© irene waters 2014
© irene waters 2014
Today was Graduation. Noosa is a small campus which made the ceremony fairly short but with the same pomp and ceremony that you would get with a larger number of people graduating. Our university Central Queensland University is not a small one having approximately 38,000 students with campuses from Cairns to Adelaide and everywhere in between, including Melbourne , Sydney and of course Noosa.
It started with a welcome to land ceremony by an elder of theGubbiGubbi people. I learnt today that for theGubbiGubbi peoplegubbi means no. For the aboriginal people the word for nois doubled to mean the people of the land wheregubbi means no. This is their way of defining their tribal members by language and all languages have a word for no. He spoke eloquently at length and finished off playingthe equivalent of rock and roll on the didgeridoo. Itcan be seen if you wish on this link
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10202118072143693&l=7415433488699615440
Following this the chancellor, dean and guest speaker all spoke followed by a fantastic rendition of “you’ll never walk alone.” Such a great choice of song and so emotively sung by now it is hard holding back the tears. I’m getting old I think.
The presentation of the degrees and post-graduate certificates and diplomas, masters and one PHD occurred next followed by another song “This is the Moment.” Some final words and out we filed with all the pomp and ceremony that one might expect from Oxford.
I was glad that my Mum was there to see it. The woman with Mum and I is Professor Donna Lee Brien who is my supervisor for my RHD that I am now doing.
Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 
congratulations.. what a huge day for you xxx
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Thanks Livonne. It was a great day. These things start to mean more to you the older you get. Cheers Irene
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Respect sister… lol, congratulations of your achievement, and what a proud day for mum too 😀
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Thanks Livonne. It was a great day. These things start to mean more to you the older you get. Cheers Irene
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Is that my new pet name? 🙂
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Only if you want it to be. Brain fade……. 🙂
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hahaha
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Hi Uncle Spike, I may be able to graduate but I can’t get my responses in the right place LOL. Thanks and it was such a thrill to have Mum there. She was brimming over with pride that her black lamb finally had a few patches of white. Seriously it was great. XD
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Congratulations Irene, a really big day for both you and your mother. Very well done 😀
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Thanks Irene. It was a great day made all the more special by Mum being there. Cheers Irene XD
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Congratulations–great accomplishment.
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Thanks Sally. The older you get the more these things mean. Cheers Irene XD
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Congratulations Irene – I’m nearly blabbing just thinking about hearing ‘You’ll never walk alone” at such an occasion!
BTW what does RHD stand for – when I google it with my UK filters I get Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease which can’t be what you aspire to!!
Lisa xx
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Thanks Lisa. This link will let you listen. He was fantastic. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10202118072143693&l=7415433488699615440
I had to laugh at Rabbit haemorrhagic disease. Sometimes I feel like it would be preferable to be aspiring towards that instead of Research Higher Degree – it is the way they distinguish here between doing a research masters or doing a course work masters.
Cheers Irene
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CONGRATULATIONS, Irene. A huge step, well deserved. I hope you had a wonderful time.
Loved the information on the Gubbi Gubbi people. Fascinating name!
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Thanks Noelle. I had a great time. I’ve finally worked out the movie so if you want to see part of what happens in Aus feel free to follow the link https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10202118072143693&l=7415433488699615440
It was the first time I had heard the explanation and it made a lot of sense. He was a very eloquent speaker and used a lot of humour as well. Sadly Roger didn’t record his speech.
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Congratulations. 😀
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Thanks Raewyn. XD
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Congratulations Irene. What a great photo with your mom.
Like Lisa, I too was wondering what RHD meant.
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Thanks Joanne. I was so lucky that she could be there and it is a great photo. RHD stands for research higher degree which is the way they differentiate research masters from a course work masters. I must say though that I like the rabbit haemorrhagic disease as the definition. I feel like that sometimes.
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LOL!! Thanks for my early morning laugh 😀
Good luck with the ‘research’ portion of your RHD and hopefully very little of the ‘hemorrhaging’ portion 🙂
What is the focus of your studies?
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I’m haemorrhaging at just the thought of it. 🙂 I am looking at sequel memoir and the unique difficulties that it poses to the writer. It is starting to be quite fascinating the further I delve. 🙂
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Sounds very interesting! Good luck!
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Congratulations, Irene, on your graduation – a day to remember. The photos are great!
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Thanks Teagan. A great day to remember and glad it could be shared with my Mum. The photos will be great to have also.
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Congratulations. I have same question as above!
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Thanks. Congratulations to you also. Did you know that you feature in the top 3,125 who are in the top1% in their field.
http://highlycited.com/
I’m pretty proud of you.
RHD stands for research higher degree which is how they distinguish research masters from a course work masters. If you haven’t seen it on face book check out the video. Oh the deterioration…. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10202118072143693&l=7415433488699615440
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Had not come across that list. Very nice to be recognized, but as they say the list is just the product of a particular method of counting citations within fields. Some of the people I work with who are more highly cited did not make the list, one or two made it in different field (general sociology).
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Still good 🙂
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Congratulations! You look smart in that cap, gown and collar (more ways than one)! Delightful that your mom was on hand and I hoping to know what RHD is besides Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease…:-) In the USA it’s Resources for Human Development, so thinking it might have translated accurately! Have a splendid celebration!
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Thanks Charli. It was great to have my Mum present. This confusion re RHD just goes to show that acronyms can be very confusing particular when crossing hemispheres. Here it stands for Research higher degree which is the way that a research masters is distinguished from a course work masters. Sometimes it feels like I am suffering with the rabbit haemorrhagic disease though.
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Ha, ha! I think those working on masters feel as though the have rabbit haemorrhagic disease. It’s a big commitment. Research, though, very cool.
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The research is fun, the rest is a bit like being in the warren haemorrhaging away.
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So happy for you Irene, many , many congratulations, so proud of you and all your wonderful achievements. You are such a hard worker and you deserve every success. How lovely for you to have your dear mum there with you too! I commented too on FB but will go back to look at the link you posted, sounds fascinating! Lovely pics of you all. Sorry I’m a day late for the ceremony and the after-party but better late than never right? I hope you have been celebrating and I raise my glass of bubbly to you my friend – and a hearty cheers to you and massive hugs ❤ 😀
PS..Had to laugh at Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease 😉
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Thanks Sherri. It was a wonderful day made all the more special by Mum being there. Thanks for the cheers, the bubbly toast and all those hugs. I love the rabbit haemorrhagic disease it will make me smile every time I see RHD (which is often). Cheers my friend. Have a good weekend. ❤ XD
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I enjoyed the video, exciting, congratulations, now what?
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I’m doing a research masters. Must have rocks in my head. Thanks Bob.
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How much more to go?
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Probably a year and a half but I’m struggling time wise so either something has to go or I change to part time.
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