70 students of the Assiniboine Community College Parkland Campus will be attending the Graduation Ceremony today.
In total, the campus located in Dauphin has 107 graduates this year.
Director of ACC Parkland Campus Gabe Mercier spoke to us about this year’s graduating class and lets us know some of the degrees that are being awarded.
“We will be doing the Comprehensive Healthcare Aid Program, which is very popular. We’ll also be doing the Business Administration. This year we are also graduating Level 4 Carpentry Journey Persons as well. Then we have all the mature high school diploma as well, which is very popular. We have Applied Counselling as well, which is a popular program that is 5 month, 2-year program that students take.”
Mercier says this year there are 20 students that qualify for the Distinction Award. Also at the award presentation dinner, individual program awards and scholarships will be handed out.
The Graduation Ceremony starts at 2 in the afternoon at Credit Union Place with a dinner and awards presentation beginning at 5. There is a pre-grad BBQ starting at 11:30.
