The University of Windsor will confer degrees on 876 graduating students during two sessions of the University’s 96th Convocation ceremonies Saturday, October 22, at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., in the St. Denis Centre.

Sheila Fraser, former Auditor General of Canada, will receive an honorary degree during the afternoon session. The Governor General’s Gold Medal, given annually to the student who achieves the highest academic standing at the graduate level, will be presented to Aaron james Rossini. Read more on these individual honorees this week in DailyNews.

The Fall Convocation schedule begins at 10 a.m., Saturday, October22 at 10 a.m., when degrees will be conferred on the graduating classes in the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Nursing, Faculty of Science, Inter-Faculty Programs and the Faculty of Graduate Studies.

At the 3 p.m. session, degrees will be conferred on the graduating classes in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Law, the Odette School of Business and the Faculty of Graduate Studies.