Baliuag University turns 100

The Manila Times

Baliuag University turns 100  Ever wondered what it takes for a university to stand strong for 100 years? What does it mean to lead an institution through time, change, and even a global pandemic — all while staying rooted in values, vision, and community? In this exclusive interview, Dr. Patricia Bustos Lagunda PHD, president of Baliuag University, takes us on a journey through a century of excellence, growth, and legacy.  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net   Subscribe to Business Franchise Guru: https://www.youtube.com/@BusinessFranchiseGuru   Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters  Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #themanilatimes  #philippines #entrepreneur

Transcript

00:00Hey good morning, it's a Sunday morning again, June 22.

00:29And it's 2025.

00:31Did you know that the following day, classes are going to begin?

00:37So today, this morning, we were able to get hold of a dynamic president of a university down in the Bulacan area, which is called Baliwag University.

00:53And mind you, this university is now celebrating its centennial, 100 years.

01:00I mean, to have a triple digit is not a joke.

01:03I mean, it's all hard work, persistence, and probably, you know, trying to grow and scale up.

01:10So to tell us more about this, let's hear it from the president, Patricia Bustos Lagunda.

01:18Good morning.

01:18Good morning, Mom Pat.

01:20How are you today?

01:22Good morning.

01:23I will call you Kuya Boots.

01:24Thank you for inviting Baliwag University again to say it's a piece of good news to your audience.

01:38Yeah.

01:39So tomorrow is the start of your school.

01:44So is everyone excited?

01:47The teachers?

01:49You probably?

01:50And you have some surprise, which you will tell us later on.

01:54So how is the, what, tell us about, more about, for our viewers, how Baliwag University began 100 years ago, looking at the, looking at the past.

02:09It was in 19, it was established in 1925 as a Baliwag Institute.

02:15It started as a small high school, no, with 75 students.

02:20So there, from there, so pre-war Baliwag Institute became Baliwag Junior College when it offered its first college program, which is education.

02:33Yun talaga ang roots ng Baliwag University.

02:37So after Baliwag Junior College, it became Baliwag Colleges in the 60s, no, and then in 2001, it was converted into a university.

02:51But that was a 10-year process of, you know, complying and improving and addressing all the gaps that were needed to become a university.

03:022001.

03:03But your founding father started with a vision.

03:11Ano ba yung vision niya for Baliwag?

03:15Kasi, no, after the war, no, talagang he managed it, like, ano, talagang, kasi, I don't know what year it was,

03:24but he invited the late Carlos P. Romulo.

03:27And then, kasi daw ni the late Carlos P. Romulo, this is a nucleus of a future university.

03:34So ako tumaling sa kanyang isip yun, he kept harping on that.

03:39Naging vision niya yun, so eh, he passed.

03:42And it was my mom, the late Dr. Alicia Santiago Bustos, who took over the HELMS in the, I think, early 80s, no,

03:51after her stint in the University of the East as dean of the College of Education and Graduate School.

03:57So yun, so when she took over, ano, constant accreditation naman ang ginawa niya.

04:03She embarked on intensive accreditation for its programs.

04:07Kasi, founder yan ng, ano, eh, ng accreditation agency.

04:11Sabi niya, imagine, I'm founding chair, and then yung school daw niyang imamanage, hindi accreditation.

04:19So, naging day of life ang accreditation.

04:22And that's one of the reasons why we achieved the university status all the way down to 2001.

04:29So mara, so maraming, maraming trabaho kayong ginawa.

04:32I mean, in other words, it's not a joke with all the paperwork, with all the practicum, and all this, di ba?

04:39You have to be innovative, at the same time improve on the physical structure, campus development,

04:46curriculum, faculty development.

04:48And for you to become a university, you have to perform the, what's it called?

04:54Function of a university, which is trifle.

04:57Instruction, research, and outreach.

05:00Yun, para mag-university ka.

05:03Ang dami niyo.

05:04So, you are a third generation, am I right?

05:08Yes, oo.

05:10So, did you ever expect running a university and giving it on your lap by your mother?

