THE UNIVERSITY sent off 10,186 graduates in this year’s Baccalaureate Mass and exit through the Arch of the Centuries.
Rector Fr. Herminio Dagohoy, O.P. reminded the graduating Thomasians of the importance of “sustained love and forgiveness.”
“My graduating Thomasians, stop being ‘ghosters,’ this is not the kind of love that Jesus wants,” Dagohoy said. “Love has to be sustained, taken good care of and protected from those who want to destroy it.”
Graduating students were given “mission crosses” to symbolize their objective of putting their Thomasian education to good use after leaving the University.
The Mass ended with the Ceremony of Light to remind graduating students of their duty to spread the light of the Christian faith.
A pyro-musical display with the theme of “Avengers: Endgame” and iconic band Queen followed the Mass. A recessional parade through the Arch of the Centuries capped the event, signaling the end of the students’ college life.
The Faculty of Arts and Letters produced the biggest number of graduating students this academic year at 1,529, followed by the Faculty of Pharmacy with 1,083 candidates and the College of Commerce and Business Administration with 975.
The number of graduating students per faculty and college this year is as follows:
College of Accountancy (686), College of Architecture (320), Faculty of Canon Law (5), Faculty of Civil Law (74), College of Education (432), Faculty of Engineering (817), Faculty of Philosophy (8), College of Fine Arts and Design (626), Graduate School (250), Graduate School of Law (12), Institute of Information and Computing Sciences (639), Institute of Physical Education and Athletics (136), Faculty of Medicine and Surgery (490 medicine graduates with 22 clinical audiology graduates), Conservatory of Music (128), College of Nursing (386), College of Rehabilitation Sciences (293), Faculty of Sacred Theology (68), College of Science (797) and College of Tourism and Hospitality Management (410).
