The School of Business and Economics held yesterday the Business Partners’ Summit. The plenary session of the sum-mit was conducted at the Albert van Gansewinkel Hall and the parallel breakout sessions in the various rooms of the Ernest Hoerdemann building. The keynote speaker for the summit was Fr. Anthony S. Salas, SVD, the Vice President for Academic Affairs. In his ad-dress, Fr. Salas mentioned of the flaws in our current education system, including concerns on its quality and the mismatch be-tween college graduates and industry demands. He also talked about the government’s policy responses: K+12 implementa-tion, reclassification of HEIs, and outcome-based education. Lastly, he stressed the need for collabo-ration between the academe, industry and alumni to improve curricula to better prepare stu-dents for employment. Also present during the summit were the university’s partners coming from both the public and private sectors who served as discussants. They are Hon. Rosana A. Urdaneta, Re-gional Director of TESDA Re-gion VII; Dr. Josefino Ronquillo, Education Supervisor II of CHED Region VII; Engr. Glenn Anthony Soco, President and Founder of Coffee Dream; Mr. Jonathan Rivera, CPA, Managing Partner of Sta. Ana, Rivera & Co., CPAs; and Atty. Tomas Riveral, CPA, President of Oriental Port and Allied Services Corporation.

With this collaboration between the university and its business partners, we can be certain that our academic pro-grams will stay up-to-date to give students the skills and knowledge needed for employment.

Above:

Faculty members join Fr.

Salas, SVD and the

discussants.

Photo by Jochris Escanuela

Right:

Fr. Salas takes an emphatic

pause in the middle of his

speech. Photo by Jeremie Plaza

SBE Meets with Business Partners by Jon Oliver Balili

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The Economics

Department

Presents its revised

graduate curriculum.

Photo by

Jochris Escanuela

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Faculty and

practitioners discuss

real estate

management.

Photo by

Jon Oliver Balili

BA, Economics Engage in Industry Consultation by Jon Oliver Balili

Yesterday afternoon, the Department of Business Administration and the De-partment of Economics held industry consultations for the purpose of improving its aca-demic program lineup. These consultations were held at the SBE Conference Room and the Dean’s Office.

The Department of Business Administration intro-duced in their consultation their proposed new academic

program, Bachelor of Science in Real Estate Management. The program was developed by Dr. Josefina Cabrigas and presented by Dr. Grace Marie Lape. Present were the Dean of SBE, Dr. Challoner A. Ma-tero, and the Asst. Dean, Dr. Melanie B. de Ocampo; mem-bers of the faculty who are real estate practitioners, in-cluding Dr. Teresita Abarquez, Atty. Christopher Malaya, Dr. Liberato Reyes, and Mr. Jimmy Lucero. Also present were Dr. Josefino Ronquillo, CHED Region VII Supervisor; Mr. Romeo Yap, the university registrar; real estate brokers Mr. Allan Dy and Mr. Anthony Leuterio; and representatives from the Philippine Associa-tion of Real Estate Brokers and the Cebu Realtors Board, Mr. Richard Azares and Ms. Ruth Paredes.

There was a very robust discussion and sharing of expertise in the field of real estate management among the various stakeholders from the academe and industry practi-tioners.

The Department of Economics held their consulta-tion with the National Eco-nomic and Development Au-thority (NEDA) and the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (RAFI). Attending the consultation were the Dean, Dr. Matero; the Asst. Dean, Dr. de Ocampo; Prof. Fran-cisco Largo, Chair of the Eco-nomics Department; Mr. Mi-

guel Antonio Garcia and Ms. Lourde Liz Abellana, current graduate students; Mr. Fer-nando Fajardo, faculty member and Executive Director of the Cebu Business Club; Ms. Ruth Paul Cruz of NEDA Region VII; and Ms. Dominica Chua, Chief Operating Officer of RAFI.

Prof. Largo pre-sented the revised curriculum of the Master of Arts in Eco-nomics program. Many inputs were provided by the stake-holders in improving the cur-riculum to make it more out-come-based.

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JPMorgan Holds Knowledge Forum by Kyle Joseph Alo

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Held in the Gansewinkel Hall on the third day of the SBE week, JPMorgan Chase & Co., one of the biggest banks in the U.S., conducted a talk about their com-pany and a possible career path with them for the future graduates. The forum was organized by the Junior Philippine Institute of Ac-countants (JPIA) and was mostly attended by 4th year BSMA stu-dents, although 3rd year BSA stu-dents were invited as well. JPIA’s VP-Internal, Ms. Ava Alegado hosted the event and four speakers from JPMorgan were later on intro-duced to the audience. The first speaker was Ms. Jaz Caballero, the Recruitment Manager of JPMorgan Chase. She set the mood of the entire forum by tackling a vital topic for any hopeful graduate; preparing for the work place. She shared her own experiences when talking about choosing career paths, and also her experience being in recruitment and the many do’s and don’ts when first applying for a job. The next speaker was Mr. Mark Meacham, the Vice-President for retail operations here in Cebu. He gave an overview of JPMorgan Chase and what it is like to work in a global bank. He also was not shy to admit that he has come to love living in the Philip-pines, specifically Cebu, and plans to expand further the growth of JPMorgan here in our province. Ms. Debra Estero, the Sourcing Manager, then explained more about the company, specifi-cally the Cebu branch, after show-ing to the audience the AVP from JPMorgan. Francisco David, an alumnus of USC batch 2010, was then asked to speak in behalf of the company as a testimony of the success he has had in his almost 2 years stay in the company. A short Q&A then fol-lowed, which a number of students participated in by asking questions

ranging from other employee bene-fits to possible career paths under JPMorgan. To draw the forum to a close, tokens of appreciation were given to the resource speakers and the president of JPIA, Mr. Marcley Augustus Natu-el gave the closing remarks. It was indeed an enlight-ening forum for the attendees that left most considering a future with one of the biggest banks in the United States, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Above:

Marcley Augustus Natu-el,

JPIA President, presents a

certificate of appreciation to

Ms. Jaz Caballero.

Right:

Mr. Mark Meacham gives an

overview of JPMorgan and

what it’s like to work in a

global bank.

Photos by

Kyle Joseph Alo

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Dr. Matero, Fr. Salas, SVD, and the discussants at the

Business Partners Summit.

Photo by Jochris Escanuela

Dr. Matero presents a certificate to Dr. Josefino Ronquillo.

Photo by Jochris Escanuela

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The host entertains a guest from Mandaue City College

during the Cocktail Mixing Competition.

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A participant prepares her cocktail mix.

Photo by Jon Oliver Balili

Winners of the Cocktail Mixing Competition gracefully

stand on stage to receive their awards.

Photo by Jeremie Plaza

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