By Cyrus A. Natividad

The RCJC is committed in serving CPU by providing different scholarships and opportunities for Centralians. Photo Credit: RCJC

A work student’s desire to graduate from college is determined by his/her patience in his/her work while studying. Countless alumni from Central Philippine have become successful in their chosen careers after graduation from college because of the Work Study Scholarship Program.

Success in their lives and careers resulted from years of perseverance. The work students are admired for their commitment to help their parents. They work in order to study and graduate from a prestigious university like CPU. However, sometimes, being a work student is not enough. There are more requirements that need more financial support so that some work students do menial jobs outside of school and duty.

For this reason, the Rotary Club of Jaro Centraline and Central Philippine University started a fund campaign to support deserving work students in their financial needs. The RCJC-CPU Work Student Scholarship started with 100,000 pesos from the University and another 100,000 pesos from RCJC as seed money. This fund will serve as a counterpart for the WS Scholarship endowment fund. One work student for every semester will receive the cash award out of the interest from the endowment fund during the scholarship recognition ceremony at CPU every year.

The incentive encourages the work student to perform well in academics to be deserving and to become the excellent student that he/she is supposed to be.

The Rotary Club of Jaro Centraline is a special alumni chapter of Central Philippine University and has been a partner in educational and socio-cultural programs and projects of the University.