By Archelyn Sumampong 

Fifty-eight (58) students of the Bachelor of Secondary Education (BSE) program of the MMSU College of Teacher Education (CTE) received financial grants from the Albarracin One-Time Scholarship on February 8.

In a ceremonial stipend distribution held at the Office of the University President, ten (10) BSEd students, comprising five (5) sophomores and (5) juniors, represented the fifty-eight (58) BSEd students majoring in Science, English, and Mathematics. Each student received Php 5,000.

MMSU President Dr. Shirley C. Agrupis congratulated the students and encouraged them to continue striving to become future university topnotchers.

Led by the Office of the Student Affairs and Services, the selected grantees were chosen based on having a GWA of 2.50 and above from the second semester of the academic year 2022-2023 and not being recipients of any other private or government scholarships.

The Albarracin Scholarship Program, founded by Mr. Magdaleno Albarracin, Jr. and Mrs. Trinidad Albarracin, is a private institution that aims to extend financial grants to students. For the academic year 2023-2024, the scholarship program aimed to expand its reach by selecting over eighty (80) beneficiaries, with twenty (20) chosen beneficiaries from each year level. The program will also identify ten (10) first-year BSEd students who will become long-term scholars, provided they adhere to the scholarship's retention policies.

The ceremonial distribution included Prof. Emil James Tanagon, director of the office of student affairs and services; Dr. Jahnese Asuncion, chief of institutional student programs and services; Atty. Cheska Arla Agrupis, chief of the data protection office; and Dr. Aris Reynold Cajigal, dean of the college of teacher education. (MKA_StratCom)