Accomplishments
The PUP President's Report: Dr. Emanuel C. De Guzman's 100 Days
Consistent with the President’s eight-point agenda and with the
support of the University Executive Officials, following are the
accomplishments of Dr. De Guzman within his first 100 days in
office:
THE PRESIDENT’S REPORT
March 14 to June 21, 2012
Agenda 1: Pursuing Academic Excellence through
Disciplinal Integrity
- Prepared the plan for strong collaborative research through
a new clustering of disciplines in the colleges.
- Started reviewing the proposals of International Foundations
and Schools for possible fellowship grants as well as faculty
and student exchange programs.
- Linked with some experts to develop students and faculty
members in producing books, journals and anthologies and to
pioneer the creation of knowledge production units in the
University.
Agenda 2: Embedding a Culture of Research in PUP
- Formed a committee to review the Research Manual and
proposed the implementation of additional incentives for faculty
researchers.
- A Middle-Level Management Strategic Planning-Workshop has
been scheduled this July, 2012 to map out strategies and courses
of action in laying the foundation for the University’s vision
of becoming an epistemic community. A sound research
capability program is one of the outputs in this
Planning-Workshop.
- Recruited young, promising and talented faculty applicants
who have completed their theses for graduation, and highly
interested to work in PUP.
Agenda 3: Assuring Transparency and Participatoriness in
Giving Rewards and Sanctions
- Opened all paths for promotion. Regular faculty members can
apply for promotion through Merit System, NBC 461 of PASUC
(Cycle 5)and an internal evaluation system for the University.
- Constituted the Administrative Employees Selection and
Promotion Board and the Faculty Merit System Promotion Board
with official representation from the Employees’ Union and
Faculty Association, respectively. The criteria and
guidelines have been framed for these purposes. Around 275
administrative and faculty plantilla items are to be filled up
within the next six (6) months.
- Recommended the implementation of the NBC 461 third cycle
results which was approved by the Board of Regents. One hundred
eighty-seven (187) faculty members were promoted.
- Recommended and received approval by the BOR on the change
in status promotion of faculty members. After 5 years of
waiting, 50 qualified part time faculty members were granted
temporary status. Likewise, 32 faculty members with temporary
status got their permanency. This is the biggest batch of change
in status promotion.
Agenda 4: Modernization and Upgrading of Physical
Facilities, Equipment, Library and Campus Development
- Recommended and received approval by the Board the PhP 7.5
Million budget for the rehabilitation of classrooms, comfort
rooms, student center, tennis court and 2nd floor of the
university canteen in the Main campus as well as the PhP 5
million- worth rehabilitation of the gymnasium in Lopez campus
- CHED has granted more than PhP 14 Million budget for the
refurbishment of laboratory and equipment in the College of
Engineering
- Modernization and Upgrading of Physical Facilities,
Equipment, Library and Campus Development
- CHED approved an additional allotment of PhP 78 Million for
MOOE for 2013
- Completed a master plan for the following physical
facilities upgrading/improvement and campus development
projects:
- Relocation and improvement of the HRMD Office;
§Expansion of the Student Records Office (that processes and
releases the students’ Transcript of Records) and the
Accounting Department–Payroll Section;
- Transfer of the Janitorial Services Office to extend the
area of the Central Records Section of the HRMD; and
- Relocation of stalls of food- and
non-food-concessionaires from the Main Academic Building to
the lagoon area to make the Main Academic Building more
conducive to learning.
- Held negotiations with National and LGU officials for the
following:
| Donation |
Campus/Branch |
Donor |
| Two (2)
buildings |
PUP Quezon City |
House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte |
| Printing
Equipment |
PUP Sta. Mesa |
House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte |
| Renovation
of PUP Gymnasium |
PUP Sta. Mesa |
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile |
| Two-storey
building |
PUP Sta. Mesa |
Senator Francis Escudero |
| Php 5
Million-worth building |
PUP Lepanto |
Kabataan Partylist |
| One (1)
building with computer laboratories |
PUP Mulanay, Quezon |
Governor David Suarez |
| Funding for
two (2) Buiness Programs |
PUP Unisan, Quezon |
Congressman Danilo Suarez |
- Modernization and Upgrading of Physical Facilities,
Equipment, Library and Campus Development
- Drawn the implementation plan for reallocation of some
forty-four million pesos for the improvement of classrooms in
the Main Campus.
