At the weekend the graduation ceremony 2018 took place at Media University Berlin. Around 60 graduates of both the Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs of all departments were given a heartly farewell.
Last Saturday, many young people may have felt differently than usual when entering Media University Berlin in the old AEG building at Ackerstraße 76. The reason for the visit on a weekend day was the graduation ceremony 2018 and thus the solemn termination of one’s own studies. The event program started at 3 p.m. with the try-on of the personal gown and doctoral cap. Solemnly dressed this way, the graduates of all four departments together with their professors entered the event hall at 4 p.m., where their relatives already awaited them. Media University-rector Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Schulz warmly welcomed all guests and opened the ceremony with his speech. This was marked by “kit and grit”: Not only professional networking, but also social cohesion and, moreover, a good deal of persistence and obstinacy were helpful, if not essential, ingredients for a successful career.
He then gave the floor to guest speaker Mrs. Gerda Meuer, Program Director of Deutsche Welle. The journalist, who led the Deutsche Welle Academy for ten years until 2013, referred in her witty and personal speech to the change driven by the new media, in particular the journalistic profession and the media world in general. The advances in digitization and the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) are associated with losses and risks, but also create opportunities and new perspectives – perspectives that are now opening up for our graduates and opportunities they can seize.
