For whom does the bell toll? PhD students, naturally | Campus - Otago Daily Times

The bells are ringing out for the University of Otago's doctor of philosophy students, says Elena McPhee, Reporter, Otago Daily Times.

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The university has created a new form of celebration for when students hand in their theses.

Human nutrition PhD candidate Claudia Leong (29) got to ring the campus bell earlier this year, and said that it was good to have her friends there to see it.

''It's like a happy feeling, a sense of accomplishment to be able to complete it,'' she said.

The bell-ringing celebration began in March, when the university decided to introduce something more substantial than the usual chocolate fish when students handed in their theses...

It was lost for many years before being returned to the university and set in its new home, the quadrangle between the geology and university clocktower buildings.

A staff member made a recycled rimu mallet with which to ring the bell.
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Source: Otago Daily Times