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BATCH 2022 celebrated their much-awaited face-to-face Baccalaureate Mass and 24th Commencement Exercises after two years of virtual graduations last June 29 at the Tugade Auditorium.

AIMING to enrich the Benedictine values of the College, a collaboration between Junior Financial Executives – SBCA (JFINEX) and Bedan Liturgical Ministries (BLM) presented the first episode of their newly-launched Benedictine Enrichment of Values Operations (BEVO) series entitled: “Episode 1: Ora in Our Decision Making.” It discussed the influential importance of prayer towards one’s decision making and career trajectory, and was live-streamed on the official Facebook page of JFINEX last Sept. 4.
Before the event commenced, hosts Jonathan Casey Angala (IV-BSA) and Cherry Anne Fuentes (IV-BSBA-FM) introduced JFINEX President Angela Ghobris (IV-BSBA-FM) to deliver the opening prayer. It was then followed by the singing of the national anthem.

ENCOURAGING the youth to exercise their democratic duty, the San Beda Rover Circle (SBRC), Rotaract Club of San Beda College Alabang (RAC), and the Junior Bedan Law Circle (JBLC) orchestrated the webinar “Bata ka pa, wala ka pang alam”: The Filipino Youth and their Role in the 2022 National Election.” It was held last Aug. 27 via Zoom and was live-streamed through the SBRC Facebook page.

EMBARKING ON a new academic year during a global pandemic, the Student Executive Council (SEC) held the Freshmen Orientation Program (FOP), entitled “Homebound Fest: Expanding Horizons”, last July 27-28. The event, hosted by Katrina Sison (IV-BSLM) and Danna Ona (II-BSP), was live streamed on the SEC’s Facebook page.

CRANKING UP the new academic year, the Student Executive Council (SEC) and Council of Student Leaders (CSL) organized “WebCAS” which served as the General Assembly of the students of the CAS. The event was live streamed on the official Facebook page of the SEC last July 29.

TAKING part in the country’s Resbakuna campaign, the Student Executive Council (SEC) organized the event “VACC to Normal: A Webinar on COVID-19 Vaccines and Variants” on Aug. 27 via Zoom and Facebook Live.

AMIDST a global pandemic, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Youth Engagement Summit (AYES) was held last July 16-18 via Zoom. AYES International was formed in 2017 to train student leaders, future managers, and entrepreneurs as well as to build meaningful relationships and connections. More than 10,000 leaders have now been trained by the organization.

ADAPTING to needs of online enrollment, the College launched a new student portal aimed at facilitating transactions during the first semester enrollment of AY ‘21-’22 last July 13-15. Prior to the portal’s launch, enrollment guidelines from the Office of the Registrar were posted on the Student Executive Council’s (SEC) Facebook page explaining the use of the portal to CAS students.

CELEBRATING the achievements of the newest batch of CAS graduates, members of the community participated in the Baccalaureate Mass and the 23rd Commencement Exercises of the CAS last July 7. Because of quarantine restrictions, only those delegated with specific tasks were invited to participate onsite in the St. Benedict Chapel but the ceremony was live streamed in the official Facebook page of SBCA. This is the second virtual graduation of the CAS.