This afternoons graduation ceremony was rather poignant, as it was Anton Muscatelli last ceremony at Gilmorehill. For 16 years, Sir Anton has been our Vice Chancellor - though he first started as an undergraduate in 1980. To mark this, we concluded with the Italian National anthem 🇮🇹

Another one from the Pathe News Archive is - University of Glasgow Students during Rag Week in 1947.

Wonderful to see our academic colleagues from Università di Bologna here at this afternoons graduation ceremony. The University of Bologna was founded in 1088, and is the oldest university in the Western world. University of Glasgow founded in 1451, is a mere 574 years old.

Tonight’s movie choice - Hard Rain, the action thriller from 1998. Starring among others - Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver, Betty White, Richard Dysart, and Ed Asner. Directed by Mikael Salomon. Was panned by critics, but I enjoy it! Thanks 🇬🇧🇬🇧

A big thank you to our amazing UofG Security colleagues - for making sure that our graduation ceremonies went undisturbed today - allowing all of our world changing graduates & their guests to enjoy their day, and celebrate their achievements at Gilmorehill in style.

Watching - Heads of State Amazon.co.uk the action comedy from 2025. Starring among others - John Cena, Idris Elba, Priyanka Chopra, Jack Quaid, Paddy Considine, Stephen Root, and Carla Gugino. Directed by Ilya Naishuller.

Just 4 more graduation ceremonies to go next week Lots of energetic clapping & 2 standing ovations today for our amazing graduates. Our Deputy Vice Chancellor Rachel Sandison sure knows how to raise the roof with a powerful & inspiring charge to our new University of Glasgow graduates.

Tonight’s movie choice - Windtalkers, the war film from 2002. Starring among others - Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Mark Ruffalo, and Christian Slater. Directed by John Woo. Based on the real story of code talkers from the Navajo nation during WW2.

Now watching - Blown Away, the action thriller from 1992. Starring among others - Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Forest Whitaker, Suzy Amis, and Lloyd Bridges. Directed by Stephen Hopkins.

Tonight’s movie choice - The Client, the legal thriller from 1994. Starring among others - Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Mary-Louise Parker, Anthony LaPaglia, Anthony Edwards, Ossie Davis, and Brad Renfro. Directed by Joel Schumacher & based on the 1993 novel by John Grisham.

Watching - The Agency, the spy thriller TV series from 2024. Starring among others - Michael Fassbender, Jeffrey Wright, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Richard Gere. Produced by George Clooney and Grant Heslov - if you enjoy intelligent & intriguing spy-craft drama - you’ll like this.

Tonight’s movie choice - Richard Jewell, the biographical drama from 2019. Starring among others - Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, and Olivia Wilde. Directed by Clint Eastwood. The film depicts the 1996, Centennial Olympic Park bombing and its aftermath.

Lots of loud applause & cheering today for & from our amazing UofGDentalSchool graduates - a real tight-knit group, supporting each other as they crossed the stage to get capped. With perhaps the largest academic procession from our UofG MVLS colleagues.

Tonight’s movie choice - Knight and Day, the action comedy from 2010. Starring among others - Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Peter Sarsgaard, and Viola Davis. Directed by James Mangold.

I may have insider knowledge that helped me get 10/10 in the Avenue magazine graduation quiz! I’ll await my prize UofG Alumni 🎓

Today was our 19th & final summer graduation ceremony at Gilmorehill - we still have our Dumfries ceremony on Friday. A big thank you to all our colleagues across the schools, colleges & services - a total team effort. Many congratulations to all of our new graduates #TeamUofG

Graeme K University of Glasgow UofG Alumni Our Alma Mater means a lot to us. It’s where we met, at a dance in the Men’s Union (as it was then) in September 1966.

Raising a glass this evening for one of our amazing UofG Estates colleagues who sadly lost his battle with cancer today - one of the nicest people you could wish to meet. Thank you to jcree & University of Glasgow for ensuring that his family is supported & taken care off 💔