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Volume No. 1 ISSUE NO. 4 NOVEMBER 2013
ISU Ilagan tops 2013 Civil Engineer Exam
CONTENTS
## ISU Ilagan tops 2013 Civil
Engineer Exam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
## Gender and Development is now
in place at ISU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
## Dr. Aggabao encourages
teamwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
## Dr. Temanel, semi-finalist in the
Outstanding Public Officials and
Employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
## 75 % of ISU Programs already
AACCUP-accredited . . . . . . . . . . 3
## ISU-SANTIAGO CAMPUS NOW
ONLINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
AVILA, CRISTINE * BAUTISTA, MICHAEL JOHN * CASASOLA, RINA * CASTRO JR,
BERNARDINO * DOMINGO, MARY GRACE * DONATO III, CASIMIRO * GADAYOS,
JAYDY * LAVILLA, ANGEL * MARTIN, JINGKY DOWN * MUNDO, NISHREEN *
PAGUYO JR., IGNACIO * PAUIG MARK JAMES * REYES REYNAN *TOTTO ZAYRISH
ANN
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sabela State University Ilagan delivered a 77.78 percent
in the Civil Engineer Licensure Examination taken in
November 2013, the highest rating among five universities
in the region offering Civil Engineering. Second in rank
is University of St. Louis Tuguegarao with 74.07 rating,
followed by CSU Tuguegarao at 63.16 percent, University
of La Salette Santiago at 27.27 percent, Nueva Vizcaya
State University at 21.05 percent, and St. Paul University
at 0 percent. ISU Echague delivered a 51.72 percent, still
above the 48.12 national average.
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Still another distinction was accorded to ISU with its
campus in Ilagan beating other HEIs in the region during
the Nov 2013 Midwife Licensure Examination where it
posted a 68.18 passing rate, 22.14 percent above the
national average. Three other universities that posted
above the national rating were University of La Salette
Santiago which delivered 65.0 percent and University of
Cagayan Valley, formerly known as the Cagayan Colleges
Tuguegarao, which had a passing rate of 50 percent.
Gender and Development is now in place at ISU
A University Gender and
Development (GAD) Focal Point
System (FPS) is now finally in place.
Last August 12, President Aleth
M. Mamauag directed nine key
people with Dr. Pedrita Medrano,
the University Extension Director
as the Chair to compose the GAD
Focal Point Person System (GADFPS) of the University. This move is
in pursuance to the provisions of
## Two Server Rooms Installed
For University-Wide
Interconnectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Republic Act 9710, otherwise known
as the Magna Carta for Women
of 2009 and in compliance to the
Philippine Commission on Women
Memorandum Circular Number 200101, otherwise known as the Guidelines
for the Creation, Strengthening and
Institutionalization of the GAD Focal
Point System in all State Universities
and Colleges in the country.
The ISU GAD FPS has been
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Dr. Aggabao encourages
teamwork
(Pep talk delivered in October 2013 at ISU
Echague during the flag ceremony)
As an opener, one popular business
principle has it that, the greater the
stakes are, the greater the risks we must
take. Business ventures, according to
this rule is a profitable as the extent of
the risks it is willing to take. “No guts, no
glory, “it is said. Sometimes, we don’t
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directed to formulate GAD
related policies and guidelines,
plan, implement, monitor and
evaluate
all
gender-related
programs, projectsand activities
of the University and address
all gender-related issues and
concerns involving the University
constituents.
All Campus Extension Directors
are also part of the GAD FPS.
As stipulated in the GAD
plan for FY 2015, GAD FPS will
enhance awareness on antisexual harassment, encourage
the practice in using gender fair
language among faculty and staff
in the University, and increase
awareness for Campus Executive
Officers and Officials on GAD
related policies. In Extension,
issues to be addressed will be
empowerment of women in
communities and the integration
and mainstreaming of genderconcerns in research projects.
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prevent people from attaining
their full potentials. They also not
only exacerbate social inequity
and inequality which are the very
end goals of the MTPDP but they
also distort understanding of social
realities and limit the impacts of
development inputs.
PCW also said that GAD is
about removing explicit, implicit,
actual and potential gender
biases in the organizations. It is
also about being faithful to the
principle that development is for
all. “Fairness and equity demands
that everyone in society, whether
male or female, has the right to
the same opportunities to achieve
a full and satisfying life for all,” it
says in its presentation during a
national seminar-workshop on
GAD and budgeting for advocates
on Nov. 25-27,2013.
Indeed, the importance of
GAD can not be underemphasized.
Because GAD is about recognizing
equality between men and
Why GAD?
women, according to World Bank,
The Philippine Commission on “eliminating gender inequalities
Women (PCW) has underscored leads to significant productivity
that GAD is about recognizing gains, provides large societal
that gender biases impede benefits and enhances poverty
development
because
they reduction scheme.”
