PSU’s topnotcher celebrates triumph with 500k cash incentive

How will you take home half a million pesos? A PSU Binmaley Alumnus, 𝐀𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐂. 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐚 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐳, would say ‘Be a topnotcher!’

True enough, Mr. Dela Cruz, Top 1 in the Fisheries Technologist Licensure Examination (FTLE) 2023, had received a cash incentive amounting to Php 500 thousand from his alma matter, Pangasinan State University.

During the President’s Hour in PSU Binmaley Campus, 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐫. 𝐄𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐌. 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐬 together with Campus Executive Director (CED) Dr. Marie Claire B. Briones handed over the check to Adrian, March 15.

“𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠. 𝐴𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑃𝑆𝑈 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑠,” Dr. Galas said.

In the awarding ceremony, Adrian was more than grateful to share the joy with his parents.
“𝑇𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦, 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝐷𝑟. 𝐸𝑙𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑡 𝑀. 𝐺𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑠; 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝐷𝑟. 𝐷𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑅. 𝐵𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑑; 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑢𝑠 𝐸𝑥𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑆𝑈-𝐵𝑖𝑛𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑦 𝐶𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑢𝑠, 𝐷𝑟. 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑒 𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝐵. 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠; 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐹𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐸𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠, 𝐷𝑟. 𝑆𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑜 𝑀. 𝐴𝑏𝑎𝑛; 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒,” Adrian said.

According to the Topnotcher, part of his money will be used to put up his own aquaculture business, an avenue to apply his knowledge as a Fisheries Professional.

“𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐺𝑜𝑑’𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑏𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑎 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒. 𝐵𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑡, 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑢𝑦 𝑎 𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑦 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠, 𝑎 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑢𝑠. 𝑆𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟’𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜, 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝐺𝑜𝑑, Adrian added.

In return, Adrian promised, “𝑀𝑦 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑢𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒. 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒. 𝑆𝑜, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒, 𝐼 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑃𝑆𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑛, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑐𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.”

“𝐴𝑠 𝐼 𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦, 𝐼 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡. 𝐼 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑃𝑆𝑈 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑏𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒! 𝑀𝑢𝑙𝑖 𝑝𝑜, 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑜 𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑎𝑤𝑎’𝑦 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑝𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑦𝑜 𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑜𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑘𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑙. 𝐿𝑎𝑔𝑖’𝑡 𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑖 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎 𝑠𝑎 𝐷𝑖𝑦𝑜𝑠, 𝑠𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦𝑎, 𝑠𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑘𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑎𝑛, 𝑠𝑎 𝑃𝑆𝑈, 𝑠𝑎 𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑎, 𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑎 𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑖,” the Topnotcher continues.

In can be remembered that during the graduation last year, PSU’s top management encouraged PSUnians to do well in their licensure examination as the university prepares incentives to successful passers and topnotchers.

Undoubtedly, PSU community promotes more than quality education but also a conducive atmosphere ushering every PSUnian in developing potentials in themselves through right motivation.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮? 𝐈𝐟 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝟓𝟎𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎?