Graduation Ceremony in the French Senate |
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The yearly graduation ceremony of AGSIRD took place on June 4th in the French Senate. Seventeen students were awarded a Master of Arts degree in International Relations and Diplomacy. Those who had opted for a double-degree program also obtained a European Master in Diplomacy and Strategic Negotiation from Université Paris-Sud XI. Graduating students were from the US, Canada, Haiti and Liberia. Arcadia University President Dr. Jerry Greiner came to Paris for the occasion. After he and AGSIRD president Dr. Eileen Servidio each addressed the graduating students, the commencement speech was delivered by H.E. Samira Hanna-El Daher, Ambassador, Representative of Lebanon to the Executive Board of UNESCO. Ambassador El Daher is a career diplomat who was the first woman in Lebanon to be named Ambassador, and the first woman worldwide to be an Ambassador in Japan. She also served as Lebanese Ambassador to the USA, China, Australia, Great Britain, the Philippines, Switzerland, and Cyprus.
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From current issues in the Middle East taught together by an Iranian historian and an Israelli journalist, to NGO management taught by the director of Human Rights Watch in France, every class was fascinating and taught by some of the most impressive people I could ever have imagined. I immediately felt at home in this small but active AGS community because, although students and professors are all from different parts of the world, everyone takes the time to understand each other's perspective. Overall, I would recommend AGS to anyone with a thirst for intellectual stimulation and a drive to not only understand the world of international relations, but engage in it..