MEETING OF MINDS: ISU benchmarks PSU’s SAA mechanisms

Quality mechanisms in 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 offices remain the beacon of standards.

PSU’s 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧𝐢 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 showcased best practices during the benchmarking activity with 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 (ISU), March 12, 2025.

𝐃𝐫. Elbert Galas, 𝐏𝐒𝐔 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭, who was ably represented by 𝐃𝐫. 𝐉𝐮𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐨 𝐏. 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐚, 𝐏𝐒𝐔’𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞, welcomed the ISU delegation.

Dr. Petrola mentioned the importance of effective curriculum, conducive learning facilities, sound budget, human resource and student services in the manifestation of quality education and holistic development.

“𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠,” Dr. Petrola added.

𝐌𝐬. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐓. 𝐀𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐨, 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧𝐢 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬, represented by 𝐃𝐫. 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐃𝐆. 𝐑𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬, 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧𝐢, 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬, led the presentation of best practices in the office.
SSA is under the 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 headed by 𝐕𝐏 𝐃𝐫. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐂. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐥.

As the two delegations came into conversation, topics on criteria for admission, student manual, scholarship, monetary incentives, guidance personnel designation and leave of absence processes were among areas of discussion.

“𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑎 𝑝𝑜 𝑎𝑦 𝑚𝑎-𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑛 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑎 𝐼𝑆𝑈 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑔𝑎 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑚𝑠 𝑝𝑜 𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑦𝑜 𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑎 𝑃𝑆𝑈,” 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐫. 𝐄𝐝𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐀. 𝐎𝐛𝐢𝐧̃𝐚, the head of ISU delegation shared.

𝐃𝐫. 𝐈𝐚𝐧 𝐃. 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚, 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬, was represented by 𝐃𝐫. 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨, 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 in his closing message along with 𝐌𝐬. 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐇. 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨, 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞, who served as the moderator of the open forum segment.

Also in attendance were 𝐎𝐕𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬, 𝐃𝐫. 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐃𝐞 𝐆𝐮𝐳𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐃𝐫. 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐅. 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐬, 𝐌𝐬. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐧𝐧 𝐂. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐭, 𝐃𝐫. 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐏. 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬, and 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐌𝐬. 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐧𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐂. 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐬.