UP Gawad Oblation Award: Making a tradition of gratitude

“The honors and rewards fall to people who display their excellent qualities in motion.” – Aristotle

Regardless of the praise is, it’ll at all times mirror and might be measured proportionately on your provider, have an effect on, and affect. Certainly, receiving popularity is really rewarding. There’s a formidable pleasure and success when a company or establishment presentations a person that they’re valued.

The College of the Philippines (UP) lately carried out its 2d UP Gawad Oblation Award. The awarding rite identified UP alumni and pals who’ve rendered peculiar provider with or within the identify of the college.

And this 12 months, it used to be a humbling honor for me to be one of the crucial UP Gawad Oblation award recipients. Being publicly admired and identified for one’s provider and contribution to the learning establishment is certainly a vital accomplishment for me.

It’s with nice satisfaction to obtain the UP Gawad Oblation medal, which is designed with a close-up of the Oblation’s hand, because it have been within the gesture of providing, and has a Baybayin inscription of a line from Rizal’s Mi Ultimo Adios: “Sa kagalingan mo ay akin ding handog.”

The UP Gawad Oblation is an award given via the UP President to UP alumni and pals, together with folks, organizations, and establishments, for his or her peculiar provider, which incorporates outstanding educating, analysis and public provider, ingenious manufacturing, environment friendly public and college management, outstanding generosity and voluntarism, and fundraising. The awardees have greater the institutional visibility and world popularity of UP, and feature helped satisfy its mandate as a countrywide college.

The Gawad Oblation serves because the very best honor UP can provide as an expression of gratitude. The award is known as after UP’s enduring image, The Oblation, which indicates the providing of oneself in provider. The UP Gawad Oblation used to be first introduced and conferred to folks from the federal government and trade in 2017.

With my 4 many years of provider and enjoy in the house building trade, and management in Wilcon Depot, I’ve led the outstanding enlargement of the corporate. It’s my want to encourage these days’s ladies and construct their occupation development hopefully, like how I made it in a male ruled trade.

Because the president of the Philippine Outlets Affiliation (PRA), I’ve been actively selling enlargement and construction within the retail trade and constantly pave the best way for extra trade leaders and marketers to hunt enlargement and thrive within the economic system.

Certainly, it used to be a good chance to be said for what I’m these days and what I’m doing as a pacesetter {and professional}.

There have been 38 awardees from the personal and govt sectors, together with San Miguel Corp. president, CEO, and COO Ramon Ang; Robinsons Retail Holdings president and CEO Robina Gokongwei-Pe and Tarlac Governor Susan Yap.

Above all, I need to thank UP president Danilo Concepcion for this award. I’m really commemorated to obtain this popularity.