More than seventy students from the University of the South Pacific (U.S.P) will be honoured at the University’s Samoa graduation ceremony at the E.F.K.S Hall, Sogi, today.
The 21st Chancellor, Governor General of Tuvalu, Sir Iakoba Taeia, will confer certificates, diplomas and degrees while the Pro-Chancellor and Chair of Council, Ikbal Janiff will be officiating at the ceremony.
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Rajesh Chandra will deliver the university graduation address.
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This year highlights three Master of Education students completing their programmes all through distance from the Alafua Campus; further emphasizing the University’s drive for flexibility in its learning and teaching.
While two students will be graduating with the Master of Environmental Law degree; the first ever Samoan will also be awarded with a Post Graduate Certificate in Gender Studies; one of the University’s new programmes. Seventeen students will graduate with a Graduate Certificate in Public Sector Management under the Pacific Islands Centre for Public Administration (P.I.C.P.A) programme.
P.I.C.P.A is housed within the University of the South Pacific and funded by Australian Aid.
The Minister of Health, Tuitama Dr. Talalelei Tuitama, representing the Samoa Medical Council will give the Hippocratic Oath to two newly graduated MBBS students from the College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.
U.S.P is the premier provider of tertiary education in the Pacific region and an international centre of excellence for teaching, research and consulting on all aspects of Pacific life.
The university comprises a vibrant and culturally diverse community of staff and students from its 12 member countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu, as well as many other countries worldwide.
U.S.P has three major campuses in Fiji, Samoa and Vanuatu as well as 11 smaller regional campuses in the other countries and the west and north of Fiji.
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