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10.01 – President Mnangagwa will today preside over Manicaland State University of Applied Science’s 3rd graduation ceremony. 153 students will graduate today
09.59 – Graduates are enjoying entertainment from the Zimbabwe National Army band as they away President Mnangagwa’s arrival. The President is the Chancellor of all State Universities
10.10 – 9,48 percent of the graduates are males while 40,52 percent are female. Eight students are graduating with first class degrees. Best female graduating student is Gamuchirai Chigaro (B.Eng in Metallurgy Honours Degree) with 34 distinctions, while Carl Tinashe Nhapi is the best male graduating student (B.Eng in Mining and Mineral Processing Honours Degree) with 33 distinctions.
10.11 – Manicaland State University graduands waiting to be capped.
11.37 – ALL is set for the third Manicaland State University for Applied Sciences graduation ceremony at its Fern Hill campus in Mutare. A total of 153 graduates from different faculties are expected to be capped by MSUAS Chancellor President Emerson Mnangagwa. Graduates from faculties of Engineering, Applied Sciences and Technology, Applied Social Sciences and Agribusiness Management make up the total of 153 that will be capped today. Of the 153 graduates, eight are being conferred with First Class Degrees, three females and five males. The best female graduating student is Gamuchirai Chigaro, who undertook B. Engineering in Metallurgy Honours Degree with 34 distinctions while the best male graduating student is Tinashe Nhapi, who undertook B. Engineering in Mining and Mineral Processing Honours Degree with 33 distinctions. The ceremony is being held under the theme: Advancing sustainable production, industrialisation, and modernisation through research and innovation.
11.39 – Manicaland State University of Applied Sciences was established through the Manicaland State University of Applied Sciences Act Chapter 25:31 of 2016 in line with Government’s policy to have a State university in every province.
12.23 – The academic procession is underway, marking the beginning of the graduation ceremomy.
12.51 – VC: The university has built gold recovery technology, a breakthrough made possible through collaboration with the Research Council of Zimbabwe and an institution from Botswana.
VC: expresses gratitude to Second Republic for the establishment of the institution’s Agro-Industrial Park. The perimeter has been fenced, a game park will also be established.
VC: 25 students are graduating with awards, eight with first class degrees
13.31 – HE now presenting award
14.13 – The conferment of awards and degrees has concluded. All graduates are now saying the graduates’ statement
14.15 – The President has declared the graduation ceremony dissolved
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