July 2013 - Bicol University

ISSN 2094-3991Volume 5 Issue 7
July 2013
BURDC steps up efforts with Mind-to-Market strategy
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The President’s
OUTBOX
The Philippine Higher
Education
Roadmap
challenges
state
universities to level up
their standards towards
internationally recognized
practices while nurturing
local innovations.
We
are shaping our efforts in
resource generation along
this roadmap. Hence, our
IGPs are moving towards
Intellectual
Property
licensing, the prerequisite
of which is patenting and
trademark registration.
This month, the
progress has been much
felt, having harvested a
large number of completed
researches, along with
research-generated
technologies
and
inventions that are ready
to make their debut in the
market.
With
the
help
of consultants, we are
making our next steps
towards
fulfilling
the
“mind-to-market” concept
of research which will
make our outputs truly
relevant as we make our
solutions to perceived
problems available to the
community we serve.
There is much to
be done. But with one step
at a time, or giant leaps of
inspired endeavors, we will
surely move the university
towards excellence.
icol University is fast
achieving
its
dream
of becoming a research
university
through
the
persistent efforts of the
Research and Development
Center (RDC), as evidenced
by the numerous activities
it has held in the past few
months.
On July 25 and
26, RDC held Mind to
Market: A Discussion on
the
Commercialization
of
Investigatory
Projects
(IPs) generated by faculty
researchers of the university,
where Dr. Richard Cahoon,
expert/consultant
of
the
International
Intellectual
Property
Institute
and
Dr. Cahoon advises the researchers on strategies on commercializing their
products during the Mind to Market discussion held last July 25-26, 2013 at
the BU Research and Development Center. Earl Epson Lim Recamunda
president of the Bio Property
Strategy Group, Inc., was invited
to give tips on how to improve
on and later sell the products
and technologies presented.
IPs were presented
by college by their respective
faculty researcher/s, after
which
comments
and
recommendations were made
by the consultant on how best
to package and introduce the
Cahoon/P2
BU welcomes foreign students
AFS-IPP students take front seats during the welcome program at the College
of Arts and Letters Amphitheater last July 23. Earl Epson Lim Recamunda
W
ith the onset of globalization and as Bicol University
becomes increasingly internationally connected
through the Global Linkage Office at Bicol University
(GLO@BU), the university entered into a Memorandum
of Understanding with the American Field Service
Intercultural Programs Philippines (AFS-IPP) Inc. on
June 19, to be the host school for scholars from various
countries who have enrolled under the program.
Five
foreign
students—Miguel RudolfCibien (French), Lucille
Marguerite Angelina Polizzi
(French), Thibault JeanMarie Real (Belgian), Simon
Flathmann (German) and
Momo Adachi (Japanese)—
were welcomed by the
university on July 23 and
fielded to different colleges
based on their line of
interest.
They will stay in the
university for 11 months.
AFS-IPP has the
main goal of providing
intercultural
learning
through actual exposure, and
thus requires the scholars to
learn the Filipino language
and
attend
Philippine
Foreign/P2
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Pambansang seminar ginanap
the BUzzette
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sang pambansang seminar sa patataguyod ng
Departamento ng Filipino ng Pamantasan ng Bikol,
Kolehiyo ng Arte at Letra, ang ginanap noong Hulyo 2527 sa La Piazza Convention Center, Lungsod ng Legazpi
na may paksang Pagpapaunlad ng Pagtuturo ng Wika at
Panitikan, Pananaliksik at Kagamitang Panturo Salig sa
K to 12 Kurikulum.
