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The University of Liberia (UL) celebrates its 105th Commencement Convocation today, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, marking a historic milestone for 1,724 graduates.
The ceremony for the undergraduate “Class of Triumph” commenced at 9 am at the UL Fendall Campus, where 1,255 Undergraduate students are receiving degrees across various disciplines.
Grand Cape Mount County Senator, Dabah Mabande Vapilah, is delivering the keynote address to the undergraduate assembly, while Prof. Dr. David Norris, Vice Chancellor of the University of Botswana, will address the Graduate and Professional Schools during the week’s festivities.
Leading the 2026 graduating class is valedictorian Jamal J. Ghoson, a Biomedical Science major from the Thomas J. Faulkner College of Science and Technology.
Ghoson, who joined the university in 2021 and serves as the captain of the UL Debate Society, earned an exceptional cumulative grade point average of 3.842 with Distinction, Summa Cum Laude.
His achievement marks the third consecutive year the College of Science and Technology has produced the university’s top scholar, following previous valedictorians Clinton Paye Quee and Martin Zuma Harris.
Ghoson, acting as the class torchbearer, intends to pursue a Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Molecular Biology within the next six years.
He is closely followed by Goodness M. Sart who graduates as the Salutatorian with a GPA of 3.826, summa cum laude.
Sart majors in Communication and Media Studies in the Amos C. Sawyer College of Social Sciences and Humanities at UL.
The convocation period continues through Friday, Feb. 27 with the conferral of degrees upon 469 candidates from the graduate and professional schools.
Aissatou Bah, an International Relations student at the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida School of International Relations, has been honored as the dux of the graduate and professional programs.
The University of Liberia is proud to host a distinguished audience of local and international dignitaries, family members, and well-wishers to witness the transition of these scholars into their professional careers.
