17/08/2026
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๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐๐ฌ held its first ๐๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐.๐ ๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐ at ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ง๐๐จ ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ โ ๐๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ, uniting all trekkers to formally welcomed the journey ahead of this newly academic year.
To highlight this festive event, our supportive and respectable college dean ๐๐ซ. ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ข ๐๐ฎ๐ค๐ฆ๐๐ง gave his glamorous welcoming remarks right after the preliminaries. He emphasized that a lot are treating forestry and environmental programs as their stepping stones; then along the way, it has to be realized the crucial niche and the unknowable yet impactful role of being a Forester and Environmentalist especially in our country.
Next on the stage stood sir ๐๐ฎ๐-๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ณ, the faculty and adviser of two forestry organizations namely ๐
๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง (๐
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๐๐) WMSU Chapter. Sir Juf introduced the goals and visions of the two organizations; he also gave the spotlight to one of the former member of JFAP Organization andt also the faculty of the college, ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ง. Sir Noel took the spotlight as he gave further insights of being a member of the two notable organizations.
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๐๐ โ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ brief the student body in its Constitutions and By-Laws (CBL) of the college. Maam ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ข ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐, adviser of ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ (๐๐๐) Organization alongside with ๐๐ซ. ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ซ, presided for the orientation and brief discussion regarding the organizationโs scope and vision; the election of officers was done after the orientation. Lastly, ๐๐ซ. ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ held the last mic for the discussion of ethics and thesis overview. As for the afternoon session, the election of four department organizations took place (๐
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๐๐, ๐๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐) with the presence of the respective advisers, sir ๐๐ฎ๐-๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ณ, sir ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐, and ๐๐ซ. ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ซ.
To conclude the said event, a photo of opportunity was held for the entire trekkers with Dr. Almudi Lukman and the faculties. Click and flash, there was also a photo from each department programs with their respective adorable first years.
After a long greenery productive day, duties abide and built bonds formed.
Words by: Ella Mae Ngalot
Captured by: Xavier Cuizon, Steven Sotto, Xiomara Leigh Dakula, Rhian Chelle Roble