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ONLY three positions were filled in this year’s Student Executive Council (SEC) general elections. As announced on the Bedan Electoral Committee (BELCOM)’s Facebook page last Apr. 26, the positions are the President, External Vice President (EVP), and second-year level representative, while eight seats remain vacant. From 529 total Bedan voters during the last special elections, the population decreased to 386 voters.

“WE have built an education system that is not performing according to what it should be reaching,” Mr. Karlo Abadines, Simbahang Lingkod ng Bayan Executive Director, said during “Elected: An Electoral Forum on Education for Change,” organized by the Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA) and in partnership with the Junior Bedan Law Circle last Apr. 21 at the Tugade Auditorium.

LAST Apr. 15, the Bedan Entrepreneurship Society (BES) started their promising careers by presenting their start-up companies during the “Kickstart 2025 Growing Your Wealth Wisely” at Manny Reyes Hall.

THE Junior Bedan Engineering Society (JBES) marked a milestone last Apr. 4 with the launch of their first webinar, “CONFLUX: A Webinar Regarding Blockchain and Telecommunications,” via Microsoft Teams.

HELD last Apr. 5, at the Tugade Auditorium, the Bedan Psychological Society concluded their Psychology Week 2025 with their Mr. and Ms. Psychology 2025: Crowning of the Avatar beauty pageant as Jamie Ayaen (IV-VSP) and Diego Jardiniano (I-BSP) were crowned Mr. and Ms. Psychology 2025.

THE Bedan Psychological Society (BPS) held its “PsychWeek” on April 3-5, with the theme “Psych Avatar—Bending Adversity,” inspired by the cartoon series “Avatar” with the primary goal of bringing students together. The event started with the opening remarks of Prof. Michelle Macahilig, the Department Chair of Psychology and BPS Moderator, as she hoped that everyone would enjoy the week.

“Change is constant,” as emphasized throughout the series of talks at the “Human Resource Congress: The Future of the Workplace,” organized by the Junior People Management Association of the Philippines last Mar. 28 at the Tugade Auditorium.

WITH the voting period for the Student Executive Council (SEC) general elections beginning last April 3 at the St. Bede Building Library and continuing the elections online via the Learning Management System of SBCA.

LAST Mar. 28, the Junior Bedan Law Circle held a “Justice Without Borders: A Symposium on the International Criminal Court” symposium at the Rosendo Herrera Hall. The two guest speakers were Professor E.G. Afable and Atty. Jun Marr Denila discussed the political atmosphere in the Philippines and the Rome Statute in connection with the Philippine situation.

With the upcoming Student Executive Council (SEC) elections, the Bedan Electoral Committee (BELCOM) released a Notice of Compliance that reminded the students of the “Intervention of an Alien” as written in Section 5 of the Election Code.