by Lemuel Clark Velasco,SCS There is an existing stereotype that engineers and engineering students lack public speaking skills. This stereotype is challenged by a distinguished recognition given to a 4th year BS Electrical Engineering student named Leonardo G. Nogas, Jr. as he was hailed by Toastmasters International-Philippines as the 2015 National Champion in Impromptu Speech....Read More
by Ian S. Embradura Contrary to expert opinion that there is a high diversity of the mayfly species (ephemeroptera) in the country, only 37 have been described in the Philippines, all of which were done by foreign researchers. This interested graduate student Leocris S. Batucan Jr. to pursue such endeavor for his master’s thesis. There...Read More
by Ian S. Embradura, OPI With 250 registrants, 85 paper presentations, and 36 participating academic institutions, the Philippine Sociological Society (PSS) held its National Conference on October 16-17, 2015 at the Institute, with the theme “Sociology of Peace and Conflict: Contexts and Challenges”. The conference theme, PSS President Dr. Filomin Candaliza-Gutierrez explained, not only is...Read More
