By Cyrus A. Natividad
The Honors, Awards and Recognition program is a celebration of the hard work, faith and perseverance of awardees.
The program for this year’s Honors, Awards and Recognition was held on April 26, 2017 at the Rose Memorial Auditorium.
The program started with an invocation led by University Church Outreach Pastor Rev. Roger T. Quimpo. Dr. Domingo L. Rio, CPU Vice president for Academic Affairs, congratulated the graduates for their pursuit of excellence. After which he joined Vice President for Student Affairs Joniel Howard H. Gico in presenting the Awards and Certificates.
CPU Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Irving Domingo L. Rio, congratulated the awardees, their parents and the CPU faculty and staff for a fruitful school year.
The first part was the recognition of those who topped the board exams; among them, the 5th placer for the August 2018 Pharmacist Licensure Examination; the 7th and the 9th placers during the November 2018 Philippine Nursing Licensure Examination; the 10th placer of the November 2018 Chemical Engineer Licensure Examination; and the 4th Placer of the March 2019 Medical Technologist Licensure Examination.
For the Honor Graduates, there were two summa cum laudes, 42 magna cum laudes and 124 cum laudes.
Special awards were also given to those who excelled in various areas. These include the National Finalist for the 2018 Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines, The Rotary Award for the Most Outstanding Graduate; Professional Organization Awards; Academic, Scholarship and Loyalty Awards.