RMIT Graduation 2013

So as Phil is currently the Head of Department for Management and Law at RMIT he was asked to be onstage with the other heads of the university for the Graduation ceremonies. 

My Artistic shot

On the way into the University there were flower sellers and merchandise sellers for gifts for the Graduands (love that word).  

As you walked through the grounds, since the Vietnamese don't like to be in the sun (being brown looks upgly apparently) they had volunteers with unbrellas covering people as they walked through the open areas.

So once everyone in the audience was settled into place, .......  

...there was the official procession up to the stage of the heads and the Mace  was carried and placed in the middle of the front of the stage.

This is a closer look at the mace.

                                       
      Commerce had the lavender satin, the blue was Engineering and the green was IT.

there were some speeches by a guest speaker, a lady from INTEL that spoke very well and of course the head from Melbourne and the head from Vietnam RMIT spoke along with a student representative. Then the presentations began...... but before they went on stage to be presented with their degrees they were tidied up by the volunteers.

 Things ended and the procession headed out again, Phil is still onstage 2nd from the right at the end.

Once outside the pictures started, we tried to find as many of Phils students as possible to congratulate them, it was really exciting for them.

                                                     Graduation Bear

                                         Graduation snacks and refreshments

                                               The very cool Graduation sign.

                                                   Flowers for all

                                                      The RMIT blimp

More students on the way out

And finally a picture of us...a lovely day.