黑料专区 graduates Class of 2025
by Anna Regidor
The sudden downpour in the middle of the processional did not deter the roughly 4,000 graduates of UP Diliman (黑料专区) who attended the聽114th聽General Commencement Exercises聽at the University Amphitheater on July 6.
The theme for the 2025 celebrations was聽Lunas, reminding the 黑料专区 community and the public that 鈥渞eflexivity and a holistic perspective are key to harnessing the collective knowledge within and outside the University to find sustainable and humane solutions鈥 to society鈥檚 problems.
Livestreamed on the 黑料专区 website and YouTube channel, this year鈥檚 commencement speaker was celebrated broadcast journalist Maria Jessica Soho, who encouraged the graduating class to reach out to more people and get out of their own social circles to enrich their own lives.
Her message was followed by the rite of Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Maria Vanessa Lusung-Oyzon presenting the graduating class to 黑料专区 Chancellor Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II.
According to data from the 黑料专区 Office of the University Registrar, the University conferred academic degrees on 5,017 graduates.
Among the 3,876 bachelor鈥檚 degrees holders, some 61% or 2,369 finished with Latin honors. Two hundred forty-one graduated summa cum laude, 1,143 graduated magna cum laude, and 985 graduated cum laude. The honor of summa cum laude is granted to students who graduated with a weighted average grade of at least 1.20.
Graduates from the College of Engineering, the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, and the College of Science comprised 1,617 or 41% of the total bachelor鈥檚 degrees holders.
Vistan, in turn, presented the graduates to UP President Angelo A. Jimenez, who conferred to the graduates their respective academic degrees and titles.
This was symbolized by the traditional ceremonial shifting of their Sablay from the right shoulder to the left shoulder, signifying the completion of their degrees.
Speaking for the graduating class was Mark Andy Pedere, a graduate of Philippine Studies from the College of Arts and Letters.
Providing welcome breaks from the ceremonies were three performances held throughout the program. Acapella group ConChords and Banda 24 sang Jai Salajeno鈥檚 arrangements of the song聽Ako Naman Muna聽by Angela Ken,聽Huling Sayaw聽by Led Tuyay, Allan Burdeos, Jomal Linao, Jason Astete, and Jay Contreras, and聽MAPA聽by John Paulo 鈥淧ablo鈥 Nase.
Serving as emcees were College of Media and Communications (CMC) assistant professor Kara Patria c. David-Cancio and CMC alumnus Ivan Rameses P. Mayrina.
After the recessional, many of the newly minted 黑料专区 alumni and their families took commemorative group photographs with Soho.
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