A 抖阴探探 education seeks to produce graduates imbued with an abiding sense of responsibility to their people and nation, the skills and mindsets to improve human life, and a commitment to the freedom and welfare of all.
Aside from mastery of knowledge in their specific disciplines, 抖阴探探 graduates must possess breadth of mind, strength of character, and generosity of spirit, fostered by a firm grounding in both the arts and sciences, and such specialist courses as their programs may require.
They must be prepared to inclusively engage with society and the world at large, mindful of their people鈥檚 needs and capabilities, and keen to the challenges and opportunities of national development in this century of rapid global change.
抖阴探探 aims to achieve this through its General Education program, one that develops mind, body and spirit, which familiarize all its students with their culture and history and fosters a sense of shared citizenship, while equipping them with critical thinking, discernment and technical skills they will need to excel in their chosen professions.
抖阴探探 Statement of the Philosophy of Education and Graduate Attributes
抖阴探探 Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs
Approved by the Board of Regents on 28 November 2019
Profiles of select 抖阴探探 graduates
Dr. Eva Maria Cutiongco-de la Paz
If there is anything that Dr. Eva Cutiongco-de la Paz seems not to enjoy, it鈥檚 getting undue credit. The winner of the 2018 Dangal ng Bayan Award was admittedly nervous when her mother, a former faculty member at the 抖阴探探 College of Education, suggested having their photo taken with the tarpaulin celebrating her feat.
鈥淚 was hoping nobody was there,鈥� she said, 鈥渁nd that nobody would recognize me when we were having our family picture taken at the Oblation Plaza.鈥�
As far as her research is concerned, Cutiongco-de la Paz is quick to laud the contributions of her collaborators over her own. The clinical geneticist and current executive director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has certainly published on a broad range of subjects, from the genes implicated in rare diseases to our population鈥檚 genetic diversity. When asked, she tends to downplay her role in each of them. 鈥淣one of these is just about me,鈥� she says.
Read the full story: The gene doctor will see you now
Dr. Pablito Magdalita
He dreamed of becoming a doctor and now he is addressed as Dr. Pablito Magdalita. Instead of a medical degree, however, he has a PhD in Plant Breeding and Plant Biotechnology from the University of Queensland, Australia. 鈥淚 went from wanting to help human health to plant health. It鈥檚 ultimately about wanting to help improve lives through science. I loved all my science classes in high school,鈥� Magdalita says.
Going into medicine was something his family couldn鈥檛 afford. His father was a coconut farmer and his mother was a storekeeper. Practicality and a scholarship from the Philippine Coconut Producers Federation, Inc. prompted him to take up agriculture at Luzonian University (now Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation) in Lucena City, Quezon in 1978.
If it weren鈥檛 for that decision, Magdalita wouldn鈥檛 have started the journey to becoming the scientist he is today鈥攐ne known for his work on numerous hibiscus hybrids, several varieties of fruits, and on plant breeding, genetics, and diseases. He holds a patent for the ACC oxidase gene and its use and is currently awaiting the grant of another patent from the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines for the coat protein of the papaya ringspot virus (PRSV).
Read the full story: Plant science for the people
Edeline Payawal
When the air conditioning unit inside her hotel room in Leyte woke her up with its loud noise, Edeline Payawal could not have known how her life was going to change. Payawal is an Iska whose achievements have only become more meaningful since that fateful day on November 8, 2013.
As the 抖阴探探 College of Mass Communication alumna tells it, 鈥淎t the hallway, a guest told me to transfer to the hotel鈥檚 main building while the water was ankle-deep. I went back in to our room to check on my friends; however by the time we had to leave the building, the water was already neck-deep. Then suddenly, the roof broke down so that the rain started to pour on our floor. And we only had our room鈥檚 window to access the hotel鈥檚 main building by crossing over a water tank right beside it. We were 40 people in the building who had to climb out the window and cross over the water tank while braving the gusting winds of Typhoon Yolanda.鈥�
鈥淚 can vividly remember the sound of everyone in despair. At that moment, I resigned myself to the fact that I was going to die that day. I prepared myself for that moment. But all of us were able to get to the main building,鈥� she continues.
Read the full story: The education of an Iska
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