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JULY 2021 | Vol. XIII Issue 7 ISSN 2094-3991 Bicol University, Legazpi City Telefax No. (052) 480-0167
PRESIDENT’S OUTBOX
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umusta na ang ating mga Isko at Iska dito sa Bicol University? Sana okay pa rin. Sana matatag pa rin o nagpapakatatag gaya ng marami sa ating mga kababayan. I am truly thankful that you have reached this far my dear Bicol University scholars and awardees. At a time, when education is at its challenging period, you have emerged strong and resilient. Alam kong marami kayong pinagdaanan bago n’yo nakamit ang araw na ito – ang maging bahagi ng GAWAD Bueño sa panahon ng pandemya. I know the endless sacrifices of your parents and family. I know of your endless and countless battles to continue staying online and being on time in submitting all your academic requirements; even when you complain at times of your net connectivity and financial woes. Alam ko at ramdam ko kayo. Ako rin ay isang Iskolar ng Bayan. I wasn’t born rich. I have been a scholar all my life, relying on the blessings of people and institutions for my education and professional growth. I have felt the struggle of worrying not only about maintaining my grades but more so on where I would get the money to finance all my school projects and requirements. The only difference is, there was no pandemic then, which make it doubly hard for you, now. I know you were not ready for the sudden Pres Outbox | P3 shift in education,
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AN EXECUTIVE NEWSLETTER
BU lands on list of top accounting schools in PH
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ased on the board exam passing rates for first timers in the year 2017-2018, Bicol University ranks top 10 on the list of Best Schools for Accountancy in the Philippines with a board exam passing rate of 76%. It can be recalled that Bicol University shared the spotlight with the top performing universities in the Philippines according to the results from the October 2016 Certified Public Accountants (CPA) Board Exam with
an 84.93% passing rate. Meanwhile in 2015, BU ranked third among the top performing schools with a rating of 94.20%. Monico Paulo Rañosa, an accountancy graduate in 2015, notched the 10th place with a score of 90.86%. But in 2019, BU resulted an average of 60% overall passing rate during the May CPA examination and 32.93% overall passing rate on the October CPA examination.
35M earmarks for first-of its-kind ISSP ICT upgrade
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icol University was able to secure from its Board of Regents 35 million for the Information System Strategic Plan (ISSP) submitted and prepared by Dr. Aris J. Ordoñez, Information and Communication Technology Office (ICTO) Director; the first of its kind among SUCs in Bicol. This also marks BU as the first State University and Colleges (SUCs) in the Bicol region to propose an overall upgrade in the ICT infrastructure that includes its satellite campuses amounting to 700 million. BU currently lacks a network backbone capable of providing dependable and consistent network services and internet access to its many components according to ISSP. The current network design of the university was not based on standards, prone to attenuations, not manageable, and could not be fine-tuned.
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As the demand of the university grew, the ISSP intends to improve BU’s present ICT infrastructure and services by implementation of the following strategic plans: To provide a reliable, robust, manageable, and disaster resilient ICT infrastructure for the next 20 years; create a facility that would provide the different offices, units, agencies, students, faculty members, administrators, and personnel an easy access to information, communication, and security; enhance the delivery of services through the development and implementation of interconnected information systems that would complement the functions of BU’s offices, units, and agencies; and improve the delivery of education through the use of the state-of-the-art ICT | P8 laboratories, facilities, and
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