05:20What were you doing before?

05:22Were you involved already with the university ever since?

05:25Not in my wildest dream, although, all throughout my working life.

05:30Because I was into marketing management, no?

05:35Ah.

05:36Management.

05:36I was in corporate.

05:38In my previous life, nasa corporate setting ako in Makati.

05:43So, I had background in manufacturing, brand management, marketing management.

05:50And then, in 1995, sabi lang, why don't you just join us and help us run the school?

05:57It was Baliwag Colleges then.

05:58It was, one of my sister was parang a decamp ni Dr. Bustos ni ng mom.

06:04So, I was really, siguro medyo reluctant ko, half-hearted.

06:09But, you know, I trusted, ano naman, the, siguro out of filial piety, I joined them.

06:17Half-hearted, I admit it, no?

06:20Pero I was able to bring in value naman.

06:24Kasi, syempre, you have experience in a corporate setting, in a multinational.

06:29She was able to bring in naman, ano, some innovations and other initiatives that I believe that made an impact in the, in the university, in the Baliwag Colleges then.

06:45So, I understand you also maintain the original structure of how the school began in your campus.

06:55In terms of physical infrastructure?

06:56Yes, yes, yes, the physical structure.

06:59We built around this, there's a, the very first structure that housed the first two deaths.

07:07Sandun pa, bahay na bato, we call it.

07:09It was a late, it was a residence daw of the Camacho family, ganun, way, way, so, na-restore yun.

07:18So, now it houses the chapel on the second floor, and then on the ground floor is a multi-purpose hall.

07:24So, original yung mga bato nun, the architect had it jacked up, tapos original din yung mga pasimano, yung mga kapis windows, sa higna, upper portion.

07:37So, you're, you're actually making the students see the, the roots of the university, para, pwede mo namang bow again, pwede, you can really, you know, destroy it, give space, and just show pictures.

07:52But you, you decided to really retain that, no? Para bang, maikita na mga studyante mo, well, probably a hundred years, all the students, probably they'll see, yeah, that's where we, we began.

08:07That's how the roots began, di ba? Parang, ang ganda.

08:10It symbolizes also our, ano, our history, and at the same time, if you will visit the chapel, donation ng previous alumni association, we have stained glass sa altar of, ano, Immaculate Conception, St. Joseph, and Santo Cristo.

08:31Kasi, we, we cut across three barangays in Baliwag.

08:35Oh, oh.

08:36Pagdabid ka, pagdabid mo sa other campus, una, Santo Cristo, tapos pagdabid mo, nagiging Conception, pagdabid mo rin naman, San Jose, parang ganon.

08:46So, tatlong, ano, tatlong barangays.

08:49So, equally represented.

08:51Yes.

08:51Di ba, equally.

08:52So, tell us, how is, how is managing a school like?

08:58I mean, from your corporate life in Makati to working as managing a big, big school, that's 100 years.

09:09I mean, ano ba nagiging challenge sa'yo, Paisa?

09:13Kasi, when I first joined the school in way back to 1995, I started as a vice president for administration.

09:21So, ano, una, my mom was still running the school, and I had a lot to learn from her.

09:28Kasi, wala naman akong background in education, di ba?

09:31So, ang una kong tinayo noon, it was the HR department.

09:36Kasi, watak-watak yung functions doon.

09:38And the marketing department, yun ang mga baby ko, no?

09:41And then, I learned the ropes through my, siyempre, constant conversation, engagement with my mom, and the academic council meetings.

09:52I learned the praxis, but not the theory.

09:56So, I already had my Master in Management degree, no, from AIM.

10:01So, sabi ko, wala akong kabaklang-bakground sa academics, no?

10:05So, it was my other sister, who was the real academician also, who took after my mom.

10:11She said, why don't you take up your PhD in education?

10:15There's this program in DLSU.

10:19There's an executive program.

10:20So, I enrolled in the PhD program, major in educational leadership and management.

10:28So, I finished it in 2009.

10:30I graduated in 2009.

