408 students graduated from the University of Belize in Belmopan on Saturday - which is where the new President of the school Allan Slusher was introduced. Taking over from President Carey Fraser's abbreviated term, he told the gathering he hopes to transform the institution:..
Alan Slusher, President - UB
"It is a happy day for me too, as I join with the staff of UB to re-energize this institution to move it towards its ultimate destiny: a first class source of information, knowledge, understanding, and wisdom; an institution of which all Belizeans can be proud. In other words, a first class university. I have a message for the graduates, It may sound trite, but it is what has guided me through many years. And it is this: No matter what your age, you are still educating yourself, because education is a lifelong process that stops only when you cease to be."
Darrell Bradley, Mayor - Belize City
"Recognizing that you are in permanent makes you appreciate the importance of legacy. It makes you constantly think about how you will be and want to be remembered in this world. It makes you avoid mediocrity and it forces you to spend the limited time that you have only doing big and wonderful things. It makes you avoid the so-called haters whose only objected in life is to rob you from your page in the history books."
Mayor Bradley delivered the keynote address.
This is the first graduating class with Master students from the University of Belize Graduate School: 2 students were awarded MSc. Degrees in Biodiversity, Conservation, and Sustainable Development in the Caribbean.
130 received diplomas at the Bachelor, Associate, and Certificate levels from the Faculty of Education and Arts, , 153 from the Faculty of Management & Social Sciences, 101 from the Faculty of Science and Technology, and 63 from the Faculty of Nursing, Allied Health & Social Work. 69% or 314 of the graduates were females and 30% or 135 were males.
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