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​Nipissing University is celebrating six individuals with an honorary degree, the university’s highest distinction, during convocation 2018, June 5 in Brantford and June 7 and 8 in North Bay.

​Nipissing students consistently impress as leaders, in the classroom, on campus and in the community. Recently the university celebrated 25 student leaders at the annual Dave Marshall Leadership Awards. Over the coming months, NU News will introduce each student leader to the wider community with a short article discussing their accomplishments and activities. Today, we are pleased to profile Jessie Trainor, who is working toward a Bachelor of Arts degree, with Honours in Criminal Justice, Criminology stream.

The gowns are ironed, and the hoods folded, the Surtees Centre is polished and ready to go, and speeches are getting final tweaks. Graduates are ready to celebrate. Convocation is here.

Nipissing University will provide $3.76 million to students in the form of scholarships, awards, bursaries and graduate funding this academic year. To celebrate the generosity of donors, and provide important and meaningful connections with the students receiving funding, the university held the annual Student and Donor Awards Social last week.

Congratulations to Dr. Louise Ells, secretary for the school of graduate studies, on being awarded a Hawthornden Writing Fellowship.  Dr. Ells will spend a month writing in a castle in Scotland beginning in January.