Three takeaways from Dyan’s Graduation Speech: ‘To Forgive and Be for Giving’ In the speech, Dyan explained her transfer from the Philippines to Australia, her adjustments during COVID-19 as well as the struggles she faced whilst studying, including those of the passing of her mother.
She has made such a good impression at ICMS that in February 2021, she was offered a staff member position in the City Campus as a Student Engagement and Administration Officer.ĭyan’s graduation speech titled ‘To forgive and be for giving – a graduation amidst the global pandemic’ has touched the hearts of fellow graduates, community and staff members here at ICMS. She has notched up an extensive list of successes during her time at ICMS, including receiving a Postgraduate Innovation Scholarship, becoming the 2018 Student Representative Council (SRC) Vice President, and working as a volunteer Student Experience Associate. Not only was it a memorable speech but Dyan gave the audience an “important insight into the resilience of international students and the sacrifices that achieving one’s goals can sometimes demand,” according to ICMS CEO Rowan Courtney O’Connor.īeginning her ICMS journey in 2018, Dyan made the move from her home country of the Philippines to the ‘Castle on the Hill’ in Manly. The petite Filipino graduate stood before the Class of 2021, Board Members and Faculty – as well as over 7000 online viewers – and made them laugh – then cry – as she shared her moving and deeply personal story. At the April 2021 ICMS graduation ceremony Dyan Suaco’s speech did just that. A good graduation speech should have two objectives: be memorable, and leave your audience with two or three takeaways.
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