On Tuesday 20 July, the School held an online celebration to mark the graduation of MBA students from the Durham full-time and online programmes. This followed the University’s virtual conferral ceremony, due to ongoing Covid restrictions earlier in the month.
The Zoom event aimed at recognising the efforts and achievements of MBA students was organised by the School’s alumni team along with faculty and staff. Open to the family and friends of the students, it also recognised their support in the students’ success and allowed everyone to meet, albeit virtually.
Over 80 students, and their families and friends from around the world, connected to the hour-long event. Attendees were welcomed by Professor Julie Hodges, Associate Dean for MBA and DBA Programmes, before the MBA Programme Directors announced the prize-winners from the respective cohorts.
Following the presentations, there was also the opportunity to hear from Executive Dean, Professor Susan Hart, who added her congratulations and encouraged the graduates to apply their learning to shape a more sustainable and equitable world, in line with the School’s mission
Best Strategic Business Project for the Durham MBA (Full-time) was announced by Professor Amir Michael who named Khalil Alloqa as the prize-winner. Professor Michael then confirmed Bronzie Kee as the recipient of the Best Overall Academic Performance award from the full-time programme.
Best Strategic Case Analysis (Winter 2021) for the Durham MBA (Online) was a joint award shared by Tamas Gyorifi and Robert Colville, and announced by Dr Jorge Lengler, Programme Director for the Durham MBA (Online). Robert was also confirmed winner of the Best Overall Academic Performance (Winter 2021).
Looking at Best Strategic Case Analysis (Summer 2021) for the Online MBA programme, the winner was Sham Mitra, and Rachelle Wilkes was awarded the Best Overall Academic Performance (Summer 2021).
Following the presentations, graduates heard from Penny Hawley, School Alumni Manager, who reminded them that they were joining the Durham University Business School alumni family of over 36,000 graduates from over 140 countries. As one of the oldest established UK business schools (1965) this also includes over 6,500 MBA alumni. Overall, they join the 150,000 graduates of Durham University, and now have access to an active alumni community with active chapters across many countries which they can join.
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