Cojuangco tells students: Dream and work on it
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FORMER Fifth District Rep. Mark Cojuangco lauded the outstanding students from the nine campuses of Pangasinan State University (PSU) who were fittingly honored Thursday in the first Gawad Parangal sa Natatanging Mag-aaral at the Sison Auditorium, Lingayen.
Cojuangco, who was warmly received by the PSU administration led by its president, Dr. Dexter Buted, advised the students about perseverance and to struggle against odds as very important key to success.
He said after their graduation, their achievement would usher in the start of their continuing quest for success and excellence in their chosen field of endeavors.
He also asked the teachers to provide the strong educational foundation to their students and to treat and love them as their own children. Be an inspiration to them, he said.
Former Fifth District Rep. Mark Cojuangco (standing at the center), Abono partylist Rep. Conrado Estrella III and Sen. Teofisto Guingona III the 25 nominees and nine awardees outstanding students of Pangasinan State University during the first Gawad Parangal sa Natatanging Parangal sa Mag-aaral held Thursday in Sison Auditorium, Lingayen.
Cojuangco also told the parents present to support the dream of their children as this will boost their confidence to realize their dreams.
Meanwhile, Abono partylist Rep. Conrado Estrella III, a major political ally of Cojuangco, said he and the former congressman dream that students would someday need not go abroad to work but to have good employment right in Pangasinan.
He narrated to them inspiring life stories of poor children who worked hard to be somebody someday in the world of business. Estrella recalled the stories of the owners of Jollibee, Vista Land, Zest-O/Zest Air and even the PSU president himself that should inspire them, that in life, “there is hope to liberate ourselves from poverty, from being poor and helpless”.
Named outstanding PSU students were Nick Caiga (Alaminos City), Julie Palaganas (Asingan), Brian Adams Bugarin (Bayambang), Michelle Grace Aquino ( Binmaley), Novelyn Madarang (Infanta), Menard Nava (Lingayen), Jebra Maris Branzuela (San Carlos City), Benjie Banaga (Sta. Maria) and Alessa Nicolas (Urdaneta City).
Aside from certificates and plaques, the nominees and the awardees each received cash incentives from the Department of Social Welfare and Development as approved by President Aquino.
Senator Teofisto Guingona III, chair of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee and former Commission on Elections commissioner and Isabela Gov. Grace Padaca also gave their inspiring messages to the students.
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