Professor Chris Hadfield and Professor Rolf-Dieter Heuer, of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), headline the list of recipients of honorary doctorates at the University of Waterloo's spring convocation ceremonies taking place this week.
A total of 4,878 undergraduate and 974 graduate students will receive degrees at Waterloo's 108th convocation, taking place June 10 through June 14.
Professor Hadfield will receive an honorary doctor of science degree from the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences (AHS) on Tuesday, June 10 at 10 a.m. Media accreditation is mandatory for admittance and must be requested through the contact below by 3 p.m. ET June 9.
Professor Heuer will receive an honorary doctor of science degree from the Faculty of Science on Thursday, June 12 at 10 a.m. Media accreditation is mandatory for admittance and must be requested through the contact below by 3 p.m. ET June 11.
A graduate student involved in space-flight research that includes data collection and analysis with Professor Chris Hadfield will receive a master of science in kinesiology at the AHS ceremony. Katelyn Fraser has worked in Professor Richard Hughson's lab for five years, first as a co-op student, and is available to speak to media.
All ceremonies take place in the Physical Activities Complex (PAC) on the Waterloo campus.
For the list of all honorary doctorate recipients and ceremony times, please consult our news release. Photos and brief biographies of honorees are available on our website.
