Centralian Link Feb-Mar 2006

M.D. Anderson has its own “celebrity” who can do it all: Corazon “Zony” Doyle, case manager serving the Ambulatory Clinical Building, can respond to an emergency, handle a doctor’s referral and, yes, she can sing, too.She’s been at M.D. Anderson for 13 years and became part of the Case Management team in 1995. “I love my job. After being in nursing for nearly four decades, it’s rewarding to see patient care as a whole, from beginning to end,” Doyle says.Her days are spent coordinating patient care based ond referrals from physicians and nurses. Doyle organizes all the puzzle pieces that work best for each patient, whether it’s for hospice, home health care or end-of-life issues. She also works with the University of Texas at Houston Police Department to guarantee emergency transport. Doyle was a key contributor to the creation of the emergency transportation pathway for the entire building. Fundraising also is important to them, including raising funds for students in the Philippines, Doyle’s birthplace. She recalls growing up in a musical family. She is an accomplished singer who’s recorded her own compact disk and toured the United States and Canada. Her rendition of the “Star-spangled Banner” landed her in prominent settings such as former Houston Mayor Bob Lanier’s inauguration and the Space Center Houston opening. She even sang on “Good Morning America” in an Independence Day ceremony inducting new U.S. citizens. Doyle says you only get one chance to do things, so give it your best effort.

Central Echo editor makes it to AYLC

Marvin Segura, Editor-in-Chief of CPU’s mainstream paper Central Echo, made it to the list of the 75 students from different parts of the country (only 7 were from IIoilo) who qualified for the 8th Ayala Young Leaders Congress held on February 14-18, 2006 at the San Miguel Corporation - Management Training Center in Tagaytay City.

Segura has received numerous awards in youth service and empowerment, including Most Outstanding Boyscout and Rotary Club of Jaro Centraline City Youth Leadership Medal. He is also a member of Society of Students in Politics and Governance,and Iloilo Young Leaders Congress,to name a few. Currently, he is the Scout Executive Officer of the CPU Scout Center and Sangguiniang Kabataan Chairman of Brgy. Poblacion Ilawod, Sara, Iloilo.

Ayala Young Leaders Congress (AYLC) is a yearly summit to develop the youth for the nation’s progress. Benjamin de la Peña, Youth Development Manager of Ayala Corporation, said, “We want active students with proven track records. We look for people who are committed not just to personal excellence but to bring out the excellence in others.”

CPU OptiX Club receives citation

A special citation “Best in Performance” was given to the amateur video production of the OptiX Video Production Club, a media arts organization under the banner of the CPU Cultural Affairs Office, during the awarding ceremony of a seminar-workshop on independent filmmaking at Cinema 8 of SM City Iloilo on February 4, 2006.

Directed by Jerelyn Hautea and Ellen Grace Tamon, CPU Mass Communication junior and sophie, respectively, the winning output was entitled “Singko”. Hautea and Tamon joined the other Mass Communication students in a three-day seminar-workshop on independent filmmaking dubbed as MediaQ.

This was organized by the Broadcast Advertising (BC 136) class under the Division of Humanities of the UPV College of Arts and Sciences, and in cooperation with the Indiefilmsnet, MediaQ kicked-off on February 1.

“Singko”, a short film about a graduating nursing student’s plight upon receiving a failing mark, also featured other Mass Communication students, namely, Teddy Tan Jr., Cindy Pioquid, Criza Gentapanan, Ronel Alanan, Garlit June Grecia and Allen Pineda.

CPU GTAA to offer scholarship for SY 2006-2007

Central Philippine University Alumni Association –Greater Toronto Area Chapter (CPU – GTAA) will grant a scholarship program for financially challenged but deserving Filipino students who have completed their secondary education to pursue an excellent higher education at CPU.

The CPU-GTAA has established an Endowment Fund for this purpose and the interest of which will be used to cover the Tuition and Miscellaneous Fees of the recipient.

