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Vol. 8 No. 28 Official Quarterly Newsletter of MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology July -September 2014
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“Advancing Innovation and Technopreneurship In Mindanao”, the theme for the Technnovation 2014 fittingly described the intentions of the organizers in conducting the MSU-IIT First Innovation and Technology Fair dubbed Technnovation 2014 at the Institute Mini-theater on September 25-26, 2014.
The activity hosted by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Extension in coordination with the Intellectual Property Unit (IPU) – Innovation and Technology Support Office ( IPU –ITSO), and the Commission on Higher Education – Philippines Higher Education Research Network (CHED- PHERnet) Center was co- sponsored by MSU-IIT’s industry partners. USAID STRIDE, Mabuhay Vinyl Corporation, Holcim Cement, PILMICO, Nutra Tech Biopharma and PhilDev provided the prizes, trophies and other support during the activity.
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Technnovation 2014 showcased science, technology and engineering R & D results, developed technologies, innovations and
inventions of Institute graduate and undergraduate students with their faculty advisers. It is an initiative directed towards creating a vibrant technology marketplace for the creative undertakings of the academe.
Twenty seven ( 27 ) teams exhibited their projects and were categorized into 4 clusters. Cluster A for technologies and innovations pertaining to Energy; Computer Apps/ Games & Animation while
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The Mindanao State University System (MSUS) Academic Council turned down the proposal of the MSU-IIT for a calendar shift starting in January 2015.
Earlier, the MSU-IIT’s first proposal to have an August 2014 opening of classes that will end in
May was deferred by the Board of Regents (BOR) because it required additional supporting documents.
Its second MSU-IIT proposal with supporting documents for a January 2015 opening was opposed by the MSU university academic council on September 3, 2014,
At long last, the ban on the use of plastic on the MSU-IIT campus on Tuesdays and Thursdays took effect on October 15, 2014.
This is an implementation of the Comprehensive Solid Waste Management (CSWM) Program of MSU-IIT, which was approved by the MSU Board of Regents through Resolution No. 59, series of 2014.
On October 1, 2014, the Office of the Chancellor (OC) issued a Memorandum Order banning the use of plastic, cellophane and
styrofoam containers on campus.
The Memo prohibits the use of plastic on Tuesdays and Thursdays, beginning October 15, 2014 to be followed by a complete ban on its use on January 4, 2015.
The Memo is directed to all constituents, all canteens within the campus and all food providers/
caterers of the Institute.
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“This is the biggest,” exclaimed Dr. Franco G. Teves, Director for Research of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research & Extension (OVCRE), referring to a total of 28 undergraduate, 19 graduate papers and 8 posters presented on August 19-20, 2014 in this year’s 12th Bi-Annual In-House Review of R&D Projects.
The papers and posters submitted in the In-House of R&D Projects were classified under Gender Studies, Business, Culture, and History; National Sciences and Health Sciences.
Both the paper and poster
presentations tackle diverse issues and new finds in this two-day event to be held in parallel sessions at the Mini-theatre, the Boardroom, and at the OVCRE Conference Room.
The In-House Review for R&D Projects started as a once-a-
year event in 2002, but in 2013, because of the bulk of the papers submitted to the OVCRE, its Department for Research decided to hold two In-House Reviews within the same year hence, its name has been changed to Bi-Annual In-
House Review of R&D projects.
This year ’s first review of R&D projects had 13 evaluators from different colleges and universities of the Visayas and Mindanao — Undergraduate Level (Gender and Business Cluster ) –
Leonila Cajarte of NEDA’s Region X Office; Dr. Luvizminda C. de la Cruz, Iligan City; ( Culture and History Cluster) Dr. Faina Abaya Ulindang and Dr. Eugene Torres of MSU Main Campus; Graduate Level - Dr. amuel Anonas, MSU main campus and Dr. Enrique Oracion, Silliman University. For the Natural Sciences Category, the evaluators were Dr. Florencio Recoleto, Jr. and Dr. Erlinda Yape of the MSU main campus. Under the Health Sciences Category – Dr.
Leah Manapat of the MSU College of Medicine; Karen Yee of the Region X Department of Health;
and Dr. Bernarda Lleno of the Bukidnon State University.
Plaques and cash prizes await the best paper presenters for both the graduate and the undergraduate categories.
