MMSU Class of 2016 is led by 154 honor graduates: 14 magna cum laude and 140 cum laude. It is the biggest number of honor graduates the university has produced. The highest general weighted average (GWA) of 1.3607 was obtained by Joshua B. Salvador who graduates magna cum laude under the BS Accountancy program.

Second in rank is Marck Anthony J. Ranga, also from the BS Accountancy program (1.3619). He is from Marcos, Ilocos Norte. Hazel Marianne B. Mariano, the incumbent president of the University Student Council (USC), obtained the third highest GWA of 1.3750. This B Secondary Education graduate from Laoag City joins the prestigious roster of USC presidents who have graduated magna cum laude, among them Jestoni A. Olivo, BS Economics 2015, and Reindel Owen E. Salvador, BA Sociology 2012.  

Other magna cum laude graduates are: Jhicel Y. Ibañez, BS Biology (1.3894); Mark Ian C. Tagami, B Elementary Education (1.3956); Al Cameron G. Avila, B Secondary Education (1.3968); Jethro Vincent U. Espejo, BS Accountancy (1.3988); Giezel Licuan, BS Biology (1.4152); Alyssa Marie A. Jacinto, BA English Studies (1.4167); Precious M. Balguna, B Secondary Education (1.4245); Jheia Lindhelle N. Paned, BA English Studies (1.4346); Rowena May D. Moneda, BS Accountancy (1.4369); Karen Grace M. Alvaro, B Elementary Education (1.4381); and Richelle Mei R. Pascual, BS Accountancy (1.4500).

Breakdown

The College of Teacher Education produced the most number of honor graduates with 59, followed by the College of Business, Economics, and Accountancy, 54; College of Arts and Sciences, 20; College of Health Sciences, 6; College of Engineering and College of Industrial Technology, 5 each; and CAFSD, 3.

The programs with the most number of honor graduates are B Elementary Education with 34; B Secondary Education, 25, and BS Accountancy, 22.

Top Graduate

Salvador is from Barangay Caunayan, City of Batac. His father Aristotle is a production supervisor at the National Foods Corporation while his mother Emelie is the barangay chairman of Caunayan, City of Batac where their family lives and runs a computer shop. His younger brother Christian is a first year BS Hospitality Management student also at MMSU.

A self-confessed “nerd”, the bespectacled Salvador says he lives a “boring life”. In his spare time, he engages in social media and searches for accounting materials. His circle of friends are also academic achievers, including Ranga who obtained the second highest GWA.

Salvador was Vice President for Media and Documentation of the Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants-MMSU Chapter. Although he was not an honor graduate when he finished high school at the MMSU Laboratory High School-Science Curriculum in 2012, he was recognized as highest achiever in computer science. In 2008, he ranked sixth among the graduates of the Mariano Marcos Memorial Elementary School, also in Batac.