At this year’s fall convocation ceremonies, Concordia is welcoming 5 new honorands who have made their mark in the fields of art, business and philanthropy.
These distinguished individuals will address the university’s more than 1,840 graduates during ceremonies at Place des Arts on November 19.
In anticipation of the worldly advice to come, here are stories from some of Concordia's fall 2018 honorands about the learning experiences that shaped them — as people and as professionals.
Miriam Roland pursues a never-ending quest for knowledge
In my pre-school years, when the family took car trips, I would stretch out on the back seat and pop up frequently to look out the window and ask whether I had missed anything. That desire to know what was happening in the outside world was reflected in my choice of international relations for my undergraduate degree.
To increase my awareness, I attended, and continue to attend, numerous lectures — glancing at their topics as quickly as I had glanced through the window of a moving car.
For greater understanding, I narrowed and deepened my focus not only by listening but through participating in numerous organizations related to education, social welfare, political involvement and health. Narrowing further, I studied psychology in order to examine the window of the mind.
Now I’m not lying down in the back of a car — I’m in the driver’s seat.
I still want to know more about what’s going on in this complex, sometimes terrifying, but wondrous world.
Miriam Roland will address the Faculty of Arts and Science on Monday, November 19 at 10 a.m.