CAH Receives Books from NCCA College turn over books to Klondykes

the winner, but in the end, they agreed on the list of winners: Kings College of the Philippines placed first, followed by BSU Main Campus in second place, and BSU Buguias Campus garnered third place. The winning groups received their Certificates and cash prizes and were recognized during the Benguet Teacher’s Day Culminating activity held at the BSU Gym on November 18, 2022.

ThreeHundred Sixty Thousand worth of books was donated to College of Arts and Humanities (CAH) from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) through the partnership with the Rotary Club of La Trinidad (RCLT) on October 7, 2022.

The simple turnover ceremony of 406 new books was conducted at the CAS Building along with BSU President Dr. Felipe Salaing Comila who welcomed them in his office and gave his remarks during the program. The ceremony was also graced by Mr. Jayson Conda, director of NCCA Culture and the Arts, and Mrs. Evangeline Arseniuk, president of the RCLT accompanied by Mr. Jeremiah Malari from the NCCA Legal Office and Mr. Rodelio Candor, the NCCA accreditation and grants processing officer.

This donation was an initiative of the college dean and former president of the Rotary Club of La Trinidad, Dr. Myrna SisonKuiper. According to her, NCCA announced of donating books to non-government organizations during a seminar in Marawi City. Through Rotary Club of La Trinidad, Mrs. Kuiper submitted a request proposal and was granted.

On the other hand, President Comila, Mr. Conda, Mrs. Arseniuk, and Mr. Malari also discussed the possibility of Benguet State University (BSU) as a UNESCO Heritage Center for Indigenous Languages and recognized internationally for culture in the Cordillera.

The 406 new publications are context books in the humanities, arts, and languages. Since CAH provides university-level courses in the arts and humanities, these books will be helpful. Ms. Arseniuk added that the authors of these publications, who were also recipients of publication funding from NCCA, have graciously donated their work to the college. All donated books will be kept in the college library.

Intending to extend support for quality education to schools in need of books, the College of Arts and Humanities (CAH) favorably held a turn-over ceremony of books and scrabble boards to Klondykes Elementary School on November 14, 2022, at the College of Arts and Sciences building, Benguet State University – main campus.

A book drive was successfully organized through the joint effort of the college extension coordinators, faculty members, and students of the College Arts and Humanities, comprising the department of Arts and Communication, Arts and English, and Arts and Filipino.

Children’s book and scrabble boards were rendered to Mrs. Erlinda Cosil of Klondykes Elementary school, led by Mrs. Myrna Sison-Kuiper, college dean, and assisted by Mrs. Rhonda B. Tullay, college extension coordinator, and the students from the different student organizations.

President Comila Hosts “Kapihan sa BSU”

Among the topics discussed by President Comila during the “Kapihan” are the present status of BSU and the soon to be offering of the course Medicine in the University. Also, the University’s Vice Presidents and/or rep-resentative in order of appearance and presentation, Dr. Samuel S. Poliden, Vice President for Academic Affairs (VPAA) and College of Arts and Humanities (CAH) faculty gave updates on the 8th Cycle of the National Budget Circular (NBC) 461, the University faculty promotion system wherein 273 faculty were evaluated and 253 were promoted to higher academic rank and 30 not promoted but retained their academic rank. Moreover, the present 13,000+ student population of BSU qualifies it as a medium level and the enhancement of the undergraduate degree programs with the “Cordillera Heritage 101” project to promote the Cordilleran indigenous culture was achieved last year.

The Vice Pre-sident for Research and Extension, (VPRE) Dr. Johnny G. Dati, Sr. reported on the past year’s research projects sold in the market, seminars and trainings conducted and linkages made with local and international partners like Department of Education (DepEd) Baguio and Apayao.

On the other hand, the VP for

Administration and Finance, Atty.

Sacpa represented by Atty. Lampacan updated everyone in attendance of the College of Medicine’s offering next School Year, SY 2023 – 2024 in the University and also targeted the conduct of a Feasibility study before the said course’s official start.

The “Kapihan Sa BSU” was co-emceed by Dr. Adamson N. Labi, a faculty member of CAH and Director of the University Public Affairs Office (UPAO) and it ended with giving of tokens to the BSU media partners; thereafter lunch for everybody who attended was served.

Mrs. Cosil expressed her gratitude and stated that the books they received suit the learners in their school.