Madrid hosted the presentation of Tecnun's Master's Degree caps.
16 | 06 | 2025
On Saturday, June 14, 44 students who have completed their Master's Degrees in Industrial Engineering and Technological Innovation this academic year 2025-26 were presented with their caps in Madrid.
After the Thanksgiving Mass, which took place at the Clínica Universidad de Navarra, the academic ceremony began at 19.30 in the Alumni building and was conducted by the executive director of Tecnun's Master's Degree programs, Rosalía de las Rivas.
Professor Maria Isabel Rodriguez, academic director of the Master's Degree in Technological Innovationwas in charge of giving the first speech of the event, in which she emphasized that "the best way to face these uncertain times is precisely as you have done: training yourselves and contributing to making the society of which you are a part more reflective, more critical and more collaborative". "Trust in yourselves, in your ability to face new challenges and in your values to make the best decisions. This attitude will lead you to be humble and to always have your hand outstretched to help your colleagues, friends and family," he continued, "in this way, you will obtain true success: the success of feeling that you have given the best of yourselves to help others and make this world a better place."
Along the same lines,Pablo Garrido, also a professor of the Master's Degree , project manager at Talgo, who gave the keynote speech at the event, did not want to miss the opportunity to remind the students that "being an engineer is not just about mastering formulas, processes or systems. It is, above all, understanding the world in order to transform it. It is to look at a complex reality and ask yourself: how can I improve it, how can I make it more efficient, more sustainable, more human?
sustainable, more humane? Garrido stressed that "the engineer's mission statement, therefore, is to detect the problems and needs of society, to be able to solve them and thus make a better world for future generations.
The students Natalia Fernández and Jaime Vaya were in charge of giving the speech on behalf of all the students and, in a story full of memories, anecdotes, learning and shared experiences, they wanted to highlight the gratitude to the teachers "for teaching us from the demand and respect, for opening the door to so many opportunities, for receiving us every Monday with a smile, for the squid sandwiches and paellas". And he also thanked the families "because without you, literally and emotionally, we would not be here today".
The closing of the event came from the director of the School, Professor Raúl Antón, who based his speech on time, and the lack of it. The director of the School stated that "we talk a lot about productivity and little about happiness". Using the example of Victor Frankl, whose purpose and meaning were concretized in his love for his wife, which was what made him survive Auschwitz, Antón invited the audience to stop and think. "In this century of haste, it seems to me that those who know where they want to go and those who decide to stop a little and look at the compass, that is, those who ask themselves the big questions that have to do with happiness and not so much with speed, will reach port," he said. "To look at the compass is to know where the north is, I encourage you to be people who ask ourselves who am I, what is my mission statement in life, where is my north?"
As a remedy to combat the overdose of speed and optimization, the director the School suggested "a good per diem expenses of spirit of service, culture, reflection, and spirit of celebration".
