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Brenau University graduates were not the only ones to receive diplomas at Saturdays commencement ceremony.
U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal, the commencement speaker, was surprised to be handed a diploma during the afternoon graduation. In addition to the 629 graduate and undergraduate degrees, the university conferred on Deal an honorary doctor of laws degree. A closely guarded secret, it seemed to take the Gainesville Republican by surprise.
This ranks right up there with the best of them, he said afterward. This is my hometown.
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St. John's University conferred 2,146 undergraduate degrees at three graduation ceremonies held over the weekend.
The Rev. Donald J. Harrington, president of the university, gave the keynote address at all ceremonies for the 122d commencement exercises.
Addressing the students at the campus in Jamaica, Queens, yesterday, Father Harrington told the students that "the quality of life in society rests upon the quality of education in our grammar and high schools and in our colleges and universities."
Referring to the rioting in Los Angeles, he said, "Regardless of how we interpret the events of the past month, regardless of where we seek to place
Political turmoil over UPA to go ahead with the now controversial Indo-US nuclear deal reached the discussion room at IIM-A as members of the Public Policy Special Interest Group of the institute discussed the issue in-depth.
The group comprises Sitaram Yechury, politburo member of CPI(M), Dr A G Gopalakrishnan, former chairman, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, Dr A N Prasad, former director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and Dr G Balachandran, visiting Fellow at Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
Treading cautiously before the next meeting on future of the N-deal, Yechury said, The deal should a properly examined before the government
The group of Eight rich nations edged closer on Friday to a historic deal that would wipe out $40 billion of debts owed by 18 of the worlds poorest countries as part of a British-led drive to haul Africa out of poverty.
Britain, chairing the club of rich nations this year, has declared 2005 the year of Africa and is determined to seal an accord on debt relief and aid for the impoverished continent by the time G-8 leaders meet in Gleneagles, Scotland, next month.
The uniqueness of this deal is that so much would be written off almost immediately
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Continuing farmer suicides are unacceptable in a modern society and it is up to not just the government but also the people to ensure that they are given a better deal, Kerala Governor R L Bhatia said yesterday in his Republic Day address.
Presiding over the Republic Day celebrations at the Central Stadium here, Bhatia unfurled the national flag and took salute at the march past. He also distributed awards for meritorious services in a function attended by Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan, ministers and top officials.
Declaring that farmer suicides were a shame, he said Kerala must make advances in the
Chennai, Jan. 5 - YALE University and the Great Lakes Institute for Management (GLIM) plan for the establishment of a management research centre in India, for which they signed an agreement on Thursday.
Dr. Richard C. Lewin, president of Yale University, the agreement signed with Dr Bala V. Balachandran, founder and honorary president of Dean, GLIM, as well as reveal the foundation stone for the centre.
Mr. Balachandran, said that this was the first time an Ivy League university, the link with an institution of India, the establishment of a research centre.
He said that his dream of facilitating Yale to develop research
Union Panchayati Raj Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar said on Monday, India, each afraid of confrontation against the mine oil-importing countries of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries). "What we need is a dialogue between producers and consumers, the recognition that the security of energy supply in Asia, as in many of the security of supply for Asian buyers of security in the demand for Asian suppliers. These mutual exchanges, whether by mutual consent Investment allow interdependence, is the only guarantor of security of energy supply in time.
Delivering the convocation address in the India School of Mines in Dhanbad,
It was a good deal for businessmen in India are slightly off in politics, gives information on his faithful financially indebted legislators, and I emoted for them.
The city-based Toonz Animation India Pvt Ltd has announced the appointment of Mr. MNV Nair as chairman of the company. He succeeds G.A. Menon, the company founder, president died last December.
Mr. Nair, who is a management consultant and chairman of the Public Affairs Forum Thiruvananthapuram, also as a member and dean of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, a company release said. In addition, he also worked as honorary president of the Dean of the Institute of Management Kerala, University of Kerala, the version added.
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