 The largest graduating class ever took off from "the launch pad" that is Trent, each having had the opportunity to shake hands with Chancellor Dr. Roberta Bondar. She presided over four ceremonies - June 2 and 3 - and her third convocation. A record 1444 undergraduate and graduate students were eligible to receive degrees and diplomas and while each of them undoubtedly has a unique story to tell, we have been able to feature a handful of them here.
Nursing is in her genes
Graduate and Symons Medal winner Barbara Longland comes from a long line of nurses, and is now married to one. She too had wanted to pursue the profession since she was five... FULL STORY
Top Student Flying High
Cristina Chifor, B.Sc. Hons. and Symons Medal winner reflects on the highlights of her time at Trent. This joint physics and computer science major writes from the Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA site in Maryland, US. This is her third summer there as a research assistant. She studies solar flares, which are closely related to understanding space weather... FULL STORY
The riches of St. Lucia
Giannetti George, more commonly known as "Gigi" says she has a healthy disregard for the impossible and believes she can do anything. This month, she's headed home to St. Lucia, where she hopes to share her outlook with her secondary school students. FULL STORY
Ms. George is among three St. Lucians who graduated from Trent this year. Along with Kevin Scotland and Alan Thomas, Ms. George left the island of fewer than 200,000 people to study at Trent. It seems remarkable for a small university in central Ontario to have so many graduates from a small island in the Caribbean, but this is actually evidence of the breadth and depth of Trent's reputation and the recruitment efforts of the Trent International Program's Ms. Cindy Bennett Awe in the region... FULL STORY
Graduate to pursue schizophrenia research
Graduate Alanna Grant says she's always been interested in altered brain chemistry. So, when she read about the schizophrenia research of Dr. Cecilia Flores at McGill University, she was intrigued. A meeting with Dr. Flores and a masters degree proposal later, Ms. Grant is off to the Department of Neuroscience and Neurosurgery at McGill this fall... FULL STORY
Inspired to teach
Honours Bachelor of Arts graduate Erin Reynolds didn't think she wanted anything to do with teaching * she came to Trent to study English and history, as well as German... FULL STORY
Graduate pursues his passion in the water
For Bachelor of Science graduate Scott Farrow, there's something in the water at Trent - something that attracted him here and something that helped him attain academic and athletic success... FULL STORY
Photo: Trent-Fleming School of Nursing graduate Barbara Longland receives her medal from Chancellor Dr. Roberta Bondar.
Posted June 29, 2005
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