Kwantlen Chronicle » president http://www.kwantlenchronicle.ca Produced by Kwantlen Polytechnic University journalism students Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:35:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Inaugurating the university’s new leaders http://www.kwantlenchronicle.ca/2008/10/inaugurating-the-universitys-new-leaders/ http://www.kwantlenchronicle.ca/2008/10/inaugurating-the-universitys-new-leaders/#comments Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:58:03 +0000 Rachelle Ashe http://www.kwantlenchronicle.ca/?p=400

David Atkinson and Arvinder Bubber stood proudly in flowing robes as they were inaugurated into their new leadership roles during a ceremony at Kwantlen Polytechnic University on Oct. 3.

The ceremony was held at the Surrey campus, and began with a march-in of Kwantlen leaders, board members and prominent members of the community, such as Mary Polak, MP for Langley, and Russ Hiebert, MP for South Surrey, White Rock and Cloverdale.

The installation of Atkinson as president and vice chancellor, and Bubber as chancellor, involved them being asked series of questions and having them respond with “I will so do” to each. Following that, the two were stripped of their purple and red robes, and re-dressed in black and red ones.

The convocation wrapped up with a blanketing ceremony which was carried out by members of the Kwantlen First Nation.

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