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.

Shoulder surgeon Dr. Raymond Nuñez receives award from Ambassador Michèle Boccoz. Celebrity chef Alain Passard hands award to fashion designer Jojie Lloren.

Awards were handed over in a 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.

Journalist Daniela Laurel, award-winning director Mark Meily, and French scholar Julius Andrew Nuñez receive their awards from actor Lucas Bravo, French cinema icon Isabelle Huppert, and Cultural Counsellor Marc Piton, respectively.

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. 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.