During the opening program, Chancellor Sukarno D. Tanggol said the role of a university is to unearth secrets of the earth, decode the smallest details and understand complex systems in the world, and, for science research, to be of service to humanity. The winners this year are:
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Professional/Graduate Level 1. Annie J. Orejana, Lady Lou
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Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Beneficiaries’
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Selected Barangays in Iligan City 2. Fatimah Joy S. Almarez
Images of Mindanaoans and the Literary Devices that Shape Them in Poems and Short Stories by Mindanaoan Writers
3. Ivy Caingles Victorio, Mary Ann S. Sandoval
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1. Almira T. Basmala
Voice and Aspect in Meranao 2. Lynrose Jane D. Genon
Dissecting the Discourse Anatomy of Philippine TV Advertisement,
3. Norhanah D. Macalanggan, Sittie Naima Z. Bassir Ang Gramatika ng Wikang Maranao: Isang Pahapyaw ng Pag-aaral
Gender, Education and Business Cluster
1. Junaisah Nissi L. Degoma, Jaycris C. Arquion, Sheera Mae N. Diango, Jennylyn C.
Mondejar, Bryna Athelia C.
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Value Chain Analysis of Bangus in Lanao del Norte and Iligan City
2. Charm Fergee C. Bongcawil, Babie Jean G. Baoc, Haydee A.
Gapuz, Vincent Karlo V. Jariol, Arjelly Jean Nuñezca, Christi Ann R. Semaña, Mizpayne B.
Semilla, Alita T. Roxas Cassava Value Chain Analysis in Iligan City and Lanao del Norte
3 Charlyn M. Maybituin, Cherry Grace Corong, Annie J. Orejana Analysis on the Characteristics of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Beneficiaries in the 5 Selected
Barangays in Iligan City
NATURAL SCIENCES Graduate Level
1. Rennie E. Miculob, Noel R.
Estoperez, Jeprie L. Gultia, Chinet O. Mocorro, Patricio A.
Ole, Jr.
Technical and Financial Assessments of Net-metered System on Local Grid
2. Romnick B. Unabia, Joy Cristy S. Piagola, John Robert P.
Guerrero, Reynaldo M.
Vequizo, Jess E. Gambe, Majvell Kay G.
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Odarve, Bianca Rae B. Sambo Synthesis and Characterization of Chemically-prepared
Nanocrystalline
Hydroxyyapatite and Biphasic Calcium Phosphate
3. Kristine Bernadeth H. Hamol- awon, Kathrina Gumahad, Joel G. Fernando, Reynaldo M.
Vequizo, Majvell Kay G. Odarve, Bianca Rae B. Sambo
The Influence of Water to the Physicochemical and Electrical Properties of HCI
in Situ-doped Polyaniline Films Undergraduate Level
1. Raymund A. Apolinario, Paul Louie F. Gomez, Stacey Marianne A. Principe, Lea Lynn R. Sialana Anti-mitotic Activity of Guyabano (Annona muricata) Leaf Extract Using Alliumcepa TEST
2. Coniefe Mae G. Gamayao, Vanessa Marie M. Habajab, Flori Lane C. Paler, Celeste B.
Saladaga
Cymbopogon citrates: An Alternative Hypertension Therapy
3. Nona Krislin G. Gomez, Joliza Z.
Bultron, Genevi P. Lopez, Roselyn M. Butalid, Rizalina G. Gomez Postnatal Practices Among the Bajau Mothers: Basis for Culturally Responsive Health
Care Program Special Citations
The Effects of Ethanol on the Spectroscopic Properties of Emeraldine Salt-Polyaniline Films
June Edgar E. Asok, Majvell Kay G.
Odarve, Reynaldo M. Vequizo, Joel G.Fernando
Spatial Analysis of Flood Susceptible Areas in Iligan City Using Geographic Information System (GIS)
Rom Oliver T. Perez, Jhon Eduard C.
Obordo, Metodia M. Trinidad POSTER PAPER PRESENTATIONS Use of Technology-based Activities in
Teaching Earth and Environmental
Science for Sciences Education Students
Munap H. Hairulla, Monera Salic- Hairulla
Special Citation
Bacterial Contaminants in the Nozzles of Automated Water Vending Machines in Selected Public Areas of Iligan City Mary Frances A. Odi, Christine
Maigrette M. Pagaduan, Gayle J.
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By Christine Godinez Ortega
The MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) is preparing for its 50th year on July 12, 2018.
Among its planned activities is a publication of a timeline of MSU-IIT’s significant historical events and/or milestones from its inception and growth to the present.
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dr. Edgar W. Ignacio, chair of the Steering Committee of five members, is issuing an appeal to all alumni, faculty and staff and former administrative officials and staff to share and/or donate their photos, letters, and other documents to the MSU-IIT in order to publish the
timeline.