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Dr. Biley Temanel, a faculty
member of ISU Echague College of
Agriculture was one of the semifinalists to the 2013 Search for
Outstanding Public Officials and
EmployeesPAGASA-Individual
Category awarded by the Civil
Service Commission on Sept 12,
2013. Dr. Temanel is a noted
researcher-extensionist
and
consultant specializing in banana
production technologies. He led
the Regional Banana Research,
Development and Extension
project
which
significantly
improved the yield of small-hold
banana farmers in Region 02.
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take risks. We wanted to be sure! We don’t want to fall. We don’t want
to hurt people around us. When people begin to think and behave this
way, it would be impossible to build an effective team.
According to Leocini, the first dysfunction of a team is Lack of
Trust. It is foundation of a dysfunctional group. Trust that is not about
the confidence that people will deliver expected results, it is the trust
that recognizes the vulnerabilities of each one and the expectation that
someone cover us up over these vulnerabilities. It is only when our
vulnerabilities are laid to rest that we can begin to fully concentrate on
our strengths to contribute to the team. Spoelestera, the FilAm Coach of
the Miami Heat needed only to say, TRUST. Absence of trust kills a team.
According to Lencioni, this weaknesses and mistakes from one another
or worst, passes it on; feel hesitant to offer or ask for help or feedback;
jump to conclusions and quick to blame on weaknesses of others; fails to
take strength from the skills and experiences of their team mates; wastes
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Dr. Temanel,
semi-finalist in
the Outstanding
Public Officials and
Employees
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Dr. Billy Temanel
Volume 1 Issue No. 04
A Monthly Publication of Isabela State University
75 % of ISU Programs already AACCUPaccredited
As of November 8, 2013,
the Isabela State University
is 25% away from having its
entire current list of programs
accredited.
Level IV is the highest step
of the accreditation ladder.
As to date, the University
has 10 programs submitted
to the Accrediting Agency
for Chartered Colleges and
Universities (AACCUP) for Level
IV status, eight of which are
offered by ISU Echague and two
are offered by ISU Cabagan.
The submitted programs
are still awaiting the results, but
their submission is in itself an
accomplishment, says University
Director for Quality Assurance,
Dr. Editha F. Ausa.
For Level III status, eight
programs are already recognized
as such, seven of which are
offered by ISU Echague. On
this status, the University’s
November 2013
programs were evaluated and
found to excel in four thrusts,
namely: 1) instruction 2)
research 3) extension and 4)
resource generation.
For Level II status, 27
programs have been approved.
ISU Cabagan has the most
number of programs holding
this status, eight in all.
On Level I status, 24
programs have duly passed. ISU
Cauayan has eight programs on
this status.
Sixteen
programs
are
officially on candidate status,
having
undergone
the
Preliminary Survey Visit by
AACCUP accreditors and after
assessment, passed. The said
status is good for two years,
after which it could be conferred
the Level I status. ISU Jones has
four programs on candidate
status.
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time managing relationships rather
than work; have more gripes than
satisfaction over outcomes. The
bad news is – that these mind sets
are very difficult to overcome. The
good news is, while difficult, we
can overcome these mind sets
by submitting to a different, we
can overcome these mind sets by
submitting to a different paradigm
– accept, recognize and open to
one another our vulnerabilities
that people need others to work
with.
The second dysfunction is the
“Fear of Conflict.” Why fear conflict!
Why be bothered by conflict! We
all just need to make sure that we
make it productive. The truth is
that “great relationships that last
over time required productive
conflict in order to grow” and
flourish much. Most people avoid
ideological conflicts to avoid
hurting feelings. Ironically, it is
said and repeatedly emphasized
that when team members fail to
discuss well their differences and
conflicts, it is more often back
channeled to a more dangerous
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ISU-SANTIAGO CAMPUS NOW ONLINE
By: DARIOS B. ALADO
ISU Planning and MIS Office, through the
leadership of Dr. Ambrose Hans G. Aggabao, hosted
a 3-day training seminar on Website Administration
and Basic Photography last November 6-8, 2013
at Cauayan Hostel, Cauayan City. The event was
participated by two MIS officials each from the
different campuses and three representatives from
cluster campuses. The Capability Building Workshop
aims to train campus personnel in Joomla CMS
Administration and basic website development.
Moreover, the training was conducted to ensure that
campuses will have capable IT personnel in building
and maintaining their own respective websites.
Basic
Photography,
alongside
website
administration and design, was also tackled during
the seminar. Mr. Alex Soriano served as the resource
speaker. This topic was included in the three-day
training seminar to educate the different participants
on treating photography as part of website
publication.
