Written by: Allen Atienza, Jhoana Fidel
Photo by: Jhoana Fidel
September 9, 2019 – Assoc. Prof. Ricardo S. Balog returns as UST Faculty of Engineering's Assistant Dean this academic year 2019 to 2020, after four years of absence from his post.
Engr. Balog previously took on the position of Assistant Dean last June 2000 until July 2015. He became the chairman of Mechanical Engineering department (ME) for one year, and assumed the leadership of being the director of Student Welfare Development Board (SWDB) before going back to his post as Assistant Dean.
“Pag tinanggap mo ‘yon [ng administrative post], nandun na yung willingness mo to serve, at wala ka nang personal na iniisip doon. Ganoon na ang line of thinking ko eversince. Bago naman ako maging assistant dean way back 2000”, Engr. Balog stated in his interview with Thomasian Engineer. Engr. Balog has been long known through his disciplinary methods. He believes that the most effective way of discipline is prevention, at least from what he learned from his experiences—calling one’s attention and maintaining his visibility. He thinks that a disciplinary method is not transformative if the student is penalized right away.
“Pinakamahirap na aspeto ‘dun, kailangan yung takbo ng isip mo, parang isip ng abogado, involved ka kasi sa resolution ng student cases eh, yun yung pinakachallenging dun,” – Engr. Balog on the challenges of being SDWB Director.
As an Assistant Dean, he aims to pursue the mission and vision of the faculty of engineering: to train and equip the students through offering a curriculum which can be considered as almost similar to the real world, to become the embodiment of the graduate attributes.
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