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Mussaenda Honor Sorority

A scholar’s sorority emphasizing academic excellence and adhering to the motto: HONOR, SERVICE, CONSERVATION.

History

July 22, 1969 marked a milestone in the College of Forestry and Natural Resources. On this day, an organization was conceived from among the ranks of these future lady foresters and outstanding scholars in the college. The newly founded sorority chose for its name MUSSAENDA, a genus of variegated flowering plant whose common names honor the wives of the former Presidents of the Philippines, and outstanding ladies of that time (Doña Aurora, Doña Luz, Doña Trining and others)

As a campus organization, the MHS has been awarded for two consecutive school years (1994-1996) the “Most Outstanding Sorority” by UPLB’s Office of Student Affairs-Student Organizations and Activities Division for its valuable achievements in the service to the studentry, the community and the community in general.

It has expanded its membership through the organization of five chapters in the Gregorio Araneta University Foundation(GAUF), now De La Salle-Araneta University (DLSAU), in Caloocan City, Metro Manila; Central Mindanao University (CMU) in Musuan, Bukidnon; Leyte State University(formerly VisCA) in baybay Leyte; Nueva Vizcaya State University in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya ; and Western Mindanao State University in Zamboanga City.

One of the major projects of the Mussaenda Honor Sorority and Zeta Beta Rho Honor Fraternity, its fraternity brothers, is the National Forestry Olympiad. It is biennial activity which aims to foster link among the forestry schools in the country.