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The Graduation Ceremony of Students of the Faculty of Graduate Studies in AAUP

Sunday, October 31, 2021

Three-day celebrations for the graduates of the Faculty of Graduate Studies in Arab American University celebrated- the Masters’ degree holders of the cohorts 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 for the departments of the Law Sciences, Media and Communication, Social Sciences, Health Sciences, Medical, Engineering and Technological Sciences, Administrative and Financial Sciences and the High Diploma in Oral Implantology in great ceremonies in AAUP- Ramallah Campus.

The ceremonies started by the entrance of graduates, then the academic faculty members and the honor guests while parents and students families attending the ceremony.

AAUP Speech

During the three days of the ceremonies, Dr. Shahinaz Najjar- the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies represented Arab American University in her speech and said: “today, you complete your current journey and leave AAUP, and you will have new challenges in making balance between success in work and happiness in life. However, the hardest part of this journey will be that this life is full of obstacles and mystery and the question remains: Can the joy of success reached when being achieved at work or on the way to achieving it?”

She added: “I trust that every one of you has gained accumulated experiences during your time in Arab American University- the University for all Palestinians, and these experiences will prepare you to success in work and life. You are encouraged to perseverance, openness to others, logical and creative thinking, and the pursuit of lifelong learning, and now comes your turn to use these skills and experiences to draw your plans to achieve success in work and life”.

Dr. Najjar explained that the Faculty of Graduate Studies studied the needs of the international, Arab and local markets to offer the best humanitarian, administrative, financial and educational programs in addition to the natural, applied and medical studies that keep up with the technological and scientific development around the world”.

At the end of her speech, she addressed the graduates and said: “I ask you to always remember Albert Einstein’s quote (Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value), you are the language, the prophecy and the future so please achieve this goal”.

 

Guests of Honor

Many people were hosted during the three days of the ceremonies as they talked about their lives and successes, in addition to the advice they gave to graduates.

Mr. Waleed Omari- the Director of Al Jazeera Media Network in his speech in the first day: “I see good in you that you will make the future better than the present, in this trouble career of all aspects, you are armed with knowledge and education that will make you with high academic qualifications and professional skills”. He added: “Press in specific and media in general are between education and art, as in our flaming area the media person needs nerves of steel, and needs to deal with the situation with great knowledge to face the challenge that the modern media imposes with its all social media facilities”.

Mr. Omari ended his speech with an appeal directed to the responsible parties in the Academic fields in Palestine and in the Ministry of Higher Education on the importance of having a scientific planning based on the needs of the market and the society for careers and the qualifications needed, in order to make sure that the universities and colleges do not turn into places to graduate unemployed people.

In the second day, the Business woman Ms. Manal Zuraiq was the guest of honor and said in her speech: “with no doubt, nowadays we realize the importance of education, sciences and technology, this increase with the increase demand from students to develop themselves by getting more education and knowledge in all fields. Education is the main engine for keeping up with developments and making new changes”, she added, “We should not put this degree as our ultimate goal, as this knowledge needs skills that the person can acquire during time, then can spread to others to benefit them”.

Ms. Zuraiq concluded her speech by saying to the graduates: “if you want to succeed, you need to be with the successful and optimistic people, talk to them and listen to them and try to understand some of their experiences, success is not what you do to yourself, but what you provide to others”.

In the third day, Dr. Wael Shiekh- the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health was the guest of honor, and said in his speech: “You are about to graduate and move to a new life. You should know that a person without a job or achievement is peripheral and will pass it on to the future generations. Now you are holding a Master’s degree from a great university like the Arab American University, so remember you now own the learning tools not only education”, and added: “You now own welling, creativity and with the hard work you can find a space for entertainment and put a smile on your faces, it is a kind of a good will and development”.

 

Graduates’ Speech

Graduate Baraa Abed had her speech in the first day and said: “our ambitious and dreams have become real, in spite of the challenges that we faced we did not stop and we kept on going forward to achieve what we want. From the first moment, we were determined to participate in developing our country, and I thank the administration of our university, the university for all Palestinians whom stood next to us from the first day, and they are celebrating us today”.

Graduate Shireen Amer in her speech in the second day said: “it is not easy to be one of the graduates who joined this great university, we came with big dreams and it is not easy to talk about them all now, but every graduate here tonight has feelings, memories, dreams and many details that build the best journey in this life. I want to tell my friends and colleagues, do not forget that we will build the future, and we are responsible for reviving hope and inspiring the spirit of work and production, as by education and hard work you build countries and homelands”.

Graduate Farah Abdellatif in her speech in the third day said: “today we reap many years of effort as we remember moments from registering in this university until this day and this moment of graduating. The journey was not easy but we were able to reach and achieve our goals and dreams. We do not have to look for inspiration, as each one of us will be great in the eyes of others by committing to our values and focusing on goals to achieve”.

 

Honoring Graduates

The ceremonies also presented some videos and love messages to the families of graduates, and then certificates were handed to graduates and they were honored at the end of the ceremonies.

The Graduation Ceremony of Students of the Faculty of Graduate Studies in AAUP
The Graduation Ceremony of Students of the Faculty of Graduate Studies in AAUP
The Graduation Ceremony of Students of the Faculty of Graduate Studies in AAUP
The Graduation Ceremony of Students of the Faculty of Graduate Studies in AAUP
The Graduation Ceremony of Students of the Faculty of Graduate Studies in AAUP
The Graduation Ceremony of Students of the Faculty of Graduate Studies in AAUP
The Graduation Ceremony of Students of the Faculty of Graduate Studies in AAUP
The Graduation Ceremony of Students of the Faculty of Graduate Studies in AAUP
The Graduation Ceremony of Students of the Faculty of Graduate Studies in AAUP
The Graduation Ceremony of Students of the Faculty of Graduate Studies in AAUP
The Graduation Ceremony of Students of the Faculty of Graduate Studies in AAUP
The Graduation Ceremony of Students of the Faculty of Graduate Studies in AAUP
The Graduation Ceremony of Students of the Faculty of Graduate Studies in AAUP
The Graduation Ceremony of Students of the Faculty of Graduate Studies in AAUP
The Graduation Ceremony of Students of the Faculty of Graduate Studies in AAUP
The Graduation Ceremony of Students of the Faculty of Graduate Studies in AAUP
The Graduation Ceremony of Students of the Faculty of Graduate Studies in AAUP
The Graduation Ceremony of Students of the Faculty of Graduate Studies in AAUP