毕业典礼将所有人聚集在一起：员工、学生（毕业的和在读的），当然还有蓝山国际酒店管理学院的毕业生。对我而言，这是一次欢迎新的毕业生加入我们校友的机会。预测哪一个学生能够获得成功，在哪里获得成功，总是非常有趣。
这篇博客中介绍的成功故事的主人公以及2012年8月3日毕业典礼的演讲嘉宾均是博士Juvanka Roberts。
她的头衔迅速反映出她所获得的学术成就水平。目前，Juvanka担任电子学习专家，运用到她从酒店学校开始一直到博士学习到的每一种技能。
作为本科学位的一部分，Juvanka选修了信息技术，这激发了她的兴趣，促使她攻读了信息系统硕士学位（Masters in Information Systems）。一完成学业，她就积极寻找与酒店相关的工作，以便她能够运用到她在人力资源、管理、技术和教学方面的技能。
Juvanka表示：“不久后我就决定挑战自己，攻读博士学位项目，我通过使教育系统符合电子学习者的个人情况研究了学习社区的创建。这个项目涉及通过使系统更适合学习者的个性，来寻找使电子学习课程更注重学习者的方式方法。”
Juvanka为毕业生提供了一些好的建议……即使你100%确定你想要走上的职业道路，你也不应该让自己毕业于一个酒店学校的事实限制了自己的选择。跳出固有的思维框架。
她继续说道……企业因你良好的态度而雇佣你，因你的资质能力而培训你，所以良好的社会和交流技巧与你的个性、决心和积极的态度同样重要。我不喜欢概括，但是你看到有多少从事不同职业的员工和管理人员在压力之下还能微笑如故？
在酒店业学习的技巧，例如与人打交道、团队合作、销售和解决问题的能力，这些都是任何成功职业生涯所需的基本技能。由于酒店行业是一个以人为导向的行业，酒店业非常有创造性。当你在创作一个产品（美食、饮料或经验）时，你总是有空间去发现新的方法使它更适合我们的顾客。正是这种特殊的技能和知识才使其成为每一个人的宝贵资产。
作为蓝山的毕业生，你是全球成千上万校友网络的一员，其中有些校友在该行业和其它领域担任最高职位。这个网络是酒店行业最有成就的校友团队之一。校友网络对于你的职业发展至关重要。充分利用你可以接触到的这种非常棒的资源，在这个分享中心保持积极性。作为校友，我们时刻准备着为这个酒店学校的毕业生提供帮助，我们也希望将来你能为自己的学弟学妹们做同样的事情。
我期望听到有关Jovanka和她将来的成功职业发展的消息。
Val CookAlumni
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Graduation ceremonies bring everyone together; staff, students, past and present, and of course graduates of the Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School. For me it is an opportunity to welcome new graduates into our alumni. It is always interesting to guess as to which students will find successes and where.
My success story in this blog and the guest speaker at the graduation ceremony held on 3 August 2012 is Dr Juvanka Roberts.
Her title speaks instantly of the highest level of academic achievement she has received. Juvanka currently works as an e-learning specialist combining every skill she has learnt right from hotel school, to her PhD.
As part of her undergraduate degree, Juvanka took IT as an elective, which sparked her interest and led her undertake a Masters in Information Systems. Upon completion, she was actively looking for hospitality related jobs where she could use all her skills in human resources, management, technology and teaching.
Juvanka said ‘it was then that I decided to challenge myself enrolling in a doctorate program where I researched the creation of learning societies by adapting the educational system to match e-learners profiles. It involved finding ways and means of making e-learning courses more learner centric by customising them to learner’s individual personalities.
Juvanka gave the graduates some good advice…’believe that even if you are 100% clear about the career path you want to take, you should not let the fact that you’ve graduated from a hotel school limit your options.
Think outside the box.’
She continued . . . ‘employers hire you for your attitude and train you on your aptitude, so good social and communication skills are key along with personality and a can-do, positive attitude. I hate to generalise but in how many other professions do you see staff or management smiling under pressure?’
Skills learnt in hospitality – such as working with people, teamwork, sales and problem solving – are the foundation skills for any successful career. As well as being a people-oriented industry, hospitality is creative. You are creating a product — be that food, drink, or an experience — and there’s always scope to dream up new ways of making it more enjoyable for your customers. It is this very unique mix of skills and knowledge that makes each of you a valuable asset
As a graduate of Blue Mountains you are part of a global network of thousands of alumni worldwide found in some of the highest positions in the industry and other fields. This network is one of the most accomplished groups of alumni in the hospitality industry. Networks are vital in developing your career. Use this wonderful resource that has been handed to you, take advantage of it and stay active at the center of this shared mission. As alumni, we stand ready to help you as fellow graduates of this wonderful Hotel School, and we expect you to do the same for future graduating classes.’
I’m looking forward to hearing about Jovanka and her career success well into the future.
Val Cook
Alumni Ambassador
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