Senator Manny Villar will be the guest of honor and commencement speaker at the graduation exercises of the two main campuses of the Negros Oriental State University in Dumaguete City on Sunday.

Villar will speak before 1,305 candidates for graduation in rites to be held at the NORSU Campus II in Brgy. Bajumpandan, Dumaguete. Villar is also the sponsor of the Sipag at Tiyaga Caravan Kaalaman, a livelihood training program that provides skills and inspiration to people to help them start their own businesses.

The caravan travels all over the country conducting livelihood seminars that are consistently and widely attended and appreciated.

Reymil Cadapan, NORSU registrar, said that, as of March 2, the estimated number of candidates for graduation for the entire NORSU system in Negros Oriental is 2,770.

Outside of the two main campuses in Dumaguete City with 1,305 candidates for graduation, Bais Campus I has 422, Bais Campus II - 225, Guihulngan Campus - 332, and Siaton Campus, 104.

The commencement speaker at the graduation rites at the Bais Campus I and II yesterday was Enrique Garcia, regional director of the Commission on Higher Education in Cebu City.

For Bayawan-Sta. Catalina Campus today, the speaker will be Mayor German Sarana of Bayawan City, Oriental Negros, and for Siaton Campus, Rep. Herminio Teves (3rd district, Oriental Negros) tomorrow.

The speaker for the Guihulngan Campus Saturday will be Victoria Dinopol, NORSU vice president for Academic Affairs, and Dean of the Graduate School.

Meanwhile, the Department of Education is under strict orders not to ask for contributions from graduating students in public schools.

DepEd Supervisor I Dr. Virgilio Adiong reiterated the directive to division superintendents all over the province.

Daliong stressed that school uniforms will do during commencement exercises and graduation rites, unless, decided by the parent-teacher associations in the schools.*RG

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