Festive graduation of our Class of 2010
Festive graduation of our Class of 2010
Friday, 29 October 2010 11:12
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On October 23, 2010 the two years lasting study time of the participants of the Class of 2010 came to an end within the Graduation Ceremony in the festive Tuscany Hall at the Princebishop’s Residence in Würzburg. Traditionally wearing gowns, honor stoles and caps with tassel, they were handed their certificates. Therefore this was the 10th class to graduate since the beginning of the Executive MBA study program in Würzburg in 1999. The Alumni network now is counting about 260 alumni.
10 years of successful partnership with the Boston UniversityElizabeth Nassar, Director Executive Programs of Boston University School of Management was opening the ceremony. She emphasized on the 10 years lasting partnership of Boston University and the University of Würzburg. As a symbol of the successful partnership Professor Dr. Rainer Thome handed her a framed certificate with an engraving of Wuerzburg’s Neubaukirche.Professor Rürup: Germany is better than its reputation!The Keynote Speaker of the Graduation Ceremony was Professor em. Dr. Dr. h.c. Bert Rürup who has been chairman of the German Council of Economic Experts for years. He was talking about the topic “Germany as a business location: better than its reputation!”. He argued economically that Germany, with its advance in knowledge particularly within the area of high technological products and the strong presence of medium-sized companies, can keep on expanding its production possibilities and therefore grow on the long term. |
Education as key to lasting successFurthermore, Rürup emphasized on the need of life-long learning, and therefore the continuous education. On the one hand the ability to quickly learn new issues begins to fall at the age of 30, and the crystalline intelligence which includes routine jobs and know-how rises. However, on the other hand the job markets ask workers to continuously learn new things as the knowledge of the study time is quickly obsolete. So he wished for himself and the alumni to keep on learning after the MBA studies, as the productivity of Germany should not decrease.
Professor Thome: Gained knowledge should now be brought to praticeAfterwards the Academic Director of the Executive MBA Business Integration, Professor Dr. Rainer Thome talked about “Germany as a information location”. He told the alumni to demonstrate their gained knowledge now within the effective use in their companiesSWOT-Analysis at the finish of the MBA studiesAs representative of the graduates the trained journalist Ulrich Reitz summarized the last two years of studies within a SWOT analysis. Positive were the lecturers and the partner universities. He also suggested himself and the other alumni as voluntary ambassadors for the Executive MBA of the University of Würzburg as he believed that many others should also benefit of the good study program. |
