Photos by Ciara Wilkinson

Over 1,300 students graduated from Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) recently and were presented with their parchments at six separate graduation ceremonies on the DkIT campus on the 31^st October and 1^st November.

Students from across the four academic schools the School of Business & Humanities, School of Engineering, School of Informatics & Creative Arts, and the School of Health & Science graduated with qualifications from certificate to PhD level.

Some of the prize winners in this year’s conferring included, Emily Boshell from Bettystown in the centre of the picture above with friends Claudia Donnelly, Swords and Grainne McShane, Hilltown Co Down, who won the 2024 Presidents Prize for Best Student in Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Midwifery.

Pictured aove with her Mum Sandra is Chloe Doyle Burke from Drogheda, who won the 2024 Presidents Prize for Best Student in Bachelor of Science (Honours) in General Nursing. 

Cathal Mooney (above) from Drogheda, who won the 2024 Presidents Prize for Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Film Practice.

Congratulating this year’s graduates Dr Diarmuid O’Callaghan DkIT president said: “Graduations are among life’s greatest accomplishments, one of the many gifts of education is that it prepares you for the great unknown that is your future – developing and fostering skills that you are going to need, as well as providing you with the confidence and resilience necessary to apply your acquired qualification in the ever-changing workplace.”

Praising the staff at DkIT for their role in the student’s success, Dr O’Callaghan added:

“DkIT is not just a campus. It’s made up of people who proactively put in place much sought after courses and qualifications.  We are constantly adapting our programmes so we are continually meeting the changing needs of society and the future economy.”