Five Ex-students Receive 2022 Alumni Award

As part of the 75th anniversary of French and Philippine diplomatic relations, five exceptional Filipino alumni were granted the first edition of the alumni award. The alumni ceremony, conducted during a gala organized by the Embassy of France and the French Chamber of Commerce on October 22 at the Raffles Hotel in Makati, was one of the many sequences that highlighted the long-lasting collaboration of France and the Philippines across multiple sectors.

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Awards were handed over in star-studded Raffles. Renowned actress Isabelle Huppert, three-Michelin Star chef Alain Passard, and Lucas Bravo of "Emily in Paris" fame marked the awarding ceremony on stage alongside the alumni.

Celebrity chef Alain Passard hands award to fashion designer Jojie Lloren.

Shoulder surgeon Dr. Raymond Nuñez and Ambassador Michèle Boccoz.

The five alumni were chosen for their contributions to the betterment of society and the development of their craft: journalist Daniela Laurel, fashion designer Jojie Lloren, director Mark Meily, shoulder surgeon Dr. Raymond Nuñez, and University of the Philippines professor Julius Andrew Nuñez.

Award-winning director Mark Meily receives trophy from French cinema icon Isabelle Huppert.

French scholar Julius Andrew Nuñez receives award from French Embassy cultural counsellor Marc Piton.

Journalist Daniela Laurel alongside French actor Lucas Bravo.

Stories of the awardees, which were immortalized in video interviews, are to be shared with the Filipino student public as a testament to the quality of French higher education, as well as an inspiration to aspiring international students wishing to be leaders in their field.

The alumni award will be given annually to subsequent alumni who have made a name for themselves in the Philippines.