KLIUC President's Convocation Speech 8 August 2009

KLIUC President's Convocation Speech

8 August 2009

Assalamualaikum and good day.

Today I feel very happy and proud to welcome all of you: guests of honors, parents, members of the family, friends, academic staff and administrative staff, to the KLIUC's 7th Convocation Ceremony. We are all here to celebrate the success of our graduates who are going to receive their scrolls. Congratulations and well done! to the graduates for completing your studies at KLIUC.

It is a pleasure to speak to all of you today. This very day is a starting point for our graduates to literally make the change to help shape the future of our nation. This is an exciting beginning of a new journey in life for all of you. Irrefutably, KLIUC, as a higher learning institution, aims at transforming students to be capable individuals to shape the future. So, if there is a more challenging profession than our own here, I have not come across it yet.

Here in KLIUC, we are seriously concerned about improvement and development, and our job is changing and improving lives. As we all know, many of our alumni members are now working in various industries and holding important positions. We really take pride of them. This is because the alumni we produce here in KLIUC shows to everybody more clearly and directly about how well we are doing our job. We celebrate successful achievement of our students by giving supports and awards in different ways. We aim to make it possible for everyone to obtain higher education and attain success as we believe that everyone should have equal opportunity to study.

This year, our local and international student enrollment has increased and we are confident that there will be a continued strong growth in the future. KLIUC is in a good position to serve the students who are endlessly seeking higher education in the years ahead. To serve the broad range of academic needs of our growing student body, we continue to develop new programs as well as expand physical facilities. One of the more visible signs of our institutional progress is the new Unipark condominium. The building will be ready for service in the very near future. We can also look forward to some other improvements in the university college. The best is yet to come. And in our effort to improve, we are happy to announce that the university college is going to attain a full-fledged university status by next year. Therefore, there is much more for us to celebrate as we start off our new academic year in 2010.

What makes our work meaningful and energizes us to build on our successes is the knowledge that we are making a difference in the lives of our students. In so many ways, we at KLIUC are impressed with the dedication and commitment demonstrated by the students in their academic and extracurricular activities. We hope that our students and alumni will further improve yourselves and your lives through higher education in order to help make a difference in the lives of others.

I am highly optimistic about the future of KLIUC. It is indeed a great pleasure to celebrate this important accomplishment with all of you. Well done to the outstanding graduates for your remarkable academic achievement, and congratulations to all graduates on receiving your scrolls. I wish all of you the best in life.