USC Alumni Association Message

Beloved Carolinians, it is my pleasure and privilege to address you and share with you the vision of the USC Alumni Association, now the umbrella of all internal and external Alumni chapters. The internal chapters are the college and department -based alumni associations within the university, and the external chapters are the different alumni associations organized outside the university.

As we celebrate milestones and expand horizons in our lives as Carolinians, we envision strengthening all the chapters; the alumni associations based on their professions and graduation batches to organize and link with their colleges and departments and with the alumni affairs office; and those geographically-based to register as an alumni association at the usc alumni affairs office to provide the office the opportunity to network with them thus making one USC Alumni Association. To quote the usc alumni association manual: “The USC Alumni Associations forms a constituency, a human network that exists to promote the mission of the University of San Carlos to pursue educational and professional excellence; broaden friendships among member alumni and sustain loyalty to Christian ideals.”

We, Carolinians are called to be professionally competent, morally responsible and socially aware wherever we are and whatever we do. Faithfulness to our calling means, we ought to become people who are professionally able to accomplish the tasks assigned to us in our workplace and communities and endeavour to perform with excellence in our contribution to education, research, science, literature and other creative endeavours. We ought to become people who steadfastly live the Christian ideals handed to us by our Alma Mater and excel in demonstrating moral integrity and proficiency in the practice of our professions in business management, civil administration, public service and entrepreneurship. We ought to become people-oriented people dedicated to serve the causes of the under-privileged and marginalized; and to community services exemplifying the Christian values of love, justice, peace, integrity of creation and harmony among people of different cultures and creed. Therefore, Carolinians are urged to pursue activities that enhance this calling.

On the other hand, it is part and parcel of our calling as Carolinians to become aware of the development needs of our Alma Mater and offer our support in achieving her goals. This awareness urges us to uncover and perform our tasks as Carolinians for the benefit of our university and our own.

My dear Carolinians, the USC Alumni Association and the Alumni Affairs Office are here for us all to provide the leadership, the means and service support in sustaining our efforts to develop and reinforce the bonds between the university and the alumni; promote the unity and diversity within the university family; and bring together and synergize efforts of alumni chapters to achieve the common goals and mission of the association.

In behalf of the University, I express my heartfelt appreciation of your efforts to organize your alumni associations; and we assure you of our support in all your endeavours. May we all be blessed by the Holy Triune God with harmony, one mind and heart, so that we may truly become Witnesses of the Word in the World. Thank you.

Fr. Patricio R. de los Reyes Jr., SVD, MAPS - Director
Scholarships, Alumni Affairs & Placement