December 5, 2013
More than 100 graduates from various TAFE courses – ranging from civil construction to remedial massage – were congratulated at a graduation ceremony held today at the Nurunderi campus at Cherbourg.
Students were presented with Certificate IIs, IIIs and IVs as well as statements of attainment.
Two students – Josephine Buckley and Tracey Eisenmenger – received Diplomas.
The ceremony was led by Jacquie Henschen with special guest speaker, Institute Director Trevor Schwenke, also addressing students and their families.
Ms Henschen paid tribute to the students and their teachers.
“The Certificate IV and Diploma of Massage was delivered by Robyn Haynes who (campus director Santina Schmocker) affectionately labelled ‘the lady with the magic hands’,” she said.
“Robyn has been teaching massage at this campus for 10 years. She has taught over 100 students and we can confidently say nearly all our past students are practising massage.
“These participants are working in day spas, are self-employed, provide a mobile service, work in hairdressers as masseuses, and in chiropractors’ clinics.
“All in all, a huge success.”
Ms Henschen noted that some of the students congratulated today could not be present at the ceremony as they had already found jobs.
Special mention was also made of the MoJo (mobile journalist) project which was undertaken as a literacy project earlier this year. A short video about the project was screened.
Mr Schwenke told the students “this is your day”.
“You know how hard you had to work to get that bit of paper,” he said.
“But it doesn’t finish here today. The next chapter of your life starts today.”
He encouraged to the students to embark on a journey of lifelong learning and to consider coming back to the college to complete more courses.
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