Graduation Celebrations In Greece
13 March 2013
Graduation ceremony of students from the Vakalo Art & Design College, a partner of the University.
As always the graduation ceremony was full of joy and happy faces; it gave students a chance to get together with their families, friends and teachers to celebrate their achievement, and raised everyone's spirits in these hard times for Greece, like a promise of better things to come.
”Miltos Frangopoulo, Deputy Director of Studies at Vakalo.
February saw representatives from the University of Derby travel to Athens to attend the graduation ceremony of students from the Vakalo Art & Design College, a partner of the University.
Vice-Chancellor Professor John Coyne, Pro-Vice Chancellor Professor Philip Plowden, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Design and Technology, Professor Huw Davies, and a number of Faculty academics from the University of Derby were amongst those in attendance.
The ceremony took place at The Conference Hall of the National Physics Research Centre "Democritus", the biggest and most acclaimed research centre in Greece. It was presided over by Miltos Frangopoulo, Deputy Director of Studies at Vakalo.
106 students graduated with Masters or BA (Hons) degrees from programmes including Visual Communication, Architectural Design, Graphic Design, and Interior Design.
Commenting on the event, Miltos said: "As always the graduation ceremony was full of joy and happy faces; it gave students a chance to get together with their families, friends and teachers to celebrate their achievement, and raised everyone's spirits in these hard times for Greece, like a promise of better things to come."
