The Pangasinan State University hosted a benchmarking activity with the Sulu State College on July 23, 2024.
𝐏𝐒𝐔 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐃𝐫. 𝐄𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐌. 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐬, wholeheartedly welcomed the delegation from Jolo, Sulu led by 𝐒𝐒𝐂 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐚 𝐒. 𝐔𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐦 at the Golden Lion Hotel.
“𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑂𝑆𝑇 𝑁𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑟 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑆𝐼𝑁 (𝑆𝑒𝑎 𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑡) 𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑃𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑. 𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛, 𝑤𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑆𝑈 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦,” 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 ‘𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑤𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑃𝑆𝑈’.
“𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠. 𝑊𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑤 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑡, 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝑢𝑠, 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑢𝑙𝑢 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑒,” 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.
