Sacred Heart University Graduation 2017;

On Friday 15 December 2017, Sacred Heart University held its 26th Graduation Ceremony in the Abbaye de Neumunster in Luxemourg-Grund for students earning Master’s Degrees and Professional Certificates at the University’s campus in Luxembourg.

With a class of 41 MBA students – from 19 different nationalities – Sacred Heart has reached a new record. To celebrate this achievement, not one but two guests of honour, both Alumni of SHU, were invited to speak. Laura Falletta, HR Manager at RBC and Georges Muller, Director of artelis and Président de la Confédération Luxembourgeoise du Commerce. The MBA is first meant to acquire knowledge and skills and to develop a network; it is also about leading, sharing and inspiring. Both speakers shared their experience and delivered heartening speeches to the graduates.

In the MBA Class of 2017, three awards were given to :

- Oscar Chow Lipchak (USA), working for Amazon, Class Valedictorian and recipient of the Gold Medal of Excellence

- Valentina Maestroni (Italy), working for Ferrero, was awarded by the Silver Medal

- Charlene Schuessler (USA), Marketing Manager at SHU, received the Dean’s Leadership Award

This ceremony was also the opportunity to thank Luxembourg based institutions for their contribution to the academic world. For giving a chance to SHU students to make a difference and work on exciting and challenging projects, seven companies were awarded this year:

- AirFrame Inspections
- Ampacet
- Keasy
- Luxinnovation WoodCluster
- Luxinnovation EcoInnovationCluster
- LuxAI
- Ministère de la Culture

Graduates of 2017

- Master of Business Administration (MBA): Jouda Y. Adada (Lebanon), Raju Ratnakar Akulwar (India), Ana Rita Barros (Portugal), Abdelhakim Ben Fakir (France/Morocco), Fabio Rocha Bezerra (Brazil), André Luiz Santos De Brito (USA), Pierre Charles Marie de Marneffe (Belgium), Lucas Fernandez (France), Stephan Gavin (Switzerland), Renu Gupta (India), Marwa Ibrahim (Syria), Raymond Kalimunda (Belgium/Congo), Justine Konowal (France), Adam Yomba Kourouma (France/Senegal), Ralph Armand Léon Krips (Luxembourg), Julien Lazzari (Belgium), Oscar Chow Lipchak (USA), Valentina Maestroni (Italy), Tsun Hei Eric Man (Luxembourg), Melanie Molinari (Germany), Shruti Muller (India), Niranjan Mysore Vishwamurthy (India), Samy Mzabi (France), Kevin Edward Nolan (USA), Aarti Priya (India), Gabriel Ristow Cidral (USA), Youssef Saghir (Canada), Jérôme Scherpenbergs (Belgium), Charlene Schuessler (USA/Luxembourg), Stéphane Schuh (France), Fabrizio Seminara (Italy), Patrycja Stala (Poland). Joshua Stone (USA). Caio Gomes Strutz (Brazil), Lucca Martins Dela Santina Torres (Brazil/Italy), Saranya Valsarajan (India), Leonardo Valtierra (Germany/Mexico), Ai Xie (China).

Professional Certificates in:

- Corporate Finance: Ahmed Benssouna (France)

- Modern Business Management: Serkan Ekici (Turkey), Paola Miccoli (Italy)