- Directed the newly-designated Director of the Ninoy Aquino
Library and Learning Resources Center (NALLRC) to devise and
submit to the President a strategy for the implementation of an
open-shelves library system and the improvement of the
University’s e-library.
- Completed the bidding of air-conditioning units for CM Recto
Hall and other offices while there is an on-going bidding
process for ICT network core, teachers’ tables as well as
students’ chairs. In the pipe line are bidding for computers,
printers and electronic equipment, and construction and repairs
supplies
Agenda 5: Reconceptualization of Academic Freedom
- Visited all PUP Branches and Campuses for ocular inspection
and dialogues with faculty and staff.
- Adopted transparent and participatory process by holding
dialogues with faculty members of the different colleges before
the opening of first semester 2012-2013. Faculty members got the
opportunity to mingle and talk with the President during their
respective faculty meetings.
- The President presented his plans and listened to various
feedbacks on the Administration’s proposed changes in the
Organizational Structure of PUP.
- Presented the vision and 8-point agenda to the University’s
Top and middle level administrators.
Agenda 6: Institutionalizing Civil Society Engagement and
Involved Extension Service Program
- Entered into the Dual Tech Program Tie Up with TESDA to
strengthen the technical education programs in PUP.
- Strengthened the Communication arm of the University. The
Public Affairs Office, Community Relations and Publications
joined forces to intensify internal relations by closely working
with the stakeholders and engaging the community into
participatory and communicative actions. Promotion of the
University’s image to external public will focus more on
academic and research excellence of the faculty and students,
achievements of the alumni as well as the administrative
employees' good working attitude and client relations.
- Renegotiated the schedule of fees of PUP Paranaque students
with the local government that resulted in the 67
percent-reduction of the local government's share in the total
tuition and other fees collected from students - from PhP
6,000.00 (with PhP 4,500.00 as the LGU share) to PhP 3,000.00
(with PhP 1,500 as the LGU share) only.
- Expanded access to education to the youth in provinces by
successfully negotiating with the government officials of Sto.
Tomas, Batangas and Unisan, Quezon for the funding of the
offering of the Diploma in Electronics and Communication
Engineering Management Technology (DECEMT) and Diploma in
Electrical Engineering Management Technology (DEEMT) in PUP Sto.
Tomas and the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
(BSIT) in PUP Unisan. The BSIT program offering is already
assured of a four-year implementation with the Php2.6million
funds provided by Governor Suarez.
Agenda 7: Fiscal Responsibility
- Realigned scarce financial resources to projects that are
attuned to the needs of the students. For example, the
money to be used for putting up a façade at the end of the North
wing, facing the Prudente Freedom Plaza was realigned for the
improvement of classrooms in the Main Academic Building.
The Classroom Project aims to deal with the problem on lack of
space for instructional purposes.
- Full observance of the provisions of the Procurement Law (RA
9184) by the BAC for a competitive and transparent process of
procurement of goods (like IT equipment and office and
laboratory supplies) and services (e.g., janitorial services)
- Systematized operations of the IGP Office resulting in the
efficient collection of arrears by food and non-food stall
concessionaires amounting to close to 0.5 million pesos
Agenda 8: Assessment of Institutional Processes and
Critical-Rational Review of the Entire Organization
- Reviewed and presented the proposed organizational
structure to faculty, EXECOM and BOR.
- Constituted a committee to review the policies and
procedures on admission and enrollment of new students – both
freshmen and transferees.
- Constituted a committee to review existing procedures in the
processing and releasing of student’s transcript of records
(TOR) and other academic records with particular focus on
reducing the waiting time of students in receiving the requested
documents from an average of five (5) months to no more than one
(1) month.