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Photos by Jose Wendell Capili, Misael Bacani, UP Cebu Office of the Dean, Jonathan Madrid, and Bong Arboleda.
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Commencement exercises. (Clockwise from top left) Drs. Christopher and Ma. Victoria Bernido receive a plaque from UP Manila Chancellor Manuel Agulto as commencement speakers (1) at ceremonies in PICC, Manila; Science and Technology Secretary Mario Montejo looks at the UP VisayasTacloban College audience, to whom he is commencement speaker, while accompanied by UP System and UPV officials on stage (2 ); Higher Education Commissioner and former Social Sciences and Philosophy Dean Cynthia Rose Bautista speaks before candidates for graduation (3), and UP System and UP Open University officials raise their arms while singing “UP Naming Mahal” (4), at ceremonies at the UPOU Headquarters in Los Baños; Prof. Oscar Campomanes (5) and National Scientist Romulo Davide (6) attend rites at UP Baguio and UP Cebu, respectively, as commencement speakers; and UP Diliman candidates for graduation (7) sing the national anthem, as a UPD summa cum laude graduate (8) beams a smile on stage.
from its graduate programs. In sum, UP undergraduate programs produced 7,681 graduates and its graduate programs, 1,624. The undergraduates category had 18 summa cum laudes, 15 of them from UPD, one from UPLB, and two from UP Manila; 262 magna cum laudes, 218 from UPD, 15 from UPLB, 20 from UPM, three from UPMin, and two each from UPV, UPB, and UPC. There were 1,221 cum laudes, broken down as 812 of from UPD, 115 from UPLB, 145 from UPM, 71 from UPV, one from UPOU, 28 from UPB, 21 from
UPMin, and 28 from UPC. At UP Diliman, the commencement speaker was Sen. Edgardo Angara who spoke of the importance of the middle class in uplifting national economy and governance. He was conferred an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. At UPLB, guest speaker GMA 7 president and chief executive officer Felipe Gozon encouraged the graduates to dream big so that they can accomplish great things. For its part, UPM had the husband and wife team of 2010 Ramon Magsaysay
Awardees Christopher Bernido (PhD) and Ma. Victoria Bernido (PhD), both physicists, as commencement speakers who talked about capability building in health and the teaching of science subjects. Christopher Bernido and Department of Science and Technology Secretary Mario G. Montejo were the guest speakers at the UPV commencement exercises in Miagao, Iloilo, and the UPV Tacloban College, respectively. Former College of Social Sciences and Philosophy Dean Cynthia Rose Bautista, now Commissioner on Higher Education, was the guest speaker at UPOU.
Writer-critic Prof. Oscar Campomanes philosophized about commencement speeches in his remarks at the UPB rites. After her investiture, UPMin Chancellor Sylvia Concepcion spoke to the UPMin graduates on the need to reinvent and discover one’s competitive edge to confront challenges. At the UPC, national scientist-Magsaysay Awardee-and UPLB Professor Emeritus Romulo Davide spoke about exposure to greatness and passion for excellence as a foundation for greater achievements in life.
UPMin photo courtesy of UPMin-Office of the Chancellor
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such as secretary of the College of Business Administration in UP Diliman, vice chancellor for administration of UPMin, and three deanships at the School of Management, also in UPMin. Apart from her doctorate degree in Sociology, the new UPMin chancellor also holds a Master’s degree in Business Management, both from the University of the Philippines. She also received Cer tificates in Market Access and Sustainable Development from the Wageningen International, Netherlands and in International Business and Transnational Corporations from the United Nations Centre for Transnational Corporations, Asian Institute of Management. Concepcion likewise keeps an extensive list of local and international publications and paper presentations. Her works have been cited in several local and international publications. She has been conferred awards and
recognitions as an educator and scholar, including the Agora National Award for Excellence in Marketing Education, Datu Award for Excellence in Marketing Education in Mindanao, UP System professorial chair. UP System officials who attended the investiture ceremonies were vice presidents Gisela Concepcion (Academic Affairs), Lisa Grace Bersales (Planning and Finance), Elvira Zamora (Development), Maragtas V. Amante (Administration), Assistant Vice Presidents Christopher S.P. Espina, Jaime D.L. Caro, and UP secretary Lilian A. de las Llagas. Also present were former UPMin chancellors Dr. Rogelio Cuyno and Prof. Ricardo de Ungria, as well as members of the UP Mindanao Foundation, UP Alumni Association Davao, UP Los Baños Alumni Association Davao, Davao Colleges and Universities Network (DACUN), and Mindanao Science and Technology Park Consortium.