LYEN CAREL TOGONON GARCIA TOPS THE CRIMINOLOGIST LICENSURE EXAMINATION

By Vanessa Antao

1 during the June 2022 criminologists’ licensure with the highest rating of 90.70%, the Criminology board exam was conducted on June 12-14, 2022 at several testing centers. A total number of 12, 698 examinees passed out of 41,913 who took the CLE (Criminologist Licensure Examination).

Mr. Lyen Carel Togonon Garcia was

UM IS THE “BIDA”

the University of Mindanao Cum Laude, with the success he accomplished he wants to share his advice and tips with all Criminologist students. “My advice is, as early as now, even if they are not yet graduated, they should aim for Top. Treat their regular classes and competency appraisal program, not as compliance for graduation but rather encourages students to develop innovative business ideas that are apt for today’s business environment. This year’s theme was “Innovative Solutions for the New Business Environment”. as preparation for the actual board exam, they should believe in their capabilities. In the board exam, examinees are treated equally, which doesn’t mean, they’re not academic achievers or did not graduate without Latin honors, they cannot top the exam. Determination and hardwork is the only key” he also added his realization and moti- vation as a topnotchers in the board exam, “ I realized that, with hardwork and perseverance, everything is really possible. My motivations, while I am still preparing for the board exam, are those people who believe and trust in my capabilities. They always keep on reminding me that I can Top the exam because of them, I realized that, if they trust me, then there’s no reason to not trust myself. Interestingly, the University of Mindanao (UM) has consistently always outshined in producing topnotcher graduates every year, indeed the mission of the University has always walked the talk.

Initial judging of entries was held via Zoom last September 12 and 13, 2022.

Ian De la Peña, a 4th year BS accountancy student and a member of the team for Omnia and Bin+, talked about his experience and learnings in joining the event.

Accounting Prowess At Its Finest

Another good showing for the UM College of Accounting Education (UM-CAE) as they come out on top in the recently concluded PICPA Davao Chapter Annual Inter-school Accounting Quiz Bowl hosted by the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) in celebration of the 2022 Accountancy Week last July 18, 2022 held at the PICPA House, Davao City.

composed of students from different colleges and programs. The participants of each team are the following:

For Cutleble:

BS Enrepreneurship:

• Charlene Mae P. Fortuna

• Althea Nicole B. Quindo

• Nathaniel L. Caraballe

• Jayson A. Camomot

BS Information Technology:

• Kerby E. Paderogao

For Omnia and Bin+:

BS Business Administration major in Marketing Management:

• Christian Ryan Baron

BS Accountancy:

• Ian De la Peña

BS Chemical Engineering:

• Joseph John Jose Celerinos

• Steph Kier Ponteras

The BIDA event is hosted by the Education Committee of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) which

“…..representing the University of Mindanao in a National Business Plan Competition is an amazing opportunity for me to showcase the unique and innovative business idea that can really create a radical change by providing innovative solutions to the present issues and problems that we are currently facing.”

He added, “Indeed, the students of the University of Mindanao are molded by its core values that shows that we really have the potential to make a difference.”

UM Main placed first in the Level 2 AllBoard Subjects Cup, which covers six (6) accountancy board subjects such as Financial Accounting & Reporting, Auditing, Taxation, and Regulatory Framework for Business Transactions. The team that topped the all-board subjects cup was composed of students from across different programs from the College of Accounting Education (CAE), namely, Jemaimah Faith Buhayan, Alexis John Olanolan, and John Jason Panes.

On the other hand, the team of incoming second-year CAE students that competed in the Basic Accounting Cup event, finished first-runner up or 2nd place in the event. Headlining the

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team were Jouiegel Alba, John Meynard Limikid, and Regine Angelie Yuson.

The Inter-School Accounting Quiz Bowl is an annual event hosted by the PICPA- Davao City Chapter. It aims to uphold academic excellence and give accounting students a platform wherein they can showcase their knowledge and creativity in solving problems in their field. Questions were categorized into three levels, the Easy, Average, and Difficult levels, wherein they were only allotted a limited time to solve and answer a certain number of items. In case of a tie, competitors are given clincher questions to break the deadlock and declare a winner. Each participating school is allowed to send three maximum students enrolled in programs like BS Accountancy, BS Management Accounting, BS Internal Auditing, and BS Accounting Information Systems to join the two events.

Other participating schools in the event are Ateneo de Davao University, Philippine Women’s College of Davao, and Malayan Colleges Mindanao.

Um External And Internal Relationship In Usa And Malaysia

By Wayne Lambert Ducoy

The pre-departure orientation for its outbound exchange students has been successfully conducted by the UM External Relations and International Affairs Office on Tuesday, September 13, 2022.

These students will depart from the country for the month of September, where 3 of them are from the BS Accountancy and BS Business Analytics Programs which will have their five-month exchange program at the University of Malaya in Malaysia under the Asian International Mobility for Students (AIMS) program, while, one student from BS Electronics Engineering had fledged his 6 weeks diploma course at the University of Texas, USA, on Friday, September 16, 2022.

The said orientation was initiated by Dr. Reynaldo Castro, VP for ERIAO, and was attended by the outbound students themselves, their