MEM Program to Undergo Level III, Phase I Accreditation (2)

The Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities in the Philippines (AACCUP), Inc. will be conducting a five-day Accreditation Survey Visit on July 19-23, 2011.  Nine different master’s programs will undergo Level III, Phase I accreditation which will focus on the inspection of documentation of the ten different areas, to wit: 1) Vision, Mission, Goals and Objectives, 2) Faculty, 3) Curriculum and Instruction, 4) Students, 5) Research, 6) Extension and Community Involvement, 7) Library, 8) Physical Fitness, 9) Laboratory and 10) Administration.

            The MEM Program is one of the nine programs which will undergo Level III, Phase I accreditation.  The survey team who will lead its accreditation is composed of eight accreditors from different universities headed by Dr. Nenita L. Pongco (NEUST), the team leader, Dr. Constancia G. Cueno (CvSU), Dr. Aurea A. Dela Cruz (ISU), Dr. Manolito C. Manuel (Pangasinan SU), Dr. Rimalu B. Serrano (ISU), Dr. Erlinda P. Orgaya (Partido SU), Dr. Rhodora S. Crizaldo (CvSU), and Dr. Betsie M. Dela Cruz (ISU), the members.  The over-all coordinator/consultant of the Level III, Phase I Accreditation Survey Visit is Dr. Myrna Q. Mallari from TSU.

            In order for the MEM program, or any other program, to pass the Level III, Phase I accreditation, it must excel in all the aforementioned areas and to get a rating not less than 4.0.  During the Level II Accreditation Survey Visit, the MEM Program ranked neck-to-neck with the DEM program making it one of the top programs who got the highest rating.

            The AACCUP, Inc., under its charter and registration on 1989, operates and functions up to the present to develop a mechanism of, and conduct the evaluation of programs and institutions to make them internationally recognized.  This accreditation agency provides avenue for academic excellence in several fields or areas which will then cater different institutions and programs, like our very own MEM program, provide quality and internationally-recognized training and services to its students.

You Might Be A Graduate Student If...

…everything reminds you of something in your discipline.

…you have ever discussed academic matters at a sporting event.

…you can tell the time of day by looking at the traffic flow at the library.

…you look forward to summers because you can study more productively without the 

    distraction of classes.

…you consider all papers to be works in progress.

…professors don't really care when you turn in work anymore.

…you find the bibliographies of books more interesting than the actual text.

…you have give up trying to keep your books organized and are now just trying to keep   

    them all in the same general area.

…you have accepted guilt as inherent feature of relaxation.

…you are startled to meet people who neither need nor want to read.

…you have ever brought a scholarly article to a bar.

…you rate coffee shops by the availability of outlets for your laptop.

...you are constantly looking for a thesis in novels.

...you have difficulty reading anything that doesn't have footnotes.

...you consider caffeine to be a major food group.

...you've ever brought books with you on vacation and actually studied.

...Saturday nights spent studying no longer seem weird.

...the professor doesn't show up to class and you discuss the readings anyway.

...you still feel guilty about giving students low grades.

...you can read course books and cook at the same time.

...you schedule events for academic vacations so your friends can come.

...you find taking notes in a park relaxing.

...you find yourself citing sources in conversation.

...you've ever sent a personal letter with footnotes.

...your glasses prescription is 3x stronger than it was a year ago and you have carpel

   tunnel syndrome because 90% of your time is in front of the computer or reading.

...8% of your time is spent in class.

...2% of your time is divided among eating, sleeping, shopping, TV, laundry, and socializing.

...you use words that only the people in your classes can understand.

...some of those continuing education classes sound interesting.

...an exciting trip is when you run errands with your roommate.

...you utter the words, "School comes before sex."

...free time is taken up by studying.

...studying keeps you awake.

...your bill for xeroxing exceeds your phone bill.

...a full night of sleep is 4 hours and a 2 hour nap mid afternoon.

...when you tell people your thesis topic, they blink repeatedly and purse their lips while

    attempting not to burst out laughing.

...you consider cooking and cleaning your apartment leisurely breaks from real work.

...5:00 p.m. Friday means you are now scheduled to work for the next 48 hours.

