NOTED ABS-CBN TV AND RADIO broadcaster Korina Sanchez-Roxas was commencement speaker during the University’s 63rd Commencement Exercises held last April 8 at Plaza Acacia.

Sanchez-Roxas, better-known as Korina, spoke before the combined group of graduates from various colleges except for the College of Nursing which held a separate commencement rites the day before.

Korina, whose arrival was delayed for about an hour due to a previous meeting spoke very briefly about the significance of graduation in the life of a student. She also warned graduates to be wary of the new world they are about to enter because according to her it was not as beautiful as people think it to be.

She also encouraged them to keep the values learned in school and avoid becoming similar to “some government officials who are graduates of Harvard, yet have been divesting the government of millions of pesos through unscrupulous means.”

The host of the famed ABS-CBN program “Rated K” egged graduates to become dreamers like her husband Senator Mar Roxas who, according to her also “dreams of serving the country.” Senator Roxas, who ran for vice presidency under the Liberal Party ticket.

Meanwhile, Philippine Regulations Commission (PRC) Commissioner Leonila Faire was guest speaker at the first Nursing Commencement Exercises held last April 7. She addressed more than 700 Nursing graduates, which number was bigger than all the courses combined in a general commencement program. ###