29/05/2026
๐๐ซ. ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐
Newly elected student leaders of Bukidnon State University (BukSU) were reminded that leadership is rooted in service, integrity, and responsibility during the University Student Government (USG) oath-taking with the "๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ: ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆโ and Supreme Student Council (SSC) turnover ceremony carried by the theme of โ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ: ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎโ held on May 28, 2026 at the Audio-Visual Center.
In his message, Dr. Lincoln V. Tan, Vice President for Culture, Arts, Sports, and Student Services (OVPCASS), emphasized that the ceremony symbolized not only a formal oath-taking but also the beginning of a greater responsibility entrusted to student leaders.
โ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ-๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด,โ Dr. Tan said.
He reminded the officers that leadership should never be centered on power or recognition, but on genuine service and commitment to the welfare of others.
โ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ,โ he emphasized.
Dr. Tan further encouraged the incoming leaders to become active voices for the student body and partners of the university administration in promoting programs that benefit students.
โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ,โ he stated. โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด.โ
He also highlighted the importance of listening and compassion in leadership. โ๐๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ,โ Dr. Tan added.
As he addressed the student officers, Dr. Tan introduced the importance of strengthening the โ4-๐ฏ๐โ among student leaders โ๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐
, ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐, ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐
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He explained that student leaders must use their Head to think critically about what is best for the students, their Heart to understand the needs of fellow students, their Health to maintain balance and well-being despite academic pressures, and their Hands to reach out and involve students who remain inactive in campus activities.
โ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ,โ he encouraged. โ๐๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด.โ
Dr. Tan also acknowledged the data presented by the Student Leadership and Development Unit (SLeDevU), particularly regarding student participation, and described it as both a concern and a challenge for university leaders and student officers.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ข ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต,โ he said. โ๐๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ.โ
Before concluding his speech, Dr. Tan urged the officers to return to their respective colleges and organizations with a stronger sense of duty and responsibility toward the student community.
โ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ,โ he said.
The ceremony concluded with the formal turnover of leadership from outgoing SSC officers to the newly elected USG and student organization officers, symbolizing a renewed commitment to participatory leadership, unity, and student service at BukSU.
Words by Kish Humphrey Razon
Layout by James Abobo
Photo by Dan Jake Torres