Communitas 2010 Issue for PDF File.pmd - University of San Agustin

June 2010 PARTNERSHIPS AND EXTENSION Communitas 20
6 th “ Salamat Tilipunan, Salamat Aganan” art exhibit mounted
Art works of the Tilipunan kids
ART WORKS hanged proudly in
the walls of the Ginomoy Multi-
Purpose Hall in Alimodian, Iloilo as
seventeen pre-schoolers of the
Tilipunan Kiddie Center opened the
annual “Salamat Tilipunan, Salamat
THE COLLEGE of Arts and
Sciences (CAS), with its dean,
Dr. Isidoro M. Cruz,
spearheaded the kick off of the
Tilipunan Computer Literacy
Project last 6 December 2009 in
Alimodian, Iloilo. The college
turned-over to the Ginomoy
Barangay Council a computer
unit for community use,
particularly in the preparation of
documents and in incorporating
computer lessons for the
Tilipunan children.
To start off the alternative
education, faculty members from
the CAS-Information
Technology (IT) Department,
with their head Prof. Josephine
de Asis, and Tilipunan
volunteer Dominico Laude,
spent their time last 29 May
2010 in Alimodian to facilitate
hand-on basic computer
training to barangay officials
Art Art works works of of the the Tilipunan Tilipunan kids kids
Aganan” Art Exhibit last 20 March
2010. The exhibit is the Tilipunan
children’s way of expressing their call
to protect and conserve the
resources of the Aganan River. The
master pieces of the children were
CAS leads Tilipunan computer literacy project
and community volunteers. IT
Professors Christopher Langrio
and Rodrigo Delmoro served as
speakers for Microsoft Word
and Excel. The training will
arm the community in
improving documents
preparation in the barangay.
made out of materials collected from
the river banks in the community.
Prior to the exhibit, Agustino
Para Sa Tao volunteers Ronniel
Gentica (College of Engineering and
Architecture), Marfred Gene
Camtan (College of Arts and
Sciences) and Ruben Ryan Camina
(College of Business Administration
and Accountancy) daubed the
replica of the Aganan River in the
walls of the hall where the art works
were displayed. Ma. Eden O. Yap-
Aguirra, Community Service Center
Training Officer, together with Ms.
Flordeliza Tagurigan facilitated the
art workshop with Tilipunan
Children. (M.E.O. Yap-Aguirra)
CAS faculty members mentoring the barangay officials
For School Year 2010-11, the
college, with its faculty coordinator
for community service, Ms. Irene
Grace Galon, and the student
volunteers, will conduct a series of
computer education sessions with the
Tilipunan children. (M.E.O. Yap-
Aguirra)