https://www.mohawknewsdesk.ca/ en-us Tue, 08 Sep 2026 08:26:48 +0200 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0017 https://content.presspage.com/clients/150_1499.png https://www.mohawknewsdesk.ca/ 144 https://www.mohawknewsdesk.ca/media-release-patricia-amos-rebecca-jamieson-and-ron-foxcroft-to-be-honoured-during-mohawk-colleges-spring-convocation-ceremonies/ https://www.mohawknewsdesk.ca/media-release-patricia-amos-rebecca-jamieson-and-ron-foxcroft-to-be-honoured-during-mohawk-colleges-spring-convocation-ceremonies/99284PATRICIA AMOS, REBECCA JAMIESON AND RON FOXCROFT TO BE HONOURED DURING MOHAWK COLLEGE’S SPRING CONVOCATION CEREMONIES

HAMILTON (June 8, 2015) - Mohawk College will recognize three outstanding community leaders during this week’s Convocation ceremonies in the McIntyre Performing Arts Centre at the Fennell Campus.

Patricia Amos, Director of Education for the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board from 2009 to 2015, a founding member of Mohawk’s Access Cabinet, founding member of the Hamilton Best Start Network and a champion for improving access to education, will also be inducted as a Distinguished Fellow on Monday, June 8 at 7 p.m.

Mohawk will induct Six Nations Polytechnic President and CEO, Order of Ontario recipient for contributions to Aboriginal post-secondary education, first Executive Director of the College Standards and Accreditation Council and past Mohawk College Board of Governor Rebecca Jamieson as a Distinguished Fellow on Wednesday, June 10 at 7 p.m.

Mohawk will confer an Honorary Diploma in Business Administration on Chairman and CEO of Fluke Transport and Fox 40 International Inc., entrepreneur, inventor, referee, Hamilton Citizen of the Year and Hamilton Gallery of Distinction recipient Rox Foxcroft on Thursday, June 11 at 7 p.m.

“We are proud to recognize Rebecca Jamieson, Patricia Amos and Ron Foxcroft for their distinguished careers, outstanding leadership and significant contributions to our college and the community,” says President Ron McKerlie. “We hope Rebecca, Patricia and Ron inspire our graduating students to follow in their footsteps.”

Approximately 6,000 students will graduate from Mohawk during nine Spring Convocation ceremonies. More than 110,000 students have graduated from Mohawk since the college first opened its doors in 1967.

For the fifth consecutive year, Mohawk is the number one ranked college in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area for overall student satisfaction. Mohawk also finished first among GTHA college for graduate satisfaction rate and graduate employment rate, with 85.7 per cent of students working within six months of graduating from Mohawk.]]> Mon, 08 Jun 2015 15:00:00 -0400 https://content.presspage.com/clients/150_1499.png?10000 https://content.presspage.com/clients/150_1499.png?10000 https://www.mohawknewsdesk.ca/mohawk-college-and-six-nations-polytechnic-celebrate-long-standing-partnership-with-very-old-tradition/ https://www.mohawknewsdesk.ca/mohawk-college-and-six-nations-polytechnic-celebrate-long-standing-partnership-with-very-old-tradition/99222Top: Six Nations Polytechnic President Rebecca Jamieson presented Mohawk College President Ron McKerlie with a special Friendship Wampum Belt to celebrate the long-standing partnership between the two postsecondary institutions.

Below: Mohawk was so moved by the gesture that the college presented a Friendship Wampum Belt to Six Nations Polytechnic designed and created by Ron McLester, Mohawk's Director and Special Advisor, Aboriginal Initiatives. Mohawk is the first postsecondary institution to present Six Nations Polytechnic with a Wampum Belt.

Mohawk and Six Nations Polytechnic have collaborated on the delivery of programs to the Aboriginal community since 2002. For the Haudenosaunee people Wampum Belts have bee a way to document historic agreements for more than a 1,000 years.

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