Liberia, July 21 -- Graduates of the Bong County University have been urged to use their education to help transform Liberia's future.

Delivering the keynote address during the institution's fifth convocation ceremony on Saturday, July 18 on the university's leafy Gbarnga Campus, University of Liberia President, Dr. Layli Maparyan, praised Bong County University's decade-long role in expanding access to affordable and practical higher education across central Liberia.

Established in 2010, the university has grown into "a beacon of excellence, opportunity and hope," she said, calling for stronger collaboration among Liberia's higher-education institutions.

"Universities are partners, not competitors in national development," Dr. Mapar...