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Otago university graduation ceremony cancellations still really disappointing

Otago university graduation ceremony cancellations still really disappointing © RNZ / Nate McKinnon Students are taking the cancellation of more University of Otago graduation ceremonies well, but the disappointment is still very much felt, the students association president says. Four university ceremonies last week and four this week have been halted because of the online threat, while Otago Polytechnic also postponed its graduation ceremony following advice from police. Otago University Students Association president Jack Manning said much of the point of graduation ceremonies is about those who had helped the student - family, friends, and the community of academics - alongside them at the event.

Tense wait for University of Otago graduands

Tense wait for University of Otago graduands 10 Dec, 2020 06:38 PM 4 minutes to read Students and their family and friends outside the Dental School building. Photo / Christine O Connor Otago Daily Times Hundreds of Dunedin university graduands and their families continue to wait on tenterhooks for a decision on tomorrow s graduation ceremonies. After it emerged yesterday that a security threat sent to the University of Otago earlier this week warned of a shooting, vice-chancellor Prof Harlene Hayne said the university continued to work closely with police and remained hopeful the two ceremonies would go ahead as planned. The university would advise the more than 700 graduands affected by early this afternoon, Prof Hayne said.

Another grad ceremony cancelled as fallout from threat continues

Another grad ceremony cancelled as fallout from threat continues 10 Dec, 2020 09:57 PM 6 minutes to read A student is comforted outside the Medical School building on Great King St. Photo / Christine O Connor A student is comforted outside the Medical School building on Great King St. Photo / Christine O Connor Otago Daily Times The University of Otago has abandoned graduation ceremonies planned for tomorrow as the fallout from a threat that included a warning of a bombing and shooting continues. Vice-chancellor Prof Harlene Hayne announced the decision to abandon the graduations this morning after yesterday saying she was hopeful they would go ahead. More than 700 graduands were set to graduate tomorrow.

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