UB school administrators with PACU facilitators during the seminar on The Art and Practice of Deanship, at University of Mindanao, Davao in August 5-6, 2010.
School administrators from the University of Bohol attended the academic management seminar on The Art and Practice of Deanship conducted by the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities (PACU) in August 5-6, 2010, at the University of Mindanao-Matina Campus, Davao City.
The two day seminar was focused on educational administrators, specifically deans, in all of their various emergent roles and functions, such as academic management, faculty development, program development and marketing of programs. Also included were topics on how to handle day to day problems, effective supervision and evaluation of faculty, academic freedom, strategic planning and predicting future trends, internationalization and linkages, and impact of globalization in higher education.
Atty. Nuevas T. Montes, VP for administration and Dr. Lumin T. Pamaran, VP for academics led the UB administrators during the seminar which was attended by school executives and academic professionals of private higher educational institutions affiliated with PACU nationwide. College deans who attended were, Dr. Ma. Asuncion L. Bersabal, Tourism/Hospitality Management-Nutrition and Dietetics; Dr. Carolina O. Belarmino, Education; Atty. Marlumina B. Teh ,Liberal Arts; Mrs. Isabelita Margate, Nursing; Atty. Dodelon Sabijon, Criminology; Engr. Liberato Lupot, Jr., Engineering and Technology; Atty. Gregorio Austral, Law; Arch. German Torrero, Architecture and Fine Arts; and Mr. Cesar B. Edulan, Business and Accountancy. Dr. Ammon Dennis R. Tirol ,budget officer/ assistant dean of Graduate Studies and Mr. Will Tyron B. Tirol, college professor also participated during the seminar.
The series of seminars conducted by PACU to all its affiliates is aimed to equip education executives of academic and management posts in the new management tools, developments in quality assurance, advances in educational technology, changing interest of learners, new approaches in strategic planning, novel assessment methods, alternative learning experience and emerging fields of study to address the challenges of fast changing milieu of higher education institutions.
It may be noted that Lawyer Victoriano B. Tirol, Jr., UB president , presently sits as Board Director of PACU representing the Central Visayas region. (L.Boncales)
