Over 3,500 graduands will be graduating from the University of Guyana (UG) this November, the largest number in the 61-year history of the institution, a release from the university announced yesterday.
According to the release, the institution will host its 58th convocation ceremonies as follows:
For Turkeyen and Institute for Distance and Continuing Education (IDCE) students there will be a Graduation Ball on Tuesday November 5, from 6pm to midnight.
Graduation Ceremonies – Turkeyen Campus
Thursday November 7: 9am – Faculties of Engineering and Technology, Agriculture and Forestry, and Earth and Environmental Sciences; 3pm – Faculty of Natural Sciences.
Friday November 8: 9am – College of Medical Sciences, College of Behavioral Sciences and Research, Institute for Human Resiliency Strategic Security and the Future, Institute for Distance and Continuing Education; 3pm – School for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation (SEBI)
Saturday November 9: 9am – Faculty of Education and Humanities; 3pm – Faculty of Social Sciences.
Berbice Campus (UGBC)
The UGBC will host its Graduation Ball on Friday, November 15, from 6pm to midnight. The UGBC Graduation Ceremony will take place on Sunday, November 17 from 1:30pm.
IDCE (Extra Mural arm) Graduation Ceremony will take place on Saturday November 23.
The release explained that the six ceremonies, two on each day, for graduands of the Turkeyen Campus will be held at the university’s newly built Multipurpose Auditorium at the Turkeyen Campus. The ceremony for the UGBC graduands will be held on the University Lawns, Berbice Campus, Tain Settlement, and the graduation for IDCE extra-mural programmes graduation will be held at the Multipurpose Auditorium, Turkeyen Campus.
It also advised prospective graduands to check for information directly via their SRMS as there will also be continuous updates on the university’s website at https://uog.edu.gy/.
The ceremonies will be blended with the majority of the graduands attending face-to-face while the remaining will participate virtually.
Also mentioned was the fact that this year will see several new academic programmes producing graduates for the first time, these include: Master of Philosophy (Biodiversity), Pharmacy Technician Diploma, Certificate in Geographic Information Systems, Bachelor of Science (Environmental Health) (Environmental Engineering), Bachelor of Science (Environmental Health) (Food Safety), Bachelor of Science (Environmental Health) (Occupational and Health and Safety), and Bachelor of Science (Environmental Health) (Vector Control). In addition, UG will also be conferring several Honorary Doctoral Degrees during these special graduation ceremonies.
The public is invited to celebrate with the university at this year’s graduation events which will be streamed live on UG’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/uniofguyana and UG Broadcasting Service at https://broadcasting.uog.edu.gy/.
The release also noted that this year’s Convocation Ceremonies are “extremely special” as the university will be bringing the curtains down to its 60th Anniversary celebrations, underscoring UG’s role and place as a major development partner with achievements have been highly recognised and honoured locally, regionally, and internationally.
