RMIT congratulates Vietnam graduates

RMIT congratulates Vietnam graduates

Graduation ceremonies in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have seen more than 1,000 graduates celebrate their achievements at RMIT Vietnam in style.

RMIT Vietnam's newest graduates.

The events – held earlier this month – marked the largest graduation in Vietnam ever.

More than 2,500 family members, friends and supporters joined the celebrations, which featured a traditional Vietnamese drumming performance and showcased RMIT’s global student community.

Almost 70 international students from 24 different countries received a testamur.

RMIT Vietnam President Professor Gael McDonald encouraged graduates to reflect on the journeys they’d taken and to see the world in a different way.

“I hope you are leaving us today with a view to contributing to the world, to Vietnam and the region,” she said.

“As you celebrate the end of this long journey that you have taken together – a new phase beckons.”

Trish Franklin AO was recognised with an honorary doctorate for her work helping Vietnamese children access quality education.

Trish Franklin AO was awarded an honorary doctorate from RMIT at the Ho Chi Minh City ceremony.

Franklin is a Loreto Sister and originally comes from Ballarat.

She founded the Loreto Vietnam-Australia Program in 1997, which has helped more than 60,000 Vietnamese children access quality education.

Many of the children the program supports come from disadvantaged backgrounds or have disabilities.

In accepting her Doctor of Social Science honoris causa, Sister Franklin shared her key to success with the new graduates.

“As you leap into the next phase of your lives, maintain a keen sense of intelligence, memory and curiosity,” she said.

“Be independent but collaborative.

“Take time, be passionate about your work and workplace and stay warmly professional amongst your fellow personnel, all in the name of wellbeing and safety.

“Take time with decisions and have a humorous and calming effect in all you do. And always be a lifeline of support.”

Story: Aeden Ratcliffe

 

13 December 2018

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