Musteans

PRC-Region X to talk on Licensure Guidelines

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:16:49 GMT

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Region X will conduct an extensive Information Educational Campaign for all graduating students (with courses that need to take board examinations) on PRC Licensure Examination and Regulation System this coming February 14, 2012, 9:00am- 4:30pm at the University Audio-Visual Center.

The said activity will help MUSTeans to understand better the procedures especially in the registration upon taking the board examinations, and become aware with the Commission's mandate, thrusts, priorities and functions.

All graduating students are invited and encouraged to attend.

Please be guided with the following schedule of the orientation.

(Morning Session - 9:00 -11:00AM)

- Bachelor in Elementary Education - SpED
- Bachelor in Secondary Education - Math
- Bachelor in Secondary Education - TLE
- Bachelor of Science in Electro- Mechanical Technology
- Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communication Technology

(Afternoon Session - 1:30 -4:30PM)

- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Tech. & Management
- Bachelor of Science in Auto-Mechanical Technology (Mechanical Stream Only)
- Bachelor of Science in Architecture
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Eng’g.
- Bachelor of Science in Civil Eng’g.
- Bachelor of Science in Electronics & Comm. Eng’g.
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Eng’g.
- Bachelor Technical Teacher Education
- Certificates of Teaching/ Professional Education
- Diploma in Teaching Special Education
- Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
- Bachelor in Secondary Education - Math
- Bachelor in Secondary Education - Physical Science

Worship Leaders during MUST Days 2012: Nature is God's Gift to Us - Take Care of Them.

arnelpiquero@yahoo.com (Maria Salome Manlapig) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:24:35 GMT

When the 2012 MUST Days opened, three worship leaders had one point to say during the ecumenical thanksgiving celebration, responding to the theme, Eco-friendly, MUST: Nature is God's gift to us; we must take care of them in return.

These three were Msgr. Rey Manuel Monsanto, SSJV and parish priest of Nazareno, Ustadj Amin D. Macalantong, president of Northern Mindanao Ulama's League, Inc., and Rev. Jonathan M. Cal, Associate Minister of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines. They were facilitated by Prof. Joselito Sabalbaro.

Msgr. Monsanto recounted how CDO was so pristine during his younger days. Life was then simple and less people were yet living along river banks. There was even no tap water around and they had to fetch it from the clean waters of Iponan River.

"But man has abused nature," he said. "When logging took over, lesser trees could already hold the amount of water from above. Siltation followed making the rivers shallow and prone to flood easily," he added. He then emphasized on what everyone can do, especially the young. As simple as taking care of their own garbage can already be made. "Don't think of what Government can do for you; think of what you can do for Government. We are all stakeholders here," he ended.

Ustadj Macalantong emphasized the need to fundamentally change the way we live at personal and societal levels. "Allah has guided us to perfect our human behavior and character; we must live by example and discernment... in accordance to the laws that govern the universe in the natural pattern of creation itself," he added.

"Ecology starts with us," was the message of Rev. Cal. To be successful engineers, teachers and others does not define those who study; it is what they do with what they have learned. Education is not just aimed to gain material riches on Earth, but to make them better persons who can serve others. 'We do not just think temporal; rather we also think eternal," he said.

MUST celebrates 3rd University Anniversary

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:25:18 GMT

The University is celebrating its 3rd founding anniversary February 8-11 this year, with a theme that resounds a timely environmental cheer -- Eco-friendly, MUST! Picking up from the aftermath of Typhoon Sendong, and bracing up to meet with other eventualities, the University will show what it has got to withstand environmental challenges.

MUST will present various activities that promote science and technology. Seniors of various secondary schools, and others are invited to come and enjoy the occasion. They will be entertained by many talent shows, the researches and projects on display, and the acclaimed lecture series and symposia.

To commence the four-day event, a thanksgiving ecumenical mass will take place on the first day at the Science Complex Grounds. A campus parade will follow the mass before the lecture series will begin. Photo exhibits will be shown in the Science Complex. The renowned MUST Top Model Show will happen during the Students' Night.

Academic competitions like extemporaneous, oration, radio drama, short and sweet play, and the performances of Circulo de Entablado and Arts and Culture Night will take place on the second day.

On the third day will be the Faculty and Alumni Gathering.

Capping the last day will be the Graduate School Research Forum, academic and cultural competitions, MUST Got Talent, Lantern Festival and awarding of winners during the closing ceremony.

