Wednesday, February 21, 2007 Liceo de Cagayan University's 2007 alumni homecoming By Ed Dychauco
AN ANNUAL event of the alumni association of Liceo de Cagayan University, come February 25th, on the occasion of the 52nd founding anniversary of the institution, wherein Liceans from all over the world, would once again be home to celebrate this activity, to meet their classmates of the yesteryears, to enjoy the camaraderie and friendship and of course, to visit their "home" where they spent years of their lives studying and finishing a degree.
This is the time of year when one get to see "old" classmates and friends again, hoping to get that "bonding" all over again and reminisce the past. It is the time of year when one gets to know what happened to each other through the years.
It is the time to renew friendships, it is the time when one gets to know who married who and who never got married(!), it is the time when one gets to know all the exciting details of one's life after leaving the institution, it is the time when one gets to see the school where they graduated and the many changes and improvements. It is the time to enjoy and be part of this grand celebration of oneness and togetherness!
The Liceo de Cagayan Alumni Association (LDCUAA) for the past several years has been very active in and outside the campus. Aside from this yearly get-together, the alumni association recently sponsored an orientation seminar to all graduating students at the civic center, an outreach program was done last December at the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) compound where basic needs, commodities and used clothing where donated to the Haven for Women and Home for Girls.
A job placement activity, incidentally, is scheduled tomorrow and Friday (February 22 & 23) at the AV Room of the University for old and new graduates of the institution.
A Holy Mass at the LDCU Chapel at 7:30 in the morning will kick off the activities for this coming Sunday followed by a campus tour at 9:00 a.m. Registration will then follow at the Civic Center. Program will start at 10 a.m. with Atty. Jovito "Jovie" Cagaanan, NLRC Commissioner in Region 10 as guest speaker.
Special awards will also be given to Silver (Batch '82), Pearl (Batch '77) and Ruby (Batch '67) jubilarians as well as to the board topnotchers in the recent board examinations. Song and dance numbers are also expected to entertain everyone present. Business meeting and election of new set of officers is scheduled in the afternoon's affair.
The registration fee of P150 includes morning and afternoon snacks with lunch. There will be exciting door prizes, parlor games, minor and major prizes in the raffle draw and souvenir giveaways specially prepared by the alumni board to all attendees.
The active outgoing set of officers includes: Samuel Cayetuna (president), Edgar S. Dychauco (vice president-internal), Cesar Bagaipo (vice president-external), Purificacion Regidor (secretary), Yolanda Egam (treasurer), Emmanuel Abejuela (auditor), Judge Terry Algodon and Frank Mendez (PRO). Board members include: Florante Sabasaje, Elmer Balarias, Benjamin Neri, Gerberto Virtudazo, Felix Fontanosa, Chona Palomares and Evangeline Cabe with Atty. Adrian Barba as adviser.
