Advancing its commitment toward raising the bar of quality education and continual improvement of its system, Sorsogon State University (SorSU) is currently undergoing a three-day Level III Phase 2 Online Program Accreditation for its five (5) academic programs under Bulan and Castilla Campuses by the Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities in the Philippines (AACCUP), headed by Dr. Rolito S. Estrellado (AACCUP Overall Coordinator), from November 27-29, 2023, via hybrid mode at the SorSU Board Room (for in-person) and online through Zoom Meeting.
The five curricular offerings under evaluation include the Bachelor of Science in Accounting Information System, Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship, Bachelor of Science in Information Systems, and Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from SorSU-Bulan Campus, as well as Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from SorSU-Castilla Campus.
The three-day online program accreditation formally began with welcome remarks from SUC President III, Dr. Geraldine F. De Jesus, through a video presentation, wherein President De Jesus extended her gratitude to Dr. Rolito S. Estrellado (Overall Coordinator, AACCUP Inc. Team) for answering the call to evaluate some of the university’s programs, as well as Dr. Jenet B. Fuentes (Director, SorSU-Office of the Quality Assurance), Prof. Ma. Elena C. Demdam (Campus Director, SorSU-Bulan Campus), and Prof. Andrew F. Detera (Campus Director, SorSU-Castilla Campus) for preparing meticulously for the survey visit.
Moreover, President De Jesus also emphasized that the purpose of the accreditation survey is to strengthen the programs the university offers its students — by identifying critical areas that can still be improved and developed, as well as through the constructive criticism of the survey teams.
“𝙄𝙛 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙞𝙘𝙤𝙡 𝙍𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙙, 𝙬𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨, 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨, 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙮, 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙛𝙛, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨. 𝘈𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘈𝘊𝘊𝘜𝘗 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺.”
Following the welcome message of President De Jesus was the 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘒𝘦𝘺 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 & 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘝𝘗 by Dr. Leny D. Berdin (Chief Administrative Officer V), Dr. Jhonner D. Ricafort (Vice President for Academic Affairs), and Dr. Ryan V. Dio (Vice President for Research, Extension, and Training), respectively. Meanwhile, the 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 & 𝘛𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 were provided by Prof. Ma. Elena C. Demdam (CD, Bulan Campus) and Prof. Andrew F. Detera (CD, Castilla Campus).
Meanwhile, Dr. Rolito S. Estrellado (Overall Coordinator, AACCUP Inc. Team), from Siquijor State College, discussed the 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 of the event as well as the 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘹𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘈𝘊𝘊𝘜𝘗, which is composed of Dr. Mary Chris A. Austria (AACCUP Team Leader) and Prof. Joel D. Canlas (AACCUP Lead Accreditor) for BS in Accounting Information System; Dr. Marilou P. Pascual (AACCUP Team Leader) and Dr. Arjhel V. Domingo (AACCUP Lead Accreditor) for BS in Entrepreneurship; Dr. Gary Ken N. Robles (AACCUP Team Leader) and Prof. Joselito A. Totaan (AACCUP Lead Accreditor) for the BS in Information Systems; and Dr. Peter R. Rabanal (AACCUP Team Leader) and Dr. Menchie A. Dela Cruz (AACCUP Lead Accreditor) for the BS in Information Technology; Dr. Pretty Lay T. Abdala (AACCUP Lead Accreditor) for Library; Dr. Manuel D. Gacutan (AACCUP Team Leader) and Dr. Deejay M. Lumanao (AACCUP Lead Accreditor) for the BS in Agriculture Program of Castilla Campus.
Subsequently, the 𝘖𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 took place after the opening program. The three-day program accreditation consists of 𝘚𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘘&𝘈 𝘣𝘺 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 and 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, as well as 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
In attendance during the opening program at the SorSU Board Room were Dr. Jenet B. Fuentes (Director, Quality Assurance); Dr. Errol G. De Castro (Head, Program and Institutional Accreditation); Dr. Catherine A. De Castro (Director, Planning Management); and SorSU-Quality Assurance Office Personnel, Mr. Michael G. Gallon and Mr. Daniel T. Llanera. (SorSU PIO)
