
CIC Higher Education celebrated another milestone after conferring business degrees with concentrations in Accounting, Management and Marketing to 60 graduates during the 2019 Graduation Ceremony held on Tuesday, 26 November.
In welcoming the CIC campus community to the commencement ceremonies, CIC General Manager Francesca Macpherson beams with pride as she highlighted the graduates’ academic journey, “What these students have achieved is incredible. Studying away from home in a second language is commendable. We are very proud of our students, and wish them all the best; we can’t wait to hear all the wonderful things they will achieve in the future.”
Professor Emeritus Alan Lindsay AO, chairman of the Board of Directors, conferred the degrees after Dr Damian Spencer, CIC Higher Education Dean, presented the graduates. Dr Paul Collier, a Certified Practising Accountant and member of the CIC Teaching and Learning Committee and Academic Board, was the keynote speaker.

Dr Collier encouraged the graduates to never give up on finding their dream job. “The path may not be in front of you yet but don’t give up searching for the right path to get you there. Work with honesty and integrity. Be true to yourself, be mindful of others and be open to hard work.” He qualifies, “Comments like ‘that isn’t my job’ will hinder your growth. Be open and look for an opportunity to be able to make a difference… It’s okay if in your first role you are doing staff coffee runs; we have all done it and it won’t be forever.”
Student Ambassador and also a 2019 graduate Sonet Costa, in his commencement speech on behalf of the graduating class, thanked the administrators, staff and lecturers as well as family and friends for all their support. He recalls, “Three years ago, each one of us made the firm decision to pursue a bachelor’s degree course here. I bet in the middle of it we may have wanted to give up, pack our books and bags and go home. Maybe some have done that. Honestly, that would have been an easier choice, but we stuck through it all.” He challenges his fellow graduates to keep moving forward. “I do not promise you that this journey will be easy. But it is up to each one of us to follow our dreams. If we can all do that, we would have created a better world for all of humanity to enjoy.”
The full list of this year’s graduates follows.
Bachelor of Business (Accounting)
ABBAS, Asad
ABBASI, Waleed Naseer
ALI, Muhammad Asfand
ANANYAPONG, Krittika
ANWAR, Imran
BABAR, Saqib
BAI, Yang
BAMUNUSINGHE ARACHCHIGE, Priyankara
BANIYA, Sharifa
BUI, Thi Ngoc Tram
CHIRAMBO, Linda
COSTA, Sonet Richard D
DAHAL, Atish
HAIDER, Syed Adnan
HERNANDEZ, Janna Marie
IQBAL, Rana
KARUNARATHNA, Sandeep Dilshara
KAUR, Amandeep
KAUR, Harmandeep
KAUR, Rubnaz
KAUR, Simranjeet
KHAN, Muhammad Shuja
KHALID, Rao Usman
KIANI, Usman Ahmed
KRISHNA, Brij Bhushan
LADDUGE, Udesh Priyamantha
LE, Hoang Thu Thao
LE, Tuong Linh
LU, Shuhao
MUGHAL, Usman
NGUYEN, Thi Mai
NGUYEN, Thi Phuong Anh
NGUYEN, Thi Thuy Tien
PHAN, Thi Mai Loan
PHAN, Thu Xuan
PUTRA, I Wayan Adi Kesuma
SHUBHAM
SINGH, Komalpreet
TIRMIZI, Syed Haris Ahmed
TRAN, Thao Vu Phuong
VANTWEST, Chrisal Anicitus
VERMA, Megha
VU, Thi Minh Ngoc
Y, Ly Binh
YU
Bachelor of Business (Management)
ASIJA, Megh
BHARDWAJ, Karan
KOECH, Moses Kipsang
LE, Tran Hai Yen
NGUYEN, Thi Thao
SINGH, Gursewak
SINGH, Judgebir
SINGH, Navraj
SINGH, Sukhwinder
TRAN, Quoc Huy
TRUONG, Tri Tien
WANG, Haowei
Bachelor of Business (Marketing)
LAM, Gia Minh
NGUYEN, Le Phuong Thao
REXVI, Ijaz Mohamed
