On February 24th, the Vice-Chancellor emailed students about the decision to move the April Graduation from the Pā to the GlowBox Arena due to construction delays. In his email, Vice-Chancellor Quigley noted that this would be the only option available to tauira, who wished to graduate in April. They would not be holding a ceremony at Te Kohinga Mārama Marae as they had done for the December graduation.

Professor Quigley stated that he understood some students would be disappointed by this decision and suggested, “For those that would prefer, we are offering all students the opportunity to defer their graduation to The Pā later in the year.”

 

Since that email was sent to students, the Waikato Students’ Union has been contacted by several students who don’t understand why Te Kohinga Mārama Marae isn’t being offered as an option. 

To better understand students’ feelings on this, we ask all students who wish to contribute a view to email us at graduation@wsu.org.nz

so we can give your feedback to your board of directors.