22nd Commencement and Investiture of 5th Chancellor, 2019
22nd COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES AND INVESTITURE OF 5TH CHANCELLOR
The University of the Philippines Mindanao held its 22nd Commencement Exercises on 21 June 2019. Executive Vice President Teodoro J. Herbosa led the awarding of diplomas to the Class of 2019. It was UP Mindanao’s biggest batch to date, with 353 graduates. The university had its first summa cum laude, Ms. Pete Maverick Nicole Estudillo, BS Food Technology. The class of 2019 had the most number of magna cum laude (13) and cum laude (80) graduates.
The investiture of Professor Larry N. Digal as the 5th Chancellor of UP Mindanao was held in conjunction with the commencement exercises. Regent Angelo A. Jimenez led the Investiture Ceremony. In his speech, Chancellor Digal said, “UP Mindanao is committed to becoming Mindanao-focused but adopting an international outlook... with the university bringing the best of the world to Mindanao and the best of Mindanao to the rest of the world.”
Full text of the speech of Chancellor Digal is available here: http://bit.ly/2NP0Lhs