10:32Kasi, kailangan ko, eh.

10:34So, I had to learn, you know, I had to be familiar with curriculum mapping, curriculum engineering, and current issues in education.

10:42So, yun.

10:44Tag-gradual naman, parang napilitan, napilitan.

10:47At saka, I felt also that I needed the background.

10:52And you're able to develop a very good team among your academe.

10:58Parang you got everyone involved, you know, from the janitors, which, you know, may mga feedback na ganyan.

11:09Ang ganda ng customer service, you know, that you really enhance.

11:14So, yun, at the time, alam mo, it was also, parang you were in a very good position.

11:21You were learning from your mom, who was the real academician, and who was well-known in the private education, not even private, but private in public education sector.

11:30So, I had a very good mentor, the person of Dr. Alicia Santiago Bustos.

11:36So, at the same time, magaling yung mga deans.

11:40You have a very good team, no?

11:42So, sila talaga yung parang mini presidents naman ng kanilang mga respective colleges.

11:48You see a silly strategy, no?

11:50You just steer them in the right direction.

11:54You have a common goal, no?

11:56At that time, to become a university.

11:59So, nangyari yun noong 2001.

12:02So, marami.

12:02So, kompleto na kayo ng mga departments.

12:04Ah, yeah.

12:06Oo.

12:08Meron lang, from time to time, we would introduce new programs, no?

12:14Nangyari, at the time, College of Hospitality Management and Tourism.

12:19Medyo teenager yan, ano?

12:22Yung College of Medical Technology.

12:25Four years ago pa lang yan, o three years ago.

12:26Yung mga ganon, when you see if there's a demand or if there's a need for those programs,

12:36we would study it and then introduce it.

12:38I understand when I was doing an interview with your academe group, during one of those times,

12:49somebody chatted na he was part of your global expansion.

12:54He was in Taiwan.

12:56There was somebody from Spain.

12:58How is this program all about?

13:00No, we do have international linkages, no?

13:04Right now, kunyari, we have existing linkages with the foundation, Japanese foundation.

13:12So, meron nga kami mga estudyante nandiyan sa Osaka Expo.

13:16So, mga BS, Hospitality Management students, and then we also have an existing partnership with GIZ.

13:27It's a German, di ba para siyang counterpart, parang US tribe, pero ito naman.

13:32Yes, yes.

13:33German counterpart.

13:35So, we have partnerships there for our nursing students.

13:39Then we just inked an MOU with Yan'an University in China, no?

13:45It's in the Chinese province.

13:47So, ongoing naman, no?

13:49We also have a partnership with Thailand schools for our education students.

13:54So on.

13:56But we're always open to opportunities, to enhance career opportunities for our students.

14:03Yes, because it's great, no?

14:04You're bringing your students to the front, no?

14:07Na-updated sila so nangyayari.

14:11Now, I'm so excited, Patricia, about your centennial offering.

14:18Parang nagulat ako biglang all of a sudden, nagpo-full-blown ang baliwag, ang BU.

14:25What is this that you offered already on your centennial?

14:30A cornerstone project of our centennial is the College of Law.

14:36So, for the longest time, in dati namin chairman, si Atty. Domingo Santiago Jr., that was his dream, no?

14:47To open the law program.

14:50Pero at that time, parang parang di viable sa mga na-mami, mahirap kumuha ng faculty niyan, ganyan, ganyan, ganyan.

14:57So, last year, we were together in a partners event.

15:07So, there was one of our industry, parang ang tawag doon, industry board, was attorney, Enrique Buko de la Cruz.

15:16So, we were chatting. Sabi niya, alam niyo, kulang niyo na lang, College of Law. Kasi wala pang College of Law daw.

15:24There's no law program in the city of Baliwag.

15:28And at the same time, walang private university na nag-o-offer ng college, ng law program in Bulacan.

15:36So, sige, tutulungan mo kami, ha? Sabi ko.

15:39So, yun, we kept it. So, he kept the ball rolling.

