124 graduating students, together with their relatives and friends, said goodbye to their Alma Mater at this year's Graduation and „Yellowing” Ceremony at the Faculty of Agriculture. The program began in the Sófalvy lecture hall of the Faculty, where Myrtill Gráff Ph.D., college associate professor and year manager, explained the events of the day.

Then, the students wandered through the buildings of the Faculty on Andrássy street, stopping in front of the smaller institutes, where, among others, the current and retired leaders and lecturers of the Faculty were gifted yellow ribbons.

“We are all moved at this time, summing up that three years have passed again. This year, out of the 124 graduates, 19 international students will also say goodbye and participate in the graduation ceremony. Among the Hungarian students, the BSc in agricultural engineering, the BSc in wildlife management, the BSc in agricultural engineering and rural development, the MSc in agricultural engineering and rural development, and our students studying in vocational higher education are also saying goodbye," said Edit Mikó Ph.D., dean.

"We started training courses that are needed by the agriculture profession. The familiar atmosphere of our institution can also be attractive, but at the same time, we are one of the faculties of the University of Szeged, which can provide students with the opportunity to examine a problem from the perspectives of life sciences, biology or economics."- said Edit Mikó Ph.D., dean.

The graduation continued in the yard of the institution, where a copper plaque of the graduating students was placed at the headstone to be preserved for posterity.

Graff Myrtill Ph.D., college associate professor, year supervisor, gave a speech on the spot. The international students thanked with special gifts for the years spent here to Edit Mikó Ph.D., dean of the Faculty of Agriculture.

The graduation procession, accompanied by relatives, marched through downtown Hódmezővásárhely to the site of the farewell ceremony, the Bessenyei Ferenc Cultural Center, where the dean of the Faculty said goodbye to the students.

„Today is all about celebration. The harvest festival has arrived, this is our graduation ceremony, the yellowing. The harvest, when the seed is ripe, the straw turns yellow, and the harvest arrives. We are now harvesting the grain of knowledge, yellowness is the harvest of this virtual grain"- recalled the traditions Edit Mikó Ph.D.

On behalf of the Hungarian graduate students, Márk Lázár, a BSc student in agricultural engineering, said goodbye with a humorous speech, and on behalf of the international students, Mishra Diksha, a BSc student in agricultural engineering (in English), recalled the most memorable moments of the years spent here.

Barbara Koncz, former student of the Faculty, sang at the ceremony, accompanied by József Bugyi on guitar.

In the afternoon, the farewell of the graduates continued with a horse carriage parade. Decorated with yellow ribbons and flowers, eight horse carriages set off from USZ pilot farm.

Marching through the streets of Hódmezővásárhely, the students made a short stop at the building of the Faculty of Agriculture, then rode to Kossuth square accompanied by live music, where Ferenc Gyöngyösi, Deputy Mayor of Hódmezővásárhely City, welcomed the young people.

The march ended at the College of the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Szeged.