Sunday, 11 July 2021 will always be remembered as staff and students came together in a hybrid format to celebrate their accomplishments. It was the first virtual Awards Ceremony in the College\u2019s history, paying tribute to every individual\u2019s remarkable academic and personal efforts in the face of adversity during the Covid-19 pandemic, and mark the last Awards Ceremony to feature programmes under the Department of Business and Humanities. <\/p>\n
Most of the graduating students and academic staff managed to attend the Awards Ceremony on Zoom. They made great use of the chat box and video functions to cheer their peers on and wish each other every blessing for the road that lies ahead.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The original version<\/a> of this article was first published on Newbold College website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n![\"Awards](\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/images_news-2021_Newbold_awards_ceremony_2020-2021.png\" "\\"Dr")
<\/a>With special music conducted by Dr Sandra Rigby-Barrett, Dr John Baildam opened the ceremony with introductory remarks and thanks; Dr Emmanuel Osei, President of the South England Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, addressed the graduating students; Newbold\u2019s Academic Registrar, Serena Santona, presented the graduating students; whilst Dr Daniel Duda delivered a charge to the graduating students and offered a prayer of dedication. Representing the student body, Pilira Zapita provided the students\u2019 response, and Chief Financial Officer Abigail Wright made an appeal to raise money for the Student Aid Fund before the benediction. <\/p>\n<\/a>College Principal Dr John Baildam recalls how the ceremony made for a poignant end to a challenging year: \u2018Not only have we been dealing with the pandemic since March last year, but over the past nine months we have been going through a challenging period of reorientation and restructuring. I am grateful to my academic colleagues for their contributions to ensuring that so many of our students this year are graduating with First Class Honours, Merits and Distinctions. I thank our graduates for their commitment and contribution to the College, and I look forward to a number of them returning to Newbold in September for the next stage of their academic journey.\u2019 <\/p>\n<\/a>
Once again, Newbold would like to congratulate all graduating students. To watch the live-streamed Awards Ceremony event in full, please visit the Newbold website<\/a> or visit the College Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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