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Dr. Renato U. Solidum Jr. was appointed as the new secretary of the Department of Science and Technology, confirms Press Secretary Trixie Cruz Angeles, August 12.

A promising native of Odiongan, Solidum spent his youth in the University compound while his parents taught at Romblon State University, formerly known as Romblon Agricultural College (RAC) at that time. Reno Solidum, his younger brother, is the incumbent Records Officer of the University.

In 1980, Solidum finished his secondary education as class valedictorian at RAC. During his stay, he represented the school in local and national science competitions. Continue reading “𝐑𝐒𝐔 𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐦 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟”

 

Continue reading “𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐒𝐔-𝐏𝐃𝐎 𝐀𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐚”

𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘆: 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹 𝗘. 𝗟𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗮

Romblon State University’s overall performance of 43.55% is higher than the national passing rate of 34% in the recent Criminology Board Exams.

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) said that 11,610 out of 33,983 passed the examination given by the Board of Criminology last December 12-14, 2021 in 24 testing centers all over the Philippines.

ICJE also marks 25 passers out of 39 first-time examinees notching a 64.10% passing rate.

Edriel John T. Gadon of ICJE aced the highest score of 84.90 from the newest RSU batch of licensed criminologists.

The Institute of Criminal Justice Education (ICJE) had been able to maintain an 11-year streak of higher passing rate than the national since the Criminology program was offered.

In 2015, RSU clinched the Top 11 spot in the roll of Criminology Board Top Performing Schools in the country.

ICJE Director Dr. Poly D. Banagan spearheads the establishment of the support development for the Criminology Review Program to scaffold and fill in the learning gaps of students during the pandemic.

The Criminology program has a “Free Criminology Board Review” with its Program Chair Dr. Augusto D. Tayco Jr. as lead proponent.

Dr. Tayco sends his highest salute to Criminology students for conquering the Boards. “Now, enter your chosen field by upholding and walking through our principles: Integrity, Honor and Justice” he said.

𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞: 𝐑𝐒𝐔 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐮

RSU National Service Training hosts the “Grant Distribution” A Sustainable Livelihood Program for Disadvantaged but Deserving Beneficiaries as part of its primary goal to conduct community immersion programs.

Eleven livelihood grants were properly turned-over to the disadvantaged but deserving beneficiaries (5 Mini Sari-sari store, 5 Hog raising and 1 Oven with baking materials). Mr. Melchor S. Rufon, CWTS Trainer and Faculty of ICJE, supervised, trained, and inspired the Cluster 5 CWTS students to successfully raise this event at the university Quadrangle on April 29, 2022 8:00 – 11:00AM and was participated by the University President Dr. Merian P. Catajay-Mani, NSTP Director Mr. Edgar V. Andalecio, CWTS Coordinator Ms. Alphee F. Lachica, Brgy. Captains and beneficiaries. Continue reading “𝐑𝐒𝐔 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 “𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧” 𝐀 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬”

𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘆: 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗙. 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼

Romblon State University launched the University Community Empowerment through Sustainable Services (UNI-CESS) program at Brgy. Pinamihagan, San Jose, Romblon last February 21, 2022. A total of 120 families from Pinamihagan served as beneficiaries of the project, which received aid and participated in focus group discussions bringing out concerns and needs of their community.

The team also distributed a total of 250 fruit tree seedlings from the Department of Agriculture under the PANTREE project of the University. This is hoped to raise awareness of the importance of planting and saving trees for the environment. Continue reading “RSU Launches UNI-CESS at Pinamihagan, San Jose, Romblon”

𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘆: 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹 𝗘. 𝗟𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗮

Romblon State University’s overall performance of 43.55% is higher than the national passing rate of 34% in the recent Criminology Board Exams.

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) said that 11,610 out of 33,983 passed the examination given by the Board of Criminology last December 12-14, 2021 in 24 testing centers all over the Philippines.

ICJE also marks 25 passers out of 39 first-time examinees notching a 64.10% passing rate.

Edriel John T. Gadon of ICJE aced the highest score of 84.90 from the newest RSU batch of licensed criminologists.

The Institute of Criminal Justice Education (ICJE) had been able to maintain an 11-year streak of higher passing rate than the national since the Criminology program was offered.

In 2015, RSU clinched the Top 11 spot in the roll of Criminology Board Top Performing Schools in the country.

Continue reading “RSU Grads lodge higher passing rate than national in December 2021 Criminology Board”

The Romblon State University College of Engineering and Technology Electrical Engineering Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) -Program Educational Objectives (PEOs),and Program Outcomes (POs) for

♦ Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
♦ Bachelor of Science in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
♦ Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘆: 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹 𝗘. 𝗟𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗮

Romblon State University (RSU) recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in a bid to implement a sustainable program on fire safety.

RSU President Dr. Merian P. Catajay-Mani, DILG Provincial Director Frederick C. Gumabol, BFP Provincial Fire Director Supt. Ramel B. Borja, RSU Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO), OIC Director Edgar V. Andalecio, RSU-DRRMO Coordinator Alphee F. Lachica, and other officials from the agencies were present during the signing on November 5 at the RSU Main Campus.

Under the terms of the MOU, RSU, through the DRRMO, will engage in the complete execution of fire safety measures in the main campus and its branches around the province to train all students and employees and provide them with information about the importance of fire prevention.

Continue reading “RSU inks MOU with DILG-BFP to bolster Fire Safety Measures”

Dr. Alfredo Fortu Jr., Dean of the College of Engineering and Technology and Engr. Christian M. Mortel, Chairman of the Mechanical Engineering Department, are among the newest members of the National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP), the frontier of science and humanities research.

Dr. Fortu considers this an honor and opportunity: “Engr. Mortel and I are the only members of NRCP-Division VII in the MIMAROPA region, which we can greatly benefit from in terms of research proposal fundings and relevant training and conferences in our field.”

Application for NRCP membership undergoes a thorough evaluation process in different stages and takes 5-7 months or more before a chance of membership.

Dr. Fortu and Engr. Mortel’s Scopus-indexed research publications highlight their credentials to qualify as a fellow to the roster of highly-trained and productive scientists and researchers in NRCP.

They are now officially members of NRCP’s Division VII in the expertise of Engineering and Industrial research.