The OVCAA will take charge of copying or digitizing the photos, letters and other documents and mementoes about the history of the MSU-IIT.
Other members of the committee are: Marilyn J. Nario of the Office of the Institute Secretary, Dr. Ma. Cecilia B. Tangian, Chair of the Department of History, CASS;
Dr. Nimfa Bracamonte, Director, OVCRE Department of Extension;
Dominico Jumawid, Jr., and Dr.
Christine Godinez Ortega, Director, Office of Publication and Information. - CFGO
MSU-IIT Chancellor Sukarno D. Tanggol delivered two keynote lectures at the Borneo International Islamic Conference VII (KAIB VII) in Sabah, Malaysia on September 10, 2014 and during the ICER 2014 conference in Khon Kaen University in Thailand on September 13-14, 2014.
In the invitation to the Chancellor from Datuk Dr. Haji Abdul Kadir Bin Haji Rosline, Rector of the Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Sabah, the KAIB VII is an annual program for the discussion of ideas and issues about Islam. It aims to provide “a meaningful coverage on current trends in the dynamic Islamic teaching in Borneo” and within the region. The theme of the conference is “The Islamic Sustainability in Borneo” which seeks to highlight Borneo’s potential for growth in the development of Islam and in future challenges.
The invitation was extended to the Chancellor for his “invaluable experience and insights” as a former Philippine Ambassador to Kuwait, as a prominent Muslim scholar in the region and as Chancellor of the MSU-IIT. His insights, according to the Rector could help enlighten and strengthen relationships between the Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei and Malaysia.
Chancellor Tanggol proceeded to Thailand to deliver the keynote address for the ICER 2014 Conference to be held at the Khon Kaen University with the theme
“Challenging Education for Future Change”.
The two keynote addresses by the Chancellor focused on the challenges confronting the Ummah today such as poverty, disease, homelessness, political disunities and extremism as well as in education, and how Malaysia and Thailand are able to cooperate with each other in order to strengthen the BIMP-EAGA network and the ASEAN region through respect and tolerance.
In his keynote address for Malaysia entitled “Borneo, EAGA, and the Crisis in the Muslim World:
Challenge to Islamic Education”
Tanggol said in part “ Borneo has great potentials to grow with its vast and diverse natural and human resources. With its growth, it can further improve to address the needs of its people and increase its ability to strengthen the BIMP- EAGA network and the greater ASEAN region.
To harness its vast potentials, an effective mechanism of collaboration among its member countries – Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei – is necessary, both on the level of policy-making and implementation. ...
The Islamic development process in Borneo can only be made
sustainable if vital institutions are in place. Here, educational institutions can be most crucial.
Basic and secondary educational systems must be in place that will nurture the innate talents of every individual, preparing him holistically as a person – spiritually, behaviourally, and technically.
Higher and advanced educational institutions need to be at par with the best in the world. Madaris or Islamic schools need to be enriched to purge Muslim societies of two potential extremes: religious bigotry and extreme radicalism on the one hand; and materialism and blind secularism on the other hand.
For his ICER 2014 address in
A cumulative index of the Institute’s official journal, The Mindanao Forum (MF) from 1982- 2013 covering Volumes 1-26 is out.
Formerly known as The Technician which was first published in 1982, the MF was released recently by the Office of Publication and
Information (OPI).
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Chancellor for Research &
Extension (OVCRE) worked on the cumulative index for six months.
The MF cumulative index includes titles of papers and articles, names of authors and co- authors, keywords or subject themes and other details published in the MF since 1982 to 2013.
It is a handy reference to scholars, researchers, and anyone interested in research and publication.
The cumulative index is an addition to Gozo’s other projects and publications such as a Bibliography of MSU-IIT works and publications published in 1994; a Compilation of Funding Agencies; MF Abstracts and Bibliography of MF papers and articles; a Directory of the Iligan National Writers Workshop (INWW) since 1994; an INWW Compilation of its Tracer Study; a bibliography of publications on the
Thailand which has for its theme,
“Challenging Education for Future Change”, Tanggol echoed his sentiments on respect and tolerance but shifted the geographic range from the BIMP-EAGA to the ASEAN in that “the center of the ASEAN 2015’s goals is, and should be the improvement of the quality of life of its citizens of each member nation upon the theory that education is the true key to economic growth and stability”.
“Amid such atmosphere for the educated masses the free flow of ideas and the willingness to work together will result in lasting respect and peaceful co-existence within the region”.
Bangsamoro; and a Compilation of articles in the OVCRE’s Lectern, and other Library Holdings of past researches in the Institute.