15:45Tapos, with the help of also of my sister, attorney Susan Santiago Jacinto, and attorney Nolly de Rosario, who's part of the university.

15:55Yun, we, they worked really hard.

15:58May nari mga compliance with the legal education board.

16:02We were visited by LEB.

16:04So, sa awal na Diyos, pumasa kami.

16:07So, now, we just launched it in last May 30, yung blessing ng College of Law Building, at saka inauguration ng program.

16:17So, how many people, how many students are you capable right now to start?

16:22Right now, we're not that ambitious yet.

16:25Kahit isang klase, parang mabantayan ng gusto, no?

16:2925 to 30 students, pioneer batch muna.

16:32Kasi mahirap dito mag-alaga, ano?

16:36Saka, I don't know, sometimes, may natural attrition din yan.

16:40So, ganun muna.

16:42Hopefully, we'll be able to graduate for the first batch more than 20.

16:48Why not, no?

16:49Ganun.

16:49And you're starting your classes, well, for tomorrow na, di ba?

16:56June 23 for the education.

16:58But for the College of Law...

17:00For College of Law, it's July 16.

17:03O, July 16.

17:05O, kamusta sa enrollment naman sa College of Law?

17:08Eh, ayun, ongoing ang mga interviews, no?

17:12Mga applicants.

17:13O, o.

17:14Hopefully, mabubuo na nila yung klase.

17:17May nabubuo na.

17:18May mga tinanggap na rin.

17:21Kasi may panel interview yan.

17:23So, sino talaga ang pwedeng ma-admit to the program.

17:28So, you're looking down the road, what?

17:31Three, four years down the road, you can see somebody waving the flag of DU as one of the top law schools?

17:40Is that the objective?

17:42Number one, basta lang pumasa.

17:44Basta pumasa ang mga graduates.

17:47That's the dream, no?

17:49Kasi, bonus na yun pag may nagtap.

17:53Pero, importante yung percentage passing, di ba?

17:57Correct.

17:58Look nga yung may mga number one, number two.

18:01Pero, may number one ka nga, pero hindi naman pumasa.

18:05Importante pumasa lahat.

18:06So, you, iba na talaga yung approach niya ngayon.

18:10I'm sure, your academe of the College of Law are really making sure it's really adapted to the sign of the times, you know?

18:19I mean, iba-iba na, ibang-iba na.

18:21I'm sure, ang galing ng Dean, founding Dean, no?

18:26Oh, and I understand he's a graduate of London, is it?

18:33Ay, he's a master.

18:34He took his master's in London, and he was also a public servant, no?

18:41He was also a public servant.

18:43Eh, nag-baliwag talaga yan, tubong baliwag.

18:46Aba, eh, talagang makang...

18:49Mukhang maganda itong magandang outlook sa inyo, kasi, you know, homegrown na.

18:55Homegrown pa rin yung founding Dean, eh, talagang makakaroon ng ano, no?

18:59Saka, senior partner ng well-known law firm in Makati.

19:04Marami siyang roles.

19:06Oo.

19:07So, you're able to get a group that really will start, no?

19:12Sino-sino pa ba yung mga nandyan sa inyong group na ninyo, Patricia?

19:16For the first, this first semester na mag-umpis sila sa July 16, may team plano ng mga faculty.

19:24So, nandyan si attorney, of course, si Dean Buko de la Cruz, well-known in the field.

19:33Ang associate dean is attorney Manuel R. Del Rosario, si attorney Nolly, he's with us, no?

19:39Tapos, meron kaming line-up.

19:40Very, very impressive.

19:42There's Justice Maria Teresa Mendoza Arcega of the Sandigan Bayan, no?

19:48Yeah, yeah, oh.

19:50Tapos, nandyan si, may professor, sino to, nilista ko nga, eh, kasi talaga akong namamanghalit.

19:56Judge Maria Rowena Alejandria, Judge Angeli Albanya Garrido,

20:01attorney Alessandra Faye Albarico, attorney Lorenzo Gaia, attorney Glenn Luan Singh,

20:08attorney Joni Ramos Gabriel, and attorney Reynaldo Lopez.

