Fall Convocation 2006
Fall Convocation 2006 was held on Friday, October 20 at University Hall.
Honors Given
The
Thomas Jefferson Award is the highest honor given to a member of the University community who
has exemplified in character, work and influence the principles and ideals
of Jefferson, and thus advanced the objectives for which he founded the
University.
The University of Virginia presented its highest honor, the Thomas Jefferson Award, to Edward L. Ayers, Dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Hugh P. Kelly Professor of History at the University of Virginia, during Fall Convocation on October 20.
U.Va.
News Article
Edward L. Ayers Receives Thomas Jefferson Award
The Cavalier
Daily Article
Ayers wins Thomas Jefferson award
See a list of the recipients of the Thomas Jefferson Award (from 1955 to present) here.
Intermediate Honors
Certificates were presented to the top 20 percent of those students who have earned at least 60 credits of course work at the University by the end of their first two years of study. The University's undergraduate schools with first- and second- year students -- the School of Architecture, the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the School of Nursing -- bestowed these awards.Convocation Speaker
Fall
Convocation 2006 was held on Friday, October 20. William B. Harvey,
Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity at
the University of Virginia, told the Fall Convocation audience
on Friday that he hopes U.Va. can become a model for positive
cross-cultural interaction. Listen
to an audio
stream of the speech.
Harvey joined U.Va. in November 2005 as the first occupant of the new diversity post. He had previously served as Vice President and Director of the Center for Advancement of Racial and Ethnic Equity at the American Council on Education. In his remarks, Harvey noted that while many things have changed since what he termed "the bad old days" when he would not have been allowed to attend the University let alone address a major event, there is still a long way to go. More.