Gozo joined the MSU-IIT in 1982. She finished her BS Marine Biology in the MSU main campus and her Master’s in Library Science
in MSU-IIT.
At present, she is compiling the citations of MSU-IIT publications of works cited in the Philippine E-Journals and in Google Scholar, among others.
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interrupted Fernandez before the awardee could begin his acceptance speech by announcing to the applauding audience what Fernandez has been currently preoccupied with in shaping the national Humanities curriculum for Filipino teachers.
Attending the event were the most prestigious writers of Philippine Literature.
With Fernandez in this eminent roster are: Lamberto G.
Ceballos (Tula at Kathang Cebuano), Querubin D. Fernandez, Jr. (Tulang Kapampangan), Luis Francia (Essay in English), Eulalio R. Guieb III (Kathang Filipino),
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Nilo P. Pamonag (Tula at Kathang Hiligaynon), Jose Victor Peñaranda (Poetry in English), and Lorenzo G.
Tabin (Tula at Kathang Ilocano).
The awarding at the U.P.
College of Mass Communication Auditorium culminated the 2014 UMPIL Pambansang Kumperensiya held August 30.
Fernandez is a multi- awarded artist who, besides winning First Prize in the Palanca and receiving other literary awards from the CCP, and the U.P. Likhaan was also awarded the CCP Pilak, the Francisco Demetrio Award, and the SM Global Pinoy.
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairperson Patricia B. Licuanan denied claims by ACT party list Rep. Antonio L.
Tinio of the Commission’s involvement with the Aquino government on the use of PDAF funds despite the Supreme Court’s ruling on its unconstitutionality.
In a press statement released by CHED, Licuanan explained that the Commission, being one of the agencies of the Executive Department, has been tasked to administer the P4.1 B supplemental funds for scholarships and grants for deserving students this year.
“When the Supreme Court issued its decision on the former Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) last November 2013, the function of implementing government programs and projects for which funds have been duly allocated and approved by the Legislature were specifically assigned to agencies of the Executive Department, among them CHED.”
The controversial P4.1 B supplemental funds were given to CHED for its “Tulong Dunong”
grants-in-aid program under the Special Provision No. 3 of the General Appropriations Act (GAA).
Contrary to the persistent claims of Tinio that CHED has connived with Administration officials on the use of PDAF funds,
Licuanan insisted that the legislated fund does not qualify as congressional pork barrel.
In compliance with the SC ruling on PDAF and the 2014 GAA provisions, CHED issued Guidelines for the use of these funds while adhering with its mandate “to ensure that education shall be accessible to all” and “to develop criteria for allocating additional resources such as research and program development grants, scholarships and other similar programs” as stipulated in RA 7722.
Though lawmakers were allowed to recommend their beneficiaries to CHED, Licuanan has stressed that existing beneficiaries will continue to receive assistance provided they meet the requirements specified in the Guidelines.
Licuanan also clarified issues on the supposed meeting initiated by the CHED in the House of Representatives as asserted by Tinio. She said that CHED officials were summoned to a hearing on August 4 through a Notice issued by the Oversight Committee of the Committee on Appropriations on July 30 as part of its function to ensure that the Student Financial Assistance Program has been properly implemented with the supplemental funds.
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Sanggunianng mga Mag-aaral (KASAMA), the supreme student government of this institute, hosted the 47th General Assembly and Executive Summit of the Federation of Mindanao State University Supreme Student Councils (FEMSUSSCO) on August 9-12, 2014. It is an annual event in which the supreme student government officers of all the Mindanao State University campuses get together and develop camaraderie to build stronger ties among the campuses.
For this year, there were ninety-two delegates from ten campuses—twenty-five for MSU- IIT, twenty-one for MSU-General Santos, twelve for MSU-Marawi, nine for MSU-LNAC, seven for MSU-Maguindanao, six for MSU- Sulu, six for MSU-Naawan, three for MSU-Maigo, two for MSU-Buug and one for MSU-Tawi-tawi.
A welcoming ceremony was held on the first day at the CASSalidaTheater. After which, the delegates, along with the KASAMA officers, watched Steven Fernandez’
“Suhi” at the Institute Mini Theater.
The delegates also participated in a mangrove planting
at Bayug Island in the morning of the second day. Then all the presidents and secretaries of each campus had a conference at the boardroom, where they talked about the problems and other concerns of the students for each campus, while the rest of the delegates had team building activities at the CASS grounds.
