To strengthen its proactive effort toward achieving the academic standard of excellence and continual enhancement of its services, Sorsogon State University (SorSU) formally commenced its five-day 1st Survey Visit Online Program Accreditation for the Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship by the Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities in the Philippines (AACCUP), headed by Dr. Kenneth L. Armas (Team Leader, AACCUP Inc. Team), from December 11-15, 2023, via hybrid mode at the SorSU Board Room (for in-person) and online through Zoom Meeting.
Dr. Jhonner D. Ricafort (Vice President for Academic Affairs) officially began the five-day online program accreditation on BS – Entrepreneurship with welcome remarks, emphasizing that accreditation is a way of life for the university personnel. Ensuring compliance and being awarded accreditation status by the AACCUP, a highly reputable accrediting agency in the country, is crucial in the enhancement of the quality of the graduates that the institution aims to produce.
Dr. Ricafort added, “𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙨 𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. 𝙒𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙮.”
Following the welcome message of Dr. Ricafort was the 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘒𝘦𝘺 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 & 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 in AVP led by Dr. Leny D. Berdin (Chief Administrative Officer V), followed by Dr. Jhonner D. Ricafort (Vice President for Academic Affairs) and Dr. Ryan V. Dio (Vice President for Research, Extension, and Training), respectively. On the other hand, the 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 & 𝘛𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 was provided by Dr. Telesforo D. Escoto (Campus Director, SorSU – Sorsogon City Campus).
Meanwhile, Dr. Kenneth L. Armas (Team Leader, AACCUP Inc. Team), from Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology, introduced the 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘈𝘊𝘊𝘜𝘗 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, including Lead Accreditor, Dr. Angelo R. Santos (Nueva Ecija University of Science Technology) and Librarian Accreditor, Dr. Nuelah SJ. Reyes (Central Luzon State University), as well as provided the 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸. Dr. Armas (Team Leader, AACCUP Inc. Team) remarked, ““𝘞𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. We promise you that we will do our best to help you evaluate the areas for improvement and give you recommendations to help you prepare for the next level of accreditation — 𝙈𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝.”
Afterward, the 𝘖𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 transpired following the opening program, while the afternoon activity focused on the Perusal of Documents and/or Evaluation. The five-day online program accreditation is composed of the 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥/𝘰𝘳 𝘌𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘖𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (𝘔𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳/𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴), 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴/𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 3 𝘈𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘯𝘪 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘚𝘜 𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦𝘴, 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘌𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘝𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, as well as 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘝𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴.
Present during the opening program at the SorSU Board Room were Dr. Ryan V. Dio (Vice President for Research, Extension, and Training); Dr. Jenet B. Fuentes (Director, Quality Assurance); Dr. Errol G. De Castro (Head, Program and Institutional Accreditation); Dr. Maria Luisa P. Mirasol (Dean, College of Business and Management); Mr. Anthony L. Madrazo (QA Coordinator, Sorsogon City Campus); Ms. Erlinda P. Enguerra (SorSU University Librarian); CBM Faculty Members: Ms. Cristy D. Docdocos (Program Chair, BS-Entrepreneurship), Prof. Roman Julio B. Infante (Program Chair, BS-Accountancy), Prof. Ma. Gina J. Mendones, Prof. Jezzabie G. Gamis, Mr. Jakim Timothy F. Golimlim, Ms. Lyka G. Gipanao; SorSU-Quality Assurance Office Personnel, Mr. Michael G. Gallon & Mr. Daniel T. Llanera; and other SorSU officials and personnel. (SorSU PIO)
