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This whole day event was made possible through collaboration with various universities: King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), West Visayas State University, University of Antique, and Northern Negros State College of Science and Technology.
“Let us make our universities open to change and innovations and let us work together to make our universities truly global institutions,” said Dr. Joselito F. Villaruz, WVSU President, officially commencing the event.
With a prolific portfolio boasting over 350 scientific articles, books, book chapters, and reports, a distinguished global health scientist, renowned for advancing science and research in the developing world, has expressed genuine admiration for the commendable research work conducted at West Visayas State University (WVSU).
Dr. Don Eliseo Prisno made this pronouncement when he spoke at the recent WVSU Workshop on World University Rankings and Research Publication organized by the University Research and Development Center last Nov. 10-11, 2023.
“All data points show that WVSU should be a top university of the country. I have dissected and identified all the different data points; and they all lead to one conclusion–that all metrics lead to a high university rank,” said Dr. Prisno, editor-in-chief of Public Health Challenges of Wiley, and deputy editor-in-chief of BMC Global Health Research and Policy, a Quartile 1 journal with an Impact Factor of 8.7.
Dr. Prisno noted the following indicators that he said makes WVSU’s efforts impressive: Webometrics ranks it at number 17 in the country, it has one of the top scientists of the PH based on Scopus, has a substantial number of Scopus papers (and even much higher in number than the top universities of the country), has many AD Scientific Index and Google scholar-listed scientists with several citations, “and so many indicators that the University should be on the same level as the top universities of the Philippines”.
Asked by the workshop participants on how WVSU should capitalize on its strengths, Dr. Prisno said, “The researchers of WVSU should focus on publishing with Scopus journals. There should be a scale up of these publications. The University and its researchers should promote its researches through conferences and other presentations. There should be a substantial increase in research grants. The students should be encouraged to publish. And lastly, the university journals need to be strengthened.”
Dr. Prisno, who has a PhD in Global Health from Cardiff University, has supported governments and universities worldwide in enhancing health research capacities during his extensive travels to 150 countries and territories for scientific work and as a frequent international speaker and consultant.
The West Visayas State University (WVSU) College of Law’s Vox Populi Debate Team emerged as the champion of the “IP Circle League: The Debate Finals Round” held on November 13, 2023, at the Intellectual Property Office in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.
Faith Montalban, Hammil Rainard Distor, and Lawrence Frankie Locsin, along with their coach Atty. Federic Loise S. Regencia, represented the university against the debate team from Rizal Memorial Colleges, Inc., School of Law in Davao City.
The College of Law Dean, Pauline Grace B. Alfuente, and Associate Dean Ian Thomas M. Besana were also present at the venue to show their support for the team.
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Ghifary Muhammad, Akbar Maulana, and Valeska Rianto, students from Institut Teknologi Sepuluh (ITS) Nopember, Surabaya also met Iloilo City councilor Miguel Treñas and the Mayor’s daughter Ms Raisa Treñas-Chu.
These students are joining the academic classes at the College of Information and Communications Technology and the College of Business and Management.
Gab Umadhay, City PESO manager, facilitated the courtesy call and assisted the foreign students in their introduction with the Mayor.
The students will then venture on a city tour guided by two of the WVSU-CBM Tourism Management students.
The morning sessions on November 7, still led by US Embassy’s English Language Fellow, Dr. Kirsten Dyck, began with Games for Teaching Reading, which tackles the different educational games to help students interact with stories. It was followed by Creating Your Own Materials for Teaching Reading, wherein the participants made and shared their own creative learning materials.
In the afternoon, Dr. Carleen Velez, the Regional English Language Officer (RELO) of the US Embassy, joined the remaining two sessions of the workshop: Hands-On Reading Activity Session and Roundtable Discussion – Final Thoughts and Questions.
The main topic of discussions among the chosen panelists from each WVSU campus revolved around the students’ strength in creativity must be utilized to their maximum potential, for them to learn effectively as it encourages a more engaging method of learning—either through video-making or graphics. However, the group agreed that with the careless usage of technology, today’s generation of students are equipped to use it as “source material” and “short fixes”—they no longer connect with text, which led into the conclusion that students must be immersed in reading a few minutes before the start of the class to give them “opportunities to engage with texts” on reading materials of their own choosing and discussing it later on in class.
Concerns regarding “regimented curriculum”, which unable educators to teach reading with creative liberty were also raised. An alternative was suggested by the group: adapt “uninterrupted, sustained silent reading” and as well as give the students reading materials in advance to provide them the luxury of learning it at their own pace.
Dr. Velez recognized that besides being creative, Filipinos are “amazing performing artists”. She said, “I think sometimes as teachers we don’t take that aspect into the classroom.” She emphasized how some students register or process knowledge in different ways, and what works for one student might not work for the rest of the class.
“Take the strength and creativity that Filipinos have and give them a little bit of choice on how they demonstrate their knowledge and I think your students are gonna be happier,” Dr. Velez added.
The training-workshop was in coordination with the WVSU International and Local Linkages Office – ILLO.
Dr. Kirsten Dyck, English Language Fellow at Angeles University, Pampanga leads the discussion on the Student-Centered Reading Workshop among English teachers of the WVSU system.
Today’s activity is composed of four sessions: A presentation on the 10 Ways to Make Your Students Not to HATE Reading; Gallery Walk of Participants’ Favorite Reading Instruction Materials; Selecting Higher-Order Thinking Activities; and Feedback/Brainstorming Session to Work on Participants’ Reading Instruction Challenges.
This is a two-day workshop, which will end tomorrow, November 7.
The Regional English Language Officer of the United States Embassy in the Philippines, Dr. Carleen Velez, will be joining the session on the last day.
This training-workshop is sponsored by the US Embassy in the Philippines, in coordination with the WVSU International and Local Linkages Office – ILLO .
The Indonesian students will be joining the classes at the College of Information and Communications Technology and the College of Business and Management.
This activity is dubbed as Creating Opportunities: The WVSU Student Exchange Program, organized by the WVSU International and Local Linkages Office – ILLO , College of Information and Communications Technology and the College of Business and Management.