I really enjoy soaking up the ambiance at the University on the days the graduation ceremonies are held. The hallways, the aula magna, the whole campus in fact, are full of people from all over the world, making for an even bigger buzz than usual. I see students and their families happy to finally see the results of all their hard work. Everyone has their cameras ready to capture a moment of happiness, the day they reached the goal they had been working toward for so long. In these times of fierce competitiveness, knowledge rules supreme. Never stop learning, discovering, improving. Simón Bolívar was right when he said: “A man without studies is an incomplete being.”

24 March, 2014