On the last day, the delegates were toured around the city; they went to the City Hall, the Maria Cristina Falls and the Macapagal-Macaraeg Ancestral House. Then in the afternoon, everybody gathered at the CON Hall for the general assembly and the Pagana A M’ranao, which is a t r a d i t i o n a l t h a n k s g i v i n g celebration of the Maranaos.The newly-elected officers of FEMSUSSCO—DatuEsmaMikee P. Maruhom (MSU-IIT president) for president, VanjoSalinda (MSU- General Santos president) for vice- president, Lynrose Jane Genon (MSU-IIT executive secretary) appointed for secretary, Devorrah Shane Bagares (MSU-Naawan president) for treasurer and MarjuneCarballo (MSU-MSAT) for auditor—also took their oath to serve the federation despite diversity.
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Palakasan is the annual intramurals of the students of Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology. It is the time of the year when classes are suspended for a few days so that the students could participate in the events that they are interested in or are good at, represent their respective college, forget the academic world for a while, and just have lots of fun. It gathers the students in an avenue for entertainment and learning through different contests.
This year’s Palakasan, held on August 27-31, kicked off with the float parade competition where the College of Engineering won. Then the opening ceremony commencedwith the lighting of the torch by the KASAMA president, DatuEsmaMikee P. Maruhom, and the governors of the different colleges and the declaration of the official start of the week-long event by Dr. Feliciano D.
Alagao. The contests then started with the College Icon and the Mass Demonstration.The College of Nursing and theCollege of Education-Integrated Developmental School won,
respectively.
The second day, August 28, was the Night of Songs. The College of Engineering won in both the Bandstorm and Vocal Trio competition while the College of Business Administration and Accountancy won in the chorale singing competition.
Then, the Night of Dances which featured three events—
Wannabe, Dancesport and Pop Dance—
was held on August 29. All these were won by the School of Engineering Technology.
One of the highlights of Palakasan, the search for Mr. and Ms.
IIT, happened on the 30th. At the end of the Great Gatsby-themed night, Nathaniel Patdu of College of Science and Mathematicswas crowned as Mr.
IIT while Erika del Castillo of College of Nursing, was crowned as Ms. IIT.
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Chancellor Sukarno D. Tanggol emphasized the significance of IIT’s Communications Group by calling it the “circulatory system” of the Institute, and hailed as a
“significant event” its holding of the Seminar-Workshop on “Avoiding Language Errors in Official Issuances and Review on Process Flow and Institute Policies and Matrix” held on August 12-13, 2014 at the Boardroom and at the HRM Laboratory.
The Chancellor not only welcomed participants to the seminar-workshop, but he presented his own proposed functional and flow chart of administrative and academic personnel within the MSU-IIT.
He urged the participants of the seminar-workshop—composed of mostly staves from the Institute’s major offices—to do competent and complete staff work in the processing of official documents before submitting these to the Office of the Chancellor (OC). Tanggol also encouraged the group to identify problems encountered in the flow of documents, especially since MSU- IIT “has grown”.
“There is room for improvement” he said in reference to the process flow, particularly how and where to send official communications. Tanggol said problems should be threshed out in relation to the Institute’s responsiveness on whether or not management has delivered the goods to its clients and whether or
not the clients were “happy” with these.
At the same time, and apart from responsiveness, the Chancellor talked about the significance of the staff in the
“organic line of functions”, even as he emphasized the values of efficiency and effectiveness in serving clients in relation to the Institute’s rules and its goals. He said that “regional competitiveness hastens global competitiveness.”
During the seminar, brief lectures were delivered by the faculty of the Department of English, College of Arts & Social Sciences (CASS): Professors Honeylet E. Dumoran, Sittie Noffaisah B. Pasandalan, and Lynnie Ann P. Deocampo; and, on
“Institute Policies and Matrix” by Dominico Jumawid of the OVCAA and a “Review on Financial Matters and their Control” by Armilyn K.
Abragan of the OC.
Dumoran talked on “Language Conventions and the Common Language Errors contained in Special Orders (SOs) issued from January to March 2014” and on
“Avoiding Discourse Errors in Parallelism, Clausal Modification, Diction and the Use of Prepositions”.
Dumoran, who studied several months’ worth of SOs, revealed that an average of four errors attended each of the SOs issued from January to March 2014. These errors include unusual use of syntax; unusual use of lexicon in formal documents; non-use and
wrong use of punctuation; non-use of articles; and the non-use and wrong use of prepositions. She said the syntactic errors were minimal.
From March to June 2014, a comparative study of the SOs and their drafts were made. Dumoran found that the number of errors dropped “significantly”.
According to Dumoran, the dramatic drop in the number of errors was indicative of an intervening factor, i.e., presence of an editor.
