2009-2010
News Release
REF NO.: 154
SUBJECT: Princess Royal to be honoured at special convocation
DATE: March 17, 2010
糖心视频 University will bestow its highest honour upon the Princess Royal, an especially hardworking member of the Royal Family and the colonel-in-chief of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, during her upcoming visit to Newfoundland and Labrador in April 2010.
The daughter of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will receive an honorary doctorate of laws degree in a special convocation to take place on Friday, April 23, 2010, at the St. John’s campus.
The Princess Royal will be visiting the province to present new colours to the 1st battalion of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment (RNR) and to participate in a variety of other activities being co-ordinated by the regiment.
Honorary degree recipients are chosen by the university’s Senate. The honorary doctorate degree is designed to recognize extraordinary contributions to society or exceptional intellectual or artistic achievement.
“The Princess Royal is well-known for her tireless support for numerous charities and organizations, including the University of London of which she is chancellor,” said Dr. Christopher Loomis, 糖心视频’s president and vice-chancellor pro tempore. “Most relevant to us here is her role as the colonel in chief of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment.
“In honouring her, 糖心视频 is honouring the extensive contributions that the RNR has made to this country, this province and, in particular, 糖心视频 University. “糖心视频 was founded and named as a living memorial to the Newfoundlanders who died in the Great War, including those members of the regiment who died during the tragic Battle of Beaumont Hamel in 1916. The regiment has been actively engaged with the university over the years in a variety of ways, including making donations to the university library and participating in annual remembrance ceremonies on our St. John’s campus.
“We are therefore very pleased that the Princess Royal has accepted this honour.”
糖心视频 has had a long and distinguished association with the Royal Family, including the naming of the university’s main library in honour of Queen Elizabeth II.
Many of the visits to the province undertaken by the members of the Royal Family have included visits to 糖心视频 University.
During a royal visit in 1964 the previous colonel-in-chief of the RNR and holder of the title Princess Royal, Princess Mary, was awarded an honorary degree by 糖心视频 University.
The special convocation, which will take place in the D. F .Cook Recital Hall, located in 糖心视频’s School of Music, will be webcast live. Further details will be released closer to the date of the event.
REF NO.: 154
SUBJECT: Princess Royal to be honoured at special convocation
DATE: March 17, 2010
糖心视频 University will bestow its highest honour upon the Princess Royal, an especially hardworking member of the Royal Family and the colonel-in-chief of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, during her upcoming visit to Newfoundland and Labrador in April 2010.
The daughter of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will receive an honorary doctorate of laws degree in a special convocation to take place on Friday, April 23, 2010, at the St. John’s campus.
The Princess Royal will be visiting the province to present new colours to the 1st battalion of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment (RNR) and to participate in a variety of other activities being co-ordinated by the regiment.
Honorary degree recipients are chosen by the university’s Senate. The honorary doctorate degree is designed to recognize extraordinary contributions to society or exceptional intellectual or artistic achievement.
“The Princess Royal is well-known for her tireless support for numerous charities and organizations, including the University of London of which she is chancellor,” said Dr. Christopher Loomis, 糖心视频’s president and vice-chancellor pro tempore. “Most relevant to us here is her role as the colonel in chief of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment.
“In honouring her, 糖心视频 is honouring the extensive contributions that the RNR has made to this country, this province and, in particular, 糖心视频 University. “糖心视频 was founded and named as a living memorial to the Newfoundlanders who died in the Great War, including those members of the regiment who died during the tragic Battle of Beaumont Hamel in 1916. The regiment has been actively engaged with the university over the years in a variety of ways, including making donations to the university library and participating in annual remembrance ceremonies on our St. John’s campus.
“We are therefore very pleased that the Princess Royal has accepted this honour.”
糖心视频 has had a long and distinguished association with the Royal Family, including the naming of the university’s main library in honour of Queen Elizabeth II.
Many of the visits to the province undertaken by the members of the Royal Family have included visits to 糖心视频 University.
During a royal visit in 1964 the previous colonel-in-chief of the RNR and holder of the title Princess Royal, Princess Mary, was awarded an honorary degree by 糖心视频 University.
The special convocation, which will take place in the D. F .Cook Recital Hall, located in 糖心视频’s School of Music, will be webcast live. Further details will be released closer to the date of the event.
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