{"id":341,"date":"2015-07-17T16:27:29","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T15:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/?p=341"},"modified":"2019-03-08T10:24:02","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T10:24:02","slug":"graduation-reception-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/2015\/07\/17\/graduation-reception-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduation Reception 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to all our students that graduated this year! We were delighted to be able to celebrate with some of them at our Graduation Reception on Friday 17th July.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_361\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-361\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/files\/2015\/07\/IMG_1055.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-361\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/files\/2015\/07\/IMG_1055-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"Some of our academic staff were delighted to celebrate with this year's graduates\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/files\/2015\/07\/IMG_1055-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/files\/2015\/07\/IMG_1055-1024x656.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/files\/2015\/07\/IMG_1055-468x300.jpg 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">School of History\u00a0academic staff were delighted to celebrate with this year&#8217;s graduates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A number of students were also awarded with School of History prizes:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best First<\/strong><br \/>\nMarina-Chevonne Spiteri<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best History Dissertation (split)<\/strong><br \/>\nMarina-Chevonne Spiteri<br \/>\nJody Williams<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best War Studies Dissertation<\/strong><br \/>\nDavid Thorup<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most Improved Performance<\/strong><br \/>\nHayley Kirk<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copley Prize (split)<\/strong><br \/>\nSean Spencer<br \/>\nLynne Roberts<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copley Prize proxime accessit<\/strong><br \/>\nMegan Brett<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Imperial\/non-Western History Dissertation (split)<\/strong><br \/>\nJessica Houghton<br \/>\nOliver Harrison<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Prize &#8211; Outstanding Contribution to the Student Experience<\/strong><br \/>\nThe History Society Committee:<br \/>\nKate Morgan &#8211; President<br \/>\nStuart Austin &#8211; Vice-President<br \/>\nLaura Jewitt &#8211; Secretary<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rotary Prize<\/strong><br \/>\nJoseph Clements<br \/>\nMarina-Chevonne Spiteri<\/p>\n<p><strong>Student Ambassadors<br \/>\n<\/strong>Kate Morgan<br \/>\nLaura Jewitt<br \/>\nLouise Jarrold<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-341 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/2015\/07\/17\/graduation-reception-2015\/p1010652\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/files\/2015\/07\/P1010652-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/2015\/07\/17\/graduation-reception-2015\/p1000715\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/files\/2015\/07\/P1000715-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/2015\/07\/17\/graduation-reception-2015\/p1010645\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/files\/2015\/07\/P1010645-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/2015\/07\/17\/graduation-reception-2015\/p1010679\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/files\/2015\/07\/P1010679-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/2015\/07\/17\/graduation-reception-2015\/p1010669\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/files\/2015\/07\/P1010669-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/2015\/07\/17\/graduation-reception-2015\/p1000752\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/files\/2015\/07\/P1000752-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-355\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-355'>\n\t\t\t\tProfessor Kenneth Fincham, Head of School, congratulated the graduates on their acheivements\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/2015\/07\/17\/graduation-reception-2015\/p1000719\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/files\/2015\/07\/P1000719-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/2015\/07\/17\/graduation-reception-2015\/p1010642\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/files\/2015\/07\/P1010642-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-356\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-356'>\n\t\t\t\tPrizes were awarded to a number of students\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/2015\/07\/17\/graduation-reception-2015\/p1000723\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/files\/2015\/07\/P1000723-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-345\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-345'>\n\t\t\t\tMarina-Chevonne Spiteri was awarded with the Prize for Best First, Best History Dissertation and the Rotary Prize\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/2015\/07\/17\/graduation-reception-2015\/p1000721\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/files\/2015\/07\/P1000721-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-344\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-344'>\n\t\t\t\tThe prize for Best History Dissertation went to Jody Williams\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/2015\/07\/17\/graduation-reception-2015\/p1000726\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/files\/2015\/07\/P1000726-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-346\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-346'>\n\t\t\t\tHayley Kirk was awarded with the prize for Most Improved Performance\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/2015\/07\/17\/graduation-reception-2015\/p1000730\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/files\/2015\/07\/P1000730-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-347\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-347'>\n\t\t\t\tKate Morgan was awarded with the Prize for Outstanding Contribution to the Student Experience, as well as a prize in recognition of her hard work as a Student Ambassador for the School\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/2015\/07\/17\/graduation-reception-2015\/p1000732\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/files\/2015\/07\/P1000732-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-348\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-348'>\n\t\t\t\tLaura Jewitt was presented with the prizes for Outstanding Contribution to the Student Experience, as well as a prize in recognition of her hard work as a Student Ambassador for the School\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/2015\/07\/17\/graduation-reception-2015\/p1000734\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/files\/2015\/07\/P1000734-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-349\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-349'>\n\t\t\t\tLouise Jarrold won a prize in recognition of her hard work as a Student Ambassador for the Schooll\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/2015\/07\/17\/graduation-reception-2015\/p1000737\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/files\/2015\/07\/P1000737-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-350\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-350'>\n\t\t\t\tDr Emily Manktelow awared the prize for Best Imperial\/non-Western History Dissertation to Oliver Harrison\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/2015\/07\/17\/graduation-reception-2015\/p1000740\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/files\/2015\/07\/P1000740-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-351\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-351'>\n\t\t\t\tDr Emily Manktelow awared the prize for Best Imperial\/non-Western History Dissertation to Jessica Houghton\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/2015\/07\/17\/graduation-reception-2015\/p1000742\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/files\/2015\/07\/P1000742-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-352\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-352'>\n\t\t\t\tMegan Brett won the Copley Prize proxime accessit\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/2015\/07\/17\/graduation-reception-2015\/p1000745\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/files\/2015\/07\/P1000745-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-353\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-353'>\n\t\t\t\tSean Slater was awarded with the Copley Prize\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to all our students that graduated this year! We were delighted to be able to celebrate with some of them at our Graduation Reception &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/2015\/07\/17\/graduation-reception-2015\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39518,"featured_media":361,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39518"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":364,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341\/revisions\/364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}