Pasandalan, for her part, lectured on “Avoiding Writing Convention Errors in Punctuation, Capitalization, and Abbreviations, while Deocampo gave tips on
“Avoiding Congruence Errors on Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement, Subject-Verb Agreement, Number- Agreement and on Article Use.
The seminar-workshop’s chair
and convenor, Rex G. Ortega, Executive Assistant to the Chancellor, gave a review of the communications flow of documents from various key offices to the OC and, he gave a brief presentation on problems in communications along with statistics on the wastage of paper and ink and effort when flawed documents move from one office to another.
The enthusiastic response of the participants to follow the suggested templates especially for the SOs was agreed upon during the last day of the seminar-workshop.
Ortega said that a major output of the seminar-workshop is the publication of a Stylebook of Usage and Standard Format that will aid in the production of error-free Special Orders and other official issuances in the future.
By Christine Godinez Ortega
Chancellor Sukarno D. Tanggol
Rex G. Ortega, Seminar-Workshop Convenor
Honeylet Dumoran with participants
Workshop participants with Armilyn Abragan, Ching Zamora and Jun Jumawid.
during a meeting by MSUS administrative and academic heads at the MSU main campus.
Chancellor Sukarno D.
Tanggol who defended the position of MSU-IIT at the MSUS university council meeting said the council prefers to have the implementation of the calendar shift to be “system wide” since other MSU campuses “were not ready”. The Institute, he said, will renew its bid for a calendar shift in the next university council meeting.
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) had earlier
stated that the calendar shift for HEIs is allowed within June and August of the school year in consonance with Republic Act 7722 to allow HEIs flexibility or innovation, and in order to exercise academic freedom among the HEIs, and, for them to especially meet the required number of academic hours within an academic year.
MSU-IIT’s proposal for a calendar shift is in keeping with its aim at internationalization, to be in sync with its ASEAN neighbors especially with the opening of ASEAN’s borders in December 2015.
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For more than two weeks on September 24 to October 12, through the collaboration of the Cultural Development Office, the Department of Philosophy and Humanities, and the College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS), the CASSalida Theater became home to
“Badong: Salvador Bernal Designs the Stage,” an exhibit featuring the timeline and samples of major works of Salvador F. Bernal - the first and lone National Artist for Stage and Production Design.
His life and works as an artist are capsuled in this exhibit that is currently being toured around the Philippines from February to November in selected localities as part of the Lakbay Sining (Arts Tour) Program of the Cultural Center of the Philippines Cultural Exchange.
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“We have had National Artists for drama, music, dance and others, but we never had a National Artist coming from those who work behind the scenes, until Bernal,” explained CASS Assistant Dean Sittie Noffaisah B. Pasandalan to Introduction to Literature students who visited the exhibit.
Born in 1945 to a family that ran a terno shop, Bernal was exposed to the rudiments of fabric, cut and silhouette early in life. He finished his BS degree in 1966 at the Ateneo de Manila where he honed his talent as a poet and philosopher, acquiring the ability to read a text and imagine its theme as a visual concept. In 1972 at the Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois where he took his Master of Fine Arts, he studied, practiced and handled art courses and craft of theatre design.
Briefly in 1973, as the acknowledged guru of contemporary Filipino theater design, Bernal had taught, translated and shared his skills with younger designers at the Ateneo de Manila University and the University of the Philippines, but soon plunged full-time into a life of design through the programs he created for the CCP Production Design Center that he himself conceptualized and organized, which until then was largely unchartered territory.
As a theater designer, Bernal has designed more than 300 productions distinguished for their originality since 1969. He also dabbled in the movies, designing the period costumes for such films as Oro, Plata, Mata and Gumising Ka, Maruja, and also helped design TV commercials and calendars.
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These words are keys to understanding Bernal’s process of design as presented in his exhibit.
Humanities Professor Boylie A.
Sarcina expounds Bernal’s five S’s of design in an interview. “He was sensitive to the budget limitations of local productions,” Sarcina said.
Sarcina also said that Bernal was known for using indigenous and locally available materials for stage like bamboo, raw abaca, and abaca fiber, hemp twine raw, rattan chain link, gauze cacha and sytrofoams in productions such as Rajah Sulayman, Abaniko, La Traviata, Tomaneg at Aniway and Pagkahaba-haba man ng Prusisyon sa Simbahan din ang Tuloy (Filipino adaptation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing).
