AB Valedictorian Archives

Jun

‘Sa kabila ng gulo, may naniniwala pa rin sa sangkatauhan’

(Editor’s note: The full text of the address of thanks of Brandon Lance Capiña, valedictorian of UST Faculty of Arts and Letters Class of 2026) Rev. Fr. Roberto L. Luanzon Jr., O.P, SThD, DL, Vice-Rector for Finance, ex officio member of the Board of Trustees, University of Santo Tomas,…

Thomasian who placed 8th in teachers board exam wants to ‘guide those who lack faith in themselves’

Dec

By Alliya Jade Perez

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Thomasian who placed 8th in teachers board exam wants to ‘guide those who lack faith in themselves’

ONCE A quiet student who did not stand out, the Artlets alumna who emerged as one of the topnotchers in the recent Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers (LEPT) aspires to emulate the educators who helped her come out of her shell. Kyla Jane Purcil, who finished her English Language Studies…

‘I lived enough:’ An AB valedictorian’s journey with borderline personality disorder

Jul

By Lauren Ainella Tagle

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‘I lived enough:’ An AB valedictorian’s journey with borderline personality disorder

IT ALL had been a constant drowning. The past semester, Kazzandra Ysabel Baysa navigated the extremes of her borderline personality disorder (BPD) and the grief of her grandfather’s death in December 2024. Academics were sidelined, forming a pool of absences and breaking the streaks of flat unos she maintained throughout…

‘We can’t go back in time:’ How a reserved, soft-spoken K-pop fan became AB valedictorian

Aug

By Arabella Peñaranda

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‘We can’t go back in time:’ How a reserved, soft-spoken K-pop fan became AB valedictorian

IT WAS eight in the morning, and Kyla Jane Purcil had just woken up when she received an e-mail from the Rector’s office. “Rector’s Awardee 2024,” the e-mail’s subject read. Her heart momentarily stopped. Making sure that she read it right, Purcil, who came to be the UST Faculty of…

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