Glasgow Caledonian College has renamed certainly one of its most distinguished buildings in honour of the legendary Annie Lennox. The Scots singer grew to become Chancellor on the college in 2018 and her title will now proudly adorn the Annie Lennox Constructing in celebration of the primary feminine to tackle the function.
The Eurythmics icon is presently visiting the college over two days, the place she is presiding over three commencement ceremonies on the metropolis's close by Royal Live performance Corridor and dishing them out to a whole lot of scholars. The star has undertaken a variety of labor to assist the college since she was appointed, together with officiating throughout commencement ceremonies, assembly college students on campus to share her expertise and knowledge, participating in discussions together with a COP26 on-line debate,offering a spread of supportive video messages of solidarity and encouragement throughout the international COVID-19 pandemic in addition to calls to motion to advertise gender equality and local weather motion.
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Dr Annie Lennox OBE mentioned: “It’s an unbelievable honour to have such an exquisite constructing on the Glasgow Caledonian College campus named after me. I’m wanting forwards to participating in GCU’s commencement ceremonies this week in particular person, after the final two years, when the one approach we might join was by way of Zoom.
"I’m so pleased with all of the graduates, who’ve coped brilliantly with all the additional challenges, to lastly reach reaching their objectives and achievements.”
GCU Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Pamela Gillies CBE FRSE added: "Glasgow Caledonian College is extraordinarily lucky to have Dr Lennox as its Chancellor. Her ardour, knowledge, steering and assist for our group, particularly by the latest challenges of the pandemic, have been transformative. Naming certainly one of our most distinguished constructing the ‘Annie Lennox Constructing’ is in recognition of every thing she has performed for the College, our college students, and her wider life-changing work for the Widespread Good.”