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Atty. Gilberto M. Duavit Sr., a former congressman of the First District of Rizal, will be one of the speakers at the commencement rites of the University of the East (UE) on April 28. The rites will be held at the Plenary Hall, Philippine International Convention Center, CCP Complex, Pasay City at 2:00 p.m. Atty. Duavit, a UE 60th Diamond Jubilee Most Outstanding Alumni awardee and an active member of the Tau Lambda Kappa, will address an approximate 688 graduation candidates from the
UE Graduate School;
UE Colleges of Law and Dentistry, and
UE Caloocan’s Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Engineering and Fine Arts. UE College of Law Dean Amado D. Valdez will introduce Atty. Duavit to the graduating class. Also a guest of honor and commencement speaker is business executive Rene E. Cristobal, also UE 60th Diamond Jubilee Most Outstanding Alumni awardee. Cristobal will speak before an estimated 1,021 candidates for graduation from the UE Manila campus’ Colleges of Arts and Sciences; Business Administration, Computer Studies and System, Education and Engineering. Cristobal will be introduced by Dean Veronica N. Elizalde of the College of Business Administration-UE Manila. Cristobal is scheduled to deliver his speech at 9:00 a.m. and Duavit at 2:00 p.m. on April 28. Pillar behind GMA's success Atty. Duavit, a former director and former chairman of the Republic Broadcasting System (now GMA Network, Inc.), is one of the pillars behind the success of the GMA Network. Atty. Duavit obtained AB, 1954 and LLB, 1958, from the UE. An outstanding public servant, he was cited in the 9th, 10th and 11th Congresses as one of the Ten Most Outstanding Members of the House of Representatives, representing the 1st District of Rizal Province. He was twice awarded the Presidential Merit Awards and chosen Most Outstanding Government Employee in his early years as a civil servant. He helped draft the 1973 Constitution as a delegate to the 1971 Constitutional Convention. Atty. Duavit was a mambabatas, representing Southern Tagalog Region in the Batasan Pambansa in 1978 to 1984. He has served as President of the University of Rizal System-Development Foundation, Inc. since 2004. Socio-civic leader Meanwhile, Cristobal is known as a socio-civic leader who plays different roles in the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP):
governor and vice president, specialist on overseas employment and sustainable development, and
chairman of the corporate social responsibility committee. A POEA-DOLE Hall of Fame awardee, Cristobal is co-Founder of the Association for Professionalism in Overseas Employment, Inc. Cristobal is a 1955 UE graduate of BBA Economics, Cum Laude. He is also President and CEO of the DCL Group of Companies that engages in international trade and deploys Filipino professionals and technical personnel mostly to European and American principals, contractors and ship owners. Highlights of the commencement rites The highlights of UE commencement rites are the awarding of:
Latin honors;
Outstanding Graduate Awards;
Leadership Awards, and
College Distinguished Awards. After the presentation of graduation candidates by their respective College Deans, the candidates will be conferred their respective degrees by UE academic officers led by UE President and Chief Academic Officer Dr. Ester A. Garcia, who will also lead in the awarding of honors. The graduates will be sweared in as members of the UE Alumni Association Inc. (UEAAI) by:
President Col. Renato S. Chan (MAC Res.) - for the morning ceremonies, and
Vice President Norberto V. Rayupa - for the afternoon ceremonies. Latin Honors UE University Registrar Erwin Bermillo said out of 1,668 confirmed candidates for graduation from both the UE Manila and Caloocan campuses as of April 18 this year, 104 are recipients of Latin honors: one (1) Summa Cum Laude, 21 Magna Cum Laude and 82 Cum Laude. The honorees are:
Marrion U. Abong, BS Biology, CAS-Manila, Summa Cum Laude and College Distinguished Awardee, and;
Geanne Eunice A. Hilario, BS Tourism Management, CAS-Caloocan, Magna Cum Laude, Outstanding Graduate Awardee and College Distinguished Graduate Awardee;
Recipients of the Leadership Award for Men: RV Cyril Merto, BFA Advertising, for UE Caloocan and Ryan Martin T. Macalatan, BA Political Science, for UE Manila, and
the sole recipient of the Leadership Award for Women: Ana Lealee G. Lucila, BS Accountancy and Computer-based Accounting System, from UE Caloocan. Abong and Hilario will lead in the Pledge of Loyalty in the morning and the afternoon ceremonies, respectively. For more info, call UE Dept. of Registration and Records Management, tel. nos. 735-5471 loc. 395 or 396, or visit the UE web site, www.ue.edu.ph.
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