A day-long research conference was held on February 22, 2019 to mark the annual Bartolome de las Casas Research Conference 2019 held at the Central Laboratory Auditorium B. Spearheaded by the UST (UST SIMBAHAYAN) in collaboration with the UST (UST RCSSED), the theme for this year鈥檚 conference was 鈥淐ommunity Engagement and Service Learning: Towards Strong Institutionalization and Community Empowerment.鈥�
The opening remarks, delivered by Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation , was followed by the Panel Session 1: Institutionalization of Community Engagement/Service-Learning which was moderated by Assoc. Prof. Marielyn C. Quintana. Research presenters were SIMBAHAYAN Director , SIMBAHAYAN Assistant Director , and 鈥� all of whom are part of the UST Community-Engaged Studies Research Interest Group (RIG), together with Asst. Prof. Philip Arnold Tua帽o of Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU).
For Panel Session 2: Community Engagement/Service-Learning and Student Formation, the presentors included: Asst. Prof. Leland Joseph dela Cruz from ADMU, Dr. Marian Emae Grace Alvarez from the UST , and Assoc. Prof. Jose Ricarte Origenes from the UST SIMBAHAYAN-National Service Training Program (NSTP).
The moderator for the afternoon session, Dr. Abernir, focused on Community Engagement/Service-Learning Intervention and Impact. Ms. Enha Erika Brondo, ADMU-NSTP Formator and Mr. George Omer Quitoriano, faculty member of ADMU showcased their studies together with Engr. Alexie Ballon from the Institute of Information and Computing Sciences; Mitzico Bibal, graduating student of ; Jelynna Alano, and Jowillyn Capacite, students from . The last session which awakened the interest of students on Community Engagement/Service Learning and Disaster Resilience was facilitated by Asst. Prof. Alipao.
Assoc. Prof. Quintana from , Mr. Adrian Romero of UST NSTP, Ms. Imelda Oponda of Kasiglahan Village, Asst. Prof. Alain Jomari Santos of UST , Marie Jane Turla, and Britany Alaine Lopez from College of Nursing students were the last presenters.
Abenir concluded the conference by not just mentioning the importance of research that is for the people and by the people, but also by emphasizing that the Bartolome de las Casas Research Conference serves as an avenue for the conference participants to listen and understand the research studies and interventions of different colleges guided by the discipline of community development. He also invited everyone to submit their research papers for the upcoming Kamanlalakbay portion of its program, which is a presentation of studies regarding partner communities of the University.
