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The University, which is a Center of Excellence in Agriculture, has four BS Agriculture graduates, who made it to the top twenty in the Agriculturist Licensure Examination nationwide.

Jonathan F. Conilang, Animal Science major, ranked 11th place while Amie S. Dayao, Plant Pathology major; Madeline A. Songuitan, Animal Science major and Noreen J. Gibson, Agronomy major placed 14th, 17th, and 20th place, respectively.

As earlier reported, the College of Veterinary Medicine had two students who made it to the top ten in the Veterinarian Licensure Examination (VLE). Oliver P. Timbreza landed seventh place while Fernando M. Venturina Jr. made it to third, making him the highest-ranking VLE passer in BSU-DVM history.

Another recordbreaker is Lea D. Foy-os of the College of Nursing. She is now the highest-ranking Nurses Licensure Examination (NLE) passer from BSU after placing 11th in the NLE.

Foy-os, Venturina and Antoinette Kindipan, a BS Development Communication graduate were finalists to the Search for the Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines (TOSP) 2004.

For the TOSP 2005 search, three students from the Benguet State University made it to the regionals. They are Filmore Y. Awas (BS Dev. Comm.,Cum Laude), Mark Gay-as (BS Nursing) and Sam B. Galino (BSE, Cum Laude). They will be competing for the national search.

Meanwhile, the BSU?College of Forestry ranked 4th among the top five performing schools nationwide. Other schools in the top five are the University of the Philippines-Los Banos, Leyte State University, University of Southern Philippines, and Western Mindanao State University.

Aside from excelling in academic pursuits, students have also proven their leadership skills. In 2004, two students represented the University in the Ayala Young Leaders congress.They were Sam Galino and Edlyn Mae W. Nabusan.

In terms of student group initiatives, the project of Development Communication Society, one of the various school organizations, made it to the Top 20 of the Search for Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations (TAYO) of the Philippines. They will be competing for the national TAYO.

In 2003 the Rodeo Club Philippines-BSU Chapter of the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) made it to the Top 10 while in 2004 another CVM organization, the Interdependent Study Organization of Students (ISOS) made it to the Top 20.

Early this year, a group of students together with Mr. Raymundo H. Pawid, Jr. Chief of Student Development Office, received the ?Great Idea Award? during the 1st Pathways Small Grants Competition held at the Ateneo de Manila. Students who participated were Ilene Basitan, Claire Tauli and Marfelyn Catao.

For international events, Ryan Bestre, a BS Environmental Science student and staff of the school paper, together with nine others was selected to represent the Philippines in the Korea-ASEAN Future Oriented Cooperation Project: Youth Exchange Program. This was held at the Seoul and Hyundai Sung-woo Resort, Republic of Korea.

Conviron Altatis, a third year BSE student was selected as a participant to the International Student Week (SWI) in Ilmaenau, Germany. His qualification to the International Student Week was through his essay that revolved around situations in third-world countries like the Philippines and what a student can do.

The five-day activity aimed to bridge global differences through personal contacts and mutual understanding among students. Altatis is one of the fifteen Filipino students who attended the conference. He is the lone representative from the Cordillera Administrative Region.