For the first time, the West Visayas State University (WVSU) aired its 119th Commencement Exercise through virtual set up on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 via live-streams on WVSU Facebook Page and WVSU WebAdmin YouTube channel.
For 119 years, WVSU has lived up to its commitment to develop lifelong learners and transform communities as agents of change. This year the university commends the 449 graduates for the Class 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 who received their bachelors’, masters’, and doctoral degrees, as conferred by the WVSU President, Dr. Joselito F. Villaruz.
The virtual ceremony marks as the culmination of all the hardwork by the graduates from different Colleges in the University. Out of the 449 total number of graduates, 284 of it were from the Class 2019-2020 and 165 from Class 2020-2021: College of Agriculture and Forestry (CAF), 11; College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), 127; College of Business and Management (CBM), 23; College of Communication (COC), 8; College of Education (COE), 242; College of Information and Communications Technology (CICT), 4; College of Nursing (CON), 8; and College of PESCAR, 26.
Present in the pre-recorded virtual celebration of perseverance and excellence of the WVSU graduates was the Chairman of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Dr. J. Prospero E. De Vera III who was the keynote speaker. Dr. De Vera commended the success stories of everyone despite the problems and challenges caused by the pandemic.
Atty. Dennis T. Ventillacion, President of the WVSU Federated Alumni Associations, led the Pledge of Induction of the graduating classes.
The Graduates’ Prayer was led by the Most Outstanding Graduate from the College of Education, Dr. Edsel O. Coronado.
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