Around 300 due to attend CQU's first evening graduation ceremony in Rockhampton
Published on 12 March, 2007
A total of 301 graduates have registered to attend CQU's first evening graduation ceremony in Rockhampton, from 6.30pm on Monday, March 12 at the Baptist Tabernacle in Norman Road.
CQU has favoured a weeknight over a weekend for this ceremony, and also for its September ceremony in Rockhampton, to bring into alignment the schedules for graduation ceremonies across 12 locations in Australia and overseas in 2007.
The ceremony will be webcast and will also be available for viewing afterwards via the CQU website.
This will be the first CQU graduation to include graduates who have completed all of their degree at Emerald Campus (in this case the Bachelor of Learning Management).
The guest speaker John Mullarvey (pictured) was until recently the CEO and Company Secretary of the AVCC (Australian Vice-Chancellor's Committee), the council of Australia's university presidents and the peak industry lobby group for Australia's universities. Before that, he was a long-serving and high-ranking federal public servant whose portfolio included education.
Mr Mullarvey has been publicly recognised for his effectiveness in steering the members of AVCC through the Government's 2003 Higher Education Review process. He was ranked as the third most influential individual across the public and private sectors influencing the higher education agenda by the Australian Financial Review (AFR Magazine 26, September 2003). In this capacity he was instrumental in the negotiation of significant, constructive policy and legislative changes to the benefit of Australia's universities.
In 2004, John was again cited as one of the top five most influential players in higher education (Australian Financial Review 30 July, 2004) for his ability to negotiate acceptable outcomes for the sector and provide effective guidance for the 38 members of the AVCC during an intense period of advocacy for the passage of the new higher education legislation.
Mr Mullarvey will be admitted to the honorary degree of Doctor of the University in recognition of his services to education policy reform.
Entertainment will be provided by Capricornia Silver Band and vocalist Christopher Saunders (accompanied by pianist Mary Steer).