{"id":1108,"date":"2021-11-19T16:02:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T13:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/Blog\/?p=1108"},"modified":"2021-12-07T21:12:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T18:12:45","slug":"iuea-is-set-to-celebrate-the-8th-graduation-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/iuea-is-set-to-celebrate-the-8th-graduation-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"IUEA Is Set To Celebrate The 8th Graduation Ceremony."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It is evident that since the beginning of this year, many Universities within and outside the country have awarded their students upon distinct achievements. As we draw closer to the festive season, the 11-year-old International University of East Africa(IUEA) is just counting down days along with its students, staff, guardians, host community and all well-wishers ahead of the exciting long awaited 8<sup>th<\/sup> graduation celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The legendary \u201cCLASS OF 2021\u201d stormed the university premises and host community streets of Kansanga ahead of 8th Graduation Ceremony for their special <strong>\u201cFinalist Funday\u201d<\/strong> which was spiced by custom made white t-shirts. They rocked Kansanga street with a parade, jubilations and a hit song titled IUEA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IUEA-Student-in-Kansanga-street-1-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"IUEA Student in Kansanga street\" data-id=\"1115\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IUEA-Student-in-Kansanga-street-1-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/?attachment_id=1115\" class=\"wp-image-1115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IUEA-Student-in-Kansanga-street-1-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IUEA-Student-in-Kansanga-street-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IUEA-Student-in-Kansanga-street-1-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IUEA-Student-in-Kansanga-street-1-1.jpg 1201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">IUEA Students in Kansanga street<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-src=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IUEA-Finalists-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1114\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IUEA-Finalists-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/?attachment_id=1114\" class=\"wp-image-1114 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IUEA-Finalists-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IUEA-Finalists-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IUEA-Finalists-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IUEA-Finalists-1.jpg 1201w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/682;\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">IUEA Class of 2021 Finalists<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the day ended, the once plain white t-shirts were filled with signatures of classmates, friends, family and well-wishers. Each one of them was seen struggling to get their t-shirts signed and slay in front of the cameras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"762\" data-src=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Students-filled-white-t-shirts-with-signatures-1-1024x762.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1112 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Students-filled-white-t-shirts-with-signatures-1-1024x762.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Students-filled-white-t-shirts-with-signatures-1-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Students-filled-white-t-shirts-with-signatures-1-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Students-filled-white-t-shirts-with-signatures-1.jpg 1075w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/762;\" \/><figcaption><em>Students filled white t-shirts with signatures<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI am grateful to God I made it, I thank my lecturers and classmates for all their support throughout my studies\u2026I can\u2019t wait to graduate.\u201d <\/p><cite>&#8211; <em>A female finalist, <strong>Chancele<\/strong> from DRC told us during an interview.&nbsp;<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike the predominant use of black gowns across the world, IUEA exploits a rare maroon silk gown accompanied by adorable white stripes and pure maroon Caps and Just like any other gown, the hood colors are designed to represent a particular group of students. The blue liner hoods represent <a href=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/facultyofengineering\/\">Faculty of Engineering<\/a> graduates, yellow for <a href=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/Facultyofbusinessandmanagement\/\">Faculty of Business<\/a>, silver for <a href=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/facultyofscienceandtechnology\/\">Faculty of Science and Technology<\/a> and purple for <a href=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/facultyoflaw\/\">Faculty of Law<\/a>. Well, where do you belong? Let us now in the comment section below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The very first graduation ceremony took place on December 10<sup>th<\/sup> 2014 inside the IUEA auditorium which is ranked as the largest in Uganda with a capacity of over 1600 seats. A total of 266 graduates, some staff members and guests filled the giant auditorium that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-src=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Board-of-Trustees-and-University-Council-Members-IUEA-Graduation-Day-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Board of Trustees and University Council Members\" data-id=\"1116\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Board-of-Trustees-and-University-Council-Members-IUEA-Graduation-Day.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/?attachment_id=1116\" class=\"wp-image-1116 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Board-of-Trustees-and-University-Council-Members-IUEA-Graduation-Day-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Board-of-Trustees-and-University-Council-Members-IUEA-Graduation-Day-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Board-of-Trustees-and-University-Council-Members-IUEA-Graduation-Day-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Board-of-Trustees-and-University-Council-Members-IUEA-Graduation-Day.jpg 1201w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/682;\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Board of Trustees and University Council Members -IUEA Graduation Day<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-src=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Drummers-celebration-at-IUEA-Graduation-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Drummers Band\" data-id=\"1117\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Drummers-celebration-at-IUEA-Graduation.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/?attachment_id=1117\" class=\"wp-image-1117 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Drummers-celebration-at-IUEA-Graduation-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Drummers-celebration-at-IUEA-Graduation-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Drummers-celebration-at-IUEA-Graduation-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Drummers-celebration-at-IUEA-Graduation.jpg 1201w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/682;\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Drummers celebration at IUEA Graduation<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-src=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IUEA-Graduates--1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"IUEA Graduates\" data-id=\"1120\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IUEA-Graduates-.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/?attachment_id=1120\" class=\"wp-image-1120 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IUEA-Graduates--1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IUEA-Graduates--300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IUEA-Graduates--768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IUEA-Graduates-.jpg 1201w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/682;\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">IUEA Graduates<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-src=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Graduands-presentation-by-their-Deans-in-the-IUEA-Auditorium-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"IUEA Graduates\" data-id=\"1118\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Graduands-presentation-by-their-Deans-in-the-IUEA-Auditorium.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/?attachment_id=1118\" class=\"wp-image-1118 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Graduands-presentation-by-their-Deans-in-the-IUEA-Auditorium-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Graduands-presentation-by-their-Deans-in-the-IUEA-Auditorium-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Graduands-presentation-by-their-Deans-in-the-IUEA-Auditorium-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Graduands-presentation-by-their-Deans-in-the-IUEA-Auditorium.jpg 1201w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/682;\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Graduates presentation by their Deans in the IUEA Auditorium<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-src=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Graduates-Staffs-Board-of-Trustees-Parents-and-invited-guests-are-sharing-the-IUEA-Cake-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"IUEA Cake\" data-id=\"1119\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Graduates-Staffs-Board-of-Trustees-Parents-and-invited-guests-are-sharing-the-IUEA-Cake.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/?attachment_id=1119\" class=\"wp-image-1119 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Graduates-Staffs-Board-of-Trustees-Parents-and-invited-guests-are-sharing-the-IUEA-Cake-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Graduates-Staffs-Board-of-Trustees-Parents-and-invited-guests-are-sharing-the-IUEA-Cake-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Graduates-Staffs-Board-of-Trustees-Parents-and-invited-guests-are-sharing-the-IUEA-Cake-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Graduates-Staffs-Board-of-Trustees-Parents-and-invited-guests-are-sharing-the-IUEA-Cake.jpg 1201w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/682;\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Graduates, Staffs, Board of Trustees, Parents and invited guests are sharing the IUEA Cake<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/Graduation\/\" style=\"background-color:#7a0000\" rel=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/Graduation\/\">DISCOVER MORE ABOUT IUEA GRADUATIONS<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Now in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic and terrorist attacks in the country, IUEA is set for yet another memorable and historical celebration both online and on campus <strong><em>[attendance by invite only with all SOPs and maximum security observed].<\/em><\/strong> No <strong>bags will be allowed<\/strong> inside the university premises as IUEA crowns over 800 in CLASS OF 2021 queens and kings on Thursday 25<sup>th<\/sup> November 2021. <strong>We just can\u2019t wait!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By: Evaline Alum <\/strong>| Civil Engineering student at IUEA &amp; Research Analyst at Saving Earth Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is evident that since the beginning of this year, many Universities within and outside the country have awarded their students upon distinct achievements. As we draw closer to the festive season, the 11-year-old International University of East Africa(IUEA) is just counting down days along with its students, staff, guardians, host community and all well-wishers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[14,47],"class_list":["post-1108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-life","tag-covid-19","tag-graduation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}