...you have every minute of the next four months planned out but have no idea what you

   are going to do for the rest of your life.

...your friends and family become concerned because although you can now recite, word

   for word, the most popular theories in your field, you have lost all semblance of

   common sense. 

   (by David McKay at the University of Iowa, http://www.uh.edu/~nfelt/grad.html)

On the Lighter Side of it

“OMG!”  This is my initial reaction after meeting my professor in Research Seminar I just three weeks after the start of classes.  It seems that I am too overwhelmed with all the requirements, expectations and tons of things to be accomplished in this subject.  But according to her, research is the essence of being in the graduate school.  She said that one has no business in the graduate school without conducting researches or even dissertations to those aspirants of a PhD degree.  Meditating all of these, I can’t help but convince myself that I can do it.  So I decided first to take a break and browse the net to find something interesting.  Luckily, I found out this humorous fable which put me on the lighter side of it.

 

One sunny day, a rabbit came out of her hole in the ground to enjoy the fine weather. The day was so nice that she became careless and a fox snuck up behind her and caught her. "I am going to eat you for lunch!" said the fox. "Wait!" replied the rabbit," You should at least wait a few days." "Oh yeah? Why should I wait?" "Well, I am just finishing my dissertation on 'The Superiority of Rabbits over Foxes and Wolves'" said the rabbit. "Are you crazy? I should eat you right now! Everyone knows that a fox will always win over a rabbit." "Not according to my research. If you like, you can come into my hole and read it for yourself. If you are not convinced, you can go ahead and eat me for lunch." "You really are crazy!" said the fox, but since the fox was curious and had nothing to lose, it went into the hole with the rabbit. The fox never came out. A few days later, the rabbit was again taking a break from writing when a wolf came out of the bushes and was ready to set upon her. "Wait!" yelled the rabbit," You can't eat me right now." "And why might that be, my furry appetizer?" said the wolf. "I am almost finished with my dissertation on 'The Superiority of Rabbits over Foxes and Wolves.” The wolf laughed so hard he almost let go of the rabbit. "Maybe I shouldn't eat you--you really are sick in the head! You might have something contagious." "Come and read it for yourself, you can eat me afterwards if you disagree with my conclusions." So the wolf went down into the rabbit's hole...and never came out. The rabbit finished her dissertation and was out celebrating in the local lettuce patch. Another rabbit came along and asked, "What's up? You seem very happy." "Yup, I just finished my dissertation." "Congratulations! What's it about?" "'The Superiority of Rabbits over Foxes and Wolves.'" "No way! That can't be right." "Oh, but it is. Come and read it for yourself." So the two rabbits went down into the rabbit hole. As they entered, the friend saw the typical graduate abode. A computer with the controversial work was in one corner surrounded by discarded papers. And on one side of the room there was a pile of fox bones, while on the other side there was a pile of wolf bones. And in the center, there was a large, well-fed lion.

The moral of the story: The title of your dissertation doesn't matter. The subject doesn't matter. The research doesn't matter. All that matters is who your advisor is. (http://chat.carleton.ca/~jnoakes/grad.html#diss)

MEM Program to Undergo Level III, Phase I Accreditation

The Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities in the Philippines (AACCUP), Inc. will be conducting a five-day Accreditation Survey Visit on July 19-23, 2011.  Nine different master’s programs will undergo Level III, Phase I accreditation which will focus on the inspection of documentation of the ten different areas, to wit: 1) Vision, Mission, Goals and Objectives, 2) Faculty, 3) Curriculum and Instruction, 4) Students, 5) Research, 6) Extension and Community Involvement, 7) Library, 8) Physical Fitness, 9) Laboratory and 10) Administration.

            The MEM Program is one of the nine programs which will undergo Level III, Phase I accreditation.  The survey team who will lead its accreditation is composed of eight accreditors from different universities headed by Dr. Nenita L. Pongco (NEUST), the team leader, Dr. Constancia G. Cueno (CvSU), Dr. Aurea A. Dela Cruz (ISU), Dr. Manolito C. Manuel (Pangasinan SU), Dr. Rimalu B. Serrano (ISU), Dr. Erlinda P. Orgaya (Partido SU), Dr. Rhodora S. Crizaldo (CvSU), and Dr. Betsie M. Dela Cruz (ISU), the members.  The over-all coordinator/consultant of the Level III, Phase I Accreditation Survey Visit is Dr. Myrna Q. Mallari from TSU.

