, Canada's third Governor General after Confederation, created the Academic Medals in 1873 to encourage academic excellence across the nation. Over the years, they have become the most prestigious award that students in Canadian schools can receive.

For more than 125 years, the Governor General's Academic Medals have recognized the outstanding scholastic achievements of students in Canada. They are awarded to the student graduating with the highest average from a high school, as well as from approved college or university programs. Pierre Trudeau, Tommy Douglas, Kim Campbell, Robert Bourassa, Robert Stanfield and Gabrielle Roy are just some of the more than 50,000 people who have received the Governor General's Academic Medal as the start of a life of accomplishment.

Brock's 2006 Fall Convocation will be celebrated during ceremonies taking place on Friday, Oct. 20, and Saturday, Oct. 21. The University's fifth President and Vice-Chancellor, Jack N. Lightstone, will officially be installed at the Friday ceremony. The University will confer 715 undergraduate and graduate degrees from all six Faculties, during its Fall 2006 Convocation.

These ceremonies will also mark the last convocation for Dr. Raymond Moriyama as Brock's Chancellor. Moriyama will complete his term as Chancellor on March 31, 2007.

All ceremonies will be held in the Walker Complex at the west end of campus in the 23,000- square-foot Ian D. Beddis gymnasium. A reception for graduates, family members and other special guests will be held after each ceremony.

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