Based on the information sent by CPUAA-GTAA President, Rick Falco, the CPU - GTAA has set a criterion to fairly select deserving recipients of the scholarship. The scholarship program will start on the first semester of school year 2006-2007. Applicants may inquire through the scholarship office (3291971 local 1059) for information and details.

DLCMH offers ELKP for the third time

The English Language for Koreans Program (ELKP), a brainchild of the Department of Languages, Mass Communication and Humanities (DLMCH), was in full swing early this year as it served 20 students from Pyongtaek University.

This is the third time that DLMCH offered ELKP to students of Pyongtaek University. The first batch of Korean students came to Central Philippine University in January 2005 while the second batch enrolled in the said program in July of last year.

Prof. Esther Rose A. Romarate, DLMCH chair and ELKP director, designed a program where these Koreans meet as a big group to study basic speaking and writing skills in English and in a small group (four students and a teacher) to practice their conversation skills in English. Their teachers and conversation circle facilitators are all faculty members of DLMCH.

CPU breaks ground for birthing center

Central Philippine University has taken a breakthrough in health services. A birthing center will soon rise in the Kabalaka Center area in the University vicinity.

The CPU Birthing Center Committee, led by Dr. Alma Frondoza, University President Dr. Juanito Acanto and members of the Board of Trustees, gathered together for a ground breaking ceremony for the birthing center on February 4, 2006. Dr. Frondoza said, “The idea was conceived a year ago.

Now we are ready. We wanted our babies in the area to carry birth certificates with ‘ CPU Birthing Center’.

The birthing center will cater to normal deliveries and it is less expensive because the mother will not have to stay overnight”. Dr. Frondoza further explained that the Committee will be in-charge of setting up the center and they are planning to start operations in October this year. The CPU birthing center will render services 24 hours a day.

It is seen to accommodate 10 beds, “a good set of nurses and administrators”, and “a good set of medical supplies”. This is to meet the needs of the Colleges of Nursing and Medicine for a place to deal with births.

CPU hosts 3rd ACFFP confab

The Asian Christian Faculty Fellowship – Philippines, an organization of Christian faculty on tertiary education held its 3rd Annual Conference with the theme “Ethical Quests in Higher Education: Opportunities and Challenges” at the Educational Media Center, Central Philippine University on February 9 and 10, 2006.

Led by its president Atty. Myles Nicolas Bejar, Dean, College of Law-Silliman University, the ACFFP was established as a result of the 2002 Asian Christian Faculty Fellowship held in Chiang Mai, Thailand under the auspices of the Asian Christian Higher Education Institute (ACHEI) and the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia (UBCHEA). At least two other Asian countries – Indonesia and India – have formed similar national organizations. ACFF-Philippines held its 2nd annual conference at University of St. La Salle in Bacolod City and its 1st at Silliman University.

Dr. David Suh, Director for ACHEI Hong Kong was the keynote speaker of this conference attended by more or less 50 participants from all over the country with delegates from Ateneo de Manila University, Trinity College, Philippine Christian University, Southern Christian College, Filamer Christian College, Silliman University, University of St. La Salle-Bacolod City, Wesleyan College, and CPU, among others.

Dr. Suh, who spoke about “An Ethic for University Teachers: A Commandment of Love,” challenged the participants to love the university where they are teaching, administering or governing; their students; what they are teaching; colleagues; president, deans; department heads; and professors. In conclusion, he posed some questions to ponder whether or not the commandment of Jesus is “useless” for the life and work of the teachers and whether or not the ethics of love is appropriate and applicable in the university.

The other speakers were: Betty Abregana, South Asia Program Director, United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia; Associate Director, Asian Christian Higher Education Institute, who talked about “Service-Learning: Nature, Application and Issues in Higher Education in Asia”; University President Dr. Juanito Acanto and Dr. Billy Tusalem, Dean, Graduate School-University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos who were panelists in “Ethical Perspectives in Philippine Higher Education”; and, Dr. Elizabeth Charles, President, Asian Christian Faculty Fellowship –Federation who tackled “Ethical Perspectives in Asian Higher Education.