Naging panauhing sa paksang Paghahanda
tagapagsalita ang pangulo ng Kagamitang Panturo
ng pamantasan na si Dr. Salig sa K to 12 Kurikulum,
Fay Lea Patria M. Lauraya Dr. Jovy M. Peregrino sa
at ang punonglungsod na si Wikang Bernakular Tungo
Honorable Noel Rosal.
sa Barayti at Baryasyon ng
Ang
nasabing Wikang Filipino at Dr. Rose J.
seminar ay dinaluhan ng Villaneza sa paksang Wikang
336 na kalahok mula sa Filipino at iba pang Wika
iba’t ibang panig ng bansa tuon sa Mother Tongue Based
na nagpakita ng pakikiisa Multi-Lingual Education.
lalo na sa mga talakayan at Sa huling araw ng
pagpapakitang-kuro ukol sa seminar ay ibinahagi ni
mga paksang tinalakay.
Prop. Kristian Cordero ang
Ang
mga kanyang kaalaman sa Mga
tagapanayam ay sina Dr. Piling Akda Bilang Lunsaran
Patrocinio V. Villafuerte sa Pagtuturo ng Wika at
Foreign... from page 1
Naghayag ng isang mensahe si Dr. Leticia M. Lopez para sa mga kasapi
ng Pambansang Worksyap sa Filipino noong Julyo 25, 2013 sa La Piazza
Convention Center. Earl Epson Lim Recamunda
Panitikan.
Naghalal din ng
Pambansang
Samahan
ng mga Dalubhasa at
Tagapagtaguyod sa Wika
noong Hulyo 25 at nahalal
na pangulo si Dr. Leticia M.
Lopez ng Pamantasan ng
History courses.
The
AFS-IPP
students are also expected
to participate in one or two
officially recognized school
clubs or organizations.
Meanwhile,
BU
students
and
foreign
students
alike
benefit
mutually through social
interaction
outside
the
classroom.
AFS Legazpi Chapter
identified and placed the
foreign students in foster
homes who have volunteered
to host a student for the
duration of their stay.
The integration of
the international students
in BU expands global
understanding for both
parties, becoming solid
preparation for them to live,
work and lead in a diverse
global society.
BU
students
are also prepared for
global learning through
opportunities for intensive
dialogue with the foreign
students who have different
backgrounds and beliefs,
thereby allowing significant
intercultural understanding
and acceptance. (Marie
Madelaine A. Bongais/
GLO@BU)
product or technology to the
prospective market.
As a result of the
consultation-discussion,
BU is creating a Technology
Transfer Office which will
take charge of facilitating the
process of commercializing
the
university’s
products
and services by identifying
marketing strategies best fitted
for these research-generated
outputs.
Participating
units
were the College of Science,
College
of
Agriculture
and Forestry, College of
Engineering,
College
of
Industrial Technology, Polangui
Campus, Tabaco Campus and
Gubat Campus.
her, “is how all products and
services in the market begin.”
This she expounded
on as she sought to encourage
more BU faculty to engage in
research in their respective
fields of specialization.
The seminar featured
two research experts from
the Philippine Institute for
Development Studies (PIDS),
Dr. Vicente Paqueo and Dr.
Aniceto Orbeta, who both
spoke on the seminar theme
“Responding to the Challenges
and Prospects of Education and
Social Development.”
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In-House Review
On July 26, RDC conducted the
1st R&D Seminar Series and 25th
Bicol University In-House Review
of Completed Researches.
During the opening
program, BU President Fay
M. Lauraya congratulated the
faculty who had accomplished
their research work and were
presenting them that day.
“Ideas,” according to
Bikol. Layunin ng samahan
na mas mapaunlad ang
paggamit ng Wikang Filipino
bilang asignatura sa lahat ng
Antas sa Edukasyon. (Evelyn
N. Bautista/BUCAL)
Mga
nahalal
na
Lupon ng Direktor ng
Pambansang Samahan
ng mga Dalubhasa at
Tagapagtaguyod
sa
Wika:
Dr. Evelyn N. Bautista
Dr. Evelyn C. Oliquino
Dr.
