The Mu Sigma Phi and its resident brothers proudly stood amongst the leaders, scholars, researchers, athletes, musicians, and crème de la crème of the UP College of Medicine as the Office of the Dean and the Medicine Student Council held the yearly Students' Convocation last March 10, 2009, at the UPMASA PGH Science Hall, with the fitting theme "Honoring the best and the brightest of UP Medicine."

MEB-Elect Ton-ton Llagas ΜΣΦ 2010 (right) and Custodian Francis Crisostomo ΜΣΦ 2011 (left) receive the Gawad ng Dekano Citation on behalf of the resident brothers during the Students' Convocation

The Mu Sigma Phi was awarded the Gawad ng Dekano for Leadership in recognition of its recent success being chosen as one of the Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations in country (awarded by the National Youth Commission and the Office of Senator Francisco Pangilinan) and for staging the First Quisumbing Escandor Film Festival for Health. The Mu Sigma Phi is the only student organization that received a Gawad ng Dekano for this academic year.

As the entire fraternity was recognized in the Students’ Convocation, resident brothers shared the limelight as they were given individual awards during the program. Among the commendable Brods are:

For exemplary academic performance during the Second Semester SY 2007-2008; College Scholars: from LU IV Ace Tiu; ΜΣΦ 2012; from LU VI Gideon Lasco ΜΣΦ 2010 and Jan Zapanta ΜΣΦ 2010; from LU VII, Deo Abrencillo ΜΣΦ 2009, Julius Laban ΜΣΦ 2009, Dandro Lat ΜΣΦ 2009, Paulo Ng ΜΣΦ 2009, and Kevin Panggat ΜΣΦ 2009.

UPCM Dean Alberto Roxas with the recipients of citations from Class 2009. Brod Dandro Lat ΜΣΦ 2009, LU VII College Scholar recipient, is fifth from the left.

For Outstanding Leadership as the Most Exalted Brother of the Mu Sigma Phi, MEB RJ Badulis ΜΣΦ 2009 received the Dean’s Citation for Leadership.

In the field of sports, receiving the Gawad ng Dekano were Lee Capili, Jr. ΜΣΦ 2012 and Deo Abrencillo ΜΣΦ 2009 for Men’s Basketball; Button Ricarte ΜΣΦ 2012 and Kevin Panggat ΜΣΦ 2009, Men’s Football; Mickey Esteban ΜΣΦ 2012 and Aldi Igualada ΜΣΦ 2011, Men’s Table Tennis; Button Ricarte and Jay Pee Cruz, ΜΣΦ 2009 Men’s Volleyball, and Jess Dion ΜΣΦ 2011 for Men’s Chess.

With a haul of awards, Brod Gideon Lasco was given numerous commendations for winning the Best Single Post for Hobby/Recreation in the Philippine Blog Awards of 2008; for landing in the top 6 in the UP National Centennial Songwriting Competition in 2008 with his piece “One”; and, for being a regular contributor as a travel writer for the Manila Bulletin.

Gideon Lasco ΜΣΦ 2010 with his classmates from Class 2010 receive one of his four citations in the 2008-2009 Students' Convocation

All for the Glory of the Mu Sigma Phi! Congratulations to our talented Brods!

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