By Cora Ferrer Navarra and Niño Manaog
Capiz State University
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Anchored on the theme “The Role of Educators and Entrepreneurs in Biodiversity and Climate Change,” the national summit will feature the sharing of knowledge, information and research activities of 30 state universities and colleges (SUCs) and local government units (LGUs) across the country.
Hosted by the Capiz State University (CapSU) under the dynamic leadership of President Editha Magallanes and Dr. Aladino Leccio, vice-president for administration and finance and PASSAGE’s vice-president at-large, this year’s national event will convene some 150 educators and entrepreneurs of said SUCs throughout the archipelago.
Around 100 competing and non-competing participants will present their papers and research studies across a number of fields covered by the mandate of PASSAGE. Seventeen papers were read in Education; 28 will be presented in Environment; 27 in Entrepreneurship; and 30 will be featured in Food Security, Sustainable Development and Agricultural Productivity.
Highlight of this year’s summit is the conferment of awards to two achievers in agricultural work and leadership. The 2011 Agriculture Administrator Award will be conferred on Dr. William D. Dar, director general of the India-based International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) for having been “an exemplary achiever whose efforts made outstanding impacts on food security and agricultural development.”
The 2011 Agricultural Researcher Award will be conferred on Dr. Geronimo Gregorio, CapSU’s vice-president for research and extension, for “being an achiever in agriculture whose accomplishments made outstanding impact on agricultural research and development.”
According to Dr. Leccio, the success of CapSU’s national sponsorship is assured “because it is well planned and supported by the CapSU system led by President Editha Magallanes.” Dr. Magallanes is backed by supportive campus administrators across the province, whose human and technical resources are fully maximized to benefit this year’s undertaking, Leccio said.
CapSU has also worked with the provincial government of Capiz led by Gov. Victor Tanco, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) led by Dr. Patricia Licuanan and the Department of Agriculture- Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR) led by Dr. Nicomedes Eleazar.
Established in 1981 at the University of the Philippines Los Baños, PASSAGE has since become a conglomerate of investigative minds working for innovation and development.
