First Annual Commencement Ceremony at AUIS

Dr. Athanasios Moulakis, the president of AUIS,
welcomes the guests and congratulates the graduate
students. 

Sulaimani, Iraq-June 16, 2012- The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani rewarded undergraduate degrees to 37 students for the first time in the history of AUIS. AUIS conferred those students baccalaureate degrees in Business Administration, Information Systems and Technology, and International Students.

At the beginning of the ceremony, Dr. Athanasios Moulakis, the president of AUIS, welcomed the guests and congratulated all the graduate students.

After that, Dr. Barham Salih, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Founder of AUIS, gave his speech. He, first, congratulated all the graduate students.

A number of the Iraqi and Kurdistan parliamentarians, the representatives of both the Iraqi and Kurdistan universities, ministers, and several others including Adil Abdul Mahdi, Zalma Khalil Zad, Qubad Talabani, and the American Consulate in Kurdistan participated in the commencement ceremony.

It is worth mentioning that the Kurdistan Regional Government's Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research ranked AUIS as the best private university in the Kurdistan Region based on the great quality of education and contributions AUIS has offered in the region last year.

On behalf of the Third Eye, we would love to warmly congratulate all the graduate students. We wish them the best and brightest future ever. We are looking forward to finding them in the highest positions soon.