20:12A lot of them, whole doctor of laws, degree, credentials, are doctors of law books.

20:19They're all practitioners, well-known in their field.

20:23Tsaka mga faculty members din yan, nang iba sa tanyag ng mga pamantasan or university in Metro Man.

20:31So, talaga nag-scale up ng BU, talagang wow, I'm really happy for you.

20:36So, I'm sure your mother will be so glad the impossible was made possible, di ba?

20:43I mean, parang, parang, parang, ang hirap siguro, but I guess because of, you know,

20:49the blessing that you have and the dynamic group that you have, you have already organized,

20:56talagang napursunin niyo itong College of Law, di ba?

20:59So, sa tulong ng mga ni Dean Boko, ni Attorney Nolly, ni Attorney Susan.

21:06Yeah, correct, correct. So, believe ako dito.

21:09So, where is, what is now the next step for BU with 100 years, no?

21:16What are your plans right now for the university?

21:20Are you looking at expanding this in the whole of Baliwag or really entrusting that BU will be known for more departments?

21:32You know, we'd like to take it, not slow, but gusto namin, naalagaan namin kasi mga enrollees ng mga students.

21:41We have our, parang, tagline, alagang BU.

21:44So, we may...

21:45Also, nga, alagang BU.

21:47Parang, parang yung success rate of graduating is at its peak.

21:54So, for the next years, no?

21:56We are looked into internationalizing our programs, our curriculum.

22:02Mendo naman kaming mga existing programs.

22:04We have EduClass of Leetran Singapore embedded in our BSIT and business administration program.

22:13meron kaming ganong major.

22:15We continue to pursue

22:18alliances with international

22:20agencies like GIZ

22:21or Nursing

22:23in aming

22:25partnership with

22:27the Chinese University in Yan'an.

22:30Yan'an University.

22:31Tapos we continue to send

22:33students for internship abroad

22:35in Thailand, in the US.

22:38Yan.

22:39And then

22:40baka hindi ko pa ma-announce.

22:43Aywila, babalita ko kayo.

22:47We're shaped with one of

22:49a very

22:50how would I say it?

22:52Large

22:52or

22:54tanyag na parang

22:55major league a company.

22:56Yeah, correct.

22:57Babalita ko kayo.

22:58But

22:59how are the students?

23:01Where are they?

23:02Are you keeping up with your alumni?

23:04Where they are right now?

23:06I'm sure

23:06there are three generations now

23:09of

23:10of your students.

23:12No?

23:12And

23:13it's so interesting

23:14you know,

23:15whether

23:15nag-ugat ba rin

23:17ang

23:17vision ninyo

23:19for the students.

23:20You know,

23:21have they really

23:22improved their life?

23:23And

23:23probably

23:24a second

23:26or the third generation

23:27can tell

23:28na alagang

23:29BU talaga.

23:31May mga

23:31ganun ba kayong

23:32network

23:33to keep in touch

23:34through the alumni.

23:36You know,

23:36one of the

23:37challenges

23:38of a

23:39any school

23:40is to track

23:42their graduates.

23:44So,

23:44we're trying

23:45our best

23:46to track

23:46our students.

23:48alumni

23:49association

23:50so

23:51golden

23:53is to

23:53have a

23:54comprehensive

23:54list

23:55of the

23:55graduates

23:56of the

23:56alumni.

23:57So,

23:57it's being done

23:59by the

23:59director

24:00of our

24:00alumni

24:01affairs.

24:01But we also

24:03subscribe to

24:04a platform.

24:05We call it

24:05our

24:05BU Career Portal

24:07through

24:07CME Sol.

24:09That way,

24:10we can engage

24:13with the students

24:14when they graduate.

24:15They will keep

24:15that.

24:16So,

24:17at least

24:17makakakommunicate

24:18sa kanila.

24:20And

24:20also,

24:21we're always

24:21open.

24:22Our

24:23doors are

24:23open.

