As it approaches its 73rd year this year, Foundation University goes by its core values of excellence, commitment, integrity, and service. In the words of her founder, Dr. Vicente G. Sinco, a native of Negros Oriental who was born of modest means, and who, among other achievements, became dean of the College of Law of the University of the Philippines (UP) and served as UP’s president from 1958-1962: “We want to educate men and women whose only passport is intellectual competence; whose pursuit is excellence of mind, body, and character; and whose quest is for freedom and truth.”