March – Graduation time and Spring flowers

This March I finally got to attend the postponed graduation ceremony for my class. The college had delayed in the hope of putting on a physical graduation as opposed to the on-line ones. The sense of occasion was wonderful; and we all felt grand and excited as we arrived in smart clothes and collected our formal robes.
My husband came to support and celebrate with me, while good wishes had already arrived from more than one continent. I was delighted to see some of the lively folks from Student Services and some of the admin and lecturing staff. The venue was the Royal Dublin Society's book-lined Concert Hall.

I was the only journalist to graduate from Dublin Business School in 2022. I sat with students from the Film and Media group with whom I’d taken employment classes.
As my course had been closed, I was the last journalist to graduate from that college.




The world needs principled journalism, so I have taken steps to continue my involvement in appropriate studies. This includes joining the Schuler Democracy Forum talks in Trinity College. I have also been attending masterclasses on Public Relations with the Global Institute of Public Relations. My Data Visualisation course at Master’s level at IADT is giving me a related IT qualification. I’m taking LinkedIn Learning courses at present, to expand my knowledge and get extra certifications. I’m keeping up with friends who graduated ahead of me and are now working and furthering their studies.


And while adding to my daily step count for the college Marchathon, I’m documenting this spring, both the gorgeous spring flowers and the blue and yellow flags flying across Dublin’s city centre. See some of my photos on LinkedIn.


As always, I’ve been reading. Some of the books I enjoyed recently were read for a Challenge in Horse Lovers Central Group. One was Spiral of Hooves a thriller about top-level three-day eventing across Britain and France.
Other mysteries I liked were a falconry mystery, Flightfall by Andy Straka,
and No Grater Crime a cosy crime story in a series about a shop which both caters and sells farm antiques.
I can highly recommend The Flight of the Darkstar Dragon to fantasy lovers, with its newly released sequel, The Return of the Whalefleet. Have fun!





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