NEWS

SIX TCU ACADEMIC PROGRAMS GRANTED

LEVEL 1 ACCREDITATION BY ALCU-COA | by Benjamin B. Aguenza Chief, Quality Assurance Office

The Association of Local Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (ALCU-COA) recently in CHED Memorandum Order No. 1 series of 2005, which are: complete administrative deregulation; financial deregulation granted the Taguig City University (TCU) Level 1 Accreditation Status for the various programs with their corresponding validity dates. These programs include Psychology (CAS), Criminology (CCJ), Secondary Education major in Mathematics (CED), Entrepreneurial Management, Marketing Management, and Office Administration (CBM).

An invitation was held on Thursday, July 23, 2020, at 3:005:00 pm via zoom was addressed to the OIC-Office of the President, Dr. Juan C. Birion.

The award was a result on December 11-13, 2019, of the ALCU-COA accreditation team headed by Dr. Rene M. Colocar as Supervising Accreditor. Its members were Dr. Danilo S. Hilario, Dr. Rosenda A. De Gracia, Dr. Narcisa R. Figuerras, Prof. Ernesto C. Boydon, Prof. Roilingel P. Calilung, and Engr. Sheila I. Villanueva.

Attaining level 1 accreditation status means the University will now enjoy the benefits for level 1 and 2 accreditation as in terms of setting of tuition and other charges; authority to revise the curriculum without CHED approval; right to graduate students from accredited courses or programs of study; priority in the awards of grants/subsidies or funding assistance from CHED-HEDF; right to use on its publication or advertisements the word “ACCREDITED” under CHED policies and rules; and limited visitation, inspection, and supervision by CHED supervisory representatives. The TCU Accreditation Team is very proud of these landmark undertakings. Currently, the colleges are busy updating their documents based on the recommendations provided during the exit conference and committed to doing their best to comply. TCU is one of the accredited local universities and colleges recognized by the ALCU-COA, a private accrediting organization that gives formal recognition to an educational institution by attesting that its academic program maintains excellent standards.

TCU NEW BSIS PROGRAM AWARDED WITH COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

by Benjamin B. Aguenza

Chief, Quality Assurance Office

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) granted a Certificate of Program Compliance to Taguig City University (TCU) to offer the Bachelor of Science in Information Systems (BSIS) program to be offered effective Academic Year 2020-2021.

Members of the College of Information and Communication Technology, headed by Dean Reynaldo G. Alvez (middle left), handed over the Certificate of Program Compliance (COPC) for the new BSIS course to the President’s Office, Dr. Juan C. Birion (middle right), OIC-President and now concurrent Executive Consultant for the Office of the President and Graduate School.

As per CHED Memorandum Order (CMO) No. 24, 2020, the Certificate of Program Compliance (COPC) recognizes the program offered by the university as fully compliant with the policies, standards, and guidelines of CHED. In addition, the same CMO states that having the COPC proves that the program is quality assured.

CHED Director IV Dr. Virginia D. Akiate, CESO III, officially signed COPC for the new program dated November 4, 2020. The BSIS program is chaired by Asst. Prof. Edmar G. Tan under the leadership of Dean Reynaldo G. Alvez. OIC-University President Dr. Juan C. Birion said that this achievement of the college was timely to introduce the student to current information technologies and tools. Thus, he is extending his heartfelt congratulations to the CICT Family for a job well done.

REYNALDO G. ALVEZ, Ph.D. (c)

Dean College of Information and Communication Technology

TCU moving, from Page 1

tranche of the Modified Salary Schedule for Local Government Personnel Under the Republic Act (RA) No. 11466,”

...We hope that in recognizing opportunities to be better, remaining committed to our work, and sharing our expertise and resources, we will move forward together.

Maraming salamat po City Government of Taguig!”

The said salary upgrading and career path development of the University’s labor-force is a collective effort of the TCUHuman Resource Management, Budget and Finance, and University Accounting Office under the Office of the Vice President for Administration, Dr. Jaime M. Jimenez, Office of the University President and the City Admin Education Office, under Mr. Francisco C. Barrameda, as approved by the City Treasury and Human Resource Management Office, City Administrator Atty. Lyle C. Pasco. This aligns with the agenda of the Office of the Mayor and the steadfast and determined leadership of the City Mayor, Hon. Lino S. Cayetano on inclusive quality education.

Mr. Francisco C. Barrameda, Deputy Administrator of City Education, and concurrent University Registrar announces the COS salary increase and its career path development beyond the post-pandemic.

Members of the TCU, COS-Faculty were present and listening attentively during the Faculty Re-orientation 2021.

The series of Faculty Re-orientation 2021, was attended gracefully by the former OICOffice of the President Dr. Juan C. Birion, ex-officio and now the concurrent Executive Consultant for the Office of the President and Graduate School, together with Dr. Normita A. Villa, VP for Research, Planning, and Extension and GAD.