The trainees are expected to come up with a
Level 1 website for their respective campuses with
PBB Transparency files published online. The 3-day
training seminar countered around the following
topics: (1) Joomla Administration Workshop
Overview; (2) Joomla Overview; (3) Joomla System
Administration; (4) The Joomla Interface; (5) Content
Management: Articles and Categories; (6) Menu
Management: Menus and menu items; (7) Managing
Extensions; (8) Managing Users; and (9) Migration:
Uploading local sites.
Dr. Ambrose Hans G. Aggabao was the Training
Director of the said event, while the lecturers were
Dr. Primitivo S. Gatmen Jr. and Alex Soriano. The
seminar was facilitated by Dr. Edward Panganiban
and Mr. Joel Gumiran, with the Secretariat Mrs. Aida
Villanueva.
The following campuses can be accessed using
the following websites:
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Echague:
Cabagan:
Cauayan:
Ilagan:
Roxas:
San Mariano:
San Mateo:
Angadanan:
Jones:
Santiago:
Palanan:
http://www.isu.edu.ph/
http://cabagan.isu.edu.ph/
http://isucyn.edu.ph/
http://isuilagan.edu.ph/
http://isu.edu.ph/roxas/
http://isu.edu.ph/sanmariano/
http://isu.edu.ph/sanmateo/
http://isu.edu.ph/angadanan/
http://isu.edu.ph/jones/
http://santiago.isu.edu.ph./
http://palanan.isu.edu.ph/
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and destructive alternatives. We
must face conflict with TRUST as
the foundation and assurance for
a more productive resolution.
Engage conflicts interestingly and
resolve, engage conflict to extract
and bring about the best ideas
and skills, engage conflict to bring
about an innovation where each
can be proud of.
Lack of trust brings about the
inability to deal with conflict. Not
being able to deal with conflict
will result to a difficulty in the
development and acceptance of
group goals. The third dysfunction
is Lack of Commitment. Many
times team leaders fail to
understand that the foundation
of commitment is “identification”
and not “consensus”. If members
feel they have contributed to the
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Volume 1 Issue No. 04
A Monthly Publication of Isabela State University
Two Server Rooms Installed For UniversityWide Interconnectivity
By Dr. Edward Panganiban
Two server rooms were
recently installed paving the way for
university-wide interconnectivity.
These server rooms are located
in ISU Cauayan and ISU Ilagan.
The setting up of the new server
rooms was spearheaded by Dr.
Ambrose Hans G. Aggabao, the
University Director for Planning
and MIS, through the assistance
of Dr. Edward B. Panganiban, the
University MIS Administrator.
These server rooms were
created to house data running
through the computer networks
of the ISU system, thus putting
together a safe and accessible
data center for storage of files. The
room design considerations were
met: safety, ample space, proper
ventilation and user-friendly for
the MIS technical team.
Presently, these servers include
systems being developed by the
MIS team: the Student Automated
Registration and Information
Accounting System (SARIAS) by
Mr. Joel Gumiran and University
Annual Procurement System
(UAPS) by Mr. Bryan Bartolome.
These rooms were also
established to connect the
cluster campuses on extranet and
VPN interconnectivity. The ISU
Cauayan server room was finished
before the end of September
through the help of Mr. Erick
Abuzo, the campus MIS official,
with the recommending approval
of Dr. Ricmar Aquino, the campus
Executive Officer and Dr. Eddie
Peru, the CICT Dean. The room is
located in the second floor of the
new IT building in the said campus.
Mr. Abuzo will be managing the
said room.
Meanwhile,
with
the
recommending approval from the
Campus Executive Director of ISU
Ilagan and the Dean of the College
of Engineering, Architecture and
Technology (CEAT) and with the
help of the campus MIS, Mr. Zach
Chamberlain Corpuz, the server
room in ISU Ilagan was successfully
completed on the first week of
December. Mr. Corpuz is tasked to
manage this server room.
In ISU Cabagan, the existing
server room was further improved
to cater to the higher requirements
of an efficient server. This room is
currently being managed by Mr.
Jake La Madrid.
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idea, no matter how small or insignificant, the extent of the participation
brings forth the identification with group goals that enables them to
openly commit and buy-in to group directions. The author of the book
emphasized that commitment is best achieved through participation
– not consensus or certainty. They only need to Buy-in. This is based
in the old axiom – it is better to make decisions boldly and be wrong
and change direction with equal boldness then it is to waffle. The team
that builds commitment fast takes the first crack at opportunities, have
members resolved to a clear general direction, and build confidence on
the trust and confidence on the trust and confidence on each other’s
strengths rather than managing their differences and weaknesses. They
move fast, change direction if necessary, and are unperturbed by guilt
over failures.
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November 2013
US Embassy Official
reaches out to ISU-CC
students
By: Narsal M. Foronda, Jr.
