Pangasinan State University shared best practices on Research, Extension and Innovation Division and the office of Production and Auxiliary Services with the University of Rizal System (URS).
The said meeting of minds was held at the Audio-Visual Room of PSU Lingayen Campus, July 24, 2024.
PSU team was led by 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐃𝐫. 𝐄𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐌. 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐬, who physically attended the meeting and welcomed the URS delegation headed by 𝐔𝐑𝐒 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐃𝐫. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐌. 𝐑𝐢𝐨.
“𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑝𝑜 𝑠𝑎 𝑃𝑆𝑈. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑡 𝑃𝑆𝑈 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠. 𝑊𝑒’𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑,” 𝐏𝐒𝐔 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐬, 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝.
Representing Vice President for REI, Dr. Razeale G. Resultay, was the Director for Innovation Support Office, Dr. Jeff G. Pereyras.
Dr. Armando D. Junio, Director for Extension Services shared the best practices in the division together with the Dr. Narciso F. Castro, the Director for Production and Auxiliary Services Office.
Research centerheads, Dr. Rhowell Dellosa (Science, Technology, Engineering and Environment), Dr. Irene De Vera (Health Environment, Disaster and Risk) and Dr. Jun S. Camara (History, Culture, Arts and Innovative Education) also shared inputs during the event.
The Director for Public Relations and Information Office (PRIO), Asst. Prof. Venus May H. Sarmiento, served as a moderator in the open forum.
URS Vice President Dr. Marites M. Rio thanked the university for its openness to partnership and comprehensive sharing in the said meeting minds.
“𝐵𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 [𝑘𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑖 𝑝𝑜 𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑘 𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑔𝑎𝑝 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦]. 𝐾𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑦𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑛𝑎 𝑘𝑎𝑚𝑖 𝑘𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑛, 𝑚𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑦𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑛𝑎 𝑝𝑜 𝑘𝑚𝑖 𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑦𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦. 𝐴𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑏𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑎 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑎 𝑖𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑜𝑔 𝑛𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑘𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑔,” 𝐕𝐏 𝐑𝐢𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞.
Dr. Rio even anchored the perspective of development in the academe just like ASIN or salt, A for admirable, S for Sustainability, I for Innovation and N for Novelty in advancing approaches.
The URS delegation also paid a courtesy to the President of Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges (PASUC) and current President of Batangas State University, Dr. Tirso A. Ronquillo, during his visit in the university along with Dr. Galas.