Education Opportunity for MUSTeans: SEEDS is here

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:24:17 GMT

Don't worry about your future at

Mindanao University of Science and Technology

S E E D S is here...

avail now!

Skills Enhancement and Education Development for Students (SEEDS) is a program designed to enable qualified students to pursue their post-secondary education through the provision of financial assistance, while at the same time providing them with practical training to develop their skills, competencies, attitudes and work values and enhance their employability upon completion of their courses. SEEDS is under the Sponsorship of FREEMONT FOODS CORPORATION, a subsidiary of Jollibee Foods Corporation.

Qualifications:

At least High School Graduate
With High School Grade of 80 and above or its equivalent, if previously enrolled in college
Aged between 18-24 years old
Of good moral character
Demonstrate character traits that are suited to the service industry
Must meet the cut-off rate for the school's entrance exam
Priority given to those from marginalized families
Not a recipient of any scholarship grant

For Application Forms or Inquiries
Visit : Student Affairs and Welfare Office (SAWO)/ Scholarship Office
Call : 856-1739 loc 114

MUST-SLS is Champion in Dental Slogan Competition

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:12:51 GMT

In celebration of the 8^th National Dental Health Month, Mindanao University of Science and Technology – Secondary Laboratory School was champion in the slogan making competition.

Grace Ann P. Labial, the winning contestant, topped those from other participating schools in Cagayan de Oro - Misamis Oriental Chapter. Her slogan, Ipaalam buong bayan, ngiti'y pahalagahan... alagaang lubusan, dulot mabuting kalusugan, will be sent to the National Philippine Dental Association in Metro Manila to compete with all other Dental Chapters in the country. The winning slogan is expected to best describe good oral health among Filipinos and addresses issues and concerns relative to it.

The National Philippine Dental Association Cagayan de Oro City Misamis Oriental Chapter recently held its annual slogan making contest with a theme: Ngiting Matatamis Ngiping Malilinis, Dala ay Pag-asa Tunay na Ligaya. The contest was open to all 3^rd year and 4^th year public or private High School students.

Min CARED Congress Media Office

arnelpiquero@yahoo.com (Min CARED Media Office) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:24:57 GMT

For media inquiries, please contact:

Clint Django Pacana (clintdjango@yahoo.com/09176224522)
Chris Dolino (csd2512@yahoo.com/09228919631)

AMRECO Congress aims for increased awareness for Mindanao’s Energy Future

The Association of Mindanao Rural Electric Cooperatives will host the maiden edition of an annual congress which seeks to mainstream challenges and issues to Mindanao’s Energy Future.

The one-day congress will focus on renewable energy, rural electrification and development at the Grand Caprice Restaurant and Convention Center, Limketkai Center, Cagayan de Oro City on January 26, 2012.

Clint Django Pacana, executive director of the Association of Mindanao Rural Electric Cooperatives (AMRECO), said some 300 participants from the group’s 33 member cooperatives have committed to join the “Congress of the Advocates for Renewable Energy, Rural Electrification and Development.”

AMRECO’s 33 member cooperatives accounts for 1,941, 554 residential consumers in Mindanao. Twenty seven of the member coops are hooked up with the island’s transmission grid while another six operate in the off-grid islands surrounding the main Mindanao island.

“We are advocating rural electrification as the way to address Mindanao’s chronic power shortage,” said Mr. Pacana in an interview with media. “Towards this end, we have grouped presentations according to good governance, knowledge products, finance & investments, and the role of civic organizations in society for the duration of the congress.”

Presentations on Good Governance kick off the working sessions with “Sitio Energization” by National Electrification Administration (NEA) Administrator Edita S. Bueno, Transparency of Distribution by Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) by Chairperson Zenaida G. Ducut and “Updates on the Privatization of the Agus and Pulangui Hydro Electric Plants” by Deputy House Speaker and JCPC Member Rep. Lorenzo R. Tanada III.

Public discussions on Knowledge Products follow with “Research and Study Grants for the Mindanao Power Sector” by USAID-CENERGY, “Research on Mindanao Power Sector” by Prof. Rowaldo del Mundo of the UP-National Engineering Center, “The Mindanao Power Institute” by Dr. Ricardo E. Rotoras, president of the Mindanao University of Science and Technology and PASSUC.