Fifty-two (52) students, mostly
political science majors, were
able to interact with US Embassy
Officials last November 13, 2013
at the ISU-CC Hostel. Chris Estoch,
Julius Tsai and Precious Bernardo
arrived at the campus at exactly
3:30 P.M. after a meeting with Gov.
Faustino Dy III at the Provincial
Capitol.
Chris Estoch, Political-Military
Officer, discussed issues on Global
Politics. Julius Tsai, a Consular
Official, discussed the processes
to undertake if one wants to study
in the United States of America.
He also discussed the educational
system of their country.
An open forum was conducted
where the officials readily answered
queries from the students such
as the cost of studying abroad,
work opportunities, reasons for
denial of VISA application, grants
to typhoon victims, the possibility
of maintaining US bases in the
Philippines and the stand of US
in the territorial dispute over
Scarborough Shoal.
The occasion was made
possible thru the intervention
of Ms. Precious Bernardo, the
protocol officer of US Embassy in
Manila. Dr. Ricmar P. Aquino and
Prof. Angelito Barreto, Prof. Narsal
M. Foronda, Jr., Prof. Ronnie Blas
and Dr. Rodrigo T. Galanza were
present during the occasion.
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Dr. Mamauag endorses Seminar-Workshop on E-Learning
The Office of the President has
endorsed a Seminar-Workshop
on ICT4E Resources and Online
Learning (using Moodle) to
introduce ICT4E concepts and to
teach how to access and integrate
ICT4E resources efficiently. The
said workshop has also been
conceptualized
to educate
participants on the use of Moodle
as a tool for e-learning and to
discuss the principle behind online learning teaching techniques
and
packaging
instructional
materials for online learning.
At the end of the workshop,
participants should have gained
skill proficiency in implementing
online learning tools using Moodle.
They should be able to navigate
the Moodle website environment
and use web tools such as forum,
assignments, links, chat, journal/
blog, among other tools.
Resources in ICT for education
are vast, available, accessible and
usable. However, most school
administrators, teachers and
students are not enjoying their
full benefits. There is still a wide
digital divide in terms of content
and access to ICT for education.
The Philippine government
has already paved the ground
for ICT in education. In fact, one
of its major initiatives was the
creation of the Commission of
Information and Communications
Technology (CICT) in January
2004 (ICT Roadmap 2006). One
major provision in this roadmap
is the ICT4E which aims to
support the education sector in
incorporating the use of ICT in
education and in gaining access
to the infrastructure (hardware,
software,
telecommunications
facilities, etc) which are necessary
skills to use and deploy learning
technologies at all educational
levels (CICT 2006).
Interested faculty members
may contact the University MIS
and Planning Office for more
information on how to enroll
online.
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The fourth dysfunction is lack of accountability.
Accountability is not about taking the blame. It is
more about willingly taking the discomfort and
sacrifice to remind each one of the consequences of
each other actions especially when group goals are
compromised. It is about being at ease with critiques
– constructive or not, from team members as well as
intolerance to letting go unnoticed and uncorrected
mistakes of teammates. Correcting the dysfunction
calls for the building of direction given us by
teammates. It is emphasized that lack of accountability
allows efficiency and inefficiency to flourish without
a difference – without one recognizing the difference
and taking actions to correct the inefficiencies, is
disastrous.
The fifth and ultimate dysfunction is lack of
focus or inattention to results. This is the tendency
of team members to care for other things other than
achievement of group goals. More often than not,
these are the focus on team status and individual
status. These are the hallmarks of those who live
not to deliver and accomplish, and those who care
more about being able to exist or survive. Without
focus on collective goals, members tend to focus on
their relationships, their statuses, their individual
contributions which when allowed unfettered is
disastrous not only to the organization, the team, but
themselves the most.
ISU Tangguyob
A Monthly Publication of Isabela State University
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Ambrose Hans G. Aggabao, Ph.D.
Aleth M. Mamauag, Ph.D.
Technical Advisers
Volume 1 Issue No. 04 - November 2013
ISU Tangguyob is a monthly newsletter published
by the MIS Publications Unit under the Office
of the President of Isabela State University
at San Fabian, Echague, Isabela. It provides
updates on the four thrusts of the University,
namely Instruction, Research, Extension and
Resource Generation. It also serves as channel
of information for the Administration’s policies
and programs.
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Rosalinda S. Guingab
Editor-in-chief
Donali Gem M. Pableo
Associate Editor
Campus Correspondents:
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Roxan T. Bayan
Alica C. Ramil
Narsal M. Foronda Jr.
Erlinda Bumagat
Gloria T. Tariga
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Kristopher Lopez
Benigno Jose P. Carag
Darios B. Alado
Bernadette D. Bagalay
Marlon P. Manuel
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