IUBAT Convocation in the media

With the first batches of BSN graduates officially recognized, Convocation 2011 was the culminating event of a busy year for our project. The popular national newspaper, The Daily Star published a colourful supplement on Convocation Day and also reported on the event the following day http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=215159  . Another popular national daily, The Independent, produced pictorial coverage on the following day http://www.theindependentdigital.com/index.php?opt=view&page=32&date=2011-12-27. This is the source for the photo of Dr. Karen Lund, Chair of Health Sciences, receiving an award from the presiding Minister, Dr. Hasan Mahmud. The IUBAT website has more at www.iubat.edu.

Convocation for IUBAT graduates

In Bangladesh, university convocations are a special event, held only when the country’s president accepts an invitation to preside. On December 21st 2011, IUBAT conducted its third convocation in twenty years as a university.  The President was unwell, so Dr Hasan Mahmud, a senior government minister, conferred degrees on all IUBAT graduates including those from the College of Nursing. A former professor himself, Dr Hasan noted the contribution of IUBAT’s Centre for Policy Research, which is led by Bangladesh Health Project Director, John Richards. We were especially proud that Bimala Rai (BSN 2009) was chosen from among the eight hundred graduates to be Valedictorian for this event.

Read more about the 3rd IUBAT Convocation at http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=215159

IUBAT alumni perform well

Congratulations to IUBAT College of Nursing graduates, Poonam Limbu,  Karuna Sharma and Bimala Rai. They recently passed exams for an advanced ACLS course offered at Dhaka’s BIRDEM Hospital. Of about 40 health professionals attending, only 10 passed, with the three IUBAT graduates in the top rank.  When the head of the Critical Care Unit announced the results, he told the audience that nurses are intelligent professionals, as these three IUBAT alumni had demonstrated.