Schedule of Events
*Departmental receptions will be added in the coming months
Friday, May 3
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Event |
Details |
Time & Location |
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Indigenous Pin Ceremony |
Graduating Indigenous, Inuit and Metis students are invited to receive their pin, designed by StFX Elder in Residence Kerry Prosper ’09 to signify and celebrate their achievements. |
Reception Ceremony |
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Xaverian Farewell |
An evening to gather with the graduating class and celebrate the transition from student to graduate, from campus life to the pursuit of excellence and service in the world. Class of 2024 Life Officers will build the class time capsule. Followed by a reception with family and friends. Viewing rooms will be open in Mulroney Hall. |
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm STUDENT LINEUP – foyer of 2nd Floor Mulroney (by the Art Gallery) |
| Grad Night at the Inn |
Ticket Limit – 1/graduate Tickets go on sale at 12:00 pm on Tuesday, April 16th – link to purchase tickets will be emailed directly to the graduates by the StFX Students’ Union. |
8:00 pm – 1:00 am |
Saturday, May 4
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Event |
Details |
Time & Location |
|---|---|---|
| Class of 2024 StFX Education Encaenia Ceremony | Ceremony for all graduating BEd students. | 10 am Schwartz Auditorium |
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Grad Brunch |
Brunch for grads and their family & friends. |
10 am – 11:30 am |
| Gerald Schwartz School of Business Grad BBQ | All BBA graduates and families are invited. | 12 pm – 1 pm Schwartz School Courtyard (in front of main entrance) |
| Chemistry Dept. Convocation Celebration | 2 pm President's Reading Room - Physical Science Centre |
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Convocation Mass |
Graduates, family, friends, and alumni are welcome to come together at St. Ninian Cathedral to celebrate Mass. |
4:00 pm |
| Chancellors Reception: Celebrating Academic Excellence | StFX Chancellor John Peacock will celebrate Academic Excellence, recognizing our Academic Medalists, Award Winners, Honourary Doctorate recipients and their families. This reception is free for all to attend. |
7 pm – 8:30 pm |
| End of the Road Supersub |
DJ Shadow playing at the Inn & Special Performance in MacKay Room Tickets $20 + tax & service charge Ticket Limit – 3/graduate Tickets go on sale at 12:00 pm on Tuesday, April 16th – link to purchase tickets will be emailed directly to the graduates by the StFX Students’ Union. |
MacKay Room 8:00 pm – 1:00 am |
Sunday, May 5
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Event |
Details |
Time & Location |
|---|---|---|
| Procession Lineup |
8:15 am |
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2024 Morning Convocation |
Each graduate is given 4 tickets. Tickets are handed out when you pick up your gown on Convocation weekend. Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies, Master of Education, Master of Adult Education, Bachelor of Education, Master of Arts, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Business Administration, Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Enterprise IT Management |
9:00 am Main Arena, Keating Centre (Doors open at 7:30 am) |
| HKIN Brunch |
10 – 11:30 am |
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| Nutrition Reception | 11 am – 2 pm Nutrition Lab JBB |
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| Sociology Reception | 11:30 am 6th Floor Nicholson Tower |
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| Physics Reception | 12 – 3 pm Sobeys Reading Room Physical Science Centre |
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| Biology Reception |
12:30 – 3:00 pm |
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| Friends and Family of the Diversity Engagement Centre reception | The Black Student Advising Office, Gender and Sexual Diversity Student Advising Office, and International Student Advising Office are hosting a reception for the family and friends of the 2024 Graduating Class. Please join the DEC advisors for refreshments and mingling to celebrate this important milestone. |
12:30 pm - 3 pm |
| Procession Lineup |
2:15 pm |
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2024 Afternoon Convocation |
Each graduate is given 4 tickets. Tickets are handed out when you pick up your gown on Convocation weekend. Master of Science, Master of Applied Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Bachelor of Science in Human Nutrition, Bachelor of Science in Human Kinetics, Bachelor of Arts in Human Kinetics, Bachelor of Arts and Science in Climate and Environment, Bachelor of Arts and Science in Health, Diploma in Engineering, Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Artificial Intelligence |
3 pm Main Arena, Keating Centre (Doors open at 2:00 pm) |
| Public Policy & Governance Reception | Graduates of the Public Policy & Governance and Political Science programs, along with their families, are invited to celebrate following the afternoon convocation ceremony. | 12 pm 4th Floor Mulroney Hall |
| Master of Adult Education Reception | Light snacks and drinks |
Immediately following Convocation |
| History Reception | Immediately following Convocation 8th floor, Nicholson Tower |
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Maritime Buffet |
A maritime themed buffet dinner for Graduates and their families. Tickets will be on sale soon. |
6pm Morrison Hall |
Contact
Xavier Hall
4545 Alumni Crescent
Antigonish NS B2G 2W5
Canada
