The other day the parchment from the UoD came through and it is possibly the most budget certificate I have ever been awarded. It has all the information on but it honestly looks like the university have got hold of a lot of coloured card, run it through the laser printer with a mail merge to get them mass produced and then stuck a little sticker on the top of it.

For everyone who has received their A-Level or GCSE certificates these look much more professional than the Durham degree ones do. I’m worried that If i take it into the bank I will be given a dodgy look as if to say “this isn’t really a real document is it?”

Degree · Durham · graduation

Well, I am no longer a student. I graduated on Wednesday and shook Bill Bryson’s hand. The ceremony was interesting and there are a number of photos available on facebook (click here to view). There will be more appearing there and on my photo gallery when I get round to uploading them.

The day wasn’t without issue however. Things kept going wrong:

• I upset Kate – I’m very sorry
• I lost both graduation tickets for my parents
• I forgot my pink slip to collect my robes with
• I upset Kate again – see above

None of the hurt was meant to be there but it has now happened and there is nothing more I can do about it. After much chat with the University secretariat I managed to get 3 nave seats for the ceremony (you are only supposed to have 2 – tee hee heee) and I talked to Kate and we are still friends.

I am now back home and very much unsure what to do. Job hunting doesn’t start until post Kenya and I will hopefully get myself a job in IT support at some point.

Right… off to fit my new heatsink to my computer.

Degree · Durham · graduation · student

Tomorrow is my last day as a student of the University of Durham before I graduate. The Comp Sci party starts at 11:00am before the actual ceremony of Congregation, which starts at 4:00pm. After that I will be a graduate of the University with a 2:2 (Hons), making my full title Matthew White BSc. Hons (Dunelm). In the evening there is the Hild Bede graduation meal which I am going to with my parents, Kate, Nick, his parents and Hannah.

I am not looking forward to leaving Durham and I don’t think that it will fully sink in until I leave college for the final time.

Durham · graduation · Hild Bede · student