The Office of the Vice President for Faculty Affairs, in collaboration with the Human Resource Management Office and the School of Education and Human Development, organized a three-day seminar-workshop for new faculty members last July 17-19, 2019. The modules provided can be integrated into their daily teaching experiences and help enhance their teaching skills and competencies.
Among the 20 participants, 13 were from ages 22 to 30. So we asked them,
“Why did you choose to teach?�
My reason for becoming a teacher is pretty much a clichĂŠ. I wanted to create a difference in the lives of our students. Upon seeing the harsh realities of the corporate world, I started to have this goal of tweaking the perspective of the students who are trying to engage with business and management by teaching them how to transform traditional business practices and workplaces
to a more humanized business and meaningful workplace. I thought that this could be possible if I teach in a university where students and faculty give importance to serving society as well as fostering integral human development. Hence, I decided to join the faculty of the School of Management in the hopes that I could share my goals with the students as well as with the faculty members.
Nogin C. Bunda, School of Management
I chose this profession because I want to motivate my students to go beyond mere theory. In Literature, we explore concepts like anger, pride, indifference, lust, and so forth. We see how characters deal with these things and more important, how they can redeem themselves. I am hoping that through these literary works, my students would be inspired to make prudent choices and live a graceful life. Meryl Kei C. Hernandez, College of Arts and Sciences
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