With great pride, Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences sent off its latest group of master's and bachelor's degree graduates at its 2018 Winter Graduation Ceremony on Friday.
While some graduates are looking forward to starting their careers, others intend to continue their studies. A few bachelor's graduates also indicated that they would follow a master's degree programme at Wittenborg.
Guest speaker was Alderman Johan Kruithof from the City of Apeldoorn. He urged students to think about how they can make a difference with some of the challenges faced by modern society.
“If 2017 taught us anything, it is the power of social activism. Who was Time Magazine’s Person of the Year in 2017? In fact, it was not one person, but a group of women. Those who started the #metoo campaign. A simple hashtag, started by an individual, empowered women from all over the world to speak up. And there are countless other examples of this – how you as an individual, as a networked thinker, can be an agent of change.
In total there were 6 Master of Science graduates – from the Netherlands, Nigeria, China, El Salvador and Indonesia, who will also receive their diplomas at the University of Brighton’s graduation ceremony next Friday, in the UK, since Wittenborg’s MSc programme is offered jointly with Brighton. There was also one MBA student, Joseph Isiramen from Nigeria, and 10 IBA graduates from China, Rwanda, South Korea, the Congo (DRC), Vietnam, Nepal, Nigeria and the Netherlands.