The university's presence in the academia, science and technology, and renowned award giving institutions such as Ramon Magsaysay Award (Asian Nobel Prize), is widely known with its alumni as laureates, fellow or awardees. It includes Jose V. Aguilar (the "first Filipino recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award" (Asian equivalent of Nobel Prize) and also "first awardee of the said award (Ramon Magsaysay Award) for Government Service" category for his work as the ""Father of the Community School Movement"". He served also as a consultant on Elementary education and later to the UNESCO Consultative Mission to the Philippines), Gilopez Kabayao (Ramon Magsaysay Award laureate (Asian equivalent of Nobel Prize), renowned musician (international violin virtuoso), and patriarch and member of the musical family, "The Kabayaos" in the Philippines), Alexis Belonio (Filipino inventor, engineer, scientist and the "first Filipino Rolex Award for Enterprise awardee". He was included also by the Rolex watchmaking company on its list of 10 model innovators in November 2008. He is also one of the "first seven modern day Filipino heroes" awardees and recipient of the first ever Yahoo! Philippines Pitong Pinoy Awards in 2011 and part of the 25 Heroes for Better during the 25th anniversary of the Western Union Philippines),