Jane
Reduta
Dr. Melanie Golosinda
Fifty-one
researches
were presented as completed
during the In-House Review held
after the lectures, spread along
four thematic areas, namely:
Climate Change and Natural
Resources Management; Global
Competitiveness of Business and
Industry; and Social Development
Promotion, Institutional and
Policy Research. These were
evaluated as paper and/or poster
presentations.
Winners of Best Paper
and Best Poster Awards will be
announced at a later date. (Ma.
Celina G. Meneses/OP)
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BU pursues
second cycle of
internal audit
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Dr. Helen Llenaresas, BUCN officials, and students release balloons to commemorate College of Nursing’s 40th
anniversary, last July 10 at the BUCN Quadrangle. Earl Epson Lim Recamunda
BUCN celebrates 40th year
The Bicol University College of Nursing administration,
faculty, non-teaching staff, students and alumni celebrated
the college’s 40th foundation anniversary last July 7-10.
The celebration kicked Lauraya, BU president, was
off at the BUCN Amphitheater invited to give an inspirational
on July 7, underscoring the message.
first-ever alumni homecoming. The highlight of the
Various
batches
were anniversary was the tworepresented by big and small day “1st BUCN International
groups during the celebration.
Colloquium on Health” held
During the gathering, July 8 to 9 at the Concourse
former deans and faculty Convention Center, Legazpi.
members
were
given Gracing the event
recognition for their dedication were:
Ako Bicol Rep.
and commitment during their Rodel Batocabe; BRTTH’s
stay in BUCN.
hospital director, Dr. Rogelio
Dr. Fay Lea Patria M. Rivera; Pharmaceutical and
Healthcare Association of the
Philippines Adviser Reiner
Gloor; RHS 5 Medical Director
in Camp Ola, PSSupt. Rayos;
BRTTH Training Director
Dr. Gabriel Peñas; alumni
Jasper Tolarba; former faculty
member Dr. Gina Lim; St. Louie
Review Center’s Dr. Roger
Tong-An; and Dr. Grace Navea.
Paper presentations
of completed researches were
accepted for oral presentations
which the authors readily
presented. (Maria Della R.
Cruz/BUCN)
BUGS, IPESR hurdle accreditation
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leven graduate programs and one undergraduate program underwent evaluation
under the Accrediting Agency for Chartered Colleges and Universities of the
Philippines (AACCUP) on July 2 to 5.
Six units offering CSSP-MA Peace and Security After
four
days
graduate programs under the Studies, Ph.D Peace and of
thorough
document
BU Graduate School joined Security Studies (1st survey); assessments and interviews
forces to have the following and
IPESR-MA
Physical with area representatives,
programs evaluated at various Education (Preliminary) and they declared satisfaction
levels: CAL-MA Filipino, MA BS Physical Education (1st in the results they arrived
Literature, and Ph.D Filipino survey).
at, and congratulated the
(1st survey); CBEM-Ph.D The latter is the only university during the closing
Development
Management undergraduate
program program for their laudable
(1st
survey)
and
MA submitted for evaluation.
performance.
Economics (Preliminary); CE- A
total
of
33 Official results of the
Ph.D Educational Foundations accreditors from various accreditation will be sent to
and
Ph.D
Mathematics state universities around the the university by AACCUP
Education (1st survey); CN- country came to carry out the within a few weeks.
MA Nursing (1st survey); survey.
(MGM/OP)
aving
been
recommended
to maintain its ISO
9001:2008 certificate,
Bicol
University
continues to ensure
the quality of its
management system.
Thirty-one
internal auditors visited
the different units and
offices of the university
on July 24 to 29 to assess
the extent of compliance
to quality standards set
by each office and how far
they had achieved their
key result areas (KRAs).
The
auditors
reported a total of 65
improvement potentials
throughout the different
units and offices of the
university.
Twenty-five nonformity cases were also
reported.
All
concerned
units and offices are
expected to be able to
address these findings—
particularly the nonconformities—before the
external audit.
The external audit
is scheduled on the last
week of November.