            In order for the MEM program, or any other program, to pass the Level III, Phase I accreditation, it must excel in all the aforementioned areas and to get a rating not greater than 4.0.  During the Level II Accreditation Survey Visit, the MEM Program ranked neck-to-neck with the DEM program making it one of the top programs who got the highest rating.

            The AACCUP, Inc., under its charter and registration on 1989, operates and functions up to the present to develop a mechanism of, and conduct the evaluation of programs and institutions to make them internationally recognized.  This accreditation agency provides avenue for academic excellence in several fields or areas which will then cater different institutions and programs, like our very own MEM program, provide quality and internationally-recognized training and services to its students.

IS YOUR CLAY JAR BROKEN?

"Gideon and his group reached the edge of the enemy camp a few hours after dark...Gideon and his soldiers blew their trumpets and smashed the clay jars that were hiding the torches.  The rest of Gideon's soldier blew the trumpets they were holding in their right hands.  Then they smashed the clay jars and held the burning torches in their left hands. Everone shouted "Fight with your swords for the Lord and for Gideon."   The enemy soldiers started yelling and tried to run away." Judges 7:19-21 CEV

The story of Gideon being able to defeat a big army and having only a few of themselves, trumpets, swords, some clay jar with torches inside and faith in their hearts showcases how powerful and awesome God moves.  When the Israelites blew their trumpets and altogether broke the clay jars in their hand revealing the torch inside it, the Medianites were awestrucked by the light and by the surprise attack of the Israelites which led to their defeat.

The secret of the success of this surprise attack is the perfect execution of altogether breaking the clay jar creating tremendous light which emanates from the torch inside it.  This portion of the story really caught my attention especially when I read 2 Cor. 4:7 "We are like clay jars in which the treasure is stored.  The real power comes from God and not from us."  The apostle Paul likened the life of a christian into a clayjar which has a "treasure" stored in it, and when I asked myself what treasure is that, the bible answered in Matthew 5:4 "You are like light for the world, a city built on top of a hill cannot be hidden..."

Interestingly, the life of a christian is like a clay jar in which the light is stored which is also the same thing Gideon and his soldiers had used to defeat the Medianites.  Jesus Christ said to us that we should make our light shine so that others will see the good that we do and will praise our father in heaven (Matthew 5:16).  These words from Him reminds us that we christians, and the light in us which comes from Him, are needed by this dark world and by the people living in darkness to lead them to the saving knowlede of our Lord Jesus.  However, the light in us could only be seen if we break the clay jar---our life---and this clay jar will only be broken if we fully submit and commit ourselves to Him, letting Him take full control of our mind, will and soul.  Unless we do not do this, the clay jar will remain whole and the light in it needed by this world and the lost people, will only be in vain.

These truths also encourage us to stay away from THINGS that will thicken and harden the clay jar to the point of being unbreakable and to dim the light to the point of quenching it---that is SIN.

The day of the Lord's coming is fast approaching;  the signs and events around us shows. There is, indeed, an urgency to let the lost people--maybe your family, relatives, friends, officemates, neighbors, classmates, etc.---see the light in us and be brought to the Light of the World, our Lord and Savior. Jesus Christ.  But the question is: Is your clay jar broken?  

A THOUGHT TO PONDER ABOUT HAPPINESS

Two Boxes

I have in my hands two boxes
which God gave me to hold
he said, "put all your sorrows in the black
and all your joys in the gold

I heeded his words, and in the two boxes
both my joys and sorrows I store
but though the gold became heavier each day
the black was as light as before

with curiosity I opened the black
I wanted to find out why
and I saw in the base of the box a hole
which my sorrows had fallen out by

I showed the hole to God, and mused aloud,
I wonder where my sorrows could be
he smiled a gentle smile at me
my child they're all here with me

I asked, "God, why give me the boxes,
why the gold and black with the hole?"
"My child the gold is for you to count your blessings,
the black is for you to let go."
- Contributed by LMMyers