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Tribune News Network
Doha
THE College of the North Atlantic - Qatar (CNA-Q) graduated one of the largest classes in its 15-year history, with 426 students crossing the stage at Qatar National Convention Centre on Monday night.
The ceremony was held under the patronage of Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani.
In attendance were: HE Dr Mohammed bin Abdul Wahed Ali al Hammadi, Minister of Education and Higher Education; HE Dr Mohammed bin Saleh al Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry and Chair of the CNA-Q Board of Trustees; HE Dr Issa bin Saad al Jafali al Nuami, Minister of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs; Dr Mohammed Yousef al Mulla, CEO of Qatar Petrochemical Company and member of CNA-Q's Board of Trustees; Dr Ibrahim al Naimi, President of Community College of Qatar and member of CNA-Q's Board of Trustees.
Graduates were welcomed to the workforce and congratulated on their academic accomplishments by special guest speaker, HE Dr Mohammed bin Saleh al Sada:"Your graduation is a great achievement and I am pleased to join you this evening to celebrate a significant and very important milestone in your lives. To CNA-Q's 2017 Graduating Class, I am proud to say that your hard work, determination and commitment to your studies have paid off. Congratulations to you!"
Students graduated from over 32 programmes, which are each tailored to the needs of Qatar's economy. The number of graduates in each discipline include: 147 from Business Studies, 134 from Engineering Technology, 82 from Health Sciences and 63 from Information Technology programmes.
The ceremony was also a time to hear from CNA-Q's Class of 2017 co-valedictorians, Mohammed al Nuami, a Business Management Accounting graduate, and Rida Ambareen, a Pharmacy Technician graduate, who were selected as shining examples of Qatar's future leaders.
"We are so pleased to see strong, capable graduates enter the Qatari workforce year after year," said Dr Ken MacLeod, CNA-Q president.
