VCUarts Qatar holds commencement ceremony for Class of 2024

Doha, Qatar: Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar (VCUarts Qatar) held the commencement ceremony for its graduating Class of 2...

Doha, Qatar: Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar (VCUarts Qatar) held the commencement ceremony for its graduating Class of 2024 at Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s Multaqa Students Center in Qatar Foundation’s (QF) Education City on May 6.

67 students from VCUarts Qatar’s Art History, Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Painting + Printmaking and MFA programmes, intend to graduate from the art and design university this year.

The Class of 2024 graduates, most of whom had joined the University at the pandemic’s peak, include 19 Graphic Design students, 19 Interior Design students, eight Painting + Printmaking students, eight Art History students, seven Fashion Design students, and six MFA in design students.

Dignitaries who attended the ceremony included H E Sheikh Abdullah Al Thani; US Ambassador H E Timmy Davis; Francisco Marmolejo, President of Higher Education at Qatar Foundation; and Ibrahim Jaidah, Group CEO and Chief Architect of Arab Engineering Bureau.

The Commencement Speaker was Sumayya Vally, Founder and Principal of Counterspace, an award-winning architecture and research practice in Johannesburg, South Africa.