With a total of 795 graduating 𝘙𝘖𝘛𝘊 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘊𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘴 & 15 graduating 𝘙𝘖𝘛𝘊 𝘈𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘵 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘴 1𝘊𝘓 from SorSU-Sorsogon City Campus and 108 (𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘊𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘴) & 6 (𝘈𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘵 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘴 1𝘊𝘓) from SorSU-Castilla Campus, Sorsogon State University Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Unit, along with SorSU-Castilla Campus, conducted 𝘙𝘖𝘛𝘊 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘯-𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘺 on June 11, 2023, at SorSU Covered Court.
Maj Annamy N Nero (OS) PA led the declaration of the ROTC graduates, followed by the distribution of certificates and awarding of medals to Honor ROTC Cadets by SUC President III, Dr. Geraldine F. De Jesus; Maj Annamy N. Nero (OS) PA (Commandmant); Prof. Ma. Claire M. Dicen (Director, NSTP); and CPT Emeterio S Belmonte PA (RES) (Executive Officer, 505th Ready Reserve Infantry Battalion (RRIBn)).
Following the awarding of medals was the ‘𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘯-𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘶𝘵𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳’ and ‘𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘖𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘺’ headed by 1LT Ronnel M Malle, PA (RES) (Admin Officer, SorSU-City Campus ROTC) and MAJ Annamy N Nero (OS) PA (Director, 505TH Community Defense Center), and assisted by CPT Emeterio S Belmonte Jr, PA (RES). The 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 culminated with a snappy silent drill performance of SorSU ROTC Unit Batch Kinaadman.
Prof. Andrew F. Detera (Campus Director, SorSU-Castilla Campus) gave the welcome remarks, while SUC President III, Dr. Geraldine F. De Jesus, delivered the keynote speech during the graduation ceremonies, where she expressed her sincere admiration to graduating ROTC Cadets and Cadet Officers, for choosing the challenging military-oriented program over the others. She remarked,
“𝙆𝙖𝙝𝙞𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙥, 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙖 𝙧𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙡𝙞 𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙪𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙮 𝙣𝙖 𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙩𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙨… 𝙋𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙜𝙞 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙥 𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙥𝙪𝙨𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙜𝙖 𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙜 𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙖. 𝘼𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙖𝙬: 𝙠𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙡𝙖𝙣 𝙣𝙜 𝙜𝙖𝙗𝙞 𝙗𝙖𝙜𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙪𝙠𝙖𝙣𝙜-𝙡𝙞𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙣𝙜 𝙠𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙖𝙣. 𝘼𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙖: 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙖 𝙠𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙩 𝙠𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙣 𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙞. 𝘼𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙪𝙩𝙞: 𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙠𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙣 𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙗 𝙣𝙖 𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙞. 𝘼𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙬: 𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙪𝙙𝙮𝙖𝙩 𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙥𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙨𝙞𝙠𝙖𝙣 𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙖 𝙢𝙜𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙠𝙤𝙥. 𝘼𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙜𝙖 𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙞𝙣 𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙠𝙖𝙠𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙤. 𝙎𝙖 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙜 𝙠𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙖𝙣, 𝙙𝙖𝙢𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙮𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙠𝙖𝙝𝙪𝙡𝙪𝙜𝙖𝙣 𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙜𝙖 𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙜 𝙣𝙖 𝙞𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙖 𝙞𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙪𝙨𝙤 𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙠𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙡𝙖.”
In addition, the ROTC Officers from Bulan, Castilla, and Sorsogon City Campuses, together with the Sorsogon College of Criminology, Inc. (SCCI) & Solis Institute of Technology, Inc., also joined and partook during the ROTC Officers’ Night and Oathtaking Ceremony in the evening event. (SorSU PIO)
