Capilano U
to install
schoo,l's
chancellor
Erin McPhee
emcphee@nsnews.com

MONDAY marks an
important step in the
evolution of Capilano
College into a university.

NEWS photo Kevin Hill

GREG Lee, Capilano University president and vice-chancellor-elect, holds the robe he'll wear at Monday's inaugural convocation at the
school's North Vancouver campus. The ceremony to instal the institution's first-ever chancellor gets underway at 7 p.m. at the Sportsplex.

That evening, the school
community will gather at the
North Vancouver campus for
the inaugural convocation
ceremony which will include the
installation of the institution's
first-ever
chancellor,
vicechancellor and president.
Founded in 1968 as Capilano
College, the school was officially
redesignated
as
Capilano
University by the provincial
government in September.
Greg
Lee,
Capilano's
president and vice-chancellorelect, says that change requires
certain governance structures be
put in place before degrees can
be granted. "One of the main
things that gets put in place of
course is the chancellor and

See Convocation page 5