BU Convocation 2022 Program

The style, believed to have originated at Oxford and Cambridge Universities in the 1300s, derived from the common religious and academic garb of the time. [...] The Originally donated by students at McMaster Chancellor’s chair was presented by the Class of 1927, University around 1900 to mark the founding of while the President’s chair was donated by a number Brandon College, for many years the lectern was also of faculty and staff to commemorate the service of used in the College Chapel. [...] On the coat of arms, which decorate the shield portion, the two open books represent both the learning and the arts of humankind. [...] BRANDON UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION 2022 • PAGE 33 WELCOME BACK CELEBRATING THE CL ASS OF 2020 AND THE CL ASS OF 2021 Everyone is thrilled that Brandon University is able to safely return to an in-person Convocation this year — and no one more so than the graduates from the Class of 2020 and Class of 2021 who are joining us today. [...] A print of the year’s art is included as part of the parchment package that is presented to each graduate as they cross the stage and that will be mailed to graduates unable to join in person.