Reflecting the University’s strong commitment to fostering excellence, PSU’s Research, Extension and Innovation (REI) Division spearheaded the in-house Research Symposium on April 18 at the ASEAN Hall of the Golden Lion Hotel.
Vice-President Razeale Resultay said the symposium represents a crucial event in PSU’s academic calendar at it provides faculty and staff with the opportunity to share their findings with a diverse audience.
“𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑦𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑢𝑚 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠, 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙, 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑠. 𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠,” Vice-President Resultay quipped.
In addition, Research Director Dr. Joseph Campit said aside from highlighting research achievements, the symposium addresses the importance of selecting the right publication journals.
“𝐶ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒, ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑖𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑝 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑠,’ Dr. Campit added.
Spanning five (5) clusters, the symposium highlights the breadth and depth of PSUnians’ research endeavors. Each cluster facilitates knowledge exchange, interdisciplinary dialogue and new avenues of exploration.
Divided into two groups, Clusters 2, 4 and 5 had external panel of evaluators. They are Dr. Jomar Abana, director for R & E Publications of DMMMSU; Dr. Raquel Pambid, a retired professor of PSU; and Dr. Theda Flare Quilala, director for Admission and Registration of Tarlac State University.
Cluster 1 and 3 , on the other hand, had Dr. Nora Oredina, dean of the College of Education of DMMMSU; and Dr. Noel Guevarra, research director of Urdaneta City University, as panelists.
University President Dr. Elbert M. Galas encouraged the PSUnian researchers to carry forward the spirit of inquiry, collaboration and innovation that are basic pillars of the academic institution.
“𝑀𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑑, 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑝𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦, 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑙 𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒,” President Galas said.
Awarding ceremony for the Best Paper presentation wrapped up the one-day Research symposium (see separate story for winners).
