by Sheena Gem A. Harun and Julie Christine T. Jimenez
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (OVCAA) announced yesterday that the number of scholarship grantees under the Expanded Student Grants-in-Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (ESGP-PA) who made it to the Dean’s List had doubled in the last semester.
The OVCAA said that 180 ESGP-PA grantees made it to the Dean’s List for their excellent academic performance during the 1st Semester of Academic Year 2016-2017. The number indicates a remarkable 102.24% increase from the previous semester’s 89.
The Dean’s List is a list of students who earned a grade point average (GPA) of 1.75 or better.
The announcement was made during the “Alay Sa Mga Natatanging ESGP-PA Grantees Para sa Unang Semestre ng Taong Pang-Akademiko 2016-2017” held yesterday at the College of Engineering and Technology Amphitheater.
ESGP-PA scholars were awarded with certificates of recognition for their performance in Academics during the ceremonies.
ESGP-PA scholars, Jonell B. Razo, who graduated as Cum Laude in the recent 7th Mid-year Graduation, and Asnifah M. Mimbala, who presented her research paper in an International Conference in Khon Kaen, Thailand, were also recognized during the program.
Officials from the Institute and government agencies who attended the ceremonies were Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Dr. Edgar W. Ignacio; Institute’s ESGP-PA Coordinator, Dr. Gaudencio C. Petalcorin Jr.; CHED Region 10 Scholarship Supervisors, Dr. Arlita Amapola Minguez and Ms. Rose May Lumasag; DSWD Region 10 Focal Person, Ms. Fatima Jorolan; and Region X Information Officer of Pantawid Pamilya, Mr. Oliver Inodeo.
Ignacio, Minguez, and Jorolan expressed their congratulations to the grantees and challenged them to inspire more grantees to excel academically and to increase the number of student achievers.
Petalcorin, in his closing remarks, emphasized that the recent success proved that the ESGP-PA grantees were worthy “skolars ng bayan”.
Institute scholars from the Expanded Student Grants-in-Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (ESGP-PA) were treated to art and music lessons as wellness promotion and empowerment exercises on Saturday (October 8) at the College of Science and Mathematics building.
The Lecture-Workshop on Therapeutic Intervention in Various Forms consisted of lessons in drawing/painting, dancing, and music. It also included spoken word poetry – an oral art that includes the popular Hugot Lines.
The activity was conducted by the Department of Psychology of the College of Arts and Social Sciences in partnership with the ESGP-PA Coordinating Team.
Prof. Odessa May D. Escalona of the Department of Psychology served as the resource person for art therapy, while her daughter, Kim Ashley, an AB English alumna, handled the session for spoken word poetry and hugot lines.
The other resource persons for the lecture-workshop were Prof. Rebecca Alcuizar of the College of Education for ballroom and classical dances; consultant Mr. Jobe Aiko S. Acas for hiphop and modern dances; and Mr. Joshua M. Paquingan and Mr. Christian Romeo Kyle B. Cada from the Cultural Development Office for guitar playing and singing, respectively.
The objective of the Saturday activity, according to Special Order No. 1911 issued on October 6, is to “provide closure and promote safe and secure mental wellness, and to develop resiliency and student empowerment to properly address aggression, violence, and harassment.”
Prof. Priscila B. Cada, chair of the Department of Psychology, served as the activity’s coordinator.
The activity was supervised by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (OVCAA), in coordination with the ESGP-PA Coordinator, Dr. Gaudencio Petalcorin, and the program’s Personal Enrichment Program (PEP) Coordinator, Dr. Evelyn I. Dominguez, head guidance counselor.
The ESGP-PA is a government program that provides funding for the education of poor but deserving college students belonging to indigent households under the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction identified by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
The Department of Political Science is holding a seminar-workshop for Institute scholars that aims to familiarize them with constitutional change and federalism on September 24, 2016 at the College of Science and Mathematics (CSM) building.
The seminar-workshop targets scholars from the Expanded Student Grants-in-aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (ESGP-PA).
The ESGP-PA is a government program that provides funding for the education of poor but deserving college students belonging to indigent households under the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction identified by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
The one-day seminar-workshop will feature the following resource persons who are members of the department, Dr. Elizabeth L. Codilla, Dr. Perla P. Palomares, Dr. Marilou S. Nanaman, and Prof. Yasmira Moner.
The Department will explain the process of constitutional change to the ESGP-PA scholars and try to help them understand what to expect from a federal form of government.
At the end of the seminar-workshop, the scholars are expected to have an understanding of the basic issues regarding constitutional change and federalism – two subjects that are constantly in the news and subject of much public discussion.
The activity is under the supervision of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (OVCAA), and in coordination with the ESGP-PA Coordinator, Dr. Gaudencio Petalcorin, and the program’s Personal Enrichment Program (PEP) Coordinator, Dr. Evelyn I. Dominguez, head guidance counselor. -RGO
