PUBLISHED: 16:27 07 October 2017 | UPDATED: 16:27 07 October 2017
College of West Anglia's graduation day. Picture: Ian Burt
Ian Burt
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In a day they’ll never forget, graduates of the Academy of West Anglia donned their celebratory gowns for their graduation commemoration today.
Taking abode in the Corn Exchange, in Tuesday Market Place, some 128 acceptance calm their certificates, appearance an end to years of adamantine work.
Qualifications ranged from academy civic diplomas to available degrees with honours in a array of subjects, including construction, engineering, sciences, education, bloom and amusing affliction and history and english.
Hundreds of captivated ancestors associates and accompany all agog to bless their success abounding the auditorium.
Addressing the graduates, academy arch David Pomfret said: “The academy is actual appreciative of your adherence and adamantine work.
“This graduation commemoration is a admirable befalling to highlight the cogent achievements of our students.
“Today is a anniversary of you and abnormally the ancestors associates who accept been there for you.
“Each of you accept fabricated the best of what the academy has accustomed you - you should be acutely appreciative of yourselves of what you accept achieved
“Be aggressive about what you can do with your futures.”
Graduates fabricated that important airing to the date to be presented with their awards by the active of the altered faculties.
The apprentice of the year accolade for outstanding achievement, presented by agent administrator of Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) Dr Apurba Kundu, went to Aleasha Fox.
Miss Fox accustomed a aboriginal chic honours in computer science and has already landed a job as a activity architect for a software aggregation based in West Sussex.
She said: “I wasn’t assured that, I acquainted faint. It has been a absolutely absolute acquaintance and I am absolutely happy.”
Other notable speakers included West Norfolk ambassador Carol Bower and ARU agent carnality adjudicator assistant Roderick Watkins.
Following the ceremony, newly-graduated acceptance abutting the mayoral affair in a advance through the boondocks afore authoritative their way to the academy campus for a cafe able by accouterment students.
