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It is with great pleasure that I am here with you tonight, on such a special evening, to address the graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Life and Health Sciences of the University of Nicosia. I would like to thank the dear Rector of the University, Mr. Philip Pouyuta, for this honourable invitation.
The University of Nicosia is one of the important supporters of education and research in Cyprus. It is an educational institution that contributes to the achievement of our national goal. To make Cyprus a regional and international centre of education and research with strategic partnerships, such as the one with St. George's University of London, which makes Cyprus a pole of attraction for European and foreign students. A University that supports its students, both academically and professionally, towards the achievement of their goals and prepares them to be able to cope with and advance in a rapidly changing modern society. The call of the times now demands high levels of digital expertise, as digitisation in every aspect of our lives is running at a rapid pace.
A private university, then, that is deservedly ranked among the top 600 universities in the world, with the significant contribution of the School of Life and Health Sciences. In addition, it has been ranked by Times Higher Education among the six best universities in the field of "Clinical and Health", in Greece and Cyprus, and twelfth in Europe, in the field of "Good Health and Wellbeing", in the annual Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2023.
The activity of the University of Nicosia in the business sector is also noteworthy, as it has managed to create services within its university community, which are addressed to the business and industrial sector, but also to the wider society. Therefore, through its own research and business centres and schools, the University offers a wide range of services and professional expertise in the fields of information technology, multimedia, graphic design, audiovisual productions and other areas.
This is also the proof of the effectiveness of its schools, the high level of training, its competent academic community, but also of the competent management and organisation of an entire university community. Addressing the Rector, the President of the Council and the Chief Executive Officer of the University, I extend my warmest congratulations for your excellent presence in the educational and research world of Cyprus.
Academic education is perhaps the most important investment for a person's future, since it promotes both his professional and personal advancement, thus contributing to the social and business cohesion of a state. As a state, we need such important partners to achieve our national goals.
Dear Graduates,
Knowledge, research and education, together with all its components - and you are one of its most important parts - are a shining beacon for every society and every democratic state. Knowledge promotes culture, fosters equality between people, enhances social cohesion and creates conditions for social well-being through technological and economic development. And you are an integral part of this development.
This evening is the culmination of all your efforts towards achieving your great goal and dream of obtaining your university degree. As a student, I too felt great joys and great bitterness, endless hours of study, fatigue, but also great satisfaction when all my efforts yielded what I desired. Every effort brought me one step closer to my great goal. I look back, with sweet nostalgia, on those days, and I advise you to enjoy every station of the long journey towards knowledge and education.
Be proud of yourselves, of what you have achieved so far and of what I am sure you will achieve in your future career. You have graduated from an excellent University Institution. You hold in your hands tonight your university degree, you hold the fruit of your great effort. Tonight is a milestone in your professional and academic career. Stay vibrant and restless. And remember, as the English writer Philip Stanhope wrote dozens of years ago, that "if we do not plant the tree of[/I]knowledge[/I][/I] when we are young, it will not give us its shade when we are old."
Before I close and leave you to enjoy your evening, I would also like to offer my heartfelt congratulations to all those who have been by your side during this difficult yet enjoyable journey, to your teachers, your loved ones and your families who have stood by your side and believed in you.
Congratulations to all graduates, to the academic and administrative staff of the University of Nicosia.
I wish you all good health, personal and professional progress. Have a wonderful and relaxing summer.
Thank you very much.
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MK
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