TODAY IS THE DAY!
JULY 24, 2014
CMUR'S FIRST GRADUATION DAY!
LET THE CEREMONY BEGIN!
AT THE SERENA HOTEL IN KIGALI, RWANDA!
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| MEETING IN THE PARKING LOT! |
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| LOOK AT ALL THESE SMILES! |
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| HAPPINESS OOZING OUT OF EVERYONE! |
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| EVEN WE GUESTS! |
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| ANNE AND JEFFREY RUGEGE! |
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| THE SET! |
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| THE DR'S ALL GETTING ROBED! |
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| THE GUESTS ALL WAITING…. |
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| AND WAITING…. |
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THIS IS THE GUY THAT GOT IT ALL STARTED
WITH PRESIDENT KAGAME. THANK YOU, PRADEEP! |
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| HERE THE COME! |
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| AND HERE THEY STAND --BEFORE THEIR DEGREES ARE CONFERRED. |
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| AND THE CEREMONY BEGINS. |
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AS I RECALL….
BRUCE SAYS SOMETHING LIKE…"MAY I PRESENT THE FIRST GRADUATING
CLASS OF CMUR"…. AND THE APPLAUSE BEGINS! |
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| THE MINISTER SPOKE! |
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JIM GARRETT JR, THE DEAN OF ENGINEERING FROM CMU PITTSBURGH
ADDRESSED THE STUDENTS! |
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STUDENT SPEAKER, MAREB!
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| AND THEN DISTRIBUTION OF THE 'LITTLE' CMU DIPLOMAS!1 |
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| THE FORMAL GRADUATION IS FINISHED BUT… |
THE FAMILY REJOICING BEGINS.
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| FUTURE CMU GRAD! |
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| "'HERE DADDY', I AM SO PROUD OF YOU! BUT THIS IS JUST TOO BIG FOR ME." |
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EACH STUDENT IN THIS CLASS HAS BEEN VERY SPECIAL!
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HERE THEY ALL ARE!! |
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| NOT SURE ABOUT THAT HAT, BRUCE…. |
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THIS WAS THE MOMENT THEY WERE ALL WAITING FOR!
HAT'S OFF!! |
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| HEDDA AND SOME OF THE GIRLS! |
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| I THINK MICHEL IS SAYING… "BUT BRUCE DOESN'T HAVE HIS HAT ON!" |
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ANOTHER FUTURE LITTLE GRAD!
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| THE PROFS |
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THIS IS SUCH A GREAT PICTURE OF THESE TWO AND
IT CAPTURES THE DAY!
IT WAS A GREAT MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON
AND NOW THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE OFF INTO THE WORLD.
WE PRAY GOD'S BLESSING ON EACH OF THEIR LIVES
AND THEIR FUTURES!
THEY HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO RECEIVE THEIR
AMERICAN MASTER'S DEGREES
AND WE ARE ALL SO PROUD OF THEM.
WAY TO GO, FIRST CLASS OF CMUR!!!
HATS OFF TO YOU! ( LITERALLY)
LOVE,
margie |
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