A meeting of minds which showcased the best practices and mechanisms of Pangasinan State University’s Quality Assurance Division was held on March 26, 2025.
PSU led by 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐃𝐫. 𝐄𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐌. 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐬, welcomed the delegates from the 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐠𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 at the Golden Lion Hotel where he gave details of PSU’s quest for the Philippine Quality Award in 2019.
“𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑡 (𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑃𝑄𝐴) 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑓𝑢𝑙, 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑢𝑝, 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑. 𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑜𝑓𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑏𝑜𝑟ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑄𝐴 𝐿𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙 𝐼𝐼𝐼, 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑄𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛 2021,” said President Galas who served as the Director for QA then Vice President for QA during the PQA quest.
Meanwhile, the meeting continued at the library of the main campus where the 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐃𝐫. 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐓. 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐨 met with the delegation from the South.
“𝑃𝑆𝑈 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑚𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠,” VP Mercado said.
The SorSU delegation headed by its 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐃𝐫. 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐁. 𝐅𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬, sets the eye for trace study mechanisms, PSU’s flagship program offerings, areas in the quest of the Philippine Quality Award (PQA), and monitoring and evaluation practices.
PSU officials who joined the said event were 𝐃𝐫. 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐲 𝐌. 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐧, 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, who led the presentation of OVPQA’s best practices along with 𝐃𝐫. 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐓. 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐬, 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐌𝐫. 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨, 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭, 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐭. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐇. 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨, 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞, served as the facilitator of the event.
“𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑃𝑆𝑈 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑. 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑎 𝐴𝑙𝑙. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑖 𝑝𝑜 𝑘𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑢ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑛𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑡 𝑝𝑜 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑎 𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑎𝑛. 𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑜,” Dr. Fuentes shared while signifying her gratitude to the university.
PSU’s best practices extend beyond the academe to other institutions, providing a solid, high-quality foundation of leadership and service— a trademark of the university under the leadership of Dr. Elbert M. Galas.
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