{"id":5763,"date":"2017-06-21T21:53:51","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T21:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/?p=5763"},"modified":"2017-10-26T21:11:59","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T21:11:59","slug":"fos-convocation-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2017\/06\/21\/fos-convocation-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty of Science celebrates Convocation 2017!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/35144331526_aa3514272b_z-e1498077044911.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5767 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/35144331526_aa3514272b_z-e1498077044911.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/35144331526_aa3514272b_z-e1498077044911.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/35144331526_aa3514272b_z-e1498077044911-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/35144331526_aa3514272b_z-e1498077044911-128x150.jpg 128w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/35144331526_aa3514272b_z-e1498077044911-170x200.jpg 170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/Flokstra.Valerie-2016-17-e1498077086628.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5780 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/Flokstra.Valerie-2016-17-e1498077086628.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/Flokstra.Valerie-2016-17-e1498077086628.png 296w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/Flokstra.Valerie-2016-17-e1498077086628-220x300.png 220w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/Flokstra.Valerie-2016-17-e1498077086628-110x150.png 110w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/Flokstra.Valerie-2016-17-e1498077086628-147x200.png 147w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Faculty of Science awarded 81 Bachelor of Science degrees; 15 Engineering Physics diplomas; and our first Bachelor of Agriculture Science degree on June 7th. Congratulations to each and everyone of you!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2017\/06\/19\/governor-generals-silver-medal-darryl-wilson-beat-odds-become-ufvs-top-undergrad-student\/\"><strong>Darryl Wilson<\/strong><\/a>, BSc Graduate, Chemistry Major received the prestigious Governor General&#8217;s Silver Medal and <strong>Miranda Louwerse<\/strong>, BSc Graduate and Chemistry Major received the Faculty of Science Dean&#8217;s Medal.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5764\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5764\" style=\"width: 479px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/Louerse.Wilson.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5764 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/Louerse.Wilson-e1498070186999.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"489\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/Louerse.Wilson-e1498070186999.png 489w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/Louerse.Wilson-e1498070186999-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/Louerse.Wilson-e1498070186999-150x119.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/Louerse.Wilson-e1498070186999-200x158.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miranda Louwerse and Darryl Wilson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/Profs.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5765 size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/Profs-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/Profs-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/Profs-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/Profs-200x133.png 200w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/Profs.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/34375130883_588aa2fe8d_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5769 size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/34375130883_588aa2fe8d_z-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/34375130883_588aa2fe8d_z-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/34375130883_588aa2fe8d_z-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/34375130883_588aa2fe8d_z-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/34375130883_588aa2fe8d_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/34375111703_1fccf8e76c_z1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5773 size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/34375111703_1fccf8e76c_z1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/34375111703_1fccf8e76c_z1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/34375111703_1fccf8e76c_z1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/34375111703_1fccf8e76c_z1-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/34375111703_1fccf8e76c_z1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/35144307476_a0651d1c05_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5771 size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/35144307476_a0651d1c05_z-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/35144307476_a0651d1c05_z-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/35144307476_a0651d1c05_z-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/35144307476_a0651d1c05_z-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/35144307476_a0651d1c05_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Following convocation the graduates gathered to celebrate with family, friends and faculty.<\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5791\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5791 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB6.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB6-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB6-150x116.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB6-200x154.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Physics Faculty &#8211; Robin Kleiv, Jeff Chizma, Derek Harnett, Norm Taylor, Carmen Herman and Physics Graduates!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5789\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5789\" style=\"width: 309px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB4-e1498080400613.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5789\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB4-e1498080400613-300x281.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"319\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB4-e1498080400613-300x281.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB4-e1498080400613-150x141.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB4-e1498080400613-200x187.png 200w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB4-e1498080400613.png 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lucy Lee, Dean of Science with Dean&#8217;s Medal Recipient, Miranda Louwerse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5790\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5790\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB5-e1498078095706.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5790 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB5-e1498080500849-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB5-e1498080500849-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB5-e1498080500849-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB5-e1498080500849-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB5-e1498080500849.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Biology Professor Allan Arndt &amp; Tessa Webb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5788 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"641\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB3.png 404w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB3-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB3-150x114.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB3-200x151.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5787\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5787\" style=\"width: 277px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB2-e1498080652789.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5787\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB2-e1498080652789.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB2-e1498080652789.png 532w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB2-e1498080652789-300x269.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB2-e1498080652789-150x134.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB2-e1498080652789-200x179.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5787\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Biology Professor Tony Stea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5792\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5792\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5792\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB7-300x245.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB7-300x245.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB7-150x122.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB7-200x163.png 200w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB7.png 436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Biology Professors Allan Arndt, Nathan Bialas &amp; Steve Thomas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5793 \" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"641\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB8.png 580w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB8-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB8-150x66.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/06\/WEB8-200x89.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h4>Be sure to check out<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ufv\/albums\/72157681797407414\"> UFV Flickr <\/a>for more photos from all 4 ceremonies! as well as Convocation 2017 ~ Ceremony 4 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10155428561139596.1073741987.34749659595&amp;type=1&amp;l=909fe23e0b\">UFV&#8217;s FaceBook Page<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/02\/UFV-science-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5294 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/02\/UFV-science-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/02\/UFV-science-logo.png 731w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/02\/UFV-science-logo-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/02\/UFV-science-logo-150x68.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/02\/UFV-science-logo-200x91.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Faculty of Science awarded 81 Bachelor of Science degrees; 15 Engineering Physics diplomas; and our first Bachelor of Agriculture Science degree on June 7th. Congratulations to each and everyone of you! Darryl Wilson, BSc Graduate, Chemistry Major received the prestigious Governor General&#8217;s Silver Medal and Miranda Louwerse, BSc Graduate and Chemistry Major received the &#8230; <a title=\"Faculty of Science celebrates Convocation 2017!\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2017\/06\/21\/fos-convocation-2017\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":5770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,7,20,170,169,5,58,9,6,1],"tags":[25,118,91],"class_list":["post-5763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biology","category-chemistry","category-deans-office","category-engineering","category-events-newsletter","category-feature","category-mathstats","category-news","category-physical-geography","category-physics","category-uncategorized","tag-awards","tag-convocation","tag-graduation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/150"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5763"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5832,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5763\/revisions\/5832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}