Serve the nation with utmost integrity, CHED Commissioner Darilag tells CatSU grads
StudentsCommission on
Higher Education (CHED) Commissioner Dr. Aldrin A. Darilag urged the graduates
of Catanduanes State University in his commencement address to embody the
university’s core values while serving the nation.
“Pursue greater
heights while serving the nation with utmost sincerity, integrity, and social
responsibility,” Commissioner Darilag told the Cluster C graduates of CatSU on
the final and third-day graduation rites on Saturday, June 29.
He asked the
graduates to make a solid contribution to the nation while embodying the CatSU
core values: social responsibility, excellence, commitment, respect, and
integrity.
“Through our
graduates, the Philippines can become a prime mover of genuine change and a
trailblazer against the status quo,” he said, addressing over 1,100 graduates
and certificate holders.
The CHED
official also called for the graduates to always step forward towards a
successful future while rebuking self-pity and indolence.
“𝑃𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑦 𝑡𝑎𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑝𝑢𝑛𝑦𝑎𝑔𝑖 𝑎𝑡
𝑚𝑎𝑔-𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑔 𝑛𝑔
𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑘𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑡
𝑘𝑎𝑘𝑎𝑦𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑎
𝑖𝑘𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑔 𝑎𝑡
𝑖𝑘𝑎𝑢𝑢𝑛𝑙𝑎𝑑 𝑛𝑔
𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑎
𝑏𝑎𝑦𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑠,” the commissioner concluded.
Before the
keynote speaker spoke, CatSU President Dr. Patrick Alain T. Azanza delivered a
message and told the graduates Albert Einstein's quote that ‘imagination is
better than knowledge’.
He cited all the
changes that happened in the university for the past three years under his
term, including the completion of 18 infrastructure projects with a total of
941 million pesos, the distribution of 1,200 tablets, the acquisition of four
buses from the university savings, and the inclusion of the university in the
world rankings, to name a few.
“These changes
happened with our shared imagination, and service to the community is
important,” the president said.
The University
conferred 1,122 graduates and certificate holders from four colleges:
Engineering and Architecture, Information and Communications Technology,
Industrial Technology, and Sciences, in its 53rd Commencement Exercises at the
university gymnasium.
