GCU welcomes new Honorary Graduates

26 June 2011

Hundreds of GCU students will graduate on June 29 and 30.

Hundreds of GCU students will graduate on June 29 and 30.

Inspirational Honorary Graduates
Oscar-nominated writer and director Armando Iannucci, actress Blythe Duff, lottery founder Denis Vaughan, Glasgow’s Lord Provost Bob Winter writer Anne Donovan, musician Michael Marra, artist Toby Paterson, and leading cookery writer Ethel Hofman will be honoured for their contributions to the arts and public life at the University’s graduation ceremonies.
Glasgow Caledonian University Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Pamela Gillies, said: “Glasgow Caledonian University is privileged to welcome our new distinguished Honorary Graduates into our academic community. Each Honorary Graduate brings to the University a wealth of professional experience and commitment to serving the common good in public life. They will inspire our students and urge them to fulfil their ambitions.”
Armando Iannucci, creator of In the Loop and The Thick of It, will be awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters. He said: “This is a terrific honour, especially in Glasgow, my home town. I'm really grateful to Glasgow Caledonian University for bestowing this on me. I don't know if comedy is as useful as molecular biology or business management, but I think it's just as necessary. I'm really delighted the University thinks so, too.”
Best known for her role as Jackie Reid in ITV’s Taggart, Blythe Duff will become an Honorary Doctor of the University. Said Blythe: “I am delighted that Glasgow Caledonian University has chosen to honour me in this way. I believe Glasgow holds a great affection for the University, and not without reason. Many of our brightest young hopes have reaped the benefits of all it has to offer. It goes without saying I am hugely proud to become part of the Glasgow Caledonian University family.”
 
Beck’s Futures winner Toby Paterson, a Cultural Fellow of the University and one of Britain’s most successful visual artists, who has exhibited his work around the world, will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Letters.
Denis Vaughan, a leading conductor most famous for his role as the driving force behind the creation of the UK’s National Lottery, will be awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters.
Award-winning fiction writer and Cultural Fellow of the University, Anne Donovan, whose novel Buddha Da was short-listed for the Orange Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Scottish Book of the Year Award, will be awarded an Honorary Doctorate of  Letters.
Glasgow’s First Citizen, Bob Winter became Lord Provost of his home city in 2007. He entered politics in 1999, after retiring as Strathclyde’s Director of Social Work. He will become an Honorary Doctor of the University.
Cultural Fellow of the University Michael Marra, one of Scotland’s most singular and prolific songwriters whose work has been recorded by Frankie Miller, Kiki Dee, Leo Sayer, Fairport Convention, June Tabor, Hue and Cry and Barbara Dickson, will be awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters.
Food writer and culinary consultant Ethel Hofman’s columns on cooking and travel are syndicated across the US, and she has written a series of books, including Mackerel at Midnight: Growing up Jewish on a Remote Scottish Island. She will become an Honorary Doctor of the University. Ethel first graduated from one of the founding institutions of the University, the Glasgow and West of Scotland College of Domestic Science, affectionately known as the Dough School, in 1956 with a Diploma in Institutional Management.

Oscar-nominated writer and director Armando Iannucci, actress Blythe Duff, lottery founder Denis Vaughan, Glasgow’s Lord Provost Bob Winter writer Anne Donovan, musician Michael Marra, artist Toby Paterson, and leading cookery writer Ethel Hofman will be honoured for their contributions to the arts and public life at the University’s graduation ceremonies.

Glasgow Caledonian University Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Pamela Gillies, said: “Glasgow Caledonian University is privileged to welcome our new distinguished Honorary Graduates into our academic community. Each Honorary Graduate brings to the University a wealth of professional experience and commitment to serving the common good in public life. They will inspire our students and urge them to fulfil their ambitions.”

Armando Iannucci, creator of In the Loop and The Thick of It, will be awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters. He said: “This is a terrific honour, especially in Glasgow, my home town. I'm really grateful to Glasgow Caledonian University for bestowing this on me. I don't know if comedy is as useful as molecular biology or business management, but I think it's just as necessary. I'm really delighted the University thinks so, too.”

Best known for her role as Jackie Reid in ITV’s Taggart, Blythe Duff will become an Honorary Doctor of the University. Said Blythe: “I am delighted that Glasgow Caledonian University has chosen to honour me in this way. I believe Glasgow holds a great affection for the University, and not without reason. Many of our brightest young hopes have reaped the benefits of all it has to offer. It goes without saying I am hugely proud to become part of the Glasgow Caledonian University family.”
 
Beck’s Futures winner Toby Paterson, a Cultural Fellow of the University and one of Britain’s most successful visual artists, who has exhibited his work around the world, will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Letters.

Denis Vaughan, a leading conductor most famous for his role as the driving force behind the creation of the UK’s National Lottery, will be awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters.

Award-winning fiction writer and Cultural Fellow of the University, Anne Donovan, whose novel Buddha Da was short-listed for the Orange Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Scottish Book of the Year Award, will be awarded an Honorary Doctorate of  Letters.

Glasgow’s First Citizen, Bob Winter became Lord Provost of his home city in 2007. He entered politics in 1999, after retiring as Strathclyde’s Director of Social Work. He will become an Honorary Doctor of the University.

Cultural Fellow of the University Michael Marra, one of Scotland’s most singular and prolific songwriters whose work has been recorded by Frankie Miller, Kiki Dee, Leo Sayer, Fairport Convention, June Tabor, Hue and Cry and Barbara Dickson, will be awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters.

Food writer and culinary consultant Ethel Hofman’s columns on cooking and travel are syndicated across the US, and she has written a series of books, including Mackerel at Midnight: Growing up Jewish on a Remote Scottish Island. She will become an Honorary Doctor of the University. Ethel first graduated from one of the founding institutions of the University, the Glasgow and West of Scotland College of Domestic Science, affectionately known as the Dough School, in 1956 with a Diploma in Institutional Management.

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