Public discussions on Finance and Investment are next with “Aggregation – A Business Model for Mindanao Electric Cooperatives (Mr. Edgardo R. Masongsong) and “Development of Renewable Energy Power Plants by Electric Cooperatives” (Engr.David A. Tauli).

The day’s session closes with a public discussion on the Role of Civil Society with Organizations by Herbie Gomez (Mindanao Gold Star Daily). (Min CARED Media Office)

Visiting psychiatrist bares essentials to understanding Typhoon Sendong victims.

arnelpiquero@yahoo.com (Maria Salome Manlapig) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:14:54 GMT

How can learning proceed if students and teachers cannot normally depart from the aftermath of Typhoon Sendong?

Dr. Maria Imelda B. Batar, chair of psychiatry at The Medical City, Pasig, kicked-off a plan to instill the concept of the psychosocial response to disaster in the University.

In her lecture, she gave an overview of traumatic stress and how victims should be understood to help them achieve recovery. A two-day sequel is likewise planned on January 12-13, to train facilitator volunteers conduct effective psycho-social processing and sustain psycho-emotional stability among victims.

About 200 participants, who were officers, teachers, staff and student leaders and were direct or indirect victims of Typhoon Sendong, attended the lecture at the Audio Visual Center on January 9. Dr. Victoria Sumanpan, director of Extension Division, and prime mover on the stress debriefing action plan, likewise invited barangay officials and leaders affiliated with the Bitan-ag Creek Alliance, and other extension guests, to participate in the event.

Dr. Batar mentioned the various responses of victims to a trauma. She said that they are usually terrified, made helpless, unsure if the world is still safe to live, distrustful, and shattered in their sense of order and belief in the Almighty. Their damaged selves disconnect them from others, and they do not know if they still have to deny or proclaim the horrible event. They develop conflict within and become ambivalent.

Physically, they experience palpitations, become nervous and restless, find it difficult to sleep, and often have headache, LBM or constipation, muscle pain, or nausea among others. Emotionally, they are fearful, angry, shocked, lonely, stoic and hopeless. They either blame themselves or others, and avoid circumstances that make them remember the event. Mentally, they get to have repeated recalls of the event, and some bad dreams. They also are confused, lacking in focus, weak in making decisions, suspicious and indeed different from before.

Although trauma can affect anyone, regardless of their position, race, religion, and age, Dr. Batar said the younger victims tend to be more vulnerable.

She also mentioned that direct victims do suffer from the loss of loved ones, properties, heritage, and livelihood; and may be forced to live uncomfortably in evacuation centers and feel the uncertainty of the future. The indirect victims get out of their ways to perform rescue operations, and get stressed from physical strains or on the ambiguity or conflict of roles or disorganization in society.

Often in a community when trauma occurs, social structure is altered drifting people to scamper their own ways, social support halted, and community leaders intentionally or unintentionally becoming unavailable. Relief operations also may come but delayed, and the uncertainty for national government to give support becomes apparent.

With all these, Dr. Batar said that people's resiliency depends on their intimate relationships with each other. She implied that longer time may be required if they do not unify, and if they continue to alienate themselves from one another. They also must have thoughtful and active coping styles bearing a high sense of responsibility to protect others, and greatly believe they can surpass the tragedy. A good sense of humor may also help. It is also important to draw meanings out of the crisis to be able to rise above it and indeed experience recovery.

After securing the safety of victims, telling and retelling their stories through play therapy and group discussions is one of the ways to achieve recovery.

Mr. Romeo Naces - VP for Admin and General Services, gave the welcome remarks during the lecture. Mr. Alfredo Vicera, president of Supreme Student Council introduced the participants, while Dr. Sumanpan introduced the speaker arranged for the University by Ms. Maria Consuelo R. del Castillo, director for Planning, Monitoring and Communication Unit.

The sequel part has Dr. Juana dela Rama, VP for Student Affairs, as in-charge of the event; her office will also outline a plan for orientation and debriefing sessions for the students.

Post Sendong Lecture: Transforming Victims into Survivors

arnelpiquero@yahoo.com (Maria Salome Manlapig) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:48:05 GMT

To assist faculty, staff and students affected by the recent typhoon Sendong, the university has invited Dr. Imelda B. Batar, a renowned psychiatrist on a medical mission with a team from Manila to give a lecture on coping with effects of disaster. Her lecture will be held at the University AVR, at 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., January 6, 2012.

