{"id":278676,"date":"2026-06-26T05:58:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T05:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/278676\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T05:58:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T05:58:44","slug":"queens-graduates-celebrated-at-spring-convocation-ceremonies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/278676\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen\u2019s graduates celebrated at spring convocation ceremonies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chancellor Rogers urged graduates to never give up on dreaming, and to believe in themselves despite the odds, because doing so is what has gotten them across the stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who dream understand that it\u2019s way more fun, and heart enlarging, to celebrate difference instead of fearing it, to know it does not diminish, it enriches,\u201d said Chancellor Rogers in her address. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After reflecting on the importance of responsibility, equity, and respect for all, Principal Deane urged graduates to consider what else would be needed to build a better future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese values will undoubtedly help you navigate the uncertainties that lie ahead, but will they be enough?\u201d said Deane in his remarks. \u201cThere is one human faculty I haven\u2019t yet mentioned which will undoubtedly be the guarantor of a better future for each of you and for humanity at large, and that is imagination, without which a brilliant future for each of you cannot be planned and without which a good and just society cannot be conceived, let alone realized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.queensu.ca\/gazette\/stories\/one-more-year-lead-and-serve\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rector Boytchuk-Hale<\/a> congratulated the graduates on their achievements and urged graduates to never forget the friends and family members, who supported them during their studies. She also asked them to never stop having a positive impact on the communities around them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you close this chapter, I know that this is just the beginning of your meaningful endeavours,\u201d said Rector Boytchuk-Hale. \u201cMy wish is that, wherever you go in the world and whatever way you choose to spend your time, you create change in a way that makes sense for you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following the speeches, Chancellor Rogers officially conferred degrees upon the graduates, and they began to cross the stage to shake hands with the university\u2019s top leaders.<\/p>\n<p>To recognize the culture of Indigenous graduates as they celebrated their academic achievements, when crossing the stage Indigenous students received either a Blackfoot Peoples Mountain Blanket or a feather fan as a gift from the university.<\/p>\n<p>Queen\u2019s also conferred an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.queensu.ca\/gazette\/stories\/queen-s-honours-graduates-and-honorary-degree-recipients\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">honorary degree<\/a> on Monique Frize, an eminent biomedical engineer, researcher, and educator, and David Alexander Robertson, a renowned author, publisher, podcaster, and social advocate.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chancellor Rogers urged graduates to never give up on dreaming, and to believe in themselves despite the odds,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-278676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}