CPU confers honoris causa on Dr. Haggai

Central Philippine University President Dr. Juanito Acanto and Board of Trustees Chairman Dr. Alfonso Uy, conferred honorary degree on Dr. John Edmund Haggai on March 2, 2006 in Singapore.

Dr. Haggai founded the Haggai Institute (HI) in 1969. HI aims to “equip Asian, African, and Latin American Christian leaders — who will train others — to reach their own people for Christ.”

Dr. Acanto said that HI has helped CPU in pursuing Christian life enrichment programs. He added, “At present, 16 graduates of HI International Training are leading the important programs of the University. Forty-nine members of the CPU community are graduates of HI National and Area Weekend Training.”

The idea of making Dr. John Edmund Haggai part of CPU’s centennial celebrations came up when Dr. Acanto attended the HI seminar in January 2002. On December 2004, the CPU Board of Trustees approved the conferral which was supposed to be done on October 2005.

With CPU’s conferral on Dr. Haggai, Dr. Acanto confirmed the partnership between Haggai Institute and the University on “Christian leadership in evangelism and mission.”

CPU R&D week highlights student, f/s research symposia, poster display

Central Philippine University’s Research Center highlighted student, faculty, and staff research symposia and a research poster display contest in the 3rd Research and Development Week on February 27-March 3, 2006. This activity with the theme “Nurturing the University Research Culture” aimed to continue to encourage more research undertakings of the University constituents.

As part of the University’s continuing research program, the University Research Center, headed by Dr. Randy Pabulayan, had designed activities including the 7th CPU Faculty/Staff Research Symposium and the 4th CPU Student Research Symposium, which were held on March 1 and 3, 2006, respectively, at the Conference Room of the CPU Educational Media Center (EMC).The research posters were displayed at the EMC starting 1:30 in the afternoon of February 27 until March 3, 2006.

Ten faculty, 15 student, and 2 graduate studies research papers were presented on the following categories: High School Special Science Class Category; Agriculture, Environment, and Related Studies; Information and Communications Technology Studies; Business, Management, and Related Studies; and guest papers. On the other hand, 8 student researches participated in the poster display contest.

Susie Jennings operates to care

The Centralian spirit of caring and sharing knows no bounds nor discriminate in creed or color.

Susie Yanson-Jennings, CPU BSN Class 1978, is the brains behind Operation Care-Dallas, Inc., serving as its Founder/President since November 2001. Operation Care is a Christian non-profit ministry which exists to help the homeless in Dallas, Texas, physically and spiritually.

The group gave the homeless in Dallas their first and grandest 2004 Christmas party yet with the theme: “Reuniting the Family — A Christmas to Remember”. Indeed, the overwhelming response to help was unprecedented. One thousand five hundred volunteers from 130 churches turned up at the Dallas Convention Center. Eighteen hospitals and clinics provided medical assistance. One hundred seventy organizations and corporations were mobilized to give food, blankets, sleeping bags, personal care products, clothes, shoes, gospel tracts, and Bibles. As a result, a total of 8, 500 homeless men, women, and children were assisted, reunited with their families, and were given “the greatest Gift of all, Jesus!”, Mrs. Jennings happily reports.

What has inspired this Centralian to spearhead and conceive something of that magnitude? Mrs. Jennings disclosed that after her husband, David, went home to be with his Maker on March 1993, she asked God what she can do for Him. And God apparently answered her on October 1993 when He led her to Canton Bridge in Dallas, Texas. “He directed me to deliver blankets to the poor and needy people under the bridge,” she shares. “At first I was shocked and wanted to refuse because I despised the homeless and couldn’t stand them. I thought they were just lazy, crazy, and smelly bums. But the Lord took me out of my comfort zone to change my hardened heart towards the homeless.”

Mrs. Jennings shares her realization that were it not for God’s grace, her sins would just be as smelly and dirty as the homeless. After all, it was she who asked the Lord what she could do. So, after being convicted, she started to work on her mission by asking doctors and nurses at Baylor Hospital in Dallas for $5.00 for a blanket. And this started it all, she relates. “Because of my obedience, we were able to distribute thousands of blankets to the homeless and led hundreds of people to the Lord. I could say that it was in Canton Bridge where I had my ‘Road of Damascus Experience’.”

