The worthy end to an important phase of life: On Saturday, 18 November, the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (KW) at Paderborn University celebrated its graduation ceremony together with around 300 guests. The focus of the festive event was on bidding farewell to the graduates of the Bachelor and Master of Arts degree programmes. In addition, 30 doctoral and three post-doctoral graduates from cultural studies disciplines were honoured for successfully completing their work.
In his speech, Prof. Dr Dr Oliver Reis, Dean of the Faculty, emphasised how important it was to him and the Faculty to give a personal farewell to the graduates. Prof Dr René Fahr, Vice President for Knowledge and Technology Transfer, also congratulated the graduates on their degrees. Prof. Dr Volker Peckhaus, Representative of the Presidential Board for Alumni Affairs, emphasised the special importance of the graduates as future multipliers of Paderborn University. All speakers emphasised how impressed they were by the time, energy and commitment invested by the graduates.
The "Leave your mark" campaign, in which the graduates were able to take photos of themselves in gowns and immortalise them on a board that will be placed in the dean's corridor at KW, was a special highlight, as was Annchristin Lange's graduation speech, in which she gave an insight into her time as a student at Paderborn University. In it, she talked about many positive experiences and shared memories with her fellow students.
In the run-up to the graduation ceremony, the prizes for outstanding theses were awarded at an event hosted by Dr Anda-Lisa Harmening, Managing Director of the Graduate Centre KW. This year's prizes for the best theses, each worth 500 euros, went to Jannik Bernard, Dennis Friedl, Lena Frömmel, Sven Friedrich Kützemeier and Nadine Moschkelewski. Veronika Muschol was honoured in the area of practical textile work. The Margarete Schrader Prize for students, endowed with 750 euros, was awarded to Sarah Marie Lau, while the doctoral prize for cultural studies, sponsored by the Brill Publishing Group and endowed with 1,500 euros, went to Dr Alexandra Krebs for her work in the field of "Theory and Didactics of History".
All information and impressions of the graduation ceremony can be found on the website of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.
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