Graduation day!

One hundred seventy-two senior (and super-senior) students finally graduated from UP Mindanao! Congratulations to all!

Summer in UP Mindanao

How to spend the hot dry months of March to May in UP Mindanao? Buy beach chairs and line them up by the balcony outside the office. Then when you feel burnt out, step outside with a cool drink. Sit back and relax on these beach chairs.

Recognition Day

Photo by Jean Claire Dy

We had our Recognition Program and Send-Off Ceremony for the 2009 graduates today. It was a solemn ceremony with the graduates lighting candles to symbolize their carrying the torch of knowledge beyond the halls of academe, and with the faculty lining up and shaking the hands of graduates as they exited the Audio-Visual Hall.

The program also included the awarding of certificates and medals for graduating students who excelled in the different disciplines. While this is an annual affair, today’s ceremony was memorable for the inclusion of the candle-lighting and send-off rituals.