Graduation Week Gets Underway

Wednesday 23 May 2012

Graduation Week Gets Underway for Manukau Institute of Technology Students

Manukau Institute of Technology Graduation Week celebrations began with excitement and pride last night as students took to the stage at the TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre to receive their awards.
Almost 200 students took part in the combined Faculty of Nursing and Health Studies and Faculty of Business award ceremony for level 2-4 students.
Chief Executive, Dr. Peter Brothers, said the award ceremonies are an important part of the MIT’s Graduation Week – which continues to grow each year.
“It’s a celebration of achievement and success,” Dr. Brothers explains. “It represents the hundreds of hours of hard work and toil it takes for our students to get here. It’s important to acknowledge that for many of our students, tertiary education can mean significant sacrifice as many of our students juggle family and work as well as their studies.”
Over twelve hundred certificates will be presented at the award ceremonies this week.
The award ceremonies were introduced to MIT last year and have proven to be popular with students.
The four nights of awards are a way for the Institute to acknowledge all its students in the lead up to the two main Graduation ceremonies, to be held this Saturday 26 May.

At the back-to-back ceremonies, 917 graduands will receive their degree or diploma.

The newly capped graduates will be honoured at the TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre in two separate ceremonies where the Hon. Hekia Parata, Minister of Education and the Hon. Steven Joyce, Minister of Tertiary Education, will be the official guest speakers.

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