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The exhibit aimed to introduce and explain the art of theater design through some of the most expressive and impressive works of Bernal. It brought together three of Bernal’s closest friends and collaborators namely Dr. Nicanor Tiongson and former students Gino Gonzales and Ricardo Cruz, who are notable production and stage design experts themselves. The exhibition included a display of scale models, dioramas, costumes and video excerpts from actual productions.
A workshop on set designing for theater was held on October 3 and 4 at the Institute Mini-Theatre and was facilitated by Gonzales and Cruz to complement the exhibition.
“The exhibit and workshop hoped to inspire and encourage a new generation to take on the challenges of production design and technical theatre and aim to reach the same level of artistry Bernal has achieved,” explained Gonzales in his lecture.
The workshop was participated by 25 individuals who are members of theater groups in Iligan City.
Cluster B for R & D on Environment, Cluster C on Health and Pharmaceuticals / Disaster Risk Reduction Management and Cluster D on Food & nutrition / Education research results. Awards were given per cluster to the Best Project, Best Display, Industry Choice, Best Elevator Pitch and Best Video Pitch.
Aside from the exhibition, lectures on innovation and technopreneurship, workshop on innovation and technology pitching and panel discussions on the role of the academe in fostering innovation were tackled during the two-day event.
The event was also an opportunity to heighten awareness on innovation. The talk of Dr. Gary Wnek, a professor of the School of Engineering at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio who delivered his lecture via Skype, summarized the present innovation climate in the academe.
According to him, “we (academe) are not doing a very good job at innovation”… . He added that we should train students to be innovators and prepare them for success outside the academe. This contention was substantiated by the Creative Productivity Index report of the Asian Development Bank and Economic Intelligence Unit published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer on September 12, 2014.
The article reported that the Philippines placed 18th among the 22 Asian Economies including USA and Finland for comparative
purposes. The index shows the efficiency of countries to convert their creative inputs into innovations.
Participants also listened to some success stories of researchers who, through perseverance and continued innovation, were able to market their products.
Dr. Henry Ramos of UP Diliman talked on his TiN Coat technology.
Two MSU-IIT alumni were also among those who shared their success stories, Engr. Rolly Michael R. Racsa of Nutra Tech Biopharma for his pharmaceutical products and Engr. Gil Michael Regalado who dabbled on IT innovations. Wilfredo Dimamay, the Immediate Past Director of the MSU-IIT Computer Center shared how they were able to innovate and create the e-SMS ( School Management System) at the center.
The panel discussion on the role of the academe in fostering innovation discussed the advantageous requisites for increasing innovation output in the academe such as incentives to innovate, bigger budgetary allocation for R & D, fostering teamwork and multi-disciplinary collaborations among others. The panelists were Dr. Alita T. Roxas, the Dean of School of Graduate Studies as Lead Discussant and panel members composed of Dr.
H.Ramos, Engr. Racsa, Dir.
Dimamay, Engr. Regalado and the Director of Research, Dr. Franco G.
Teves.
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JULY
1. Prof. John Paul Ben T. Silang (CON) (adviser of one of the finalists of the DOST-Philippine Council for Health Research and Development-Gruppo Medica Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis for Herbal Medicine)
Research Title: Evaluation of Wound Healing Effects of Ointments
Formulated with Plant Leaf Extracts of Carica Papaya, Cymbopogon citrates and Psidium guajava on Excisional Wound in Albino Rats
Event: DOST-Philippine Council Health Research and Development- Gruppo Medica Award for
Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis for Herbal Medicine
Venue: Manila, Philippines Date: July 2, 2014
2. Dr. Steven P. C. Fernandez (CASS) Research Title: Constructs and Categories: Proposing a PS Typology for Philippine and Asian Studies Conference: 20th Performance Studies International Conference Venue: Shanghai Theatre Academy, China
Date: July 4-8, 2014
3. Dr. Rebecca M. Alcuizar (CED) Research Title: Nutrition, School, Home: Determinants of Academic Performance for Pupils in Rogongon, Iligan City
Conference: Asian Conference for Physical Education and Sports Science (ACPESS)
Venue: Institute of Technical Education (ITE) East, Singapore Date: July 7-9, 2014
4. Dr. Ephrime B. Metillo (CSM) Research Title: Composition and Abundance of Net Phytoplankton during the Upwelling Months in 2012 and 2013 in a Sardine Fishery Site Off Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines (Scientific Posters Session) Conference: 2014 Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM)
