UCU 59th Founding Anniversary - Wreath Laying

The first day of the festivity came to a close in a solemn tribute to our founding father, 𝗗𝗿. 𝗣𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗼 𝗧. 𝗢𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗮, a visionary and pioneer of "𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹" through a 𝗪𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵-𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆 on February 26, 2025 at the UCU Orata Park.

“The remembrance of our founder, Dr. Pedro T. Orata, a visionary educational leader who believed in country-wide development, and promoted rural education at the time, rural high schools. With this remembrance, we look into his value of transcendence, that we will not only be in Urdaneta City University for our own benefit, but to also gain quality education in order to contribute to our society and to nation-building,”

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘋𝘳. 𝘗𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘰 𝘛. 𝘖𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘢, 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺-𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘳𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘢 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯-𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨,” Dr. Amihan April C. Mella-Alcazar, the Acting University President remarked in her speech, emphasizing the significance of Dr. Orata’s passion for education.

“𝘈 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘋𝘳. 𝘗𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘰 𝘛. 𝘖𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘢… 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘤𝘺, 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴,” Councilor Franklin Villanueva, who represented the UCU Board of Regents, expressed his gratitude to Dr. Orata’s dedication that changed lives for generations.

Dr. Pedro T. Orata’s enduring legacy serves as a beacon of inspiration, reminding us that true progress is rooted in the wisdom and dedication of those who came before us.

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