๐–๐Œ๐’๐” ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ช๐ฎ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐š๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฒ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ค๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Œ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ

On April 26, 2025, ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐๐š๐ง๐š๐จ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ (๐–๐Œ๐’๐”) ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ ๐š ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ช๐ฎ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง by ๐๐š๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฒ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ค๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฒ in recognition of the universityโ€™s unwavering dedication to community service and development. The award celebrates WMSUโ€™s enduring efforts to reach out, uplift lives, and foster sustainable change in the barangay.

๐ˆ๐ง ๐š ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž, ๐๐š๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฒ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ค๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐–๐Œ๐’๐” ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐Œ๐š. ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐š ๐€. ๐Ž๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐š ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. The certificate acknowledges her visionary leadership and steadfast support in ensuring the delivery of efficient, accessible, and responsive public service to the community.

Representing the university during the awarding ceremony was ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐š ๐Œ. ๐๐š๐ซ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž, ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ, who graciously accepted both honors on behalf of Dr. Ochotorena and the entire WMSU community.

โ€œ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’‚๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’… ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’Ž๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’‡๐’–๐’ ๐’‚๐’‡๐’‡๐’Š๐’“๐’Ž๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’šโ€™๐’” ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’Š๐’•๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’•๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’†๐’๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•,โ€ Dr. Barjose remarked. โ€œ๐‘ฐ๐’• ๐’Š๐’๐’”๐’‘๐’Š๐’“๐’†๐’” ๐’–๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‘๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’‰๐’Š๐’‘๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’“๐’–๐’๐’š ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Œ๐’† ๐’‚ ๐’…๐’Š๐’‡๐’‡๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’๐’„๐’†.โ€

The recognition stands as a testament to WMSUโ€™s mission of transforming lives not only through quality education but also through genuine service beyond the classroom. It reflects the universityโ€™s belief that learning and leadership are best measured by the positive impact made in peopleโ€™s lives. (Aziz S., WMSU PAO)