Wish Big – LvBS Held Its Graduation Ceremony

  This year’s LvBS graduates include corporate executives and top managers, young entrepreneurs who are planning to launch or have already launched their startups, IT executives, in particular owners of small IT companies and line managers in big and small firms. It is noteworthy that LvBS produced its first graduates of MS in Technology Management – the first program in Eastern Europe to combine technological and business education.

   The graduates were greeted by Rev. Bohdan Prakh, Rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University, who stressed that the process of learning was not over after receiving a diploma. Now they all are part of the University’s large community. The commencement speech was given by Andy Hunder, President of the American Chamber of Commerce. “Listen to your heart and trust your intuition in whatever you do,” he addressed the graduates. “They should be your guiding principle. Then you will love what you do and will be able to inspire others. Ukraine’s brand awareness is gradually growing, but there’s still quite a bit of work to be done to fill it with content. Your businesses and the companies you work for can develop the right brand of Ukraine for the rest of the world. The Facebook of the future can be created in Ukraine as it boasts huge potential in its human capital. All the necessary conditions are in place to make a breakthrough on international markets. It’s all in your hands.”

   Oleksiy Skrypnyk, ELEKS co-founder and Member of Parliament, thinks that Ukrainians should get rid of their inferiority complex. “We are smart and talented. We have a good education and can achieve whatever we want. Go ahead, work hard, and develop your country. Things will work out all right for our society because it boasts fantastic people like you,” said Mr. Skrypnyk addressing the graduates.   

   The graduates of MS in Technology Management also announced the creation of a scholarship fund for students of the new UCU Program in Computer Science, which will allow talented youngsters to get a high-quality IT education at the Ukrainian Catholic University. “It’s a great manifestation of trust towards our program as for the first time ever support comes not from the University, international funds or companies, but directly from the IT industry,” says Yaroslav Prytula, Director of the UCU Program in Computer Science. “In my opinion, support for education should top the list of Ukraine’s priorities, and it’s very important that this awareness is increasing. I guess IT executives were taught to think globally, broadly, and long-term at the business school. This initiative will change the future of several children who will eventually change the fate of many.”