24:24In fact,

24:25I just

24:25replied

24:25to an

24:28email.

24:29A

24:292024

24:29graduate

24:30of the

24:31BS

24:31medtech

24:32program

24:33to tell

24:35me that

24:35she's very

24:36thankful.

24:37She just

24:38got

24:38employed

24:39in

24:39Torrance

24:41hospital

24:42in

24:42Torrance,

24:43US.

24:43Yeah,

24:44California.

24:44Yeah,

24:45right.

24:45As a

24:46medical

24:46technology

24:47scientist,

24:49ito yung

24:49sinasabi,

24:50recognized

24:51ang ating

24:52degree

24:52kasi

24:5412 years

24:55tayo

24:55ng basic

24:55education

24:56and then

24:56college.

24:57So,

24:58recognized

24:59siya

24:59and yun

24:59ang

24:59title

25:01is

25:01scientist

25:03kasi

25:03that's

25:04how

25:04they

25:04call it

25:04the

25:05medtech

25:05graduates.

25:06Kung

25:06hindi

25:06tayo

25:07compliant

25:08sa

25:0812

25:09years

25:09of

25:09basic

25:10education,

25:11hindi

25:11siya

25:11pwede

25:11magigal.

25:12Magigal

25:12na lang yun,

25:13technical

25:13assistant.

25:15Ah,

25:16okay.

25:17So,

25:17I understand

25:18you have a

25:19story where

25:19in one

25:20day you

25:20were in

25:21a

25:21government

25:21office

25:22or

25:22something

25:23and

25:24all of

25:24a

25:24sudden

25:25somebody

25:25approached

25:26you

25:26and said,

25:28ma'am,

25:28graduate po

25:28ko

25:28ng

25:29video.

25:29Oo,

25:29maraming

25:30ganun.

25:31Hindi ka ba

25:32kinilig

25:33nun?

25:33Parabang,

25:33ha?

25:35Tatawa yung

25:35ganun.

25:36Kasi talagang,

25:38lalapit sila

25:38para makipag

25:39picture-taking.

25:40Kasi

25:41gano'ng

25:41sila ng

25:42baliwag

25:42university

25:43or even

25:43baliwag

25:44colleges.

25:45And then,

25:46they're really

25:46very proud.

25:47I also

25:48had a chance,

25:49lumapit sa akin,

25:50tumatakbo,

25:51nandun ako sa isang

25:52100 years

25:53celebration din

25:54ng isang

25:55university

25:55sa

25:56Intramuros.

25:58Graduate po kami

25:59ng

25:59Bachelor of Science

26:01in Library

26:01Information Science

26:03daw sila.

26:04Sila yung mga

26:04librarian.

26:05Mga librarian.

26:07Meron din isang

26:08tanyag din

26:09na university

26:10sa Cavite Campus

26:11noon.

26:12Chief librarian

26:13naman daw siya

26:14at graduate

26:15talaga siya

26:15ng B.

26:16So,

26:17master's

26:18din niya

26:18sa

26:19Baliwag

26:19University.

26:21And then,

26:21there's an

26:22employer

26:22in Makati

26:24na sa buffet

26:25ako ng

26:25Ducit.

26:28Ah,

26:28ito.

26:29Graduate

26:30daw siya

26:30ng

26:30accountancy

26:32naman.

26:32Sa saan ka?

26:34Sa isang

26:34multinational.

26:35They're well

26:36placed

26:36in their

26:38respective

26:38fields.

26:39And then,

26:39there's one

26:39employer,

26:41parang

26:42managing

26:42partner

26:43ng isang

26:43accountancy

26:44firm,

26:44tanyag yan.

26:45Sabi niya,

26:46we have a lot

26:48of BU

26:48graduates

26:49in the

26:49accounting

26:50firm.

26:51Kasi

26:51napag

26:52nakita

26:52daw nga niya

26:53na

26:53applicatis

26:54baliwag

26:54you,

26:55they really

26:55consider

26:55them

26:56for

26:57employment.

