"We started from the bottom, now we're here!" - This year's graduates celebrate their graduation

2022-11-09

On Monday, 07th November 2022, the bbw Hochschule - University of Applied Sciences said goodbye to the graduates of the year 2022 and their new professional future. A total of 149 graduates received their well-deserved certificates in the Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus. Among the former students were both Bachelor's and Master's graduates from the departments of business administration, industrial engineering and engineering sciences.

Around 2 p.m., the first graduates arrived in the wardrobe to slip into their robes. Two hours later, the most important event for a student began: the graduation ceremony! Ursula Schwill, Chancellor of the bbw Hochschule - University of Applied Sciences, welcomed all the graduates in attendance, their friends and family, and all the other guests, and opened the event. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hafer, Rector of the bbw, directed motivating words to the students in his laudation: "I am sure that you have built a good foundation for a successful future with your studies".

This year's keynote speech was given by Dr. Jana Dewitz, Division Manager of Messe Berlin and member of the advisory board of the Media and Event Management degree programme. She told about her professional career, how she came to Messe Berlin in a roundabout way and inspired the graduates with a little story that was intended to show the former students that sometimes it is enough to change one's perspective in order to solve a problem. After a short musical interlude by Siri Svegler and Thomas Walter, Daariq A. Yusuf aka Dee gave a short but concise speech on the topic of founding on behalf of the PUSH Startup Center and reported on his experiences as a startup founder.

This was followed by the most important part of the day, the certificate awarding! Ursula Schwill called the graduates onto the stage in groups, according to the individual degree programmes. To the applause of the guests present, the graduates received their certificates from their course director. Afterwards, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hafer and Dr. Jana Dewitz awarded the best graduates in the Bachelor's and Master's programmes.

Sonique Ziebert, graduate of the Fashion Management programme and best in her Bachelor's class, gave a speech of thanks on behalf of all graduates. She found the right words to describe her studies and underlined her speech with some well-known music titles. "Everybody wanted to know what I would do, if I didn't win. I guess we'll never know." Afterwards, Prof. Dr. Lucht and Anastija Radke, Managing Partner of the KVL Group presented the winners of the sponsorship award for the best Bachelor's and the best Master's thesis in Real Estate with their prizes. Afterwards, this year's DAAD award winner Omar Akhalil received his award.

Before the graduates could toast their well-deserved graduation with their family, friends and the professors and staff of the bbw Hochschule - University of Applied Sciences, the hats were first thrown into the air in keeping with tradition. Congratulations to all graduates!