BU confers honoris causa upon Lagman

ISSN 2094-3991Volume 5 Issue 6
June 2013
BU confers honoris causa upon Lagman
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The President’s
OUTBOX
A new school
year always equates
with new blessings.
This school year, we
are truly grateful
for the things that
have come to the
university:
new
curricular programs,
new
scholarships,
new
partnerships,
new engagements. We
actively sought these
partnerships to bring
the University closer
to the community
in keeping with our
commitment
and
vision.
B i c o l
University continues
to be on the go, in
its continued quest
for
excellence,
innovation, and good
governance. And our
presence is being felt
not just in the country
but now also abroad.
As this new
school year starts,
let us all do our best
to maintain what we
have achieved and
surpass our targets
for this year!
icol University awarded
an honorary degree—
Doctor of Humanities—to
Honorable Edcel Castelar
Lagman,
Albay
first
district
representative,
in recognition of the
contributions
of
the
congressman
to
the
education of the “common
tao” and his achievements
in public service, human
rights and social justice.
C o n f e r m e n t
ceremonies were held at
the La Piazza Hotel and
Convention Center 3p.m.
Friday, June 21. Dr. Fay
Lea Patria M. Lauraya,
Hon. Edcel Lagman (4th from the left) receives his Doctor of Humanities with
his family. Earl Epson Lim Recamunda
BU president, addressed
the petition during the
conferment
ceremonies
while Dr. Patricia B. Licuanan,
Commission on Higher
Education Chairperson, read
the Conferment Citation,
conferred
the
degree,
and vested the academic
robe
upon
Lagman.
Administrators, faculty, non-
Lagman/P2
BU-JMRILG launches grad courses
Sec. Almendras explains the roles of the various sectors in reaching the
government’s goals. Earl Epson Lim Recamunda
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he Bicol University Graduate School (BUGS) launched
the Master in Rural Development and fourth batch of
the Diploma in Local Government Management under
the Jesse M. Robredo Institute of Local Governance
(JMRILG) on June 27, 8:30 a.m. at the BU Amphitheatre.
The launch was highlighted by a Lecture Forum on the
theme “Inclusive and Sustainable Growth through Good
Governance”,
keynoted
by Cabinet Secretary Jose
Rene D. Almendras.
Almendras discussed
the importance of “inclusive
and sustainable governance”
and the government’s plans
and actions in achieving
it. He addressed various
sectors and their roles in
supporting these plans and
actions, and in promoting
PNoy’s “walang korupt,
walang mahirap” advocacy.
“We [took] this
opportunity to share with
you some thoughts, some
ideas, and some of the
things that we’ve been
doing
in
government,”
Almendras said. He added,
in addressing the different
Graduate/P2
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BU alumni lecture on common core standards
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icol University College of Education (BUCE)
conducted a Lecture-Forum on Transitioning to K
to 12 Common Core Standards with resource speakers
(TOP) Dr. Myrna Llona-Audal gives her lecture; (BOTTOM) Anna Marie Abril
holds her check worth P10,000. Earl Epson Lim Recamunda
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sectors present, that “All are Angelita C. Cells, Department
Mr. Arnaldo N. Audal and
Dr. Myrna Llona-Audal
on June 25 at the BUCE
Training Hall.
The training was
attended by students and
teachers of the college, who
would be the key players
in the application of the
concepts discussed in the
lecture-forum.
The
resource
speakers are both alumni
of
Bicol
University,
particularly Class 1971
of the BU College of
Education, and are now
both educators in the United
States of America, where
the 12-year basic education
system is practiced.
Florendo Grant Awarded
The
lectureforum was turned into
a double event when
during the program, the
chosen recipient of the
Tony Florendo Financial
Assistance
Grant
(see
related story in BUzzette
Summer 2013 Issue), Anna
Marie Abril, was awarded
PhP10,000 to cover school
related
expenses,
and
thereby help her achieve her
dream of finishing college
in Bicol University, which
is the purpose of the grant.
Lecturer
Arnaldo
Audal, who is also the chair
of the Bicol University
Alumni
Endowment
Management
Council
on
Foundations,
Inc.
(BUAEMCFI),
awarded
the grant on behalf of the
Florendo family. (Ma.
Celina G. Meneses/OP)
part of the solution” and that
“Things can happen, and if
we wrestle the problem, we
can solve it.”
The
keynote
speech
was
answered
by representatives from
different sectors, namely:
Dr. Gloria J. Mercado,
Development Academy of
the Philippines (DAP) Senior
Vice President and Dean
of the Graduate School of
Public and Development
Management; Director Ma.
of Budget and Management
(DBM) Region V; Police Chief
Superintendent
Clarence
Guinto, Philippine National
Police Region V; and Atty.