In an interview with one of the TCU, COS-Faculty members:

“It is also a victory of public service of the University’s Teaching and Non-Teaching staff and its University Officials, a most deserving and emerging form of justice amid pandemic, given by the City Government. “Malaking tulong ito sa bawat pamilyang Taguigeño, higit sa panahong may pandemya…

CHED-UniFAST, from Page 1 Thank you po Mayor Lino S. Cayetano, at sa lahat ng City Councils and TCU Officials! To God be the glory!”, she added.

to provide efficient and convenient financial support to poor but deserving students.

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released the amount of P42,814,099.99 intended for TCU for the 1st semester of Academic Year 2019-2020. The CHEDUniFAST grants-in-aid program was made possible through Republic Act 10931, known as “Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act of 2017”

The TCU and City Government of Taguig assured that they will do their share to make this Program successful. “We are one with CHED and UniFAST in helping provide an inclusive and quality education and youth development that will help shape the lives of the country’s future generations.”

The Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, officially designated as Republic Act 10931, is a Philippine law that institutionalizes free tuition and exemption from other fees in state universities and colleges (SUCs), local universities and colleges (LUCs) in the Philippines. The law also foresees subsidies for private higher education institutions. It is intended to give underprivileged Filipino students a better chance to earn a college degree.

DR. JAIME M. JIMENEZ

OIC-Office of the University President Concurrent Vice President for Administration

MESSAGE OF THE OIC-OFFICE OF THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

LET US BE RE-ENGINEERED BUT LET US NOT FORGET THE HEART AND THE SOUL

by Dr. Amalia C. Rosales Vice President for Academic Affairs

“Heraclitus, the ancient Greek philosopher once said: “Reality is in a constant flow.”

ADMINISTRATORS’ PRAYER

Let us put ourselves in the presence of the Lord.

As we tread into a new beginning, we seek Your mercy among everything else. In our everyday life, may we all endeavor compassionately as You have empowered us to be the stewards of Your Kingdom. In doing so, may You help and guide us to realize the following prayers:

Grant us O Lord the Sobriety to approach all emerging problems, predicaments, and concerns.

Give us the Strength and Firmness O Lord to withstand the work pressures, so that we could make the appropriate and reasonable decisions and actions.

Guide us O Lord, so that we may be Steadfast in our commitment to public service as You have shown your eternal love for us.

Make us O Lord Your Incorruptible stewards, as we face the multi-dimensional challenges of public service.

Lead us O Lord to the way of Impartiality, so that we may never tend to be judgmental and myopic in treating the actions or mistakes of others.

Enlighten us O Lord, so that we may learn the art of Harnessing our individual and collective differences in the performance of our mandate as TCU administrators.

Prod us O Lord, as we untiringly attempt to Imbibe the Humility that Your Son Jesus has exemplified upon us, and grasp the growing realities of life.

Raise our Awareness O Lord to understand and learn from each other’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Shortcomings, and Failures.

Hone in us O Lord the Audacity, so that we may continually strive to improve our contingent and enduring competencies.

Embed in us O Lord the values of Integrity, Professionalism, and Dedicated Public Service, so that we may be Responsive, and thus become the Rightful and Deserving stewards of TCU.

All of this we ask in the name of Your Transcendence and Omnipotence.

AMEN.

And change is a reality which is inevitable. The process of change occurs in minutest scale – an ordinary cane to a refined sugar, a bean to a powdered coffee, a helpless infant to a full-grown adult, and many others.

Society, no matter how it tries to remain constant and fix changes over time. A very crude civilization devoid of any refinements and technology changed into a technocratic society where high-end gadgets and machineries abound. A once morally conservative and reserved Filipino has become a liberated westernized individual.

In the academe, fools are those who say that universities and other learning institutions remain unchanged. For instance, in medieval universities, scholars had to be contented with the knowledge and information the Christian church provided, in as much as education and cultural institutions were governed and manipulated by Christianity.

Today, with the advent of computer technology and the internet, a myriad of information can be easily accessed without limit. Open universities which were not even thought of during St. Aquinas’s time, sprouted like mushrooms. Some Open Universities even have huge enrollment compared to traditional universities. And today, with the pandemic that affected and continuously affecting the world, education totally relies on technology. Because of technology, delivery of instruction even to the remotest area has not been totally halted.

During the earliest periods in the history of society, teachers and professors talk about academic and scholarly written books when they get together. Today, many teachers and educators, even on the chat groups, talk about salary increases, the “ayuda” and other financial benefits that might be given them, especially in this trying times. Seldom would discussion on academics be the center of their conversations and exchanges.

In the early 50s, rarely could we hear about violence especially on the campuses. Today, violence committed even by very young people has become an ordinary thing.

