Written by: Mary Andrew Dalogdog
Philipina A. Marcelo, PhD, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, is now a two-time awardee of Philippine-American Educational Foundation (PAEF) as she was announced as one of the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Awardees by Secretariat Executive Director Julio S. Amador III.
She was first awarded the Fulbright-Philippine Agriculture Scholarship Grant by PAEF last 2002-2007, which led her to earning the Doctorate degree for Philosophy in Food Science and Technology from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
According to UST’s Communications Bureau, one of Dean Marcelo’s aims is to focus and set the best standards on innovation and sustainability management for UST Sta. Rosa, Laguna campus, where UST Dr. Tony Tan Caktiong Innovation Center is located at.
The Humphrey Fellowship Program was established as an annual Fulbright Exchange in March 1978 to honor the public service career of the late Hubert H. Humphrey (1911-1978). He served in the United States as a Senator representing Minnesota for two terms (1949-1964; 1971-1978) and 38th Vice President of the country for one term (1965-1969).
The program will be effective in August 2021 wherein recipients from 140 qualified countries will be allowed to collaborate and engage with global leaders, fellow academics, policy-makers on issues about law and human rights, public health, climate change, and public policy. Lasting from ten months to a year, this also allows them to participate in seminars and workshops such as the Humphrey Seminar, Academic Enrichment, Professional Development, and the Washington Global Leadership Forum.
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