Three community stalwarts were honoured during last week's Rockhampton graduation ceremony.

Honorary degrees were conferred on a long-serving priest, diocesan manager and educator, Ken Raff; a major contributor to the energy, health and education sectors, Rollan (Rol) Oxenham; and the late Jennifer Simpson, an inspirational educator.

Chancellor Rennie Fritschy (left) and Vice-Chancellor Scott Bowman (right) congratulate Indigenous graduates L-R Lisa Preece (learning management); Leah Thinee (learning and teaching); Jonathan Oates (MBA Marketing); Natasha Kann (social work) and Cedric Priestley (arts)

 The Conferring of the degree of Honorary Master of Education on Jennifer Maree Simpson

The Conferring of the degree of Honorary Master of Business on Kenneth Raff

The Conferring of the honorary degree of Doctor of the University on Rollan Warwick Oxenham OAM

The 233 graduates attending heard from guest speaker the Hon Cameron Dick MP, who was recently sworn in as Minister for Education and Industrial Relations. LINK for more images of graduation

Julie Willans (left) accepted a Doctor of Education degree based on her thesis about navigating personal change, while Leone Hinton gained her Professional Doctorate for studying academics engaging in evaluation practices

Meanwhile, the ceremony included presentation of awards for Excellence in Learning and Teaching to Associate Professor Kerry Reid-Searl and Lisa Bricknell, and presentation of the 2010 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research Higher Degree Supervision to Associate Professor Bobby Harreveld.

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Chancellor Rennie Fritschy congratulates Faculty medalist Dinah Richter who graduated with a Bachelor of Accounting/Bachelor of Business (Advanced Information Systems Management) with Distinction  
Faculty medalist Natalie Brook graduated with a Bachelor of Biomedical Science with Distinction