Clarin Tobias, Chair of the
Bicol
Competitiveness
Committee of Metro Naga
who
expressed
their
agreement of and support
for Almendras’ discussion
of the current government’s
plans and projects which are
consistent with its call for
good governance.
Newest Graduate Course
The Master in Rural
Development is the newest
addition to the courses
under the institute. There
are currently 12 pioneer
students enrolled for the
program for this semester.
Meanwhile 33 scholars
are enrolled for the fourth
batch of students under
the Diploma in Local
Government Management
program, all sponsored by
the Bicol Consortium for
Development
Initiatives
(BCDI) through the efforts
of its president, Fr. Jovic E.
Lobrigo.
The BU Institute
of Local Governance was
created in 1994 and was
renamed last year as the
Jesse M. Robredo Institute of
Local Governance (JMRILG)
in honor of the late DILG
Secretary and former mayor
of Naga City. BCDI is a major
partner of BUGS in the
development of the JMRILG.
(Ma. Celina G. Meneses/OP)
teaching personnel, and
students attended the event.
On
its
regular
meeting on March 12, the
Bicol University Academic
Council
approved
a
resolution by the College
Student Council of BU
Tabaco Campus to award
the honoris causa to the
congressman, which was
unanimously approved by
the Board of Regents during
its 102nd regular meeting.
The resolution cited
the approval of legislations
authored by Lagman that
made impact in uplifting
the living conditions of the
masses through quality
education, respect for the
dignity of human life and
responsible parenthood as
reasons for the conferment.
Under the Republic Act 5521
titled “An Act Establishing
the Bicol University, Defining
Its Powers, Functions and
Duties, Appropriating Funds
Therefor, and for Other
Purposes,” the university can
confer upon persons other
than its alumni an honorary
degree in recognition of
learning,
statesmanship
or eminence in literature,
science or arts.
(Rey
Anthony de los Reyes
Ostria/OP)
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BCHRD hosts training on Ethics SOPs
he Bicol Consortium for Health Research and
Development (BCHRD) hosted an Ethics Training
on Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) at the
BUCN Hospital Room on June 18-19.
Resource speakers Philippine
Consortium
during the two-day training for Health Research and
were Dr. Marita V.T. Reyes Development
(PCHRD)
and Dr. Cecilia V. Tomas, regional project officer.
co-chair and member of the Participants during
Philippine Health Research the training were the
Ethics Board (PHREB), same ones who attended
respectively.
the BCHRD Basic Ethics
With them were Training in October 2012 –
Ruben Alcaraz, Jr., member members of the Consortium
of PHREB Secretariat, and Ethics Review Committee
Marie Jeanne Berroya, (ERC) and representatives
Participants , guests and orgnizers of the Ethics Training on SOPs by BCHRD. Earl
Epson Lim Recamunda
BU hosts Guinness feat
from
member-agencies
including Bicol Regional
Teaching and Training
Hospital (BRTTH), Bicol
Medical Center (BMC),
Universidad
de
Santa
Isabel (USI), Catanduanes
State University (CSU),
Department of Science
and Technology Region V
(DOST-V), Department of
Health-Center for Health
Development Bicol (DOHCHD), and host agency,
Bicol University (BU).
Also present were
the BCHRD director and
staff.
Dr.
Helen
Llenaresas, vice-president
for academic affairs, graced
the activity and delivered
a rousing inspirational
message.
Expected output of
the training was the SOP of
the BCHRD ERC. PCHRD is
encouraging the said ERC
to register with PHREB,
considering that the DOST
Administrative Order 001
Series of 2008 requires
the
registration
and
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accreditation of all ERCs.
According to Alcaraz, at
present, there are 119-andcounting registered ERCs
nationwide, and none of
them is from the Bicol
Region.
The purpose of an
ERC is to ensure the safety
of the human participants
in a research/study, and
the SOPs are the guidelines
with which the ERCs
perform their duties and
functions.
With
the
registration of the ERC will
be the compliance with
the DOST Administrative
Order 001 Series of 2007
that requires the ethics
review and monitoring of
all health researches that
involve human subjects/
participants.
The training on
Ethics SOPs is one step
towards said compliance.
(Maria Vicenta Corazon
B. Guidote/BCHRD)
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icol University was the host to Albay’s attempt to break
a world record, June 28.
All wearing white, pride that the university was
red and black, 13,892 chosen as the venue for the
Bicolanos—3,200 of them once-in-a-lifetime event.
BU students and faculty The world record
members—formed
what attempt was organized by the
could be the world’s largest office of the governor with the
human No Smoking sign in the Smoke-free Albay Network
world.
