CHED-CAR Regional Office, La Trinidad, Benguet— Ms. Showny G. Buasen, who recently graduated as Cum Laude from the University, proudly received the UniFAST Academic Excellence Award from the Commission on Higher Education-Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education (CHED-UNIFAST) on 18 August 2025.
Said award was given by CHED-CAR Regional Director Atty. Septon A. De La Cruz.
Ms. Buasen is a beneficiary of the Free Higher Education (FHE) Program, one of the major components of the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act (UAQTEA), which covers tuition and other school fees for first-time undergraduate students enrolled in State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) and Local Universities and Colleges (LUCs). She is also a grantee of the Tulong Dunong Program (TDP), a financial assistance program that helps students overcome economic barriers to education.
In a post by CHED-CAR, Ms. Buasen expressed her gratitude for the grant.
“𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵—𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩. 𝘐𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘐 𝘷𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘔𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴.”
