Written by: Mark Rafael Santos and Szarina dela Paz Photos by: Julia Beatriz Galvez
The Engineering Student Council (ESC) launched the annual Engineering Recruitment Week, titled “R101: Engineering Recruitment Week,” last October 17, with applications still held virtually.
The virtual week-long event commenced with a Facebook Live featuring organizations in the Faculty of Engineering (FoE), giving glimpses of the experiences and responsibilities awaiting the student applicants.
Prof. Angelo R. dela Cruz, Ph.D., PECE, UST FoE Acting Dean, officially kickstarted the event with his opening remarks, acknowledging the efforts of the organizations and their participation in the event. He recalled the lessons people learned and lost in the time of the pandemic, its disruption in people’s way of life, and how those brought out the best in each person.
"With all the lost opportunities in the past three years of the pandemic, we hope that many of our students will not miss this opportunity to participate, be involved, and become a member of the student organizations of the Faculty of Engineering,” Dean dela Cruz elaborated.
In the opening program, titled “R101: Prologue,” one student leader from each engineering department and how they were able to manage both their academics and extracurricular activities.
The representatives shared the importance of time management in being an organization member and a student. They gave tips on how to balance their responsibilities, such as avoiding procrastination and learning how to prioritize tasks properly. Management applications such as Notion and TimeTree were a couple of the softwares suggested by the speakers that would assist students in managing their time.
This was succeeded with films-inspired introduction of the different organizations and an audio-visual presentation showcasing their organization’s mission, vision, and benefits to its members.
Carlos Joaquin T. Dimaguila, UST-ESC Interim Executive Vice-President, formally commenced the event with his closing remarks where he expressed his gratitude to the organizers and attendees of the event and reminded student applicants that serving the student body is a commitment to uphold everyday.
“The pleasure in leading is not [through] title-seeking but the [through] people you transform and those hearts you have touched,” he concluded his speech.
The following organizations participated in this year’s Engineering Recruitment Week: Rotaract Club – UST Engineering Unit, Cisco Networking Academy Gateway (CNAG), UST Engineering Commission on Elections (COMELEC), One Voice Engineering Chorale (OV), UST Chemical Engineering Society (ChES), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (UST-IEEE) Student Branch, UST Electrical Engineering Circuit (EEC), UST Mechanical Engineering Club (MEC), American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-conditioning Engineers- UST (ASHRAE), Engineering Dance Troupe (EDT), UST Network of Electronics Engineering Students (NECES), UST Association of Civil Engineering Students (ACES), UST Industrial Engineering Circle (IEC), Operations Research Society of the Philippines – UST Chapter (ORSP), and Thomasian Engineer (TE) – the student publication of UST FoE.
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