(SFAN) coordinating the
During the event, BU event. The formation covered
President Fay Lea Patria M. 5,033 sq. meters of the BU
After forming the No Smoking sign, Albayanos stand in place for at least ten
Lauraya expressed her full grounds. (Rey Anthony de los minutes to validate the attempt. Earl Epson Lim Recamunda
support for the feat and her Reyes Ostria/OP)
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quality education.
Three students from
Polangui Campus, two from
Tabaco Campus and 21
from College of Education
signed their contract with
PBEd on June 27 and were
formally accepted into the
scholarship program, having
understood their duties and
responsibilities as scholars
of the organization. Apart
from the tuition fees and
allowances, the grantees will
also enjoy sponsorship of
their review classes for the
Licensure Examination for
Teachers (LET).
To
top
the
scholarship package, the
grantees are assured of a
job, as, upon passing the LET,
they will be hired as a public
school teachers in a “pay
forward” agreement.
Initial requirement
for applicants to this
scholarship was being in the
top 10% of their graduating
class in high school. As
grantees, the scholars need to
maintain a general weighted
average of 1.75, and not have
any failing grade throughout
their four years in college.
(Ma. Celina G. Meneses/OP)
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Korean University pays partnership visit to BU
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icol University welcomed Dongguk University for a
partnership visit aimed at familiarizing the South Korean
university with not just the institution it was visiting but the
community it belongs to, particularly the Province of Albay.
Twenty-five Koreans,
headed by the dean of the
College of Social Sciences of
Dongguk University, Professor
Kim Heung Hoi, came to the
university on July 8 and were
met by BU President Fay Lea
Patria M. Lauraya, together with
other school officials particularly
of the host unit, the Graduate
School.
During the welcome
program, Dr. Lauraya gave the
guests an orientation about
Bicol University as a higher and
advanced learning institution.
Also invited to the
meeting were the Philippine
National Police (PNP) Regional
Office V, with Police Senior
Superintendent
Arnold
L.
Albis representing Police Chief
Superintendent Clarence V.
Guinto, and the Provincial
Government of Albay (PGA), with
Mr. Mac Pavia of the Provincial
Planning and Development
Council (PPDC) representing
Albay Governor Joey S. Salceda.
Albis briefed the visitors
on the PNP’s development and
prospects, while Pavia oriented
ommission on Higher
Education
(CHED)
Commissioner and Bicol
University (BU) Board
of Regents Chairperson
Nenalyn P. Defensor shared
strategies on maintaining a
Center of Excellence (COE)
and Center of Development
(COD) in Teacher Education
during a lecture-forum on
June 6.
President Fay M.
Lauraya, who introduced
the guest lecturer, stressed
that the activity is but
another step towards
attaining the university’s
vision of excellence.
The lecture-forum
was made to coincide with
the blessing of the Center
of Teaching Excellence
Training Halls of BU
College of Education, a
project funded by CHED.
BU Chaplain Fr. Florante
Afable performed the
blessing.
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Exchange of Gifts Pres. Lauraya hands a book about the history of normal schools
of the Philippines as a gift to the Korean visitors. Earl Epson Lim Recamunda
them on the province of Albay’s
development and investment
prospects.
As a result of the
meeting, Dongguk University
and Bicol University are expected
to eventually tie up for academic
programs and projects where
they find mutual purpose and
benefits, given the information
on BU and Albay presented to
the visiting university.
Defensor lectures on maintaining COEs, CODs
Scholars hold their signed contract with the Philippine Business for Education
Earl Epson Lim Recamunda
Dr. Defensor challenges the institutions to continue carrying out the responsibilities
of being Centers of Excellence and Centers of Development to maintain their status..
Earl Epson Lim Recamunda
BU, PBEd sign MOA for
26 scholars
T
wenty-six first year
students
of
Bicol
University were granted
free tuition, P2,000 monthly
allowance
and
P2,000
semestral book allowance
as part of the 1000 Teachers
Program of the Philippine
Business for Education
(PBEd), a non-government
organization that partnered
with the Department of
Education for the cause of
Scholars/P3
Bicol University is still the top performing school in the Social Work
Licensure Exam with passing rate of 98.15% (53/54 takers).
Marilyn B. Estrellado, 5th place, 83.60;
Angelo C. Uclaray, 8th place, 83.00
Jhonabie M. Villamor, 9th place, 82.90
Editorial Board
National Passing Rate: 55.56%
(1015/1827 takers)
Editorial Head: Dr. Ma. Celina G. Meneses Managing Editors: Ms. Merly J. Loria
Photojournalist: Earl Epson L. Recamunda
Associate Editor: Prof. Vineth G. Morcozo Circulation Manager: Ms. Mary Ann M. SeeWriter: Rey Anthony D. Ostria
Editorial Consultants: Dr. Helen M. Llenaresas • Dr. Reina O. Habalo
Overall Consultant: Dr. Fay Lea Patria M. Lauraya