Graduation Speeches 2022
Guest Speech: Mr. Taro Aso, The 92nd Prime Minister
Thank you for your kind introduction. Yes, I am ASŌ, Tarō .
I am happy today, because as I look around, each and every one of you looks happy, extremely happy.
Where are the students from Myanmar? From Vietnam? Indonesia? Sri Lanka?
Very good….! And I know there are more than one hundred forty.
How do you feel? Are you happy? Louder! Let me ask you again, are you happy?
I am also happy today because it is the happiest day today for you all…
President Speech, Graduation Ceremony: President Hiroyuki Itami
Today is a very special day for all of us who gather here.
This is not only the day which marks the end of your long academic journey at International University of Japan, but also the day we can celebrate the end of two very trying academic years without any major Covid outbreaks on our campus…
Graduate School of International Relations Valedictorian: Cuya, Irene Angela Valones
Honorable guests, Chairman Utsuda, President Itami, Dean Myoe and Dean Lee, Faculty, Friends, family, guests, and especially, the graduates, the class of 2022. — A pleasant morning to all of you.
Two years ago, most of us may have been worrying whether we will be able to go to Japan for our graduate studies here in IUJ. We faced a lot of uncertainties. We studied in an environment we had never been before. But we fought hard and worked hard to rise to the challenges before us. Today, as I see our class gathered in this hall, it is a proof that we all had succeeded. And with that, please allow me say: Congratulations, my fellow graduates. A job well done!…
Graduate School of International Management Valedictorian: Dangol, Mukesh
Good Morning. Honorable guests, Respected Chairman Utsuda, President Itami, GSIM Dean, GSIR Dean, Professors, Faculty members, IUJ staffs, my dear friends and families.
Congratulations – the class of 2022. Yes we did it ! The class that faced one of the toughest times in the history of mankind. It is indeed a great privilege and honor to represent the GSIM 2022 class in this graceful ceremony…