UP Manila 2013 Commencement Speech CCB

2013 Commencement Exercises
University of the Philippines Manila 
19 April 2013, Philippine International Convention Center 
Dr. Christopher C. Bernido 

Honorable Members of the Board of Regents, Dr. Manuel B. Agulto, Chancellor of the University of the Philippines Manila, faculty members and officials of UP Manila, the 2013 graduates, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. 
  It is indeed an honor to be asked to be a speaker for the 2013 Commencement Exercises of the University of the Philippines (UP) Manila knowing that your campus is the birthplace and cradle of the University of the Philippines System when it was founded in 1908. Allow me, therefore, to congratulate the 2013 graduates who survived the rigors of UP the past four years or more. 

UP Manila 2013 Commencement Speech MVCB

M. V. Carpio-Bernido

UP Manila Commencement Speech

April 19, 2013

      Honorable members of the Board of Regents, Chancellor Manuel B. Agulto, Vice-Chancellors, Deans, Members of the Faculty, Staff, distinguished guests, parents, grandparents, relatives and friends of the graduates, members of UP Manila Class of 2013:

      First of all, I would like to congratulate the graduates, their mentors, parents, grandparents, and relatives. This is a special moment of achievement for you, and it is a great honor for Chris and myself to be invited by your University officials to be part of this memorable occasion.