13 April 1995 Record Number To Graduate From Lincoln University

A total of 790 students will graduate with degrees or diplomas at Lincoln University's two graduation ceremonies in Christchurch on Friday 21 April.

The figure is a new record for the University which now has 3400 students on its roll.

This year's graduation is spread over two ceremonies, one in the morning, the other in the afternoon, both in Christchurch Town Hall.

Of the 790 graduands and diplomates about 145 will receive their awards "in absentia".

As in recent years, Commerce and Commerce and Management degrees make up the largest single category.

Twelve doctorates will be awarded covering the fields of accounting, resource management, marketing, tourism policy, soil science, animal science, biochemistry, biological systems and entomology.

An innovation this year sees Lincoln having an Academic Procession through central Christchurch to the Town Hall for the afternoon ceremony.

The University's prestigious Bledisloe Medal will be presented as part of the afternoon ceremony. The 1995 recipient is New Zealand deer farming research pioneer and Lincoln graduate Dr Ken Drew of Invermay Agricultural Centre, Mosgiel.

Lincoln's two Christchurch graduation ceremonies will be followed in August with a special International Graduation Ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which is another innovation for the University.

Ian Collins, Journalist, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand.