Winter Graduation 2019

Preparations for the first Graduation ceremonies of the year are well under way in the previous December.
The University  grounds and environmental teams are cleaning, clearing, scrubbing and pruning to provide a background worthy of the culmination of every students journey at York.

Winter graduations have a different feel, it is much more difficult for the team to present the campus in winter without flowering plants, leafy trees and strong growing grass so the emphasis is on 'tidy'

The last of the fallen leaves will have been picked up the shrubs will have been trimmed appropriately and the beds mulched, gravel areas will be raked and paths swept.

Conditions don't tend to be great for outdoor working in January but this year we have had a little more luck than previous years with a good dry spell in the weeks previous.

The environmental team have cleaned the walkways, bridges, hand rails  and signs and spent  time making the underside of the covered walkways around Central hall shine.

The last thing to do is the stage display in Central Hall this year with Chrysanthemum, Boston fern and variegated ivy.

An early start on the mornings of the ceremonies to collect the last litter and revisit the previous days tasks so that we can make sure we present our campus at it's best, just as soon as it gets light!