GBE Celebrates Med Week 2011 and 41st Anniversary with 2nd “Med Life, My Life” Photo Contest

The Gamma Beta Epsilon Fraternity (GBEF) of the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery celebrated its 41st anniversary and Medicine Week 2011 by successfully staging the second “Med Life, My Life” Photo Contest last September 26 to 30, 2011 at the UST Medicine Museum.

The “Med Life, My Life” Photo Competition is an annual photo contest during the Medicine Week sponsored by GBEF.  It aims to highlight the typical life of a Thomasian Medical Student, his sacrifices, joys, difficulties and triumphs as encapsulated in photographs.

The opening of the museum and photo competition exhibit was led by Dr. Ma. Graciela Garayblas-Gonzaga, dean of the UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery with Dr. Imelda Abao-Dakis, Faculty Secretary and Dr. Noel Martin S. Bautista, Faculty Adviser of the Gamma Beta Epsilon Fraternity.

The Opening Ceremonies started with a prayer led by Kiel Martin followed by opening remarks delivered by dean Gonzaga.  Current Vice Grand (Internal) Chancellor Hance Angas shared some words.  The affair was capped with the cutting of the ceremonial ribbon opening the exhibits and a simple merienda.

The “Med Life, My Life” Photo Competition 2011 was judged by Prof. Jay Javier who teaches photography at the UST faculty of Arts and Letters and AB Photography at the College of St Benilde.  Prof. Javier also owns a photo studio, Fotofabrik. The second judge is Prof. Jun Barrameda of the UST College of Fine Arts and Design where he teaches photography.  He is also a commercial and advertising photographer and also teaches AB Photography at the College of St Benilde.  The third judge is Dr. Angelo Umerez, a photography enthusiast and hobbyist.

(Left to Right: Prof Jay Javier, Dr. Angelo Umerez and Prof. Jun Barrameda)

The winners of the photo competition were as follows:

Karlo Jose Villanueva (“Focus”), First Place and People’s Choice Award:

April Joy Malong (“Regular Monday”), Second Place:

and Kevin Giller, (“The Sweetest Joy”), Third Place:

The winners were awarded P7,000.00, P5,000.00 and P3,000.00 cash, respectively.  People’s Choice Award was given a cash prize of P2,000.

The GBE@41 Medicine Museum Exhibit featured the birth and growth of the Gamma Beta Epsilon Fraternity from September 20, 1970, its foundation day going through the four decades of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.  The exhibit vignettes showed photos, souvenir items, and other representative items from the different decades.

Click the link to View the rest of the photos of the event below. Photos courtesy by Emiliano Gulmatico.
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