All academic and
non-academic units are
to undergo assessment
that would lead to BU’s
re-certification,
being
the first evaluation under
the second cycle of the
ISO 9001:2008 quality
systems audit. (MGM/
OP)
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BU-EPTU
building
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the BUzzette
inaugurated
n time with the graduation of the fourth batch
of Emergency Medical Responders, the Agencia
Española de Cooperación Internacional para el
Desarrollo (AECID) formally turned over the Bicol
University Emergency Paramedic Training Unit
Building, (BU-EPTU) July 9.
C o n c e p t u a l i z e d government unit, BU and
and approved by the Multi- the Bicol Regional Teaching
Partite Memorandum of and Training Hospital
Agreement, EPTU will be (BRTTH).
the province’s support for The College of
the Albay Health Emergency Nursing (BUCN), BU
Norberto Gomez de Leaño, AECID representative, and BU President Fay Lea Patria
(AHEM) Auxiliary
Services,
M. Lauraya uncovers the plaque for the BU Emergency Paramedic Training Unit Management
Building last July 9, 2013. Earl Epson Lim Recamunda
for its preparedness and Provincial
Disaster
Coordinating
Council
Accreditation for professorship response strategies.
The memorandum (PDCC)
and
BRTTH
held in BU
of agreement was entered manage
EPTU.
(Rey
icol University hosted the regional accreditation for full
into by the Department of Anthony D. Ostria/OP)
professorship at the General Administration Support Services
Health (DOH), the local
ConferenceRoomfromJuly30toAugust1.
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Thirty-three applicants
from the six state universities and
colleges throughout the Bicol
Region, 22 of whom are from Bicol
University, submitted themselves
for an interview and documents
evaluations in their desire to become
full-fledgedprofessors.
After the evaluations,
applicants are to be endorsed to the
nationalcommittee.
As president of the
Philippine Association of State
Universities and Colleges for Region
V (PASUC V), BU President Fay
Lea Patria M. Lauraya headed the
evaluation committee and was
joined by other SUC presidents
and professors from other Higher
EducationInstitutions(HEIs).
he Bicol University
College
of
Social
Sciences and Philosophy
hosted “One Day Regional
Lecture Series on Galleon
Trade in Kabikolan” with
the aim of providing
participants information
regarding the situation in
Bicol Region as influenced
by the Galleon Trade.
A total of 101
participants attended the
activity last July 22 at
the Arcilla Hall in Daraga
Campus.
The said activity
was participated in by
faculty of higher education
institutions (HEIs) in the
region, both graduate and
undergraduate
students
specializing
either
in
History or Social Studies,
representatives from the
local government units,
business sector and history
enthusiasts.
Representatives
from the Albay Chamber
of Commerce were also in
attendance headed by its
President, Mr. Lito Tuanqui.
P r o m i n e n t
authorities in the discipline
were invited such as:
Prof. Tito G. Valiente
of the Ateneo de Naga
who discussed Mapping
Cultures:
Mopping
Colonization; Mr. Rafael
Banzuela discussed the
roles of the Bikolanos in
the Galleon Trade and the
Bicol historian, Dr. Danilo
M. Gerona, tackled the
significant details of the
Galleon Trade. (Ruby Ann
L. Ayo/BUCSSP)
CSSP
T
hosts
Galleon
Rafael Banzuela shows a sketch of a galleon to the participants of the One
Day Regional Lecture Series on Galleion Trade in Kabikolan last July 22, 2013
at the BUCSSP Arcilla Hall. Caption by Earl Epson Lim Recamunda
trade
lecture
Bicol University congratulates the passers of the June 2013 Nursing Licensure
Examination, especially the three who are among the nation’s topnotchers:
Arriane B. Labayo, 5th, 85.80;
Kristin M. Peña, 9th, 85.00; and
Joy V. Medina, 10th, 84.80.
Editorial Board
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