UPLB annually celebrates Loyalty Day during the 10th of October. This is to remember the 193 student body and 27 faculty members who enlisted to serve in the Philippines National Guard. This year, the university is on its 101st year of celebration with the theme “UP Los Baños: Patuloy na Tumutugon sa Hamon ng Bayan”. Alongside this celebration, UPLB conducts a homecoming event where graduates are once again welcome to the university not as students but as alumni. I had a chat with some of my older sister’s friends who have graduated not too long ago. They are Ate Jen, Ate Carmel and Ate Lyka.
Carmel Oliveros or Ate Carmel also first entered the university as a freshman of Bachelor of Science in Forestry in 2014. She is also one of graduates of Class 2018. She says “Aside syempre sa lessons sa klase ito yung highlights sa stay ko sa elbi [na] lagi kong dadalhin: to be independent; ability to interact with different kinds of people in numerous walks of life; and, compromise becase you won’t always get what you want or not everything will go according to plan“
Like Ate Carmel, Jenesis Maine Palicpic or Ate Jen first entered as a freshman of Bachelor of Science in Forestry in 2014. She is one of the graduates of Class 2019. During her five-year stay in the university, Ate Jen learned a lot of things like how to work under time pressure, to interact and work with the minorities and be innovative.
Angelika Barbeyto or Ate Lyka also first entered in the university in 2014 under the course Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Just like Ate Carmel, she is one of the graduates from Class 2018. Throughout her stay in the university, Ate Lyka shared that UP taught her to be independent, to be open-minded, to work under pressure.
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