26:58So,

26:58nakakatua,

26:59it's very

27:00heartening

27:01to know

27:01that our

27:02graduates

27:02have

27:03successful

27:05careers,

27:07not just

27:07here.

27:08Also,

27:08some are

27:08abroad.

27:10Yeah,

27:10parang

27:10you're able

27:11to instill

27:12the values

27:13that from

27:14kinder

27:15probably

27:15started

27:16building

27:16that

27:17route

27:17until

27:19they

27:19graduate.

27:20Parang

27:20hindi pa rin

27:21yan

27:21nakakalimutan

27:22kung saan

27:23sila

27:23nang

27:23galing,

27:24di ba?

27:24But,

27:25tell me,

27:25meron kang

27:26academe

27:26na graduate

27:28na nagtuturo

27:29para bang

27:30paying it

27:31forward?

27:32Oh,

27:32yes.

27:33Meron kang

27:33mga

27:33teachers

27:34na

27:35sabi ko,

27:36eh,

27:36bakit

27:36bumalik

27:37kayo?

27:37Now,

27:38this time,

27:38they are

27:39teachers.

27:41What made

27:43them come

27:44and say,

27:44okay,

27:45this time,

27:45ako naman

27:46ang teacher,

27:47kayo naman

27:47ang mga

27:47estudyante?

27:48So,

27:49marami

27:50rin ba

27:50kayong

27:50ganon,

27:50mga

27:51teachers

27:51na

27:51balik

27:52BU?

27:53Not even,

27:55iiba nga,

27:56throughout their lives,

27:57sa BU na siya.

27:59Yung aming

27:59assistant vice

28:00president,

28:01let's say,

28:01no,

28:01talagang

28:02BU,

28:03graduate yan,

28:04and then she

28:04started as a

28:05faculty,

28:06ay nga yun,

28:07assistant vice

28:08president for

28:09academic affairs

28:10siya,

28:10no,

28:11mentored by,

28:12of course,

28:12our vice

28:14president for

28:14academic affairs.

28:16Tapos,

28:16yung principal

28:17namin,

28:18ng senior

28:19school,

28:20ano yan,

28:20scholar pa yan,

28:21ng baliwag

28:23university.

28:24Now,

28:24he's doing

28:25very well,

28:26doctorate pa yan,

28:28and he has

28:29been handling

28:30the senior

28:30high school

28:30department

28:31from its

28:31inception.

28:32Nako,

28:33the time

28:33of 2016,

28:34magulo,

28:35hindi mo alam

28:35paano i-implement

28:36yung

28:37but he was

28:40very instrumental

28:41in,

28:42you know,

28:42coming up

28:43with the program

28:44and he's doing

28:45very well.

28:46Marami kaming gano'n,

28:46mga BU scholar

28:48who are

28:48receiving this.

28:50Pero Pat,

28:51what happened

28:52to you

28:52during the

28:53pandemic?

28:54I understand

28:55you had

28:57really a

28:58challenging

28:58time,

28:58no,

28:59during the

29:00pandemic.

29:01What happened

29:02to your

29:03employees?

29:03Ang dami

29:04niyong

29:04empleyado.

29:06Was it

29:07really a

29:07very trying

29:08time,

29:09especially

29:09with your

29:10leadership

29:12at this

29:12time?

29:13Anong ginawan,

29:14anong ginawa

29:15ninyo?

29:16Oh,

29:16no,

29:16everyone was,

29:18siyempre,

29:18lahat naman,

29:19not just us,

29:20the whole world

29:22was in crisis.

29:23So,

29:24we did not

29:25lay off

29:25anybody.

29:27No,

29:27it was to,

29:29we talked to

29:29our heads,

29:30at saka,

29:31nag-agree

29:32ang community

29:33na we will

29:34all

29:34volunteer

29:36to have a

29:37salary cut

29:38for the

29:39life being,

29:40kasi,

29:42kawawa naman

29:42yung mga

29:43rock and

29:43file,

29:44kasi,

29:44minsan,

29:45may mga

29:45empleyado

29:46na no

29:46work,

29:47no pay.

