Engineering Alumni Batch 2003 donates 55K to College of Engineering

By Keziah G. Huelar

*Batch 2003 enjoying a night of food, friendship and fun.*

Centralian Engineers of Batch 2003 donated 55,000 pesos to the Central Philippine University College of Engineering during their Grand Alumni Reunion held at the Diversion 21 Hotel on December 28, 2018.

The said donation is for the advancement and development of the college’s activities and programs. In behalf of the college, the donation was received by Engr. Walden S. Rio, former Dean of the CPU College of Engineering.

*Former CPU College of Engineering Dean, Engr. Walden S. Rio, received the donation in behalf of the college.*

Engr. Alberto A. Java, faculty, CPU College of Engineering expressed his admiration to the batch for their unwavering love and support for the college.

The batch responses, delivered by Engr. Winthur Marabe, Engr. Joanne Rey Andrada, and Engr. Reyben Rubio, strengthened the alumni’s strong support in the endeavors of CPU.

On the other hand, Engr. Rosie Jane Puig-Siosan assured the college that its alumni officers will continue to find ways to uplift and promote the Central Spirit among its batch members.

*Incumbent Batch President, Engr. Rosie Jane Puig-Siosan welcomed the batch to their Grand Alumni Reunion.*

During the said reunion, the batch also elected their new set of officers namely:

President: Elaine June O. Delonguines

Vice President: Joan Ruth Barcenal-Cabansagan

Secretary: Yeseil Sumalde-Sacramento

Treasurer: James Russel Obregon

Muse: Riza Para-unda-Pelopero

Escort: Gideon Marfil

CPU Chemical Engineering batch 1982 reunites after 37 years

By Nestle G. Taala

*The CPU Chemical Engineering Batch 1982 together with the College of Engineering Dean, Engr. Danny C. Molina.*

The Chemical Engineering Batch 1982 celebrated their first ever Grand Reunion on January 8-10 at the Diversion 21 Hotel, Iloilo City. It was their first time to finally meet each other again after 37 years.

On June 2018, their batch representative, Susan Presaldo-Jovero, wrote a letter to Dr. Robles informing him about their activity. Since then, the class had been zealously preparing for the said event.

The three-day activity was filled with fun and excitement. On January 9, they went back to CPU and toured around the campus; they visited the Alumni Office and their beloved college, the College of Engineering.

Centralians hold Reunion during Christmas Break

By Keziah G. Huelar

*The CPU College of Engineering Batch 2003 celebrating 15 years of the friendship and camaraderie.*

‘Tis the season to hold alumni reunions—Centralians all over the globe gathered together to celebrate the Central Spirit and to thank the Lord for His faithfulness. The holiday break gave members of the CPU alumni time to reflect and rekindle their days in the university as well as to make new memories with fellow Centralians.

Remembering and making memories last, the CPU College of Engineering Batch 2003 held their Grand Reunion at Diversion 21 Hotel on December 28, 2018. A homecoming of engineers, the event celebrated 15 years of friendship and recollections.

*Work students who worked at the Rose Memorial Auditorium held a mini-reunion during the Christmas holidays.*

Centralian work students also met during the holidays and recalled their days at dear Central. Their reunion was one of thanksgiving and praise, highlighting the Central Spirit of excellence and perseverance and, above all, gratefulness to Christ.

An ode to Central, reunions are not only celebrations of friendship, they are also gestures of love, highlighting the importance of friendship and camaraderie. As our CPU alumni celebrated the yuletide season by meeting together with Christ in the center, the Central Spirit is ignited and connected across the continents.

Jalbuena leads CPUAAI AY 2018-2017

*Engr. Isagani J. Jalbuena shares his Christmas greetings to the Centralian community.*

Isagani Jayme Jalbuena, CPU Engineering Batch 1967, Incoming President of the CPU Alumni Association AY 2018-2019, took his oath office on Friday December 16 at 6:00 PM at the CPU Educational Media Center (EMC) Conference Hall with members of the CPUAAI Executive Board.

The Vice President for AY 2017-2018 and overall Chair of the 2017 Festival of Lights and Music at Central, Jalbuena takes over the presidency from current CPUAAI President Daniel P. Dorillo.

The incoming President is the son of Miguel and Carmelina Jalbuena. He is a resident of Jereos, Lapaz, Iloilo City and married to a Physician, Dr. Lucita Depakakibo Jalbuena. They have two children named Bryan Carlo and Lou Camille Jalbuena.

“Gani,” as fondly called by friends and associates, is a true blue Centralian who studied in CPU from elementary to college. He also graduated from National University, Manila with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.

He is a member of different organizations including Lions Club International where he served as President, CPU Alumni Association Vice President, and CPU Corporation among others. He is a recipient of several distinctions and recognition awards and has been a speaker and trainer at several government programs and conferences.

Having served the government for a long time as Project Manager of the National Housing Authority, Engr. Jalbuena is actively involved in many CPUAAI programs and activities – in support of the CPUAAI President and the University President, particularly the annual Festival of Lights and Music at Central.

His previous performance and involvements in different organizations will ensure the CPU Alumni Association with an efficient leader.

It is Jalbuena’s plans for CPUAAI during his term to continue the following projects:

1. Cash rewards for board placers (of government exams)

2. Outreach Program

3. Membership Program

4. Pasidungog Program

5. Pasalamat Program

6. Induction of non-Centralians to the CPUAAI;

7. Alumni Homecoming and Search for Alumni Homecoming Queen;

8. Festival of Lights and Music at Central

His new plans for AY 2018-2019 include the following:

1. Review and make amendments, if necessary, to the CPUAAI’s By-Laws

2. Workshop on the roles and responsibilities of each working committee

3. Creation of additional working committees, if necessary

4. Plan projects of the association

5. Prepare for the 2020 Global Reunion to be held in the campus on February 2020

Centralian elected as Executive Secretary of ICFLC

*Dr. Liza B. Lamis has been passionate about empowering women through her prayer ministry. Photo Credit – Liza B. Lamis Profile Page.*

Centralian alumnae, AB Religion graduate, Dr. Liza B. Lamis, was elected as the new Executive Secretary of the International Committee for the Fellowship of the Least Coin effective January 1, 2018. Lamis has served as the Women’s Program Coordinator of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines for seven years (2001-2008). She has also worked as a Communications Consultant of the Christian Conference of Asia in Chiang Mai, Thailand for two years (2009-2011), and she was the Acting Coordinator of the Asian Women’s Resource Centre for Culture and Theology in 2013, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

She is currently an adjunct-professor of the CPU College of Theology. As a member-leader of the Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches, Lamis has taken various roles serving the ministry and spreading the Gospel.

The International Committee for the Fellowship of the Least Coin mission is to encourage women of all languages and culture to take part in movement of prayer and to gather fund to help those in need. In their website (http://www.flc.net.ph/missionvision.html), ICFLC states that “Each time a woman prays, she sets aside the least coin of her local currency as a symbol of the prayer. Women’s national groups collect the coins and send them to the central FLC Fund c/o World Council of Churches in Geneva, Switzerland. The prayers offered and the least coins collected support projects for women and the children around the world.”

CPUAANE USA celebrated Christmas in New Jersey

*Centralians around the globe gather together to celebrate the yuletide seasons and rekindle their Centralian Spirit.*

Central Philippine University Alumni Association of Northeastern USA held their Christmas Party on December 9, 2017 in Clifton, New Jersey.

Their guest speaker, Ms. Margaret “Pitsik” Dominado, an active CPU Alumni and Centralian beauty queen and one of the founders of Positively Centralian Facebook Group, delivered a Christian message that was full of hope, “Even when there is snow, the fire of our Central Spirit blazes.” Ms Dominado encouraged everyone to realize that hunger and homelessness pervades where they are working as OFWs. She presented to the audience facts and figures of struggle, senseless violence, and lawlessness in their home fronts, and challenged Centralians to do their part in the spirit of Christmas. She emphasized the advent message of “Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men.”

The CPU Alumni Association of Northeastern USA’s current President is Rev. Felix B. Colinco. Rev. Manuel ‘Mawe’ De la Fuente is the association’s chaplain. The alumni chapter has been helping the CPU Table Tennis Group of CPU which is managed by Rev. Francis Neil G. Jalando-on, current Director of the CPU Office of Communications. It can also be recalled that CPUAAN USA was the mover behind the realization of the CPU Tennis Court.

CPUAAI President Dan Dorillo: Inspiring Centralians worldwide

*Mr. Dan P. Dorillo, CPUAAI President 2016-2017 has catapulted the association to greater heights.*

Dan Dorillo’s journey to make a greater alumni association is parallel with the CPUAAI’s corporate motto, “We move for a Greater Central” and its Mission Statement, “Linking members to each other and with the University, supporting the institution’s advocacies and providing opportunities for the holistic development of her alumni.”