Venue: Manila, Philippines Date: July 9-10, 2014 5. Mr. Noel Lito B. Sayson (CSM)
Research Title: Computer Simulations of Ion-Surface Collisions
Conference: 2014 Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM)
Venue: Manila, Philippines Date: July 9-10, 2014
6. Dr. Evelyn C. Creencia (CSM) Research Title: Microwave- Assisted Synthesis of Organic Compounds
Event: 2nd Scientific Symposium and General Assembly of the JSPS Alumni Association of the Philippines (JAAP)
Venue: De La Salle University, Manila
Date: July 11, 2014
7. Dr. Nimfa L. Bracamonte (CASS) Research Title: The Gender Dimension in Mitigating Climate Change in Mt. Malindang Rainforestation
Project (Phase III), Southern Philippines
Conference: XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology Venue: Yokohama, Japan Date: July 13-19, 2014 AUGUST
1. Dr. Mary Ann S. Sandoval (CASS) Research Title: Varsasyong Morpolohikal sa Wikang Mandaya sa Ilang Munisipalidad ng Davao Oriental
Conference: 1st International Conference on Language and Linguistics
Venue: Grand Men Seng Hotel, Davao City
Date: August 7-8, 2014 2. Dr. Angelina L. Santos (CASS)
Research Title: Pag-iistrip ng Pugad Baboy Komiks: Pagsilip sa Pinoy Sosyo-politikal na
Kalagayan
Conference: 1st International Conference on Language and Linguistics
Venue: Grand Men Seng Hotel, Davao City
Date: August 7-8, 2014 3. Princess Mae S. Chua (CASS)
Research Title: Automated Election System: Iligan City Experience
Conference: Global Research Conference Across Disciplines Venue: West Visayas State University, La Paz, Iloilo City Date: August 13-15, 2014 4. Perla P. Palomares (CASS)
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Security at the Institute is being ramped up at the wake of the recent bomb scare that saw the campus shut down and classes suspended.
Vehicles entering and exiting the campus are subjected to inspections, and the no ID no entry policy is strictly implemented by security guards.
Security guards armed with Ak- 47s and other high-powered firearms can also be seen posted prominently at the entrance and exit areas of the Institute as part of the measures to deter would-be terrorists.
Institute guards, members of the Philippine Army, the police bomb squad with their K9 units combed almost every square inch of the seven-hectare MSU-IIT campus late in the afternoon of September 22, 2014.
They were in search of a bomb that was allegedly planted on campus, and set to explode at 3 p.m.
The information was passed on through a text message.
Fear gripped constituents of the Institute at around 2 p.m. of September 22 as the announcement to vacate the campus was made due to the security threat.
Despite the threat, students, teachers, and campus personnel still managed to calmly exit school buildings and form orderly lines at the Institute’s flag pole area.
Authorities declared the campus clear of security threats by 4:20 p.m. of
the same day.
The MSU-IIT Administration, in a statement released to the media through its Office of Publication and Information (OPI), acknowledged the quick response of the Philippine National Police Bomb Squad and Police Supt Gerardo M. Rosales, the City Mayor ’s Office and the City Mayor CelsoRegencia, and the Philippine Military Bomb Squad for their assistance to MSU-IIT’s Security Personnel.
All buildings and classrooms were vacated in 20 minutes by all students and MSU-IIT personnel as soon as the announcement of the alleged threat was made.
The investigation and clearing operations of the campus were under the supervision of the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Dr.
David N. Almarez, and the MSU-IIT Acting Security Chief Musanip A.
Sarangani.
Classes were likewise suspended in the late afternoon and evening based on a Memo issued by the Office of the Chancellor (OC) Office of Publication
& Information and noted by the Officer- in-Charge, Dr.Jinky B. Bomales, Vice Chancellor for Research & Extension (OVCRE).
There were no injuries or damage to property reported.
Classes resumed and all offices were operational the next day.
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the Mural Painting, Essay Writing, Extemporaneous Speech, Storytelling, Quiz Bowl, Debate, Chamber Theater and Speech Choir, happened simultaneously throughout the week.
To mark the end of the week- long celebration, on the 31st of August, the students danced the night away in the wet and wild colored mud party during the awarding ceremony.
The following is the overall final ranking of Palakasan 2014: College of Education-Integrated Developmental School (67.00), College of Business Administration and Accountancy (64.50), College of Engineering (64.44), College of Arts and Social Sciences (62.19), College of Science and Mathematics (52.44), School of Engineering Technology (50.19), School of Computer Studies
(46.63) and College of Nursing (42.63).
As a response to the overwhelming comments of the students, the KASAMA president DatuEsmaMikeesaid, “I am thankful to the students of the Institute for the very warm and joyous celebration of this year’s Palakasan. Thank you for tagging this one as the
#BestPalakasanEver!”
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