July 8, 2022
On June 22, DePaul celebrated commencement with a ceremony at the Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance in Manama, Bahrain. Approximately 600 people attended the event, including 110 graduates and their families and guests.
Since 2001, the university and BIBF have partnered to offer DePaul's part-time MBA program and other graduate business master's degrees in Bahrain. The MBA program is the first resident accredited MBA program for Bahrain and the Middle East and the first MBA program in the entire Gulf region taught solely by U.S. faculty.
On June 22, DePaul celebrated the 2022 commencement at the Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance. The first such ceremony since 2019, due to the pandemic, celebrated four cohorts who have completed their MBA and MSHR degrees. (Image courtesy of Hui Lin)
DePaul Provost Salma Ghanem delivered opening remarks during the ceremony. (Image courtesy of Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance)
This year's ceremony honored multiple cohorts, including graduates who earned their degrees during the pandemic. Approximately 600 people attended the program, including 110 graduates. (Image courtesy of Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance)
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the academic partnership between DePaul and BIBF, and the occasion drew several Bahraini dignitaries to the ceremony. BIBF Deputy Chairman Murad Ali Murad sits at center. (Image courtesy of Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance)
Amina Nader Garachi, an MBA 2022 graduate and student speaker for the program, delivered commencement remarks. (Image courtesy of Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance)
DePaul Provost Salma Ghanem (left) and Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait Chairman Murad Ali Murad hold a model of the BIBF's new headquarters on Bahrain Bay, as BIBF Director Ahmed AlShaikh applauds. (Image courtesy of Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance)
Raja Ali Bucheery (left), head of the BIBF's Centre for Academic Studies, joins Hui Lin, director of DePaul's Driehaus Center for International Business, for the commencement ceremony. (Image courtesy of Hui Lin)
Those attending the 2022 ceremony included current BIBF students and academic officials such as Hui Lin (fourth from left), director of DePaul's Driehaus Center for International Business; Nicholas Thomas (fifth from left), director of DePaul's School of Hospitality Leadership; Raja Ali Bucheery (fifth from right), head of Academic Centre at BIBF; and Lamya Ebrahim Hasan (fourth from right), project manager at BIBF. (Image courtesy of Hui Lin)