Mr. Daniel P. Dorillo, CPUAAI President for AY 2016 to 2017, had envisioned a more active, far reaching organization that includes wider membership development, outreach, cooperative undertakings with the University, cultural programs, and completion of projects at the home front.

In his desire to realize his vision for a greater Alumni Association, Dorillo created the AY 2016-17 Motto: “Living the Central Spirit Beyond Borders.” Under his watch, the CPUAAI Board developed some general strategies to connect the alumni dots “beyond borders.” Dorillo shared that in the general development of the alumni body, the individual chapters could pick up some pointers or guides from the mother organization in their membership development program as the situation calls for.

During his term as president, CPUAAI initiated projects and activities that “connected the alumni dots.” In terms of membership, CPUAAI made chapter visits with Metro Manila, South Luzon, Negros and Panay alumni. An Annual Chapter Presidents’ Meeting was also done. Alumni who were elected in the last national elections and alumni achievers who have given honor and prestige to CPU in the last two years were also given recognition.

Subsidy for new graduates and first time attendees in the alumni homecoming were granted by CPU Federation of Overseas Alumni Association (CPUFOAA). Non-alumni faculty and staff who have worked at CPU for at least 2 consecutive years were encouraged to become as Honorary Members. He also initiated the Pasidungog—a program honoring soon-to-be graduates. The Negros Provincial Alumni Association was also organized with the CPU College of Agriculture spearheading the move. There was an Alumni Reunion in Bacolod City on October 20, 2017. It was attended by more than 350 alumni of all colleges.

Significant outreach activities among others included MOA signing between CPU Packaging Engineering and the Capiz Coconut Farmers Cooperative and the Negros Occidental Organic Producers Association. These organizations have Centralians as key officers. CPUAAI, according to Dorillo, was able to organize concerts of CPU Alumna Ms. Katchry Golbin (third place, France Got Talent) for CPU Alumni in Manila, Negros, and Iloilo.

Dorillo defined the Central Spirit as the spirit of inspiring Centralians to make the mark of CPU outside of the University.

The outgoing CPUAAI President will be succeeded by Engr. Isagani J. Jalbuena, current CPUAAI Vice President and incoming President for AY 2018-2019. The CPU Alumni Association as of this time has 160 chapters worldwide with 152 located in the Philippines.

BSN Class 86 donates funds for Nursing Virtual Laboratory

CPU Vice President of Finance and Administration, Dr. Florence P. Bogacia, and College of Nursing Acting Dean, Atty. Salex E. Alibogha together with BSN Batch 1986 Evageline Luna-Javellana and Marilou Magbanua-Solis.

The College of Nursing batch 1986 donated $2,000 to the CPU College of Nursing for the completion of its soon to be constructed P5-million Virtual Laboratory. The said donation was received by Atty. Salex E. Alibogha, Acting Dean of the College of Nursing and Vice President for Administration and Finance, Dr. Florence P. Bogacia on December 12, 2017.

The Nursing Virtual Laboratory will provide simulation of various nursing procedures such as IV therapy, parenteral medications, procedures for patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and others. It will be a facility that will have doll simulators, IV virtual laboratory monitors, and camera for other students to watch how procedures are being done while in another room. With this Virtual Laboratory, CPU students will be able to practice their delivery of health care and errors will be minimized on real patients.

The fund raising campaign for the proposed project has been ongoing with Nursing Alumni Associations worldwide. It will continue until the amount is enough to finance the proposed project.

CPU hopes that more donations will be raised to complete the project on time. For your donations and inquiries, please call (033) 3291971 loc. 1037 (College of Nursing Secretary’s Office) or loc. 2107 (Faculty Room) or email nursing@cpu.edu.

BSN Batch 2020: Capping, Pinning & Candle Lighting Ceremony

*CPU President, Dr. Teodoro C. Robles, encouraged the aspiring nurses to pursue honor and excellence.*

Fifty-six (56) second year nursing students and their families and friends attended the CPU Nursing Batch 2020 Capping, Pinning and Candle Lighting Ceremony held on Friday morning, December 8, 2017 at the University Church.

The ceremony began with an invocation by Rev. Roger T. Quimpo, Associate Pastor, University Church. In his opening remarks, University President Dr. Teodoro C. Robles appreciated the long struggle of students and the dedication of their parents in support of their children in college. He also congratulated the faculty, staff, and the dean of the College of Nursing for being granted five-year (5) Reaccreditation Status. He recalled that the CPU College of Nursing has an almost hundred percent passing rate in the national exams for almost every year.

