UWaterloo Fall Convocation 2013: Arts (AM) - October 26
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University of Waterloo Fall Convocation 2013 Convocation Highlights Professor Eric Rentschler, the Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor ofGermanic Languages and Literatures and chair of the Standing Committee on Film and Visual Studies at Harvard University, receives an honorary Doctor of Letters degree. He is widely recognized as one of the world'sleading film scholars. The first students receive degrees in the joint Master of Arts in Intercultural German Studies program. It is a joint degree with the University of Mannheim, and students receive a diploma bearing seals and signatures from both universities. Professors John Holmes, Hildy Ross and Michael Ross become distinguished professors emeriti. All are from the Department of Psychology at Waterloo. Ernie Regehr receives the Arts Alumni Achievement Award. Nicole Gadoury is named the recipient of the James D Leslie Prize for outstanding performance in studies by distance education.
