Quality education can Cleanest and Greenest solve the country’s woes Campus marches for CITY A top performing school in this mountain mother earth resort city said there is still hope in solving the country's widespread poverty situation, corruption and incompetence, If others would they should be at the on condition that students will cooperate and commit only take the cudgels forefront of promoting a s u s t a i n a b l e themselves to institutional standards towards quality of environmental environment because it education. preservation the way is their future at stake,” T h i s w a s government”, Dr. Dizon management as well as the University of the said Mrs. Edna Tabanda, guaranteed by the said before graduating G r a d u a t e s c h o o l Cordilleras does, U C C o n s u l t a n t f o r Community Extension U n i v e r s i t y o f t h e students and parents as e q u a l l y e x c e l i n then Filipinos may Services as she stressed C o r d i l l e r a s , a n he acknowledge the role i n t e r c a m p u s very well breathe the role of students in a c k n o w l e d g e d t o p of UC in providing a competition and good cleaner and fresher e n v i r o n m e n t a l performing school good training ground p e r f o r m a n c e o f air in the future. advocacy. outside of Manila, as it f o r m o r a l a n d graduates practicing welcomes new and competent leaders in t h e i r p r o f e s s i o n . C o n s i s t e n t l y transfer students to the the Cordillera region G r a d u a t e s a r e As the cleanest and greenest school campus recognized as Baguio's institution for the first and the country. occupying responsible “Cleanest and Greenest trimester of the school a n d h i g h r a n k i n g i n t h e c i t y , U C r e a f f i r m e d i t s C a m p u s , ” U C h a s year. U C R e s e a r c h p o s i t i o n s i n b o t h commitment to protect constantly implemented Director Dr. Alfred Jose private and public the environment as it various environment- Management and Herbolario cited studies service. marched alongside the friendly programs and staff of UC assures old w h i c h s h o w t h a t people of Baguio last p o l i c i e s a i m e d a t and new students that c o r r u p t i o n a n d B u t U C June 3 in support of the p r e s e r v i n g a n d the school will provide incompetence are the Management Board Global Campaign on the p r o t e c t i n g t h e e q u a l a c c e s s a n d r o o t c a u s e s o f chair Jesus Salvosa P r o t e c t i o n o f t h e environment. Ongoing continuing quality widespread poverty but does not only intend to Environment. programs implemented education to prepare he said the antidote to sustain the school's by the university include future leaders in solving poverty is quality performance but moves Even before the t h e S o l i d W a s t e the country's woes. education which breeds on further to attain cleanest and greenest Management program g o o d g o v e r n a n c e world class levels while campus recognition and the No-Smoking “The transformation through production of maintaining access to award in 2003, UC has policy. UC also produces of students to become moral and competent p o o r b u t c a p a b l e been conscious of the trichoderma, which productive citizens and leaders. “Over the students in the region. worsening conditions of helps turn garbage into catalyst to development years, UC has proven the environment. As a compost. all starts here”, says quality education both R e c e n t l y , U C matter of fact, it sent the To further intensify public relations officer i n l i c e n s u r e management invested largest delegation from the academic sector in t h e u n i v e r s i t y ' s Eric Fier. examination and in on a state of the art 36- e n v i r o n m e n t a l actual practice”, he classroom nine-storey another strong show of commitment by the a d v o c a c y , U C h a s Even Dr. Rolando said. school building now established the UC R . D i z o n , f o r m e r used by the College of university to the local, n a t i o n a l , a n d Environment Task Force C h a i r m a n o f t h e K n o w n f o r i t s Nursing and College of (UC-ETF), to formulate, Commission on Higher “Mastery and Academic Law. The top floor was i n t e r n a t i o n a l communities. analyze, improve and Education admitted Excellence” , UC was designed for a chapel i m p l e m e n t l a s t m o n t h t h a t conferred by legal and student center The “Walk for the environmental projects. widespread poverty can authorities as one of the consistent with the Environment” kicked off The task force composed not be solved alone by c o u n t r y ' s t o p institution's molding of Tree Festival 2006, of teaching and non- economists, planners performing school in good leaders with good which culminated in a teaching personnel will a n d m a n a g e m e n t Criminology, Law, and morals. tree-planting activity at also rely on student e x p e r t s b u t b y E n g i n e e r i n g a n d the Athletic Bowl. s u p p o r t a n d competitive schools Architecture based on The thrust of changing participation in its bid to and their new breed of p e r f o r m a n c e i n c o m m u n i t i e s b y “Students should be protect and preserve the graduates like the licensure examinations. transforming lives of their own advocates; environment. U n i v e r s i t y o f t h e students is integral in the Cordilleras. Likewise, graduates school’s program. in other courses such as As chairman Jesus “The reason for the Teacher Education, Salvosa puts it, “Our Academe joins clean country's widespread A r t s a n d S c i e n c e , P a r a m o u n t D u t y poverty is blamed on I n f o r m a t i o n a n d is to endow the lives of our air network t h e g o v e r n m e n t ' s Computing sciences, s t u d e n t s . . . failure to have enough Accountancy, Business with the guidance of a A t l e a s t 1 5 various schools in the moral and competent Administration and moral compass”. a c a d e m i c C o r d i l l e r a r e g i o n . leaders both in the H o t e l a n d institutions led by Organizers expressed national and local Restaurant/Tourism o p t i m i s m t h a t t h e U C o r g a n i z e d ECADEME endeavor themselves into the will ultimately become a Energy and Clean rousing success in A i r N e t w o r k o f collaboration work and A c a d e m i c advocacy.

I n s t i t u t i o n s C o m m u n i t y ( E C A D E M E ) t o Extension Consultant conceptualize and E d n a C . T a b a n d a i m p l e m e n t underscored the crucial role of the academe in sustainable energy environmental concerns and clean air work as she helped coordinate plans starting within the series of workshops metro Baguio areas. t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e USAID-ECAP brass. R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s from the government, USAID-ECAP Chief together with delegates of Party Ray Goco f r o m U S A I D - E C A P meanwhile, lauded the (Energy and Clean Air creation of ECADEME as P r o j e c t ) s e r v e d a s the first organized resource speakers in academic grouping the h e l p i n g t h e 1 5 region advocating for p a r t i c i p a t i n g e n v i r o n m e n t a l i n s t i t u t i o n s i n p r e s e r v a t i o n a n d e s t a b l i s h i n g t h e protection. ECADEME. UC's active role in T o b o l s t e r t h e the ECADEME is part of ECADEME program, the t h e u n i v e r s i t y ' s organizers conducted an u n w a v e r i n g o r g a n i z a t i o n a l a n d c o m m i t m e n t t o planning workshop e n v i r o n m e n t a l aimed at increasing advocacy, aimed at m e m b e r s h i p a n d p r e s e r v i n g a n d refining work plans. protecting the world's d e t e r i o r a t i n g This was attended by environment. UNIVERSITY of the The Sangguniang Bayan session hall of Tuba, suddenly became a war room CORDILLERAS last month as department heads and SB members engage in problem analysis of the , Baguio City, 2600 standard services prior to the establishments of performance indicators facilitated by (+6374) 442-3316, 444-2786, 442-2564, 442-8219, 442-8256 Director Alfred Jose Herbolario of the UC-Based Cordillera Local Government www.uc-bcf.edu.ph Department and Research Center (CLGDRC).