In pursuit of star-rating accreditations, the Eastern Samar State University (ESSU) benchmarked PSU’s best practices on Philippine Quality Award and QS Stars, April 26.
The Quality Assurance team led by its Vice President, Prof. Celeste T. Mercado, welcomed the ESSU delegation at the Conference Room of the Administration Building in the Main Campus.
“𝐴𝑠 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑄𝐴 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑄𝑆 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑠, 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑢𝑠 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑤𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒. 𝐻𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑎 𝑚𝑦𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠. 𝐼𝑛 𝑛𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑙𝑒, 𝑎𝑑𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑-𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑜 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡,” 𝐎𝐈𝐂-𝐕𝐏 𝐌𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝.
The said activity captured presentation of best practices in QS stars led by the Director for International Accreditation, Dr. Randy Joy M. Ventayen, and in Philippine Quality Award discussed by the Head for Non-technical Unit, Dr. Charlaine P. Lopez.
During the open forum, points on Scopus- Indexed Journal Publication, ECC requirements, timeline of QS application, practical tips, funding requirement, incentive to research publication and consolidation of data were discussed.
The ESSU delegation headed by the Vice President for External Affairs and Quality Assurance, Dr. Marina S. Apilado, thanked Pangasinan State University for the warm accommodation.
“𝑁𝑎𝑔-𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑘𝑎𝑚𝑖 𝑎𝑡 𝑃𝑆𝑈 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑡𝑎 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛. 𝑊𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑒𝑤 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑜 𝑤𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ,” 𝐃𝐫. 𝐀𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞.
Dr. Lito D. Lacaba, VP for Research and Extension and Dr. Rhodora C. Mendoza, VP for Administrative were among the delegation of ESSU.
The delegates also paid a courtesy visit to the former University President now PCA Administrator, Dr. Dexter R. Buted (who was in Pangasinan for a meeting), during their tour at the Golden Lion Hotel.
Other PSUnians attended on the said meeting of minds were Director for PRIO, Prof. Venus May H. Sarmiento, QA and PRIO Staff.
Collaboration towards innovation reflects the quality management manifested in the University. PSU led by University President, Dr. Elbert M. Galas, is one of the paragons of this mantra.
