Headed by SorSU – Office of the Quality Assurance, under the leadership of Dr. Jenet B. Fuentes (Director, SorSU QA) and SorSU-Accreditation Task Force with invaluable support of SorSU-Accreditation Working Committees, the three-day 3rd Survey Phase 2 Online Program Accreditation conducted by the Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities in the Philippines (AACCUP) on five (5) programs of Sorsogon State University (SorSU) successfully culminated today, November 29, 2023, with a hybrid mode closing program at the SorSU Board Room (for in-person) and online via Zoom Meeting.
Dr. Rolito S. Estrellado (Overall Coordinator, AACCUP, Inc. Team), in his 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 of the five evaluated curricular programs of SorSU, commended the respective Accreditation Task Force of Bulan and Castilla Campuses for their relentless effort and hard work to comply all the desired documents in the three-day accreditation as well as provide the additional requested forms of their respective accreditors. He added, “𝙒𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝘼𝘾𝘾𝙐𝙋 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙎𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙜𝙤𝙣 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙆𝙪𝙙𝙤𝙨 𝙩𝙤 [𝙎𝙤𝙧𝙎𝙐] 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙤𝙣𝙚.”
In response, during the 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, SUC President III, Dr. Geraldine F. De Jesus, extended her deep appreciation to AACCUP Overall Coordinator, Dr. Rolito S. Estrellado and the respective AACCUP accreditors for sharing their time and effort in the three-day undertaking.
“𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘨𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘈𝘤𝘵 11088, 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘺 2020… 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘈𝘊𝘊𝘜𝘗 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘕𝘰𝘸, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘵𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘚𝘜.”
“𝙇𝙚𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚, 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙨, 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙪𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠. 𝙇𝙚𝙩 𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙤𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙜𝙤𝙣 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮.”
After the 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 of 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘋𝘦 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 was the 𝘝𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 for the esteemed AACCUP accreditors. This was subsequently followed by the closing messages from Prof. Maria Elena C. Demdam (Campus Director, Bulan Campus) and Prof. Andrew F. Detera (Campus Director, Castilla Campus).
During her closing remarks, Prof. Maria Elena C. Demdam (Campus Director, Bulan Campus) expressed her heartfelt gratitude to the diligent evaluators whose expertise has been instrumental in this thorough evaluation. She remarked, “𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙙, 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙛𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙖𝙘𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙨. 𝙎𝙖 𝙢𝙜𝙖 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙣𝙜 𝘽𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙣 𝘾𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙪𝙨, 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜-𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙖 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙮𝙖 𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙜𝙖𝙗𝙖𝙮 𝙨𝙖 𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣.”
In addition, Prof. Demdam also thanked the SorSU top management as well as the Bulan Campus non-teaching staff, especially the local task force headed by respective program chairs, for their time, expertise, and commitment to upholding the standard of academic excellence.
“𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝙏𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙪𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙤𝙖𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙎𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙜𝙤𝙣 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙣 𝘾𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙪𝙨.”
Further, Prof. Andrew F. Detera (Campus Director, Castilla Campus), in his closing message, highlighted that such an event is a significant avenue to knowing the University’s status, measuring its systems, and working out its potential for improvement.
“𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣’𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙬𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩, 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙮, 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙛𝙛, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 — 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨.”
𝘛𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘈𝘈𝘊𝘊𝘜𝘗 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴. (SorSU PIO)