And in November 2001, Mrs. Jennings founded Operation Care-Dallas, Inc., a street ministry devoted to the care of the homeless. Being at the forefront of this ministry, Mrs. Jennings is doing her Alma mater proud. She is also a recipient of International Who’s Who for Professional Management 2002 and 2003, and the Madison’s Who’s Who for Professional Women 2004. Her other involvements include the Toastmaster International, being a volunteer at the Union Gospel Mission (homeless shelter for men) since 1996, a member since 2002 of the President’s Council of Marketplace Ministry, Dallas (a non-profit ministry that cares for people in the workplace), and a member of the Texas Association for Post Anesthesia Nurses since 1990 and the American Society of Peri-Anesthesia Nurses since 1992.

Susie Yanson-Jennings was born in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental to Mr. & Mrs. Eulalio and Betty S. Yanson, and a first cousin of current CPU HRD Director Mercy Y. Bedona. A year after finishing her nursing degree at CPU, she served as staff nurse at the Don Salvador Memorial Hospital, La Carlota City. She also worked at the Brokenshire Hospital, Davao City the following year. At the Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas City, Texas, U.S.A. she served as staff nurse (1982-1990) and nurse supervisor at the recovery room (1990-present). The First Baptist Church-Dallas, Texas has served as her home church since 1982 where she has been teaching Sunday School to pre-schoolers for 18 years now.

Ugyon Arte opens at CPU

National Arts Month started with a bang at Central Philippine University when an art exhibit, entitled Ugyon Arte, made its debut at the university’s Alumni Promenade Concert Park on February 1, 2006.

The exhibit served as a venue for the artwork of the university’s students, alumni, and some of the city’s independent artists. Established as a precursor for the University’s Arts month celebrations, Ugyon Arte was also a means of drawing a more active interest towards Filipino art and culture.

The afternoon’s festivities were graced by a group of the city’s established artists, including Norman Pocesion. Pocesion, Art teacher-in-residence of Museo Iloilo, addressed the crowd and recognized the students’ efforts for producing a diverse amount of artwork in spite of their busy schedules. Dr. Anita U. Illenberger, Director of CPU’s Cultural Affairs Office, took the stage for the ribbon-cutting ceremony, signifying the opening of both the art exhibit and the University’s National Arts Month celebrations.

Students and guests were invited to peruse the plethora of works displayed on the Promenade stage. The exhibit featured a wide array of oil paintings,photographs, abstracts, and a number of manga-inspired illustrations (a probable influence of the school’s Otaku organization). The exhibit was open for public viewing from February 1 until February 6.

Ugyon Arte was sponsored by the Days Hotel and featured the works of Norman Pocesion, Faith Anastacio, Liby Limoso, Carlo Juntado, Nil Capiñianes, Aileen Siyno and Gadz Trasporte. The exhibit also featured the artwork of various CPU students and alumni included among whom are Goldberg Villanueva (contemporary), Wesley Galila, Alexander Benedicto, Tara Katherine Yap (photography), Nygel John Melitado (photography), Nash Articulo, Martin Albañes, Gino Chavez, Glaiza Panolino, Jesselle Kayla Articulo, Christian Evren Lozañes, Engr. Rodney Gicana, and Jumar Belicena.

CPUR commends outstanding work students

Central Philippine University Republic (CPUR) commended three work students during the Search for Centennial Most Outstanding Work Students of the Year on February 10, 2006.

The winners, coming from the three Work Student chapters, were Rowena Conta (Special Offices and Laboratory Personnel), Nanette Genoveza (Janitorial Services Personnel), and Vicente Arcede (Library Students Assistance Personnel). They received a certificate, a gold medal and an amount of P1,500.00 each.

There were 20 work students who applied for the search. The top 5 runners-up from each chapter were given P500.00 and silver medals and the last 3 runners-up were awarded bronze medals and P200.00 cash.

