Music filled the air once more as ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ gathered its musical geniuses for a day of โ€˜๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ค๐š ๐ง๐  ๐Š๐š๐›๐š๐›๐š๐ข๐ก๐š๐ง: ๐€ ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐•๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌโ€™ as a culminating activity for the ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก.

๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐„๐ฅ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐Œ. ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ, in his congratulatory message to the women advocates of gender equality, said Filipino women continue to rise, proving that an empowered woman uplifts herself and the entire nation.

โ€œ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ƒโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘๐‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘š. ๐‘†๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ƒ๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ , ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž ๐‘™๐‘Žโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘˜๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘˜๐‘Ž๐‘ !โ€ President Galas said.

Additionally, ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‰๐ฎ๐š๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐š, the ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐ข๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž of PSU, led a Spark Session titled โ€˜๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง: ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐”๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌโ€™.
The activityโ€™s resource speaker was notable Dagupeรฑa dentist and artist, ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐€๐ง๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐š ๐„. ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ who encouraged PSUnians to pursue their dreams.

Dr. Bolos also showcased her passion for the visual arts with the splendid art works she and other women painters made.

The culminating activity was the musical competition bent on songwriting and song performance and was open to a combined team of employees and students.

Strumming their instruments, the band members from Infanta Campus bagged the first place with a lively rendition of their original composition, โ€œWala ng Naiibaโ€
The campuses of Alaminos and Sta. Maria were declared the 2nd and 3rd placers, respectively.

Serving as board of judges for the competition were ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ – ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ (๐Ž๐•๐๐€๐’๐’), ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐š ๐„๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ซ (๐Ž๐•๐๐‘๐„๐ˆ), ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ญ. ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ. ๐•๐ž๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐’๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐จ (๐Ž๐•๐๐‹๐ˆ๐€), ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐จ ๐’๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง (๐Ž๐•๐๐€๐…๐Œ), ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‘๐š๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐‰๐จ๐ฒ ๐•๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ง (๐Ž๐•๐๐๐€) and ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‰๐ฎ๐š๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐š (๐Ž๐).

In closing, ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐†๐€๐ƒ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‘๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐œ๐จ๐, emphasized that NWMCโ€™s focus will continue to support the administrationโ€™s brand of governance and leadership, aligning with its rallying cry for an all-inclusive plan for economic and social transformation.

Congratulations, PSUnian musicians!
(See separate post for winners of other GAD contests)
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