The Pangasinan State University hosted a benchmarking activity with the Sulu State College on July 23, 2024.

๐๐’๐” ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐„๐ฅ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐Œ. ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ, wholeheartedly welcomed the delegation from Jolo, Sulu led by ๐’๐’๐‚ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ. ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š ๐’. ๐”๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ at the Golden Lion Hotel.

โ€œ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ท๐‘‚๐‘†๐‘‡ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘š, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ด๐‘†๐ผ๐‘ (๐‘†๐‘’๐‘Ž ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ก) ๐ถ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘ˆ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘’๐‘‘. ๐‘†๐‘–๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘›, ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘’๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘โ„Ž๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ก ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ƒ๐‘†๐‘ˆ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘ฆ,โ€ Dr. Galas said.

The Vice President for Research, Extension, Innovation, Dr. Razeale G. Resultay and Vice President for Local and International Affairs, Dr. Ian D. Evangelista, also brought up the operations of other Research Centers in the university that may be of help for SSC in venturing to innovation and in embodying future partnerships.

In the discussion, ASIN Project leader, Dr. Roy Flores, led the presentation of best practices of the university in the establishment of the national project which is about to be completed in Binmaley Campus.

Research centerheads, Dr. Rhowell Dellosa (Science, Technology, Engineering and Environment) and Dr. Irene De Vera (Health Environment, Disaster and Risk), also shared their expertise on queries about the initial steps to coming up with a project proposal.

In response, SSC President Prof. Charisma S. Ututalum, genuinely expressed gratitude for the conduct of meeting of minds and said โ€˜๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘ƒ๐‘†๐‘ˆโ€™.

โ€œ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ผ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ . ๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘ค โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ . ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ข๐‘ . ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘–๐‘ก, ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”. ๐ฟ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘ข๐‘ , ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ , ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘œ๐‘“ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข. ๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘†๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ข ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘”๐‘’,โ€ Prof.
Ututalum shared.

After the meeting, a crafted Memorandum of Agreement initiated by the Sulu State College was proposed, subject for approval to formalize partnerships of the newly found friendship in the academe.