New SM scholar-graduates attend an exclusive job offer event held by SM Group

Two hundred sixty-four (264) SM scholar-graduates gathered at the SMX Convention Center recently for an exclusive job offer event held by the SM Foundation.

Graduates of accountancy, computer science, information technology, education, computer engineering, electronics and communications engineering, electrical engineering, civil engineering and mechanical engineering were interviewed by the human resources team of participating SM companies. These include  SM Investments Corporation, The SM STORE, SM Food Retail, Shopping Center Management Corporation, SM Prime Holdings, Inc. along with other SM Retail affiliates.

These scholars were honored by the Foundation during its annual testimonial dinner presenting the newest batch of SM scholar-graduates. For school year 2014-2015, a total of 264 scholars of SM Foundation’s College Scholarship Program graduated with 62 of them finishing with Latin honors and academic distinctions.

SM Foundation is proud that four of its scholar-graduates topped the recent licensure exams for Civil Engineers and Electrical Engineers.

To date, SM Foundation has already produced over 2,160 scholar-graduates with many of them gainfully employed in companies here and abroad. The Foundation continues to support 1,500 scholars per year in its 84 partner schools nationwide.