‘Keep learning beyond your profession’

Graduates urged to explore new changes happening in world

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Following the keynote address, the class valedictorians were announced by Dr Hanan Muzaffar, Dean of Student Affairs. This year, three valedictorians were chosen — from the College of Business and Economics, Jaber Al-Shammary who double majored in Accounting and Management (3.93 GPA); and from the College of Arts and Sciences, Leena El-Hawary who majored in Graphic Design (3.93 GPA), and Abdulaziz Al-Mahmeed who double majored in International Relations and English Literature (3.95 GPA) who also delivered the valedictorian speech.

AUK Provost, Dr Rawda Awwad, also gave a speech in which she affirmed the skills and knowledge possessed by the graduates to instill positive change in the world. “Our graduates have become our

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daughters and sons, and today we will be entrusting them back to a nation, a region and our world as members of a new generation of young women and men who are

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trained to aspire to make a difference and affect positive change that is forward looking and constructive,” she said.

The event then proceeded to the

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part of the ceremony most anticipated by the students — the distribution of their earned degrees. Upon, the Recommendations of the Deans and the Provost, President Sullivan, conferred upon the graduates their respective degrees.

The graduates were then awarded their diplomas by President Sullivan, HE Dr Hamed Al-Azmi, Dr Habib Abul, Provost Rawda Awwad, Dean Ali Charara for the College of Arts and Sciences, and Dean Ralph Palliam for the College of Business & Economics.

In keeping with the academic tradition, the graduates were requested to shift their tassels from right to left, thereby marking their official graduation from AUK.

As the ceremony drew to its conclusion, the graduating class celebrated the occasion and took photos with their families and friends.