The University will once again undergo the scrutiny of peers as a survey of majority of its undergraduate programs and operations begins today, December 3. Members of a ten-person team from the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges, and Universities (PPASCU) began arriving yesterday to conduct the crucial two-day evaluation of the standards of programs offered by the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Commerce, and Education.
Another 10-person team will also be arriving on Thursday and Friday to evaluate the College of Engineering and the College of Nursing. Mrs. Concepcion Pijano, PAASCU executive director is joining the two teams to represent PAASCU during the surveys.
Fr. Pres Roderick C. Salazar, Jr., SVD, set the tone for the important event in a statement entitled “Thank You, USC. Welcome PAASCU”, which was released last Thursday, November 29. In it, Fr. Salazar thanked the members of the University community who exerted all efforts to ensure the successful conduct of the coming PAASCU visit. At the same time, he also exhorted the community to rise to the challenge of upholding USC’s reputation for excellence, reminding the students, faculty and staff to be who they are: “a community with San Carlos Borromeo as patron, dedicated to academic excellence and the pursuit of the mission to Witness to the Word”.
The team that will conduct the evaluation for the Arts and Sciences, Education, Business, and Accountancy programs is chaired by Fr. Antonio Samson, SJ, president of the Ateneo de Davao University (Davao). He will be assisted by Fr. Christian Young, president of Fr. Saturnino Urios University (Butuan), who will handle the area of college community involvement; Sr. Ancilla Cabula, SFIC, AV coordinator and archivist of St. Joseph’s College (Quezon City), for the area of library; Mr. Don Amorsolo, professor at St. Scholastica’s College (Manila), for physical plant; Sr. Alegria Avellaneda, SPC, guidance director of the St. Paul University-Philippines (Tuguegarao), for student services; Dr. Evangeline Escobar, vice president for finance of St. Mary’s University (Bayombong) and Mr. Ronald Holmes, assistant professor of political science at De La Salle University (Manila) for faculty; Dr. Maria Lourdes Baybay, dean of Miriam College (Quezon City) and Fr. Romeo Saniel, OMI, president of Notre Dame University Midsayap College (Midasayap), for instruction; and Dr. Rosalinda Valdepeñas, president of the University of St. Louis (Tuguegarao), for laboratories.
The formal survey for the Nursing program is chaired by Miss Concepcion Rosales, assistant professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at Ateneo de Manila University (Quezon City). She will be assisted by Ms. Ma. Luisa Uayan, Faculty, College of Nursing, University of East-Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center (Quezon City) for the area of college community involvement; Mrs. Rhoda Reyes, associate dean of the College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences at St. Paul University of Manila (Manila), for faculty; Mrs. Gisela Luna, dean of St. Luke’s College of Nursing at Trinity University of Asia (Quezon City) for instruction; and Dr. Rhodora Escaño, dean of the College of Nursing at Philippine Women’s University (Quezon City) for laboratories.
For the engineering programs, the team will also be chaired by Miss Concepcion Rosales. For the area of faculty, the evaluator will be Dr. Julius Maridable, vice chancellor for academics of De La Salle University (Manila); for instruction, Dr. Peter Ureta, dean of the School of Engineering, Lyceum Institute of Technology (Calamba, Laguna); and for laboratories, Engr. Cirilo Calibjo, former dean of the College of Computer Studies at Central Philippine University (Iloilo).
The University's secretariat to assist the PAASCU evaluators with their needs and requests is led by Dr. Antonio Batomalague, head of the office of quality assurance, the office which also coordinated the University's preparations for the coming visit.
Author: J.E. R. Bersales
02 / December / 2007
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