The
Ateneo de Zamboanga University is all set for the graduation of its various
units.
The
Schedule of Graduation is as follows:
Pre-School
Achievement Program: March 20, 8:30AM, Fr Aureo Nepomuceno Covered Courts
(FANCC), Kreutz Campus, Tumaga
Kindergarten
Year-End Award Ceremony: March 21, 8:30AM, FANCC, Kreutz Campus, Tumaga
Grade
School Graduation: March 22, 2:30PM, FANCC, Kreutz Campus, Tumaga
Junior
High School Completion: March 23, 8:30AM, JHS Lobby, Kreutz Campus, Tumaga
Senior
High School Graduation: March 23, 2:00PM, Multi-Purpose Covered Courts (MPCC),
Salvador Campus, La Purisima St
Colleges,
Graduate School and College of Law: March 24, 2:00PM, MPCC, Salvador Campus, La
Purisima St
The
65th Commencement Exercises of the Colleges will be preceded by a Baccalaureate
Mass at the University Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (UCSHJ). Graduation
ceremonies will commence right after with the Imposition of Hoods by the
Parents of the Graduates at the backfield and the processional to the
Multi-Purpose Covered Courts.
Allen
Ross L Sanoria from the School of Management and Accountancy (SMA) and Therese Marie B Aburquez from the School of Liberal Arts (SLA) are this year’s Valedictorian and Salutatorian,
respectively. They will be presented by Fr Marcos Louis D Catalan Jr, SJ,
Vice President for Higher Education.
AdZU
alumna Ruth Yu-Owen (BSAc 1986) who is the newest member of the University
Board of Trustees, is this year’s guest speaker.
Special
Recognition will given to Licensure Examination Topnotchers during the
Graduation program. To receive the distinction this year are: for the Nurse
Licensure Examination: Shannon E Boyle – 4th Place, Ronel Glen S Garcia – 9th
Place; and for the Electronics Technician Licensure Examination: Eric Jester
Chiong Lim – 2nd Place.
Ateneo
Alumni Association (AAA) President Atty Gian Paolo Enriquez, will lead the
graduates in reciting the Alumni Pledge and Induction to the AAA. After
the swearing in of the Graduates into the AAA, Fr President Fr San Juan, SJ,
will give his Message to the Class of 2018. The 65thCommencement exercises will end with the singing of the Graduation
Hymn and the Animo Ateneo.
