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11TuesdayMay142013FortSmithMissionHistoricParkCommunityGardenIndustryTourismInvestmentyTina_Schwartzenbergergov.nt.caor867-872-6439ForinformationandtoreservespacepleasecontactTinaSchwartzenbergeratBYRENEEFRANCOEURSixteenbeamingstudentsfromtheInuvikcampusofAuroraCollegedonnedtheircapsandgownsonFriday.Itsafarcryfromthe42graduateslastyearbutthatisntasurpriseorreasontobeconcernedAuroraCam-pusdirectorDougRobertsontoldTheJournal.Itspeakstothewayourprogramscycle.Weonlyhavetwoprogramsnishingthisyear.WehaveanotherInuviksAuroracampuscelebratessmallgradprograminitsaccessyearsoitwillbeacoupleyearsbeforethosestudentsgraduateandwehavestudentsnishingtheirsecondyearofathree-yearprogram.Threebusinessadminis-trationstudentsreceivedtheirdiplomasand13otherswerehandedtheirofceadminis-trationcerticates.Ofceadministrationgrad-uateLaurenRubenfromPau-latukmadethevaledictorianaddress.Thekeynotespeakerasnominatedbythegraduat-ingclasswasFortMcPher-sonsRobertAlexieJr.GwichinTribalCouncilGTCpresident.Alexiehaswrittennumer-ousbooksincludingThePaleIndianandPorcupinesandChinaDolls.HewasalsoaTetlitGwichinbandmanagerchiefandthechiefnegotiatorfortheGwichinlandclaim.Otherspecialguestsin-cludedLegislativeAssemblySpeakerJackieJacobsonDeputyCommissioneroftheNWTGeraldKisounandInuvik-BootLakeMLAAl-fredMoses.AnEnvironmentandNatu-ralResourcesTechnologyPro-gramENRTPgraduatefromlastyearDavidSonneveldwasalsoawardedaGover-norGeneralsmedalattheceremony.Hehadthehighestaver-ageacrossallAuroracam-puseseverRobertsonsaid.Wewereabletogethimonthephoneandgivehimthemedalthatway.TheAuroraCupawardwenttoPatrickWolkianofcead-ministrationgraduate.Nomina-tionsforthisawardaremadebyinstructorsandgotoastudentwhohasworkedthroughdif-culttimesandhasmanagedtosucceeddemonstratingexcel-lenceinimprovingtheirowneducationalstandards.Aftertheconvocationcer-emonygraduatesandtheirfamilymembersalwaysreturntotheMidnightSunRecre-ationComplexfora600p.m.banquetwherescholarshipsarepresentedandstudentsreceivegiftstypicallyfromtheAboriginalorganizationthatrepresentsthemRob-ertsonsaid.Thiscampushastremen-douscommunitysupportfromtheAboriginalorganizationsIRCInuvialuitRegionalCorp.GTC...Sogradisare-allyfestiveoccasionhesaid.EducationAuroraCollegeGradAsmallgroupof16graduatedfromboththeOfceAdministrationandBusinessAdministrationprogramsatInuviksAuroraCampusonFridayMay10.EstherIpanaofInuvikbeamsassheisgivenhercerticateinOfceAdministration.ValedictorianLaurenRubenanOfceAdministrationstudentfromPaulatukshakesthehandofSpeakeroftheHouseJackieJacobsonasshecrossesthestagebeforecollegeofcialsdepartmentofEducationemployeesandmembersoflegislature.PhotosJayneMurray