{"id":397,"date":"2015-07-17T12:00:23","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T12:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/?p=397"},"modified":"2015-07-22T16:04:09","modified_gmt":"2015-07-22T16:04:09","slug":"school-celebrates-july-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/2015\/07\/17\/school-celebrates-july-graduates\/","title":{"rendered":"School celebrates July graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/files\/2015\/07\/19568255009_5ed99892de_k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-400 \" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/files\/2015\/07\/19568255009_5ed99892de_k-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"19568255009_5ed99892de_k\" width=\"776\" height=\"506\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday 16th July 2015 the School of Politics and International Relations celebrated the academic success of its undergraduate and postgraduate students in their graduation ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral.<\/p>\n<p>Families, friends and staff took their seats in the Cathedral\u2019s to watch as Politics and International Relations students were conferred their degrees by the University&#8217;s Vice Chancellor.<\/p>\n<p>The School held a prize giving reception before the ceremony for students and their families, to celebrate the culmination of many years of hard work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/files\/2015\/07\/19566835798_4e9f86bdf6_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-399 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/files\/2015\/07\/19566835798_4e9f86bdf6_z.jpg\" alt=\"19566835798_4e9f86bdf6_z\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/files\/2015\/07\/19566835798_4e9f86bdf6_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/files\/2015\/07\/19566835798_4e9f86bdf6_z-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prizes were awarded to the following students:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Colin Seymour-Ure Prize for best final year dissertation in Politics and Internati<\/strong><strong>onal Relations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Saurea Elena Didry-Stancioff, Daniel Joseph Dunleavy and\u00a0 Afroditi-Maria Koulaxi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maurice Vile Prize for best stage 3 performance on a Politics and International Relations<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lisa Dittmer and Maelle Poulin<\/p>\n<p><strong>School of Politics and International Relations Special Achievement Award for outstanding performance <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Harry Hazelwood and\u00a0 Malcolm Thorne<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special commendations for services to the School were awarded to the following School ambassadors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rory Murray, Emma Booth, Maelle Poulin, Alexander Guirakhoo and Petter Olafsen<\/p>\n<p>The School would like to congratulate all its students on their fantastic work during their time here and wish them every success for the future.<\/p>\n<p>We would encorage them to keep in contact with Kent through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/alumni\/\">Alumni Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A full gallery of photographs of the day can be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/universityofkentalumni\/sets\/72157653625699373\">https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/universityofkentalumni\/sets\/72157653625699373<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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