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Gowns
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Jo Bouchard stands amidst a sea of academic gowns,
hauled out of storage in preparation for UVic's Spring
Convocation ceremonies this week. Bouchard, who runs the
campus post office in the UVic bookstore, is in charge of
regalia, including 1,100 gowns and 1,000 caps, or
mortarboards. The bookstore owns the regalia and rents it
out, not only to UVic students and faculty, but to local
high schools, regional colleges, conferences, and private
clubs. This is the second spring Convocation for Bouchard,
who is assisted by 10-12 staff members on ceremony days. "I
love doing it," she says. "Everyone is at their finest and
in a celebratory mood." Bouchard knows exactly what students
are going through on graduation day -- she earned a degree
in French literature from UVic in 1997.
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