Awards Celebration -6 December 2005

Inventor & Special Effect Expert and Nia Project Founder Join Successful Suffolk College Students at Awards Evening

On Monday 4 December Rex Garrod, inventor and special effects expert, was Guest of Honour at the Suffolk College Further Education (FE) Reunion and Celebration of Achievement evening. Rex was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law at Suffolk College in 2005. Del White, Nia Project founder, was Guest of Honour on Tuesday 5 December.

More than 1,000 Suffolk College FE students achieved their qualifications last summer, many of them attended the Awards Celebrations where they were formally presented with their certificates.

For the first time the awards were held at the Corn Exchange in Ipswich Town Centre as the College Main Hall has been demolished to make way for the development of a £59 million new further education College.

Whilst the venue may have changed, there was at least one feature that hadn’t. Performing Arts students began the evening with a performance of the opening number from the hit musical ‘A Chorus Line’. Some fifty students burst on to the stage of the Corn Exchange with song and dance under the direction of Imogen Fraser and Rosamund Walton in what was a very thrilling and colourful start to the proceedings.

Each Curriculum Centre presented special awards to the Best Overall Performer and the Most Improved Student. In addition, many local businesses showed their support for the College by sponsoring further prizes.

After the event, the students and their guests had the opportunity to catch up with friends and tutors whilst enjoying light refreshments, prepared and served by the FE catering students, and live music from the FE music students.

END

Notes for Editors

For further information please contact:

Tracey Bailey, Promotions & Information Centre Manager

Tel: 01473 296520

Email: traceybailey@suffolk.ac.uk

Issued by Promotions

6 December 2005.