Agana makes it top 30 on TOSP

By: Maria Leni D. Oro

Being one of the top students of Notre Dame of Marbel University (NDMU), Mark Aethen G. Agana, a graduate of BS Computer Science and a Gawad Parangal Institutional Leadership Awardee was chosen as one of the top 30 in the Search for Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines (TOSP).

TOSP is a project of RFM Foundation in cooperation with the Commission on Higher Education, the Rotary Club of Makati Central, the National Bookstore, and the RFM Group of Comapnies since 1961 that aims to promote excellence and service as a way of life through the TOSP awardees and finalists who come from the various regions of the Philippines with this year's theme "Learning, leading, and serving for life".

"My purpose is to leave a legacy of excellence to our school and region," said Agana who is now taking his Masters degree in the Philippines (UP) - Diliman under the PCASTRD-DOST (SEI) Scholarship.

The top 30 finalist chosen by the National Screening Committee were invited to Manila to undergo a week-long formation process and other TOSP activities.

Moreover, Agana is also a participant in the 35th Ship for South East Asian Youth Program (SSEAYP), a diplomatic excahnge program among and between the emerging youth leaders in Asia.