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Fall Convocation 2025 at Ä¢¹½AV: Stories from the stage

Fall Convocation 2025 at Ä¢¹½AV: Stories from the stage

It's Convocation season at Ä¢¹½AV, with hundreds of graduates crossing the stage Oct. 28 and 29 in Halifax. Get to know some of them with our grad profile series.  Read more.

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Genevieve MacIntyre
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Nora Riemersma has always been fascinated by the English language — how it feels when spoken, heard, and read silently. Now they work at a local cafe and bookstore as a liaison and event manager with future goals to expand their novella and poetry collections.
Stephanie Rogers
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
An avid outdoorswoman and passionate environmental scientist, Samantha Bennett grew up hiking and camping outside Montreal—experiences that sparked a lifelong fascination with the natural world.
Ellie Garry-Jones
Thursday, September 4, 2025
More than 1,200 students scored big at Dal's Free Store last week, taking home tens of thousands of dollars worth of goods for free and proving one person's trash can be another's treasure.

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Connor Dalton
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Raju Mitra was once forced to choose between his personal goal of a master’s degree, a steady income, or the possibility of being of service to Canada with the RCMP. Now he graduates this fall as a member of the Class of 2023 and manager of the BC RCMP Federal Policing Prevention and Engagement unit.
Connor Dalton
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
It's not easy balancing family life, working full-time and being a student. When Lisa Colangelo thinks about her experience pursuing an online/blended MBA, it's how her sense of leadership — personally and professionally — has grown significantly.
Emily MacKinnon
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Kayla Bernard uses her background in recreation therapy and community development to help Indigenous students feel at home at Dal.
Amanda Boone
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Bachelor of Computer Science student Jesse Guzman got an up-close look at how computer science and medicine intersect by supporting a Ä¢¹½AV tool used by scientists to test their calculations.
Cheryl Bell
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Dentistry student Taylor Chaput signed up for a clinic observation elective over the summer break expecting to learn while watching others work on patients. What she got was far better, even if it meant facing her fears head on.