Campus Connection, 2 June 1986

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Date Issued
1986-06-02
Abstract
This newsletter contains information on new Board appointments, a record number of graduates for the 59th Convocation, sabbatical leave granted to faculty for 1986-1987, promotions, the goal of building a world free from the 'three-fold threat,' the third phase of the Mount's longitudinal research project in the Institute for the Study of Women, and Dr. Rosemarie Sampson's presentation of Elizabeth Mann Borgese as 'A woman with an understanding of the world.' There are also sections on the scientist not being divorced from the citizen, justice as 'the essential ground upon which peace stands,' the wife and mother who earned an honorary degree, a profile description of Dr. Susan Boyd, a presentation by Professor Earl Martin of Sister Mary Evelyn Fitzgerald, and many countries represented as foreign students graduated. There is a 'Convocation Highlights' section with photos of Convocation, as well as information on research grants awarded, a 'Flash' section on the installation of Dr. Naomi Hersom as Mount president, a meeting of Home Economists at the Mount, and Carol Goodwin-Hatt's efforts to take down trees from the campus that were dead or dying. There is an in memoriam section for Sister Mary Agnes White, as well as sections on piecing together the future, faculty awards, conferences, lectures, departures from the university, courses, and appointments, 1984-1985 yearbooks, changes in the PR (Public Relations) department, and students receiving NSERC (National Sciences and Engineering Research Council) awards. The newsletter discusses a study of unmarried teenage mothers, the Mount Playhouse's Dinner Theatre and Cabaret, and Judy Manchester's valedictorian address.
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