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By Englebert A. Villegas Serving as a commencement exercise of student organizations, the Student Organizations’ Awards and Recognition (SOAR) Night 2013 was held last 25 February coinciding with the 27 th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution. SOAR aims “to recognize the best performing student organizations and commendable student leaders to inspire them and their peers to continually do their best in terms of their performance in the organizations and as forerunners of it.” According to Program Officer for Student Development and Student Organizations Formation and Training Trish Penelope Baesa Araňa, the event also gave recognition to moderators "whose support and assistance to organizations are deemed crucial to the student groups’ successes." Soar higher! Conducted at the Arrupe Convention Hall, the SOAR Night primed its way of “appreciating the role of organizations in the formation of student heads as responsible members of community.” ...

Awarded second in the search for ten Jose Rizal Model Students of the Philippines (JRMSP) last 30 December 2012, Senior AB Philosophy student Javier Leonardo V. Rugeria stressed out that “education should not be taken for granted.” Conducted annually, the search aims to recognize model students throughout the country who best depict the qualities of the national hero. The candidates were judged in terms of their academic excellence, leadership skills, and involvement in extra-curricular activities which cater to the needs of the community as a whole. JRMSP was under the sponsorship of the Order of the Knights of Rizal (OKR), a private non-stock and non-profit fraternal group that upholds the ideas and teachings of Rizal and instills them to others. Catching the Triumph Rugeria was chosen among the four student applicants within the university and competed against 67 others in the national level. They went through paper screenings and panel interviews. On 28 Decemb...