aquinian herald volume iii issue 1
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8/9/2019 Aquinian Herald Volume III Issue 1
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ALMOS HROUGH its existing
five-year plan (as of 2010-
2015), the University, under
the leadership of Rector and
President, Rev. Fr. Ernesto Arceo,
O.P., seeks to put academics
and research at the top of its
priorities, as they start drafting
the university’s strategic and
operational plans for the next five
years.Office of Research, Planning,
and Development (ORDP)
Director, Simon L. Listana, Jr.,
shared with the Aquinian Herald,
along with the preparations of
the University in taking on the
challenges of the years ahead
- boosting the university’s
academic profile and global
competitiveness as the ASEAN
Economic Community (AEC) is
established in 2015; the start of
the transitioning period of the
K-12 program; and the planned
integration with the University of
Santo omas (US).
Amid these rising and growing
demands, the office remains
confident that the university will
be able and ready.
Academics as main priorityhe ORPD Director said that the
next five-year plan would see an
even more intensified focus onacademics.
“We saw the furthered efforts
of the university on academics as
laid out by our then new Rector
Fr. Arceo in 2011, but the plan is
to further focus in the academic
front among other things,” Listana
said, revealing details from the
preliminary planning sessions
held on August 28-30 with
about twenty other university
administrators present.
OF HE 2, 365 who took the
exam, 1,093 passes the Midwifery
Licensure Examination (MLE)
given by the Professional Regulation
Commission (PRC) in April 2014.
AUL' s Maricar Lyn M. Baronda is
among those who topped the exam.Having obtained a rating of 89.40%,
Baronda placed fourth.
Be optimistic. Just study hard,
foucs in what you are doing,"
Baronda said when asked about her
preparations before t he exam.
She further attributed her
success in the national boards to her
faith in God.
Along with Baronda, other
Aquinians who passed the exam
EXPECED O curb heavy traffic
along the university area, the
Department of Public Works and
Highways (DPWH) has begun the
constructions for the widening
of the Yawa Bridge, the main
link that connects the barangays
Rawis and Bonot.
Te Yawa Bridge has two
existing lanes, and due to heavy
concentration of public and
private vehicles going in and out
of the University and the regional
government offices in Rawis, the
bridge is to be expanded into four
lanes.
Te start of the project was
originally set in August but was
HIGHER EDUCAION insti-
tutions (HEIs) will have to “reform
and perform well” to take onthe challenging economic
landscape ahead.
Speaking before
the delegates of the
South East Asian
Association for
International
R e s e a r c h
( S E A A I R )
Conference
held on
October 9,
2014 at the St.
John Macias Students’ Pavilion in
AUL, was Dr. eay Shawyun, who
explained how the upcomingeconomic integration come
2015 will affect higher
education in the region.
Shawyun, the president
of SEAAIR, an international
organization of higher
e d u c a t i o n
researchers and
academics in
Southeast Asia,
laid emphasis on
raising the bar in
terms of producing
competitive graduates, who will be
exposed to an even more cutthroat
economy in the coming years.In a panel discussion on the
“Landscape of Higher Education
Institutions in Quality Education
of ASEAN Economic Community
(AEC) of 2015”, Shawyun laid
out a situationer showing how
the ASEAN countries are doing,
in terms of meeting economic
demands and global trends
affecting education, thru current
statistics on proportion of
population below the poverty line,
AQUINAS UNIVERSIY of Legazpi
Dance roupe took home its first
ever international achievement
after winning the silver medal
for the 2014 International Youth
Fellowship (IYF) Cultural Dance
Festival held at Busan and Incheon,
South Korea on July 4, 2014.
he group represented the
Philippines and competed
alongside other dance groups
from different parts of the world.
Earlier, the group won the contest
that selected the country’s
representative in the international
competition, spearheaded by the
Cultural Center of the Philippines
(CCP). AUL’s Center for Culture
and the Arts (CCA) received CCP’s
invitation and sent a video of their
entry.
AUL Dance roupe also
trained with the CCP in Manila,
Hosts international conference on researchBY DON KEVIN JOSE HAPAL
Aquinianranks 4th innat'l midwifery boards
Yawa Bridge wideningproject starts
Academics remain top prior ity
DRAFTS, PAGE 2
THE DOMINICAN University
of Bicol hosted the 14th annual
conference of the South East
Asian Association for Institutional
Research (SEAAIR) on October
7-10, gathering academics,
researchers, students and higher
education practitioners, from
across Southeast Asia.
Marking the University’s first
time hosting an international
conference, AUL hopes to futher
not just its academic profile but
also its global linkages, through the
international gathering.
“Tis is a good opportunity for
the University to be integrated in the
Southeast Asian region, through the
dynamic exchange of knowledge
and ideas,” said Prof. Abelardo
Belleza of the Office of Academic
Affairs (OAA), and a member of the
convention’s organizing committee.
About a hundred delegates from
Asian countries,namely: Indonesia,
Lebanon, Malaysia,
S i n g a p o r e ,
Tailand, Vietnam,
and the Philippines
attended the
conference.
With the theme
“Cross- Cultural
Education in AEC
2015: Realizing
P o s s i b i l i t i e s ,
D e f i n i n g
F o u n d a t i o n s ”
as the conference’s main focus,
higher education institutions
(HEIs) presented and discussed
research driven by the need for an
improved understanding, planning,
and operation among HEIs in the
ASEAN Economic Community
(AEC) set to be in place next year.
Bridging gapsSEAAIR is the international
cooperation that bridges the gaps of
higher-education academics in the
southeast region of Asia, by holding
annual conferences to talk about
current challenges, trends and
demands in higher learning, as well
as promote cultural development
among its members.
“We want the ASEAN community
to not only focus on academics,
but also on the cultural side,” said
SEAAIR president, eay Shawyun,
in an interview.
Dr. Shawyun of the Assumption
University in Tailand, emphasized
AUL BOOSTS, PAGE 3
DANCE TROUPE, PAGE 4
AQUINIAN RANKS, PAGE 3
YAWA BRIDGE, PAGE 2
SEE RELATED AND MORE IN-DEPTH REPORT
'THE YAWA BRIDGE WIDENING
PROJECT' ON PAGE 12SEAAIR, PAGE 2
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Te Yawa Bridge now
under construction. PHOTO BY R. ORENSE
GOING GLOBAL. Aquinas University Rector and President, Rev. Fr. Ernesto Arceo, O.P., (middle)and Vice-President for Academic Affairs Dr. Susana Cabredo (left) with SEAAIR President Dr. TeayShawyun (right) during the first international conference hosted by the University.