New Artlets dean, HR director named

UST Rector Fr. Richard Ang, O.P., has appointed the director of the UST Human Resources Department (HRD) as the new dean of the Faculty of Arts and Letters (Artlets), the oldest liberal arts college in the Philippines.

Former HRD Director Jacqueline Kaw, a lawyer and faculty member at the Faculty of Civil Law, replaced Prof. Marilu Madrunio, who served a threeyear term as Artlets dean.

Kaw’s term as Artlets dean took effect at the start of the second term of Academic Year 2022-2023.

Kaw graduated magna cum laude from Artlets with a bachelor’s degree in legal management in 2002.

She earned her law degree at the University in 2006 and passed the bar examinations in the same year.

Kaw obtained her master’s and doctorate degrees in civil law from UST in 2016 and 2019, respectively.

From 2007 to 2008, Kaw worked as a court attorney at the Supreme Court of the Philippines.

Kaw spent nearly all of her teaching years at the Faculty of Civil Law. She served as law faculty secretary from 2008 to 2010, before becoming the UST HRD director.

Replacing her as HRD director is Asst. Prof. Maureen Gelle-Jimenez of the College of Commerce and Business Administration.

Gelle-Jimenez served as an assistant director under Kaw, who headed the department from 2010 to 2022. Assoc. Prof. Melanie Turingan, the University’s assistant registrar since 2018, replaced Assoc. Prof. Alejandro Bernardo as the new Artlets assistant

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Asst. Prof. Kashmer Cruz was appointed as the new University assistant registrar to replace Turingan.

Louie Dasas, a senior teacher, is the new education assistant dean, while former Filipino department chair Asst. Prof. Alvin Ringgo Reyes is the new college secretary of the College of Education.

Asst. Prof. Dennis Sy is the new faculty secretary of the Institute of Religion, replacing Assoc. Prof. Allan Basas, who was appointed assistant director of the institute.

The Faculty of Engineering will have Asst. Prof. Cristina Tiangco as its new assistant dean. Tiangco replaced Asst. Prof. Anthony Bautista, who had been the faculty’s acting assistant dean since 2021.

Meanwhile, Neriza Adorna, a faculty member of the College of Science, was named school secretary of the UST Senior High School. JACQUELINE B. MARTINEZ