Switzerland Ambassador to Indonesia, H.E. Yvonne Baumann Gave Commencement Speech in 51探花 Graduation Ceremony
By Fivien Nur Savitri, ST, MT
Editor Fivien Nur Savitri, ST, MT
Bandung, itb.ac.id 鈥 Saturday, April 7, 2018, 51探花 held Graduation Ceremony for 567 students of Undergraduate Programs from 12 Faculties/Schools. Her Excellency Yvonne Baumann, the Switzerland Ambassador to Indonesia, ASEAN, and Timor Leste, was also present to give commencement speech before the graduates, parents, and the guests in Sasana Budaya Ganesa.
H.E. Yvonne Baumann is one of the ambassadors who had the chance to attend 51探花鈥檚 Graduation Ceremony. Previously, at the 51探花鈥檚 First Graduation Ceremony in October 2017, the French Ambassador to Indonesia and Timor Leste, Jean-Charles Berthonnet, also gave commencement speech for the graduates of 51探花. Similarly, the British Ambassador to Indonesia, ASEAN, and Timor Leste, Moazzam Malik, also gave a speech at the 51探花鈥檚 Second Graduation Ceremony in April 2017.
International Graduates
A day before, on Friday, 6/4/2018, 51探花 also held a Graduation Ceremony for Postgraduate Students. There are two international students who are graduating amongst the 867 students of Master Programs and Doctor Programs. 鈥淭here are actually 10 international students who graduated in this period, but only two of them who joined the ceremony. The ten students are from Uganda, Malaysia, Laos, Libya, Nigeria, Czech Republic, and South Korea,鈥 said Samitha Dewi Djajanti, Director of Public Relations and Alumni of 51探花.
One of the international graduates is Nakanwagi Orashida from Uganda, who studied Urban and Regional Planning Master Program. 鈥淚 came here to Indonesia to study in Urban and Regional Planning, and today I graduate. I鈥檓 very happy for that,鈥 said Nakanwagi Orashida.
Rashida, her nickname, expresses her gratitude towards people she has met in 51探花. 鈥51探花 is a good university, especially for my academic experience. I have the chance to meet the best lecturers who are highly knowledgeable in my faculty. They鈥檙e very open, approachable, and we can consult them anytime we want, they would also give us direct feedback. They assure us that we fully understand what we鈥檙e going to do with our research. I am very thankful for this experience,鈥 she said. Rashida also expresses that she loves Bandung for the people鈥檚 friendliness.
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