Tuesday, 1 April 2008
Soprano Sara Mcliver will be among several prominent West Australians to be awarded with honorary degrees or Chancellor's medals during the autumn series of graduations at The University of Western Australia from Monday, March 31 to Thursday, April 17.
They will join 2,753 graduands receiving bachelor degrees, diplomas, Masters and higher degrees in 10 ceremonies over three weeks in Winthrop Hall.
The graduands include 75 PhDs from across the faculties, 205 engineers, 109 doctors, 98 teachers and 660 graduates with various undergraduate and Masters degrees from the Business School.
The other recipients of honorary degrees or medals are:
- Mr Brettney Fogarty and Mrs Annie Fogarty (Doctors of Letters)
- Professor Geoffrey Shellam (Chancellor's Medal)
- Mr Kerry Hill (Doctor of Architecture)
- Mr John Poynton (Doctor of Commerce)
- Mr Terry Enright (Doctor of Science in Agriculture)
- Dr James Ross (Doctor of Science)
- Emeritus Professor Charles Oxnard (Chancellor's Medal)
- Professor The Hon David Malcolm (Doctor of Laws)
- Ms Erica Smyth (Doctor of Letters)
- Dr Brian Lawn (Doctor of Engineering)
- Dr Richard Pestell (Doctor of Medicine).
Media references
Janine MacDonald (UWA Public Affairs) 61 8 6488 5563 / 0432 637 716
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