By Niño Manaog
Extension Associate II
Capiz State University
Roxas City—Recently, the Research, Development and Extension Center (RDEC) of the Capiz State University (CapSU) based here headed by Vice-President for RDE Cora Navarra, facilitated the release of the two issues of The CapSU Monitor, the official publication of the Capsu RDEC.
The said two issues, namely: Volume 12, Number 1 (January to June 2012) and Volume 12, Number 2 (July to December 2012)—document RDEC’s activities highlights during the previous year left off by thenVP for RDE Geronimo Gregorio and toward the period when Dr. Navarra assumed the said post.
The first issue featured the banner headline “Helping People Help Themselves: DOLE, TESDA, Province of Capiz, CapSU award welding kits to 100 recipients” which highlights the collaboration of said entities to provide workable livelihoods to the students of the Shield Metal Arc Welding of CapSU Roxas City Campus’s Mobile Technology School.
The second issue bannered “Hard Work and Success: Magallanes, CapSU reap nat’l, int’l awards,” which features the story of CapSU President Editha L. Magallanes when she was conferred, among others, the Dangal ng Bayan Award by President Benigno Simeon Aquino III in September 2012 in Malacañang and when CapSU and Dr. Magallanes won international recognition in the field of education.
Highlighting more of CapSU’s research and extension activities for the said period, the said publications also profiled Prof. Adelfo Virtudazo who currently heads the Western Visayas Bamboo Research Center based in Codingle, Dumarao, Capiz; and Mr. Eduardo Navarra, extension specialist and Techno Gabay Team Leader and Agricultural Technician Ceferino Lizada, both of the Extension Institute based in Poblacion, Mambusao, Capiz.
