8/9/2019 Aquinian Herald Volume III Issue 1

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 ALMOS HROUGH its existing

five-year plan (as of 2010-

2015), the University, under

the leadership of Rector and

President, Rev. Fr. Ernesto Arceo,

O.P., seeks to put academics

and research at the top of its

priorities, as they start drafting

the university’s strategic and

operational plans for the next five

 years.Office of Research, Planning,

and Development (ORDP)

Director, Simon L. Listana, Jr.,

shared with the Aquinian Herald, 

along with the preparations of

the University in taking on the

challenges of the years ahead

- boosting the university’s

academic profile and global

competitiveness as the ASEAN

Economic Community (AEC) is

established in 2015; the start of

the transitioning period of the

K-12 program; and the planned

integration with the University of

Santo omas (US).

 Amid these rising and growing

demands, the office remains

confident that the university will

be able and ready.

Academics as main priorityhe ORPD Director said that the

next five-year plan would see an

even more intensified focus onacademics.

“We saw the furthered efforts

of the university on academics as

laid out by our then new Rector

Fr. Arceo in 2011, but the plan is

to further focus in the academic

front among other things,” Listana

said, revealing details from the

preliminary planning sessions

held on August 28-30 with

about twenty other university

administrators present.

OF HE 2, 365 who took the

exam, 1,093 passes the Midwifery

Licensure Examination (MLE)

given by the Professional Regulation

Commission (PRC) in April 2014.

 AUL' s Maricar Lyn M. Baronda is

among those who topped the exam.Having obtained a rating of 89.40%,

Baronda placed fourth.

Be optimistic. Just study hard,

foucs in what you are doing,"

Baronda said when asked about her

preparations before t he exam.

She further attributed her

success in the national boards to her

faith in God.

 Along with Baronda, other

 Aquinians who passed the exam

EXPECED O curb heavy traffic

along the university area, the

Department of Public Works and

Highways (DPWH) has begun the

constructions for the widening

of the Yawa Bridge, the main

link that connects the barangays

Rawis and Bonot.

Te Yawa Bridge has two

existing lanes, and due to heavy

concentration of public and

private vehicles going in and out

of the University and the regional

government offices in Rawis, the

bridge is to be expanded into four

lanes.

Te start of the project was

originally set in August but was

HIGHER EDUCAION insti-

tutions (HEIs) will have to “reform

and perform well” to take onthe challenging economic

landscape ahead.

Speaking before

the delegates of the

South East Asian

 Association for

International

R e s e a r c h

( S E A A I R )

Conference

held on

October 9,

2014 at the St.

John Macias Students’ Pavilion in

 AUL, was Dr. eay Shawyun, who

explained how the upcomingeconomic integration come

2015 will affect higher

education in the region.

Shawyun, the president

of SEAAIR, an international

organization of higher

e d u c a t i o n

researchers and

academics in

Southeast Asia,

laid emphasis on

raising the bar in

terms of producing

competitive graduates, who will be

exposed to an even more cutthroat

economy in the coming years.In a panel discussion on the

“Landscape of Higher Education

Institutions in Quality Education

of ASEAN Economic Community

(AEC) of 2015”, Shawyun laid

out a situationer showing how

the ASEAN countries are doing,

in terms of meeting economic

demands and global trends

affecting education, thru current

statistics on proportion of

population below the poverty line,

 AQUINAS UNIVERSIY of Legazpi

Dance roupe took home its first

ever international achievement

after winning the silver medal

for the 2014 International Youth

Fellowship (IYF) Cultural Dance

Festival held at Busan and Incheon,

South Korea on July 4, 2014.

he group represented the

Philippines and competed

alongside other dance groups

from different parts of the world.

Earlier, the group won the contest

that selected the country’s

representative in the international

competition, spearheaded by the

Cultural Center of the Philippines

(CCP). AUL’s Center for Culture

and the Arts (CCA) received CCP’s

invitation and sent a video of their

entry.

 AUL Dance roupe also

trained with the CCP in Manila,

Hosts international conference on researchBY DON KEVIN JOSE HAPAL

 Aquinianranks 4th innat'l midwifery boards

 Yawa Bridge wideningproject starts

 Academics remain top prior ity 

DRAFTS, PAGE 2

THE DOMINICAN University

of Bicol hosted the 14th annual

conference of the South East

 Asian Association for Institutional

Research (SEAAIR) on October

7-10, gathering academics,

researchers, students and higher

education practitioners, from

across Southeast Asia.

Marking the University’s first

time hosting an international

conference, AUL hopes to futher

not just its academic profile but

also its global linkages, through the

international gathering.

“Tis is a good opportunity for

the University to be integrated in the

Southeast Asian region, through the

dynamic exchange of knowledge

and ideas,” said Prof. Abelardo

Belleza of the Office of Academic

 Affairs (OAA), and a member of the

convention’s organizing committee.

 About a hundred delegates from

 Asian countries,namely: Indonesia,

Lebanon, Malaysia,

S i n g a p o r e ,

Tailand, Vietnam,

and the Philippines

attended the

conference.

 With the theme

“Cross- Cultural

Education in AEC

2015: Realizing

P o s s i b i l i t i e s ,

D e f i n i n g

F o u n d a t i o n s ”

as the conference’s main focus,

higher education institutions

(HEIs) presented and discussed

research driven by the need for an

improved understanding, planning,

and operation among HEIs in the

 ASEAN Economic Community

(AEC) set to be in place next year.

Bridging gapsSEAAIR is the international

cooperation that bridges the gaps of

higher-education academics in the

southeast region of Asia, by holding

annual conferences to talk about

current challenges, trends and

demands in higher learning, as well

as promote cultural development

among its members.

“We want the ASEAN community

to not only focus on academics,

but also on the cultural side,” said

SEAAIR president, eay Shawyun,

in an interview.

Dr. Shawyun of the Assumption

University in Tailand, emphasized

 AUL BOOSTS, PAGE 3

DANCE TROUPE, PAGE 4

 AQUINIAN RANKS, PAGE 3

 YAWA BRIDGE, PAGE 2

SEE RELATED AND MORE IN-DEPTH REPORT

'THE YAWA BRIDGE WIDENING

PROJECT' ON PAGE 12SEAAIR, PAGE 2

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Te Yawa Bridge now 

 under construction. PHOTO BY R. ORENSE

GOING GLOBAL. Aquinas University Rector and President, Rev. Fr. Ernesto Arceo, O.P., (middle)and Vice-President for Academic Affairs Dr. Susana Cabredo (left) with SEAAIR President Dr. TeayShawyun (right) during the first international conference hosted by the University.