Energetic Graduation Ceremony of NTU EMBA Class 2013

NTU College of Management EMBA held the graduation ceremony on Jun. 18 at the Sports Center; 210 graduating students rose to the stage for their tassels to be turned and savor their moments of glory. As a platform for the elites and after 3 years of emersion in precious knowledge through cross-industry and cross-discipline discussion and activities, NTU EMBA has given the graduating students very promising future. Graduation is yet another start line; in the ceremony the words of Fu Si-Nian, the late NTU president, “We dedicate this university to the universal spirit,” was reminded again to the graduating students, as they posed for photo, that they from this moment on are charged with more responsibilities for the society.

Energetic Dance at the EMBA Graduation

A video specially produced for the graduating students recorded the moments of the past 3 years. Graduating students of Class 2013 danced passionately on the stage in their master gowns. Their dance might not be very smooth, but their groovy body language and joyous faces had shown their team spirit with young energy and seamless cooperation.

 According to Huang Bing-Zhang, representative of Taipei Class 2013, an EMBA diploma had been an idea since 1998 when he was 46 but sat on that idea until 60, a not very young age. He asked himself should he wait for another 14 years? He humorously said, he didn’t want not knowing whom to call when he reaches for his cell phone. Huang also said that NTU is a treasure vault of knowledge where every day is brilliant. Having spent 3 years with the top elites in Taiwan, he found the best friends in his teachers and best teachers in fellow students. He wished his fellow graduating students who now have access to a relation network of 3,000 alumni members a more bountiful and beautiful future.

NTU-Fudan Program was the first collaboration across Taiwan Strait in 2010, and now it is bidding farewell to the 3th year of graduating students. The Program combines the resources of the top universities across Taiwan Strait. Xie Ci-Wen, representative of graduating students of the Program, said that choosing the Program proved to be a smart move. Getting together 10 days every month allowed her to experience the best parts of the two cities and the clash of the two universities that share similar ideas. NTU-Fudan Program is a platform for amiable integration that lets her to come, see, and fall in love with Taiwan during his pursuit of master degree.

Re-opening the Time Bottle and return to zero

Xie Ming-Hui, CEO, NTU EMBA, wanted the graduating students to remember their spirit and determination they carried when they walked pass the university gate 3 years ago, and return to zero as they now graduate. Returning to zero allows them to think outside the box. Xie gave the graduating students a benevolent admonition: “Be 18 again and dare to dream. A common student freshly out of college is usually in dearth, and that dearth is the best motivator for their pursuit of dreams.” The O-Camp on March 9 and 10, 2013 was the first activity that Class 2013 had taken since enrollment; in the activity they were asked to write a letter to themselves and seal the letter in a bottle. In the graduation ceremony, Xie grant the students a sword as a symbol of re-opening these bottles.

4 students shared their letters in the ceremony. Zhan Hui-Zhu said that no time is better than now, the moment when she finished this journey of knowledge. She wanted to give 100 Likes to all graduating students. Jiang Ming-Heng said that after years of working his spirit had been worn out already. It was his wife who encouraged him to try NTU EMBA, and he was admitted, and his ordinary life becomes extraordinary ever since. Lin Zhong-Zhang humorously said that he has learned quite a few things. First, the less he tries to control his company, the more business his company achieves. Second, a 3 km run use to be an equivalence of death penalty for him, but now he is a triathlon contender. For all graduating students, these 3 years have been a wonderful journey of physical and spiritual refinement.

These EMBA students coming from different backgrounds have been brought together to create across different industries, and in the future they will continue to fulfill NTU EMBA’s value of self-breakthrough and mission of social innovation.

Honorable guests gather to offer words of advice

Guo Hong-Ji, Dean of Academic Affairs, encouraged the graduating students that they are expected to become the main force in the society to drive forward innovation and altruism. Guo Ruei-Xiang, Dean of College of Management, encouraged the students with a formula of VICTORY, where the sever letters represent seven aspects, to which the students should contemplate for their true meanings. Dean Lu Xiong-Wen, Dean of School of Business, Fudan University, encouraged the students that the title of master means that they are now obligated to perform their due responsibilities as intelligentsia with their knowledge in industrial/business administration.

Our guests include many high-profile figureheads who share their blessings with the graduating students. Professor Zhang Shan-Zheng, former Premier of the Executive Yuan, shared his premier experience and advised about how to practice “impressive leadership” and how to transform your motivation into your employee’s motivation. He pointed out that the most important thing as an executive is giving the first line employee enough chances to interact. Give them necessary support, don’t hastily resort to penalty when a crisis breaks out, and show them that you are with them.

“Class is over now, Class 2013,” announced Xie Ming-Hui, followed by 21 times of ringing from the Fu Bell and the choir of the University Song. In the end, the students tossed their mortar boards toward the sky where colorful ribbons were flying.

Xie Ming-Hui CEO passed a sword to Class 2013 for cutting open the Time Bottles.

NTU EMBA students reciting their own letters from the Time Bottles and shared what they had learned over these 3 years. 

Taipei Class 2013 of NTU EMBA in graduation gowns danced on the stage to demonstrate their youthful energy and seamless team spirit.

“Class is over now, Class 2013!” 21 times of ringing from the Fu Bell, the students tossed their mortar boards toward the sky where colorful ribbons were flying.