US envoy to officiate at DWU’s ‘thank you’ event
12th Oct, 2011
United States Ambassador Teddy Taylor will be the guest of honour at the 3rd annual Missioning Ceremony for graduating students at Divine Word University this Friday (14 October).
Ambassador Taylor will present the keynote address to 309 final year students and parents at the Madang campus.
Parents representative Mrs Nancy Rus will address the ceremony on their behalf.
DWU campuses in other provinces will not take part in the program but will be acknowledged in absentia.
DWU vice president (student academic and administration), Brother Andrew Simpson said nearly 500 parents are attending the event that was inaugurated in 2009 to thank students and parents for their association with the University.
DWU came up with the missioning concept to give students, parents and staff members time to meet each other and acknowledge the contributions of one another towards the education of the students.
The ceremony allows the University to commission the students to go out into the work force and make a difference.
Each student will be presented with a small cross to mark their missioning to go out to the world. Catholic Archbishop of Madang, Stephen Reichert will bless the crosses before they are presented to students.
The ceremony will begin with a Mass celebrated by the Ambassador of the Holy Sea, Apostolic Nuncio Most Reverend Archbishop Francisco Montecillo Padilla.
DWU President, Fr Jan Czuba will deliver the welcome address.
Br Simpson said the University has organized accommodation and meals for the parents and the support from those offering these services in town has been good.
He said the Faculty of Business and Informatics will have the highest number of 124 students taking part, followed by Health Sciences with 123 and Arts with 62.
The programs in the faculties of Education and Theology are administered in other campuses and will not take.
The Madang-based Faculty of Flexible Learning whose students are working professionals that take up studies by the flexible and distant mode will also not take part.
