Author: Mary Shmily Acebedo
School Year: 2023 – 2024

The opening remarks were followed by the commencement of ceremonies, instilling resilience, competence, and integrity within the offshore community. The FEU Multi-Faith Prayer, the Philippine National Anthem, Panunumpa sa Watawat ng Pilipinas, and the Panatang Makabayan, led by the speakers, show the shared values within the offshore student body. The ceremony was then concluded with the Mission and Vision of FEUR, reinforcing the commitment to academic excellence, innovation, and holistic development.

After the formalities, the participants’ attention shifted to the event’s focus— the clubs. Unveiled through clips from the face-to-face Club Fiesta red carpet walk, each club had its spotlight, displaying its distinctiveness and the myriad opportunities it can offer to enhance the talents and abilities of every student. This visual event proposed and gave a heads-up to what the offshore students can expect in their extracurricular lives, igniting the light of their excitement for the vast exploration of possibilities.

Furthermore, the students blasted with fun during the webinar organized by the Media Arts Club. This web event served not only as an introduction to the diverse activities that are to be expected and offered by the participating clubs but also to promote a platform to foster collaboration. It encouraged the students to engage in interactive games like 4 Pics 1 Word, which helped enhance camaraderie despite the geographical distances among offshore grades and sections.

Afterward, the students’ optimism was concluded with each section’s adviser handing out Google Forms to their respective classes, with each eagerly meticulously choosing their preferred clubs that reverberated with their interests and talents. This fiesta was not limited to the students picking the clubs they wanted to join— but it also showed FEURR’s values of collaboration, competence, resilience, and integrity.