Indeed, each change in the academe and in society is a challenge to school administrators, the deans, the program chairs, and everyone involved in the education of our young people. There is a need for a certain degree of restructuring, of re-engineering for them to enable them to face the challenges of time, especially under this new normal that the world has now embraced. p.5

THE TCU POTPOURRI

The Official Newsletter of the Taguig City University, under the Office of the University President

EDITORIAL BOARD AND STAFF

Editor-In-Chief : Glenn Ford B. Tolentino Associate Editor : Dr. Emilio N. Timoteo Jr. Managing Editor : Benjamin B. Aguenza News & Feature Editor : Glenn Ford B. Tolentino Culture and Arts Editor : Monaliza B. De Leon Sports Editor : Jereign Marjolyn B. Jurada Layout Artist : Bernadette Kimberly S. Aguenza

CONTRIBUTORS

Maximo T. Alberto Jr., John Anthony B. Calleja, Joanne C. Constantino, Carlo Jay A. Evardone, Mark Johnnel L. Mosqueda and Mark Jenuel R. Santos

EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS John Pierre Angelito Vanna Norlette Bote Wilbert T. Dioquino EXECUTIVE CONSULTANTS

Dr. Juan C. Birion

Ex-Oficio, Founding Publisher

Francisco C. Barrameda

University Registrar

Dr. Jaime M. Jimenez

OIC-Office of the University President Concurrent Vice President for Administration

Strengthening Research Culture: A key priority

by Dr. Normita A. Villa Vice President for Research, Extension and GAD

Given the needed research infrastructure and logistical support, the office can develop a broader strategy which seeks to strengthen research capacity in the conduct and practice of research. It can craft training programs for faculty and broaden professional development strategy towards the creation of a dynamic pool of researchers. University leaders, faculty and staff, in line with their commitment to academic excellence and quality education must pursue research vigorously. Researches are expected to be faculty-initiated, college-initiated and institution-initiated. Strong and creative leadership can entice faculty and staff to conduct research. They must be exposed to appropriate training to acquire skills, learn objectivity and ethics in doing research. Universities must sponsor qualified faculty research to some Developing an d stren gthening a research culture in colleges and universities have become not just a key priority but rather an indispensable key to meet the demands of a fast changing knowledge society. Understanding research has become both a legitimate and post-graduate training courses in national and international reasonable expectation in an academic community. research training and conferences.

CHED-CHERA (1998) emphasized that in the Philippines Institutional research should be methodical, orderly, where the culture and environment for research are not well ― organized and efficient. The research process must be clear and developed, it is essential for higher education institutions to orderly. A clear definition of what is considered research by the place emphasis on research to enable the country to join the institution should be emphasized. marks of world-class nations. Research is a careful, systematic, patient study in some field

For HEIs to be able to fulfill their research function, CHED of knowledge undertaken to discover or establish facts or recommended the institutionalization of research as an integral principles. A minimum criteria or standard must be put in part of the academic preparation of faculty and students, along place to guide researchers. This will promote ease and with provision of adequate resources. It is now axiomatic that efficiency. all HEIs should do research. It is not a matter of choice, it is a To build a strong research culture, university research directive and a mandate. departments should employ highly qualified research

University research programs must be conceptualized with assistants, committed researchers with sound training. There focus on the vision, mission and goals and objectives. Research must be an enabling environment in terms of research facilities, thrusts and direction must be made clear to all concerned. The library resources, technology programs and softwares and clarity of institutional purposes and objectives will reflect the viable research programs. determination of the school to realize its research vision and Nurture the research culture and develop a critical body in mission. Resources needed, procedures involved, management priority areas in collaboration with the institution’s research of research projects, formulation of appropriate policies and community and funding agencies. Very important is the agenda for research must all be made available and put in place support to research dissemination of results for utilization to produce meaningful results. Creation of a research office purposes in different media such as publication, regular univerwith full- sity research for a, electronic channels and presentation in time head, members and staff could accelerate research culture and create a dynamic research enterprise. national and international research conferences.

Let us be re-engineered, from Page 4

Some of these challenges are dwindling financial resources, deteriorating discipline not only among students but also among faculty members, absence of a strong sense of nationalism among the youth, bureaucratic policies which hinder the development of university education, and many others which educational administrators must be able to handle with courage, decisiveness, firmness, and innovativeness.

The educational administrators, particularly the deans, must be able to encourage and to inspire the people they lead to innovate strategies for attaining goals, how to identify and solve their problems scientifically and analytically. They should be able to arouse the interest of those they lead in whatever things that need to be done for the attainment of the vision, mission, goals, and objectives of the university they work for. They should be staunch partners of the academe in the development of individuals who can do new things and not simply repeating what had been done by the previous generations. They should be possessed with critical minds and not minds which merely accept everything without questions. More importantly, they should be instruments in the development of persons who are capable of caring, sympathizing, loving, and understanding.

In this era of science and technology, the deans and those in the academe should be re-engineered to adopt to the demands of our changing world. However, they should never forget the heart and the soul of the people who are under their charge. They should not be instruments for them to lose their humanity. The educational administrators should have in mind that both science and humanities are important in the development of the human beings and the progress of society, thus, the right approaches to avoid the dethroning of either the science or the humanities should be applied. Both should be given importance. In re-engineering the academe, the academic administrators, especially the deans, should see to it that the education that they will provide to the youth will not be heavy on the sciences and weak on the humanities. If this happens, then the academe will be producing citizens who have no values, no sense of history, no feelings for others – persons who will perpetuate the dog-eat-dog culture of the material, which is the world of science.

The academe should be re-engineered but it should not forget to take care of the hearts and souls of the people it touches.

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