The students of the LIII Class of ISSA School of Management Assistants celebrated their graduation on Saturday, June 1. A total of 34 students received their diploma and their graduation certificate at the classroom Magna of Central Building, in an event that makes special sense when it is ten years since the establishment of programs of study as Degree. A total of 3,328 alumni have passed through the classrooms of the School since its inception in 1963.

At 11 o'clock the workshop began with a floral offering to St. Mary Mother of Fair Love at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fair Love of the University. A Mass of thanksgiving was then celebrated at the chapel of the Amigos Building. Afterwards, the students, together with parents, professors, family and friends went to Central Building to celebrate the academic ceremony. The ceremony was presided over by Victoria Rodríguez, director of the School; Maricarmen Erviti, deputy director; María Fernández Ygartua, General Manager; and Asunción Gómiz, professor of Accounting and godmother of the graduating class.  

Professor Gómiz was in charge of giving the master class. With her speech she encouraged the students to incorporate all the lessons learned during these years at the University into their own lives and society. To this end, she used the words of Full Professor of architecture, Bonani, in which she recalled that "it is the University that must influence the construction of a more just society".

After her speech, Laura Peña, class delegate, offered a few words of thanks on behalf of all the students and recalled some of the most special moments experienced during the four years of degree program.

Victoria Rodríguez was in charge of closing the academic event, but not before thanking the parents and relatives for the trust they placed in ISSA for the training and Education of their children.

Wenli Lin, award Fin de Degree 2018

Wenli Lin (center of the image), after receiving recognition for having the best transcript of her ISSA'2018 graduating class. Photo: Cristina Mancebo

The academic ceremony was also the moment in which submission of award Fin de degree program 2018 was made. Wenli Lin, a 22-year alumna, was the deserving recipient of this recognition.

She speaks five languages (English, Chinese, Spanish, German and French) and is currently working as assistant to the project manager at Loire Gestamp, in San Sebastian, in the same business where she did her internship in China, the last semester the degree program She likes to draw, read, travel, cook and learn about other cultures; and a few months ago she created with a friend the Instagram account @olivasysoja.

For Wenli, receiving this award is both a joy and a surprise. "I did not expect it at all. I feel that the work and the results I have obtained during the Degree, and especially during the curricular internship, have been recognized. It has also been a great joy for my parents and my friends, who have supported me throughout these 4 years."

He says that what he liked most about degree program is the variety of subjects taught, from Marketing to Human Resources, which gave him a very global vision: "ISSA gave me the opportunity to learn subjects from different fields".

Asked about the recommendation she would give to a first-year student , she emphasizes that the most important thing is perseverance, "if you keep the work up to date, solve your doubts with teachers and classmates, you will have no problem in getting the Degree".