New chemists hurdle board exam

Five Carolinians have joined the ranks of the licensed chemists in the country after the results of the Chemist Licensure Examination were released late Monday night, September 11, 2006.

The new licensed chemists are Julla D. Derecho, Jonas R. Locaylocay, Chariz Y. Peñalber, Rosanna Angela D. Soriaga, and Jacquelyn S. Tanjay.

The Chemist Licensure Examination was held last September 7-8, 2006 in Manila and the results were published in the online daily newspapers after one working day.

Of the five new licensed chemists, three are already assured of employment. Derecho has been accepted at Unilab (Laguna), Locaylocay, who is also a licensed pharmacist, at San Miguel Corporation, while Soriaga is already teaching at USC.

USC Class 2006 had a passing rate of 63% (5 out of 8) but had an overall clip of only 50% (5 out of 10) including examinees from previous classes.

The USC Chemistry Review Center produced one topnotcher, Krizelle C. Pasig from Ateneo de Davao University, who placed 10th with an average of 87.25%. The review center had a passing rate of 26 out of 48, or 54% compared to the national passing of 245 out of 503, or 48%. Students from nine other universities reviewed in USC; notably Central Mindanao University had a passing rate of 75% (3 out of 4) while Xavier University had 4 out of 5 (or 80%).

Grand Prize: 2006 Metrobank Art and Design Excellence

Nomar Miano, a Bachelor of Fine Arts-Painting graduate of the University, won the Grand Prize in the Water Media on Paper category of the 2006 Metrobank Art and Design Excellence competition.

Miano's artwork is a 20 x 30-inches watercolor painting entitled "The Dominance of Value"; a black and white copy is shown below.

Miano will receive a P200,000 cash prize and a trophy on September 15, 2006 at the Le Pavillon, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City. Fine Arts department chair, Brenda Z. Seno, M.S. and Miano's mentor Kimsoy Yap will attend the awarding ceremonies.

Miano also won the Grand Prize for the 2005 ArtPetron.

Amateur videos from Carolinians

Entertaining videos from carolinian students. Whoever these students are, they must have lots of guts to shoot the videos in the campus.