Mum and daughter amongst graduates
A visually impaired student and a mum and her daughter were amongst the 1,652 students who graduated from IT Sligo. The students graduated in 93 courses over the three faculties of Science, Engineering & Design and Business and Social Science. Among those graduating are students from countries across the globe including; Oman, Malaysia, Romania and Canada.
One student stood out among the graduates, Stuart Haxell from Sligo, is visually impaired and has been a student of Marketing and Business for six years.
On Friday, he graduated with a Masters in Marketing and received a standing ovation when he collected his parchment with guide dog, Elmo.
The Institute also had a mother and daughter graduating together this year from the school of Business.
Siobhan and Rachel Dooner who graduated in business and accountancy, respectively, were both incredibly proud of each other’s achievements. Rachel said; “We often would meet for lunch which was lovely and I want to follow in her footsteps. It’s been an emotional day and I’ ll miss parading my mum around campus.”
Three students were also conferred with doctoral degrees at the conferring in IT Sligo.