Among the topics she will share are: What Traumatic Stress Is, Causes of a Traumatic Stress, Stages of Recovery and Usual Coping Mechanisms for Filipinos after such Trauma, and the Nature of Psycho-Social Processing.

The Extension Division headed by Dr. Victoria Sumanpan will likewise invite other participants from nearby Local Government Units and other universities to attend the session.

During a brainstorming meeting on possible post Sendong university-wide interventions, Dr. Dionel Albina and the rest of active extension participants were also thinking of moving towards giving gestures of appreciation to those who have helped the victims, conducting a thanksgiving prayer and a spiritual seminar, to the university's creation of a preliminary warning system and a disaster mitigation and preparedness center, and construction and rehabilitation endeavors in collaboration with other sectors in the community.

MUST Student Organizations Mobilize Operation Tulong

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:55:14 GMT

With destruction of lives, homes, and properties caused by typhoon Sendong, the Mindanao University of Science and Technology (MUST) student organizations through the Supreme Student Council (SSC) have embarked on "MUST OPERATION TULONG”.

Immediately the day after Sendong hit the city, the SSC started mobilization, together with other organizations from the different colleges. As of today, student volunteers have already distributed more than 3,500 packs of dry goods and ready-to-eat food and 3,125 packs of clothes to flood victims in barangays Balulang, Tibasak, and Pagatpat and the UCCP Evacuation Center.

For those willing to share cash, used clothes, water, goods, rice and medicines for our affected brothers and sisters, they may visit the relief operation's official station (by the university gate) at Mindanao University of Science and Technology, C.M. Recto, Lapasan. Those who want to send cash donations by bank deposit may use the official bank account for this project, Student Council of Arts and Sciences (Account Name), CHINA BANK-Lapasan Branch, Cagayan de Oro City with Account Number: 183-146971-2.

For more information, call or text at +63 948-9599-735 and look for Mr. Alfredo Q. Vicera, Jr.

Top-Caliber accreditors inspire MUST to work hard: do bitter labor but reap sweet fruits

arnelpiquero@yahoo.com (Ms. Maria Salome (Marisa) M. Manlapig) — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:27:25 GMT

Some 19 highly intellectual and seasoned accreditors visited MUST during its 2011 Accreditation Survey.

Dr. Fausto S. Hilario, over-all coordinator from Bulacan State University, said that quality education is costly. It cannot be bought or given away. It must be earned. Everyone must work hard to achieve quality education, citing that they did the same bitter labor but are now reaping sweets fruits as their
graduates dominate top positions in board examinations.

The entire team from respective public HEIs had their assignments as classified into three clusters:

Cluster I was for the Level III inspection:

CIVIL ENGINEERING: Prof. Juanito M. Sebastian – University of Southern Mindanao (USM) as team leader.

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING: Prof. Alberto C. Arellano – USM as team leader.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Prof. James V. Presbitero – Caraga State University as team leader.

Cluster II was for the Level II inspection:

GRADUATE - DOCTORAL (DTE): Dr. Faustino S. Hilario – Bulacan State University (BSU) as team leader. GRADUATE – MASTER’S (MTTE): Dr. Gerry B. Estrada – Surigao del Sur State University (SdSSU) as team leader.

GRADUATE – MASTER’S (MS – Math Science): Dr. Wilhelm P. Cerbo – Western Visayas State University (WVSU) as team leader.

GRADUATE – MASTER’S (MS – Teaching Math): Dr. Editha Y. Sillorequez – WVSU as team leader.

Cluster III for the preliminary surveys:

GRADUATE - MASTER”S (MS – Technology Communications Management): Dr. Natividad R. Mamaoag – Caraga SU.

GRADUATE – MASTER’S (MS - Environmental Science and Technology): Dr. Julieta S. Abarquez - Davao del Norte State College (DNSC).

TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT: Dr. Natividad R. Mamaoag – Caraga SU.

Other accreditors as members to specified clusters were: Dr. Rebecca S. Sanchez – SdSSU, Dr. Emilia P. Pacoy – USEP, Dr. Dolorcita E. Pauya – SKSU, Dr. Asteria Olandria – DOSCST, Prof. Joyce Suganob – Caraga SU, Prof. Eloida O. Quesada – SdSSU, Dr. Trinidad E. Laguesma – SdSSU, Prof. Jennifer E. Sinco - USM, Prof. Gegenia G. Lavisurez - DOSCST and Prof. Aida C. Osorio (Librarian) - SdSSU.