The 𝐏𝐒𝐔 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐃𝐫. 𝐄𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐌. 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐬 said that through this event, becoming an industry-driven university may be addressed especially on the initial steps of the quest, curricula alignment.
“𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑦 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦. 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑏𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑎𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑃𝑆𝑈,” 𝐃𝐫. 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐬 added.
Spearheaded by the Office of the Vice President for Academics and Student Services led by the 𝐃𝐫. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐂. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐥 and in collaboration with the Office of the Vice President for Research, Extension and Innovatoon led by 𝐃𝐫. 𝐑𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐲, the said event capacitated faculty members from the nine campuses of PSU with the necessary skills.
VP Manuel showed gratitude in this endeavor of innovative transition from an old to transformative, resilient and responsive curricula. The VP for Quality Assurance, 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐓. 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐨, also participated in the said event.
During the event, highly esteemed resource speakers were invited to facilitate the said two-day conference.
𝐃𝐫. 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐠 𝐓. 𝐏𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬- 𝐋𝐨𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐬, his one-day talk on the second day, centered his talk on the Introduction to the ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework (AQRF) and Philippine Qualifications Framework, and Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) and Alignment or Industry-Driven Excellence.
𝐃𝐫. 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐃. 𝐉𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐬, 𝐂𝐞𝐛𝐮 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲, kick-started the first day on his talk, ‘The Academe-Industry Interplay: Curricular Enhancements through Integration of the UN-SDGs.’
Other resource speakers were 𝐃𝐫. 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐃. 𝐉𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐬, 𝐂𝐞𝐛𝐮 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐃𝐫. 𝐑𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐑. 𝐇𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐂𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲; and 𝐃𝐫. 𝐕𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐲𝐚-𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬.
𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦-𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑃𝑆𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛.
