𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐔𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒
𝐏𝐒𝐔 second cluster graduates march to triumph in 45th commencement rites
Upholding its tradition of excellence, Pangasinan State University witnessed 𝟏,𝟕𝟖𝟔 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐢𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐲 as they bring their college journey to a close during the 𝟒𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐒𝐈 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚, 𝐃𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟕.
This year’s 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐁 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝟏,𝟑𝟖𝟖 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟑𝟔𝟑 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐢𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫. The other 𝟑𝟓 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. Notably, 𝟏𝟐𝟎 𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟗 𝐁𝐢𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐬.
Themed, 𝘗𝘚𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘨, 𝘗𝘢𝘨𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘱, 𝘢𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘵: 𝘒𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘺𝘢 𝘴𝘢 𝘉𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘴, the graduation rites displayed a dignified march of graduates from Cluster B, as well as the awarding of diplomas and medals for academic and non-academic distinctions.
University President Dr. Elbert M. Galas, in his speech, which demonstrated that his visionary leadership extends beyond education, reminded the scholars to uphold the values that the university has instilled in them throughout their college journey to become part of the nation’s sustainable growth.
“𝘜𝘮𝘢𝘢𝘴𝘢 𝘢𝘬𝘰 𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘱 𝘯𝘢 𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺, 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘩𝘶𝘭𝘪, 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘩𝘢𝘺 𝘶𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘨𝘪 𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘢 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘨-𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘢 𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘺𝘰𝘥 𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘺𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘨 𝘕𝘢𝘨𝘬𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘢 𝘰 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴,” 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝.
For this cluster, Undersecretary Ferdinand C. Jumapao of the Department of Tourism, served as the guest of honor and speaker, who congratulated the graduates, their parents and PSU.
“𝐴𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝐴𝑑𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑒, 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝐵𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑑𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑,” 𝐔𝐬𝐞𝐜. 𝐉𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝.
Meanwhile, presenting the graduates with credence, Dr. Gudelia M. Samson and Dr. Marie Claire B. Briones, campus executive directors of Bayambang and Binmaley Campuses, respectively, pledged to the university officials that the class is poised to serve and commit to the betterment of the community, industry, and society.
Garnering the highest general weighted average among all latin awardees in this cluster, 𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐤𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐞 𝐅. 𝐓𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐲, 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐚 𝐂𝐮𝐦 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐬, was awarded by 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐫. 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐍. 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐃 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝.
The venue, filled with hues of gold and blue, reverberated with voices of gratitude as PSUnians passionately sang the PSU Hymn, expressing their gratitude for the university they call home.
The ceremony, which is one for the university’s books, concluded with the highly anticipated 𝘈𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘺 toss, a sash of honor, signifying that the higher the sashes were propelled, the higher the graduates would mount in their lives.
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒! 🎉🎓