Today’ s graduation ceremony may be only be a brief moment in your life, but it undoubtedly represents one of your most significant accomplishments. It provides an opportunity for you to celebrate the successful conclusion of years of preparation and endeavour with your fellow members of the Monash community.
But while your time as a student at Monash may be drawing to a close, your ongoing connection with us remains no less vital. A most important strength of this University is its wider community, and the range of opportunities for you to stay in touch with that community has never been broader.
For many graduates, this is an opportunity to help ensure that the experience of Monash for the next generation of students is even more rewarding than their own.
This could involve contributing to support more scholarships, to extend our teaching and learning programs or to increase the impact of our research. Others donate their time and enthusiasm by participating in our student mentoring programme or by sharing their knowledge and experience with the wider Monash community.
And never forget that Monash University exists for the benefit of everyone. For decades it has fulfilled that purpose by educating and training new generations of professionals and leaders in evidence-based decision making and by undertaking world class research that has proven vital to improving the human condition.
It is my sincere hope that the qualification you receive today furthers your own endeavours to effect positive change in a world that faces severe challenges as well as great opportunities.
As a graduate of this University, you represent what a Monash education can make possible. For it is through your excellence, and your connection to Monash, that we as a university have forged a path to where we are now. Your individual effort is part of our own effort. Your success reflects, and builds upon, our own success.
My sincerest congratulations for what you have achieved today, and I warmly welcome you to the family that is Monash University alumni.
Dr Megan Clark AC Chancellor
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