Written by: Szarina dela Paz
Photo courtesy of UST Industrial Engineering Circle
UST Industrial Engineering Circle (IEC) in collaboration with UST Computer Science Society (CSS) launched “Dunong Sulong,” in partnership with Ateneo Casa Famiglia Servants of the Poor Inc. with three phases held throughout April.
The phases took place on four different days, April 1, 2, 8, and 23, respectively. The community development project aims to provide teaching supplies and training webinars for the faculty of the partner community located in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan.
Phase one, which marked the start of the project, was conducted on April 1. Teaching supplies such as bond paper reams, printer ink cartridges, brown envelopes, boxes of face masks, and a flash drive containing modules of basic functions of the computer and Microsoft Office applications were safely delivered to the partner community.
On April 2, a motivational webinar titled “From the Bottom to the Top: Thriving for Success,” was facilitated, wherein guest speakers shared their journey as an educator. Asst. Prof. Anthony James C. Bautista, PME, MBA, PhD, Assistant Dean of UST Faculty of Engineering (FoE), formally commenced the event with his opening remarks, highlighting how the project can contribute to church-building, home-building, and nation-building.
This was followed by a background discussion on the project led by Jasel Anne Mingua, Executive Vice President of UST-IEC and project head of Dunong Sulong, where she shared that “Dunong” translates to “Wisdom”.
The first speaker was Engr. Carlos Ignacio P. Lugay, PhD, PIE, ASEAN Engr. from the Industrial Engineering (IE) Department, with his talk titled “My Journey in the Academe: Lifelong Learnings,” where he narrated the ten lessons he learned from his journey.
Assistant Principal of Our Lady of Mercy School of Quezon City Ms. Alpha Z. Cristobal, LPT, MA.Ed., followed Engr. Lugay with her talk entitled, “Looking Inward to See Outward: 4Ps to Personal Growth.” The 4Ps correspond to Purpose, Passion, Perseverance, and Prayers.
An open forum was held at the end of each talk to answer the questions of the audience.
Andre Eusebio also graced the event with an intermission. Asst. Prof. Mildred Duran concluded the webinar with her closing remarks.
The first half of phase three commenced on April 8, entitled “FinTalk: An Asset to Life.” Engr. Abiel M. Badillo from the IE Department started the webinar with his opening speech.
The guest speaker, Asst. Prof. Charmina Lou C. Bautista, PIE, RFP, CSS from the IE Department, discussed financial literacy in her talk titled “Personal Finance for a Healthy Financial Life Beyond 2022,” focusing on the financial dashboard, savings, and investment plan in action, and the tool for long-term investing.
This was followed by an open forum and a performance from Anette Grace O. Padrinao, Executive Associate for Community Development and Project Head of Dunong Sulong.
The second half of phase three, which also marked the last part of the project, was titled “TechTalk: Introduction to Web Design for Business,” held on April 23.
Asst. Prof. Jerralyn T. Padua, MSCS, Dean of UST College of Information and Computing Sciences (CICS), started off the webinar with her opening speech encouraging students to share a little of their time for the community.
Resource speaker, Ms. Alma V. Perol, MIT, an instructor from UST-CICS, held a brief discussion on the importance of business websites and a short workshop on designing a business website with the use of Wix.com. This was followed by an intermission by Padrinao.
The event concluded with a gratitude message from Georger Bersabe, Academic Coordinator of Ateneo Casa Famiglia Servants of the Poor, the project’s partner community.
The following professors made the project possible: Asst. Prof. Joehanna K. Ngo, PhD, PIE, ASEAN Engr., IE Department Chair, Engr. Manolo P. Binuya, Community Development Coordinator of UST-FoE, Asst. Prof. Mildred C. Duran, MBA, Community Development Coordinator of UST-CICS, Engr. Yoshiki B. Kurata, MSIE, CIE, adviser of UST-IEC, Asst. Prof. Jonathan B. Cabero, MS, adviser of UST-CSS, and Asst. Prof. Donata D. Acula, PhD, adviser of UST-CSS.
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