The Varsitarian

THOMASIAN seniors Rajiv Abdullah (Faculty of Engineering), Royce Jasper Ong (Nursing), and former Varsitarian staffer Juanito Alipio de la Rosa (Architecture) were named delegates to the 12th National Ayala Young Leaders Congress (AYLC) in February.

De la Rosa, Abdullah, and Ong will join 77 other delegates in a five-day youth leadership development seminar in Cavite.

The three students were among an estimated 70 Thomasian hopefuls who underwent stringent screenings by the Office for Student Affairs (OSA), which facilitated the selection of delegates in the University.

Their names were submitted by the OSA to the AYLC Secretariat for a final interview with Ayala executives, including tycoon Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala.

Last year, only Thomas Vincent Vergara of the College of Rehabilitation Sciences made it to the 11th AYLC.

AYLC was launched in 1998 and gathers student leaders around the country once a year to foster camaraderie and strengthen youth leadership as part of the Ayala Group’s development program for the youth. Jilly Anne A. Bulauan