PUCMM graduates 953 new professionals and calls for educational stability
The Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) held its 79th graduation ceremony at the Santo Domingo campus, an event marked by the awarding of degrees to 953 new professionals and a deep reflection on the future of education in the Dominican Republic. In light of the recent PISA report results, academic authorities emphasized the need to implement sustainable educational policies that transcend political cycles.
Transforming education does not mean disregarding everything that has been built or starting over every time a new administration takes office. It means learning from experience, preserving progress, correcting weaknesses, and establishing public policies that can be sustained beyond political cycles.
Reverend Father Dr. Secilio Espinal, Rector of PUCMM.
Social commitment to technology
During the ceremony, Rector Secilio Espinal emphasized that, while investment and access are fundamental, the true challenge lies in ensuring that students develop critical, creative, and coexistence skills. Likewise, he urged the graduates not to allow the rise of artificial intelligence to erode human quality, active listening, and empathy in their future professional careers.
Promotion details
- Academic distribution: 70% of graduates come from undergraduate programs, while 30% completed postgraduate studies.
- Gender composition: Women lead the figure with 58% (551), compared to 42% (402) of men.
- Featured faculties: 72% of the new graduates belong to the Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences and the Faculty of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts.
- Academic milestones: The ceremony marked the graduation of the first cohort of the higher technician in Cybersecurity and the investiture of five new doctors in various areas of knowledge.
Humanistic vision and professional ethics
The director of the newspaper Listín Diario, Miguel Franjul, who participated as a guest speaker and was distinguished as an honorary professor, exhorted young people to become architects of new paradigms. Franjul highlighted that technology must go hand in hand with a humanistic vision, centered on solidarity, happiness, and respect for others.
For her part, Computer Science engineer Carolina Bencosme Gómez, an honor graduate of this class, reminded her peers that an academic degree carries an ethical responsibility. “May our degrees never be greater than our humanity,” Bencosme pointed out, inviting her colleagues to practice their profession with critical thinking oriented toward solving social problems.
The event also featured a blessing from Monsignor Faustino Burgos Brisman, Bishop of the Diocese of Baní, who encouraged the new professionals to prioritize fraternity and integrity in their daily practice, rejecting proposals contrary to the ethical values that should govern a modern society.
