Puttur: St Philomena College holds orientation programme for freshers

Bellevision Media Network

Puttur, 17 June 2015: An orientation programme for the second and third year undergraduate students was held Monday June 15 and for the newly admitted first year undergraduate students on Tuesday June 16 at St Philomena College here.

 

The programme was inaugurated by the lighting of the lamp by the dignitaries.

 

 

The College principal Professor Leo Noronha welcomed the students and briefed them about rules and regulations. He said, ‘Healthy education is the need of the hour. Education empowers. Students who have joined this college are the fortunate ones to have received this coveted gift of education. Therefore make your life a useful one and contribute for the betterment of the society.’ 

 

On the academic year 2015-16, he called upon the students to resolve to be good students. He also encouraged the students to participate in all the co-curricular and extracurricular activities.

 

The Campus director Dr Fr Antony Prakash Monteiro while delivering the speech on the occasion said, ‘Students come from different families and different background but in the college they are all part of one family - ‘Philo family’.  He quoted Ratan Tata ‘None can destroy iron but its own rust can,’ much in the same way your success or failure will depend on yourselves.’ He delightfully lauded the achievements of the academic year 2014-15.

 

The Correspondent of the college Fr Alfred J Pinto in his brief address said, ‘A good individual leads to a good family, which leads to a good community and this further leads to a good society. College is a place where the character formation of an individual takes place. Therefore each one of them should take care to establish a good foundation for the future.’ He blessed the staff and the students to have a fruitful and a wonderful year.   

 

As a symbolic gesture the freshers were welcomed through a bouquet and the highest marks scorers were greeted.

 

Bharathi S  Rai, student welfare officer was also present.

 

Kritika and Keerthi sang the prayer song. The vice principal Professor Vishnu Bhat proposed the vote of thanks. Professor Ganesh Bhat, student welfare officer welcomed the gathering and compered the programme.