Future Lawyers Awarded Aboitiz Scholarships
Believing that the youth are the future leaders and movers of the country, the Aboitiz Foundation, in cooperation with Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. (AEV) Legal and Corporate Services Department, extended scholarship grants to three deserving and qualified students of the University of the Philippines College of Law in Diliman, Quezon City. Aside from providing financial assistance, the program aims to mold the scholars into professionals with a passion for corporate social responsibility and steeped in the culture of sustainability and good governance. The scholarship consists of a monetary grant amounting to P75,000 per semester per scholar to cover costs of tuition, books and miscellaneous expenses. Aboitiz is one of the university’s top scholarship grantors.
Photo shows Aboitiz Foundation Manager for Education Jowelle Ann Cruz (left) handing over the check to UP College of Law Dean Danilo Concepcion. With them are AEV Vice President for Attraction and Learning and Development Nina Ylagan-Pedro, AEV Assistant Vice President – Legal Business Administrator Marilou Plando, AEV Senior Associate General Counsel for Corporate Secretarial and Compliance Services Atty. Mailene De La Torre, UP Associate Professors of Law Concepcion Jardeleza and Ma. Gisella Dizon-Reyes, UP Professor of Law Patricia Rosalind Salvador Daway, and scholars Norlegen Bayona, Macario Manicad III, and Rosylyn Ramirez.
The Aboitiz Group has long been supportive of the country’s public education system, believing this is where the Group can make the biggest impact in the lives of its beneficiaries. As of end-2015, the Aboitiz Foundation has awarded three post-graduate scholarships and financial assistance in addition to these new scholarship grants.
The Aboitiz Foundation’s most important goal is to achieve universal public education. This, in turn, supports one of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, specifically on Quality Education (Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all).
