Details for Convocation 2016

It’s Convocation Week at UPEI! Here are the details to help you find your way through our annual celebration of our graduating students.

The regular Convocation ceremonies are held indoors on Saturday, May 7, 2016 at the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre at the University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue in Charlottetown. The morning ceremony begins at 10:00 am; the afternoon ceremony begins at 2:30 pm. Each ceremony is preceded by a procession of graduates across campus. Approximately 520 graduates, along with their guests, will attend the morning ceremony, while approximately 420 graduates will attend the afternoon ceremony.

Due to safety regulations, seating is limited. All guests must present their invitations in order to be admitted to the Sports Centre. Each graduate can obtain up to five guest invitations at the Office of the Registrar from Monday, May 2 to Friday, May 6, 2016, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. No extra invitations will be issued.

Overflow seating and a live broadcast are available at McMillan Hall in the W. A. Murphy Student Centre, or you can watch live on Eastlink TV and online at: upei.ca/live.

UPEI will confer honorary Doctor of Laws degrees to three distinguished members of the healthcare field. Full biographies of Dr. Katherine L. Bick, Dr. William D. Stanish, and Mr. Ray Murphy can be found here.

Making Convocation Day a memorable one for graduates and their family and friends is very important to UPEI, so we have provided several pages of information on the Convocation web page—what to expect, where to go, and what to do prior to, and during, Convocation.

A full news release with links to the graduating class list will be issued on Convocation Day.