The symbolic annual ceremony for nursing students is required prior to the internship exam of the CPU College of Nursing. The caps are placed on the heads of the female candidates for internship, while pins are given to the male candidates. “The candle and the lamp symbolize responsibility, as exemplified by Florence Nightingale.” according to CPU College of Nursing Acting Dean, Atty. Salex E. Alibogha.

*A tradition of excellence – CPU takes pride in its nursing graduates that are renowned around the globe.*

*Guest Speaker, Mr. William Fred P. Italia inspired the Centralian nursing students to be the best in their field, here or abroad.*

Mrs. Joelah V. Rio, Academic Coordinator, introduced the Guest Speaker, Mr. William Fred P. Italia, who is a magna cum laude CPU Nursing Graduate of 2007 and a recipient of the Loreto Tupaz Award, the highest award granted by CPU College of Nursing to a graduate.

Mr. Italia, who is the Manager of Human Resource and Safety Office of a nursing review center at the moment, challenged all nursing graduates who prefer to go abroad to work. Italia who has chosen to serve his countrymen said that “touching people’s lives and earning a living do not necessarily mean going abroad.” Italia pointed out the difference of nurses hired from CPU, and that these quality nurses could make for the best Filipino caretakers, whose services are much more needed in the country.

Italia recalled that his success in the nursing career could be attributed to his experience while still a trainee at Iloilo Mission Hospital. He shared the passage found in Proverbs 3:5-6, “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths”.

Italia encouraged everyone to do their best to prepare for the National Board Exam. Furthermore, he dared the students to “aim high,” to bring the quality of CPU Nursing graduates to wherever they may be employed in the future.

Atty. Pol Causing: Of fellowship and friendship of Centralians

*Atty. Leopoldo “Pol” T. Causing together with Media Relations and Publishing Officer, Mr. Cyrus A. Natividad.*

For Attorney Leopoldo “Pol” T. Causing, Central Philippine University is where fellowship and friendship build up a perfect environment for hospitality, understanding and trust. He is a lawyer and husband of another Centralian, Dr. Virgilia “Virgie” Basoliña Causing, Certified Public Accountant and Professor at CPU College of Commerce for more than twenty years.

Atty. Causing, fondly called “Pol” by friends and associates, studied his Master of Business Administration at CPU and finished his law studies at the UP College of Law. He was a long-time professor of Political Science at the West Visayas State College (now a University).

At times while Dr. Virgie attends to her classes, Atty. Pol would visit friends in nearby offices (particularly the Office of Communications). He would share and discuss current issues and topics of interest. One of his favorite topics is “Federalism.” Atty. Pol is an advocate and one of the movers of the Federal Movement of the Philippines. He has written and published booklets on Federalism and authored three textbooks which CPU used for the students some years ago. These are The Revised Constitution of the Philippines, Explained and Annotated, 1982 and 1985 Editions; The Nation and Philippine Government Under the New Constitution, 1980 Edition (co-authored by his wife Dr. Virgie Causing) and Obligations and Contracts, 1973. His friends in the university and media often call him “Mr. Constitution”.

The generosity of Atty. Pol at sharing information extends to his friends who thank him so much for the ideas and wisdom of a legal expert. Atty. Pol is a political analyst who was able to assess and assist candidates in their bid for a position in the local and national administration. A well-respected consultant on political affairs, Atty. Pol is an extensive researcher and resource person in some political and economic fora.

He is one of the Founding Directors of the Graciano Lopez Jaena Foundation, Inc. Other notable positions he had held were: Chairman of the NAMFREL Speakers’ Bureau in 1984, Past President and Vice President of the Rotary Club of Jaro Centraline, Vice President of Iloilo executive Toastmasters Club in 1986 and of the YMCA of the Philippines in 1987. He is also a recipient of the UP Visayas Outstanding Alumni Award in the Field of Political Science. Another noteworthy contribution to society is his proposal in 1980 for WVSU to purchase Don Benito Hospital. Granted the budget of 27 Million Pesos in 1986, WVSU appointed him legal counsel for the said purchase.

What we do not know about Atty. Pol Causing, we learn from publications and information from friends in the media. In fact Atty. Pol is a member of the Iloilo Press Club, an original panelist and co-host of Danny Fajardo in a local TV show Reklamo Publiko, a Centralian journalist, and Panay News publisher.

Atty. Pol and Dr. Virgie Causing, who are active in both academic and social affairs, have a successful marriage with three professional daughters: a banker, a doctor and nurse in the US.

“Fellowship and friendship among Faculty and Staff coupled with very important Christian values are two reasons why Central Philippine University is exciting,” according to Atty. Pol.