UIC Joyfully Celebrated our Students’ Success
Miramar, FL- United International College celebrated its Annual Commencement Ceremony on June 23 at 7:00 p.m. at the Miramar Cultural Center Artspark with 5 students receiving Bachelor Degrees in Business Administration, International Business Management, Travel and Tourism Management and Communications and Mass Media; and 12 students receiving Associate Degrees in the same programs. Moreover, students represented 9 nationalities such as Colombia, Venezuela, Vietnam, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Russia, Romania, and Nicaragua. City of Miramar Mayor Wayne M. Messam addressed the graduating class.
The ceremony started promptly at 7:00 p.m. with the academic procession of the Faculty, graduating students, board of trustees, Mayor Wayne M. Messam, and UIC’s President, Lydia B. Bautista Möller. Mrs. Bautista addressed the students and recognized the importance of diversity at UIC. She also mentioned the importance of becoming entrepreneurs since 89.6% of the US businesses are recognized as small businesses, and that is a great opportunity to contribute to the local economy.
City of Miramar Mayor Wayne M. Messam was the guest commencement speaker. He summarized his speech with the BOLD acronym, meaning Blessed, Obligation to give back, Leadership, and Dare to be the best. Mayor Messam voiced the message to students that each one of them can influence the path of this country through their work in their companies or organizations at a grassroots level.
Finally, David Carreño, Business Administration Associate Degree recipient was the student commencement speaker. He shared a powerful story of his personal experience taking the Self-Empowerment course with Prof. Bautista. He explained how his life visioning completely changed through the course and now he is a successful entrepreneur, owner of the ½ Price Mattress North Miami franchise. He also shared with his graduating class his positive life attitude as the key to a peaceful and successful life.
UIC granted merit awards to Manuel Romero, David Carreño, and Jose Marcano in recognition to their entrepreneurship success; Lydia Juravle received the Holistic Education award; and Laura Steudel was recognized for earning the best Academic Performance of the 2017 Class.
The ceremony concluded with the anthem of United International College. This is the first graduation ceremony where UIC grants Bachelor Degrees. For further information, please contact Marcela Moyano at (954) 607-4344.