GMIT’s annual conferring ceremonies will be held fully online this year with 14 sessions taking place from Tuesday November 24 to Saturday November 28. The ceremonies, which will be streamed on Facebook and YouTube, will see some 1,800 students will receive higher certificate, degree, and postgraduate awards in more than 120 courses in business, engineering, creative arts and media, furniture design and technology, hotel, heritage and tourism studies, nursing, health sciences and social care, and science and computing.
The ceremonies will begin with well wishes from special guests after which the president of GMIT, Dr Orla Flynn, will proceed to confer awards on graduands. Student achievement and teaching and excellence awards will also be presented before the chairman of GMIT’s governing body, Cormac MacDonncha, addresses the meeting. A graduate, representing each school, will bring each of the conferring sessions to a close.
To end proceedings, GMIT student choir, directed by award-winning choir master and musical director Seán Rowland, will perform a rendition of a well- known hit single, especially for the GMIT graduates of 2020.
GMIT student affairs manager Debbie Molloy said: “The graduation is the most celebrated event in the GMIT academic calendar. Virtual graduation ceremonies are a first for GMIT, and while staff and management are disappointed that it is not possible to celebrate this special occasion with graduates in person, the graduation team have endeavoured to create a personalised event that captures the significant achievements of the class of 2020.
“It is our hope that the online ceremony is a memorable one for graduates and their families," she added. "I would like to thank the staff in GMIT, Tadhg from Keady Audio Visual Services, and Proactive Design and Marketing for the assistance in creating this virtual event.”
The full schedule is available on www.gmit.ie/general/graduation-schedule-2020 The ceremonies will be available to view on GMIT’s Facebook: GMIT (Official ), www.facebook.com/GMITOfficial and YouTube channel youtube.com/GMITChannel
