Green and Gold Awards recognizes exemplary FEU alumni
Far Eastern University recognized its outstanding alumni in the 2018 Green and Gold Awards. The awardees represent the university’s gold standard of service to the creator, nation, and the world that FEU always aspires to achieve.
Held every five years, the Green and Gold Awards signifies FEU’s unwavering and continuing commitment to the cause of education. It includes three major citations which encompass the university’s key strengths as an institution: academics, culture, and sports.
“Green and Gold Awards is a testament of FEU’s commitment, for the past nine decades, to mold people who, by leading a life of Fortitude, Excellence, and Uprightness, can make this world a better place,” FEU chairman Aurelio Montinola III said.
This year, the FEU alumni relations office in collaboration with the President’s committee on culture, and athletic office named 28 graduates who made exemplary and extraordinary contributions in their respective fields.
FEU Sports Hall of Fame awardees
Jesson Ramil Cid – 2013 South East Asian Games gold medalist for track and field; Rachel Ann Daquis – Philippine ambassador for volleyball; Janelle Mae Frayna – first woman grandmaster for chess; Jayson Gonzales – 9th Filipino chess grandmaster; Dennis Miranda – assistant coach, PBA Developmental League; Arwind Santos – 2013 MVP in PBA, member of the PBA mythical first team; Marestella Torres-Sunang – fourtime
Sea Games gold medalist for track and field; Christopher Ulboc Jr. – 2013 and 2015 South East Asian gold medalist for 3000 meter steeplechase
FEU cultural awardees
Jessa Czaraina Dulay – National Museum painting conservator; Reynaldo “Rey Valera” Guardiano – multiawarded songwriter and recording artist; Josefina Sison – dance choreographer, FEU Folk Dance Group and FEU Modern Experimental Dance Group; Dexter Sy – multiawarded visual artist
Outstanding Alumni Award
Lourdes Guiterrez-Alfon- so – chief operating officer, Megaworld Corp.; Jamela Alindogan – bureau chief and correspondent, Al Jazeera English; Atty. Leah Armamento – commissioner, Commission on Human Rights; Angel Bautista – acting assistant director and chief administrative officer, National Museum; Atty. Dominador Buhain Jr. – chairman and president, Rex Group of Companies; Atty. Juan De Zuñiga – Monetary Board member and general counsel, Central Bank of the Philippines; Christopher Ferareza – director, Association of Certified Public Accountants in Public Practice; Maria Rhodora Fresnedi – president, Center for Growing and Giving Foundation Inc; Romeo Fresnedi Jr. – co-founder and managing director, Except One Pte Ltd; Brig Gen. Eduardo Lacanienta – director, Philippine Association of Military Surgeons; Atty. Romulo Macalintal – premier election lawyer and advocate of the rights and privileges of senior citizens and persons with disability; Teresita Moran – chief librarian of NBS College; Corazon D. Ong – founder and vice chairman, Foodsphere Inc; Rev. Fr. Anton Pascual – executive director, Caritas Manila Inc and president, Radio Veritas; Karen Graciles Remo – managing director and co-founder, New Perspective Media in Dubai; Dr. Rosalind Wee – founder, W Group of Companies
“The Green and Gold awardees are the realizations of our founder Dr. Nicanor Reyes’ dreams for the students and the school. They are the lodestars that the university can point to, by which all FEU Tamaraws can fashion their own life goals,” FEU president Dr. Michael Alba said.
The event is also part of the celebration of Far Eastern University’s 90th founding anniversary.