North Island College Convocation Events Exceed Last Year’s Record Numbers

A record number of North Island College students are attending convocation ceremonies this June.

A pair of ceremonies are taking place Tuesday for the Comox Valley Campus, at the Sid Williams Theatre.

A third event was added yesterday because of the large number of Valley graduates.

The Campbell River, Comox Valley, and Port Alberni campuses are all holding events for graduates, with more than 480 students joining NIC, their families and friends for convocation. By comparison, the record-setting number of attendees last year was 380.

The number that registered for each campus are 313 in Comox Valley, 92 in Campbell River, and 78 in Port Alberni.

As part of the ceremonies, NIC is also giving awards to the following students:

Governor General Academic Medal

• Savannah Glennie, Practical Nursing Diploma

President’s Award
Certificate

• Grade Point Average (GPA) – Munir Mahmud, Engineering Foundations Certificate
• Award Grade Method (AGM) – Natalie Jean, Health Care Assistant Certificate

Diploma

• GPA – Elly Monteiro, Fine Arts Diploma
• AGM – Savannah Glennie, Practical Nursing Diploma

University Studies

• Jennaya Thompson, UVic/NIC Dual Admission – Bachelor of Arts
• Nicola Hall, VIU/NIC Dual Admission – Bachelor of Arts

Adult Basic Education

• Makayla Laluha

Bachelor Degree

• GPA – Taryn Siebe, Bachelor of Business Administration – Management 
• AGM – Kohlton Tapp, Bachelor of Science in Nursing

The Campbell River and Port Alberni convocations were held yesterday.

For more information about convocation, visit NIC.