The Search for Centennial Most Outstanding Work Students of the Year is a project of the CPUR Ministry for Work Students, led by Senator Prince Moses Nwajiba.

A Fifth Award for Andrea Stuart Television Productions

By Dr. Elma Herradura

Hazel Stuart of Andrea Stuart Television Productions does it again. In January 2006, she was awarded the Communicator Award of Excellence for her film on Boracay. This is the top award given by the Communciator Awards, Inc. This Excellence award makes her a five-time winner, having been awarded four International Communicator Awards in 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 in an international awards competition that recognizes outstanding work in communications field. he judging is against a standard of excellence, not agaisnt other entrants. These awards put her in a league with ABC News and other professionals in the communications field.

The AndreaStuart television Productions owned by Hazel and David Stuart produces fully digital television documentaries, most of which are shown in the series “A Grain of Sand” on Cable Star and Sky Cable for Central Philippine Unviersity, the Stuarts have been able to document the 1998 U.S. tour of the Bahandi Singers, a CPU singing group, the microhydroelectric projects of the university and the story of the American missionary martyrs, and other CPU activities.

The Stuarts have also worked with other groups like the Philippine Eagle Foundation, the University of San Agustin, Association of Disabled Persons, SPED, the Department of Tourism, and the Gilopez Kabayao family.

David Stuart, a mechanical engineer, is the son of the first president of Central Philippine College (now CPU). Hazel was on the British Broadcasting Company solo singing panels for both classical and light music. She taught at the London College of Music before her marriage to david who took her to the Unived States where they pursued a mobile concert project.

Gellangarin Fashion Show: A Drive to Nationalism

The show was short, but fabulous nevertheless. It was a night of eye-catching shades in beading and intricacy, which are very synonymous with the designer. During the show held on February 13, 2006 at the Rose Memorial Auditorium, Hector “Totong” Gellangarin gave the audience a glitz of fashion that spoke of Filipino culture.

Highlighted in the show were clothings from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao that were inspired from modern articles of Gellangarin’s creations in a vibrant multifaceted evening. “Totong” has been around for years now and has proven and he deserves recognition for his meteoric rise in the fashion scene and remarkable innovations.

The show was in-line with the Physical Education Week Celebration. The activity was embodied by the theme “Fitness: A Drive to Nationalism and Cultural Values.” It was organized by the faculty and staff of the P.E. Department to raise consciousness on cultural sensitivity.

Linking the Centralians in Mass Media

By Cyrus A. Natividad-PIO, CMM

We have to thank the Information Center for giving the Centralians in Mass Media a page in the Centralian Link. As a significant organi-zation and alumni chapter, CMM has long been in pursuit of a vehicle that can ‘carry its weight’ for the benefit of CPU. Yes, it’s getting bigger and for all intent, the organization is linking up with all the other possible media practitioners here and abroad.

Leading now to hone the Centralian journa-lists in tasks so helpful to the alma mater, as well as to the community, is PNA chief Anabelle Petinglay. The media linkages are prospectively - great. We have our members in big newspapers, TV and radio organizations. Danny Fajardo, Johnny Dignadice and Rosendo Mejica are prominent CPU alumni and publishers of Iloilo’s top local dailies. We have Jonathan ‘Joncy’ Cabillon as Manager of GMA TV and more writers and broadcasters of the province and city’s fourth estate.

I can’t afford to miss the name of Miss Neonita ‘Nitz’ Gobuyan, former PNA Chief, and a seasoned journa-list of ‘all media.’ In the CPU Centennial Celebration where she was a co-chair of the media committee, we had her enthusiasm in the public relations of CPU. She’s one of the motivators for the members and would be members of the Centralians in Mass Media.

As writers and journalists, we are all there to bring and continue to sell CPU to the world. To all our alumni journalists, writers, broadcasters and media practitioners , let us all connect with the Central Spirit (Hi, hello, what do you have for CMM?). Central Philippine Univer-sity needs us and all alumni who are in the mass media profession. What else can best help us link to one another – but the Centralian LINK!


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