Welcome Ceremony for new Vice Chancellor Professor Carolyn Evans
Channel: Griffith University
Date: 15/03/2019

On 12 February 2019, new Vice Chancellor and President Professor Carolyn Evans received a spectacular welcome to Griffith by the University’s Council of Elders and traditional owners of the lands where Griffith’s Gold Coast’s campus reside. In keeping with tradition by the Kombumerri people and Griffith’s Council of Elders, Professor Evans was handed her totem of a Wise Owl signifying knowledge and wisdom during a colourful welcome ceremony. The ceremony also saw the official unveiling of a statue of the Giant Dreaming God ‘Jabreen’ which will house a hive of native Australian stingless bees.