President Prose Ivy Yepes, esteemed university officials, prized faculty, proud parents, dear graduates: 

Today you celebrate a high-point—your graduation, which also affords you a richly deserved respite, even  if brief, from your years of learning, sacrifice and forbearance. You stand before a future rich not only with  possibilities but also with uncertainties. As you leap forward, you pause to reflect on the world you will  walk into—a world quickly evolving marked with stupefying developments in artificial intelligence, robotics, machine learning, and the exigencies of Society 5.0. 

To our esteemed University President, Dr. Prose Ivy G. Yepes; our distinguished Commencement Speaker, Dr. Jose V. Camacho, Chancellor of the University of the Philippines Los Baños; Dr. Rotacio S. Gravoso, Vice President for Academic Affairs; Dr. Marilyn M. Belarmino, Director of Graduate Education; Dr. Moises Neil V. Seriño, Vice President for Administration and Finance; Ms. Hazelle V. Asaldo, University and Board Secretary; Dr. Roberto C. Guarte, VSU Alumni Association President, represented by Engr. Manolo B. Loreto Jr.; Rev. Fr. Dexter A. Sescon, our celebrant for the invocation; Hon. Jose Carlos L. Cari, Mayor of the City of Baybay represented by Attorney Romel Peñaranda; our respected faculty members, department heads, deans, and advisers; fellow graduates, beloved families, proud parents, cherished guests, and to our online viewers who are joining us virtually—good morning, and thank you for celebrating this significant milestone with us.