last week.

For Ms Gordon was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Law at the University of New Brunswick.

And later she went to Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, to accept her Master of Business Administration degree, earned over two years.

The Premier was invited to give an address at the University of New Brunswick under a new programme of Bachelor of Nursing Degrees won by Bermuda-based nurses who study while at work.

They were the first Bermudian graduates of the special course, tailored to suit people in work already.

Graduates of the course were Synda Lee Cook, Patrice Munselle Dill, Cecilia O'Connell, Kareen Richards, Cheryl Stafford, June Fubler and Beverly Robinson.

And at Queen's University, the Premier was among the first batch of Bermudian graduates from the hi-tech video conferencing external MBA degree course.

The others were nursing administrator Carole Paynter, police officer Alex McDonald and Bermuda Home loan officer Marsha Burrows.

FIVE DEGREES! -- Premier Pamela Gordon (centre) shows off her honorary Doctor of Laws degree, awarded by the University of New Brunswick in Canada. The Premier was honoured after speaking as the first Bermuda-based nurses to graduate from a distance-learning Bachelor of Nursing degree course picked up their awards. From left are University of New Brunswick Dean of Nursing Penny Erickson, Patrice Dill, Synda Lee Cook, June Fubler and Cheryl Stafford.