A day-long research conference was held on February 22, 2019 to mark the annual Bartolome de las Casas Research Conference 2019 held at the Central Laboratory Auditorium B. Spearheaded by the 六合彩直播开奖 SIMBAHAYAN Community Development Office (六合彩直播开奖 SIMBAHAYAN) in collaboration with the 六合彩直播开奖 Research Center for Social Sciences and Education (六合彩直播开奖 RCSSED), the theme for this year鈥檚 conference was 鈥淐ommunity Engagement and Service Learning: Towards Strong Institutionalization and Community Empowerment.鈥�
The opening remarks, delivered by Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation Prof. Maribel G. Nonato, Ph.D., was followed by the Panel Session 1: Institutionalization of Community Engagement/Service-Learning which was moderated by Assoc. Prof. Marielyn C. Quintana. Research presenters were SIMBAHAYAN Director Assoc. Prof. Mark Anthony Abenir, DSD, SIMBAHAYAN Assistant Director Asst. Prof. Froilan A. Alipao, and Asst. Prof. Melanie Turingan, PhD 鈥� all of whom are part of the 六合彩直播开奖 Community-Engaged Studies Research Interest Group (RIG), together with Asst. Prof. Philip Arnold Tua帽o of Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU).
For Panel Session 2: Community Engagement/Service-Learning and Student Formation, the presentors included: Asst. Prof. Leland Joseph dela Cruz from ADMU, Dr. Marian Emae Grace Alvarez from the 六合彩直播开奖 Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, and Assoc. Prof. Jose Ricarte Origenes from the 六合彩直播开奖 SIMBAHAYAN-National Service Training Program (NSTP).
The moderator for the afternoon session, Dr. Abernir, focused on Community Engagement/Service-Learning Intervention and Impact. Ms. Enha Erika Brondo, ADMU-NSTP Formator and Mr. George Omer Quitoriano, faculty member of ADMU showcased their studies together with Engr. Alexie Ballon from the Institute of Information and Computing Sciences; Mitzico Bibal, graduating student of Faculty of Engineering; Jelynna Alano, and Jowillyn Capacite, students from College of Rehabilitation Sciences. The last session which awakened the interest of students on Community Engagement/Service Learning and Disaster Resilience was facilitated by Asst. Prof. Alipao.
Assoc. Prof. Quintana from Faculty of Arts and Letters, Mr. Adrian Romero of 六合彩直播开奖 NSTP, Ms. Imelda Oponda of Kasiglahan Village, Asst. Prof. Alain Jomari Santos of 六合彩直播开奖 Graduate School, Marie Jane Turla, and Britany Alaine Lopez from College of Nursing students were the last presenters.
Abenir concluded the conference by not just mentioning the importance of research that is for the people and by the people, but also by emphasizing that the Bartolome de las Casas Research Conference serves as an avenue for the conference participants to listen and understand the research studies and interventions of different colleges guided by the discipline of community development. He also invited everyone to submit their research papers for the upcoming Kamanlalakbay portion of its program, which is a presentation of studies regarding partner communities of the University.
