During encaenia and convocation ceremonies, the dean of the School of Graduate Studies calls the names of PhD and master's graduands as they cross the stage. The university orator calls the names of bachelor's degrees.
ORATORS/PRESENTERS - UNBF:
- Robert E.D. Cattley 1933-1938, 1947-1956, 1957-1968
- W. Stewart MacNutt 1968-1970
- Thomas J. Condon 1970-1977
- Donald F. Rowan 1978, 1983-1989
- D. Murray Young 1979
- David R. Galloway 1980-1982, 1984
- Stephen E. Patterson 1988-2005
- R. Steven Turner 2005-2006
- Elizabeth Burge 2005-2007
- Gordon Mason 2006-2012
- Gwendolyn Davies 2010-2019
- Jane Fritz 2013-2014
- Shirley Cleave 2014, 2017-2019, 2022-present
- Linda Kealey 2015-2017, 2019-present
- Judy Ann Roy 2022-present
- Hannah Classen 2022-present
CAMPUS ORATORS/PRESENTERS - UNBSJ:
- Eric Stanley 1978-1980
- Winnifred M. Bogaards 1981-1983
- Alan Logan 1984-1986
- Ian R. Cameron 1986-1987, 1991
- Harald K. Taukulis 1987-1990, 1993
- Donald A. Desserud 1991-1992
- Judith Buchanan 1994-1996
- Katherine Frego 1995
- Thomas E. Goud 1997-2001
- Stephen Strople 2001-2002
- Stephen Patterson 2002
- Sarah E. Maier 2003-2006, 2007-2011, 2013, 2014
- Kathryn B. Hamer 2006 (Fall)
- Sandra Bell 2012-2013
- John M. (Jack) Terhune 2014
- Laurelle LeVert 2015-present