“Sa kakulangan sa pagkain na mas lumalala, ano ang papel ng mga produkto ng UPLB bilang kataas-taasang Pamantasan ng Bayan?” Dr. J. Prospero de Vera III asked the 2,315 members of the UP Los Baños (UPLB) graduating class at the 52nd Commencement Exercises on August 3. De Vera, Chairperson of the Commission on Higher […]
“Itinanim sa ating edukasyon ang dangal at husay. Sa dalawang ito, mas mabigat ang panawagan ng dangal. Tayong mga produkto ng [UP] ay tinatawag na tumindig sa unahan, makipagkapit-bisig, at maging boses ng ating mga kababayan. Dito nagkakaroon ng kabuluhan ang dangal at husay.” Ito ang mariing pahayag ni Atty. Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo, […]
“You are among the 4,712 most privileged young people in the Philippines,” former Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan told UP Diliman’s (UPD) Class of 2024 at the 113th General Commencement Exercises on July 28. “Graduating from UP is an incredible privilege—one that comes with a significant responsibility.” This responsibility is to serve the Filipino nation. […]
The sun shone on UP Manila’s (UPM) graduating class on July 26, as they trooped to the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City for the 115th Commencement Exercises. The morning was a bright spot in a region still reeling from days of downpour from Typhoon Carina. Government had placed many parts of the […]
“Don’t let fear defeat or paralyze us. Be bold, take risks.” Senator Ana Theresia “Risa” Navarro Hontiveros-Baraquel told UP Cebu’s Class of 2024 on July 5. The UP Cebu 85th Commencement Exercises kicked off the UP System’s graduation season this year. In her commencement address, she also assured the 386-strong graduating class that “rejections can […]
“Continue despite frustrations and uncertainties,” Dr. Maria Cynthia Rose Bautista advised the UP Mindanao (UPMin) Class of 2024 at the 26th Commencement Exercises on July 19. Similarly, the class valedictorian Kyndra Lei Yunting (BA English, summa cum laude) asked of her fellow graduates, “There will be rejections, setbacks, and loss. … But I urge […]
The University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) held its 45th Commencement Exercises in its Miagao, Iloilo campus on July 9, 2024, ushering in a new tradition: designating each batch of graduates with a class name. The UPV Class of 2024 is Class Haraya, composed of 770 graduates—407 of them with honors. Two are summa […]
Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Marvic MVF Leonen, the first Vice President for Legal Affairs of the University of the Philippines (UP) and former Dean of the UP College of Law, keynoted the 46th commencement exercises of the University’s newest autonomous unit, UP Tacloban, on July 16. Leonen rallied the class and the UP alumni […]
The UP College of Medicine (then known as the Philippine Medical School) opens. It predates the opening of the University proper by 3 years.
