To formally welcome and orient the new Graduate School students as well as the returning GS SorSUeños on University policies and guidelines, the Sorsogon State University – Graduate School conducted a one-day student orientation on 02 September 2023, at the SorSU Audio-Visual Hall, Sorsogon City Campus.
The orientation began with the welcome remarks of Dr. Jhonner D. Ricafort (VP on Academic Affairs). Dr. Ricafort remarked that the Graduate students, “𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 [𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳] 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 [𝘵𝘩𝘦] 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘚𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘈𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘐𝘚𝘖-𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘚𝘜 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘈𝘈𝘊𝘊𝘜𝘗-𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.”
Likewise, in her inspirational message, SUC President III, Dr. Geraldine F. De Jesus, stressed the importance of “𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙋𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙪𝙞𝙩; 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝙉𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴; 𝙎𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘴; 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘸𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝙀𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙮”.
President De Jesus concluded her speech addressed to all the Graduate students, “𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘚𝘜, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 ‘𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩’ 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘨𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦. [𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘴] 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚.”
Afterward, Dr. Ritzelda A. Deri (GS Coordinator, SDS, Program Chair-MAED, PhD MathEd) acknowledged the Graduate School Students per Program while Dr. Susan S. Janer (Graduate School Dean) presented the regular and part-time GS Faculty and discussed the GS Policies. Also included in the orientation were the presentation of the services provided by the Office of the Library and the Registrar’s Office headed by Mrs. Erlinda P. Enguerra and Dr. Maria Lourdes G. Barrozo, respectively.
Moreover, the 2022-2024 Supreme Student Government officers led by Ms. Myrna D. Leoncito (SSG President-MAM PA), Mr. Louie Cabrera, Jr. (SSG Vice-President-MaEd English), Mr. Leomar P. Roda (SSG Secretary-MAM AS), Mr. Junie R. Miguela (SSG Treasurer-MaEd Science), Mr. Alex P. Furio (SSG Auditor-PhD Math), Mr. Miguel S. Pelecia (SSG PIO-MaEd Filipino), and the SSG Board of Directors, Mr. Deonie J. Mangampo (MAT THE) and Ms. Jamie Anne T. Dollentas (EdDLM) were also presented. Ms. Leoncito provided a brief report on the various activities conducted by the SSG last 2022 which include the PaliGSahan 2022, the Consultative Meeting and the support provided to the Research Colloquium 2023 organized by the Graduate School. The Open Forum moderated by Dr. Sherill A. Gilbas (Program Chair-PHDLE) followed afterward, with questions on preferred mode of classes (online/modular) raised and answered. Dr. Gerry S. Digo (Program Chair-EdDLM, MAM-AS, MED) gave the closing remarks.
The GS orientation was attended by around 394 Graduate School students. It’s master of ceremony was Dr. Susan F. Astillero (GS Coordinator, Research and IRO). (SorSU PIO)