29:48And,

29:49nag-closure

29:49time,

29:50there was a

29:50time na

29:51talagang

29:51operations.

29:52Lockdown?

29:53Talagang

29:53lockdown.

29:54So,

29:55we had to

29:55give them

29:56some form

29:57of assistance.

29:58So,

29:59nag-volunteer

30:00lahat

30:01to have

30:01salary cut

30:02top to

30:03down

30:04para lang

30:05maintain

30:05lahat.

30:06So,

30:06sabi namin,

30:08let's not

30:08lay off

30:08anyone

30:09kasi,

30:10kawawa naman

30:11din.

30:11Tsaka,

30:12kailangan din

30:13namin sila

30:13when you

30:14resume

30:14operations.

30:16So,

30:16it was a

30:17spirit of

30:18community

30:19and,

30:20ano,

30:20compassion.

30:21Everyone

30:21pitched in,

30:22no?

30:23Everyone

30:23pitched in.

30:24Correct.

30:25Tapos,

30:25communication

30:26noon,

30:27puro Zoom.

30:28Napilitan silang

30:28mag-aral

30:29ng Zoom,

30:29sabi ko,

30:30you have

30:30to

30:31say,

30:32I love

30:33tinkering

30:34with all

30:34those

30:34mga

30:35applications.

30:38Hindi naman

30:39techie,

30:40pero

30:40medyo

30:40techie

30:41rin ako.

30:41So,

30:42lahat sila

30:42napilitan

30:42mag-Zoom,

30:44matuto

30:44mag-manipulate

30:45ng mga

30:45laptops nila.

30:47So,

30:47there was a

30:49very good

30:50opportunity

30:51for the

30:52academe

30:52to learn,

30:53you know,

30:53how to

30:54upgrade,

30:55di ba?

30:55Using,

30:56instead of

30:56the face-to-face.

30:57So,

30:59yeah.

31:00Tapos,

31:00meron na kaming

31:00learning management

31:02system platform

31:03at that time.

31:042017,

31:04nag-ganan na kami.

31:05Kaya madali,

31:07somehow,

31:07we had to

31:09transition

31:10to

31:10online.

31:12Meron na kaming

31:12platform.

31:14So,

31:14you were

31:14prepared,

31:15I mean,

31:16you never

31:16prepared for

31:17the pandemic,

31:18you know,

31:18but you

31:19started already

31:20the learning

31:21management

31:22system

31:22online.

31:232017.

31:25What was

31:25the purpose?

31:27It was not

31:27for online,

31:28it was to

31:29upgrade

31:29instruction

31:30na technology

31:32enabled.

31:32courses

31:34non-teacher,

31:36so,

31:36bawat course

31:37would have

31:37a,

31:38parang virtual

31:40classroom yun,

31:40eh.

31:41Correct.

31:42Correct.

31:42Kasi mo,

31:42naka-confine

31:43sa environment

31:44na yun.

31:46So,

31:46unti-unti,

31:47natutunan nila yun.

31:48So,

31:49napilitan talagang

31:50to utilize it

31:51to its full

31:52functionalities

31:54in 2020.

31:55Pero,

31:56nag-umpisa kami

31:562017.

31:57Meron na kami nun.

31:59So,

31:59it was not

32:00a very difficult

32:01transition

32:01for everyone.

32:03Dahil medyo

32:04na-practice na sila

32:05for...

32:05Na-practice na sila.

32:06Siguro mga

32:0775%

32:08to level up

32:11to 100%

32:12utilization.

32:15So,

32:15yeah.

32:16Fantastic.

32:18What can you

32:18say about,

32:20you know,

32:20for people

32:21who are now

32:21thinking about,

32:22you know,

32:23should I go

32:23and continue

32:24my education?

32:26What,

32:27you know,

32:27like for example,

32:28you,

32:29as BU,

32:30having a dynamic

32:31school?

32:32Kasi marami

32:33yung mga

32:33parents pa rin

32:34ngayon na,

32:35you know,

32:35they're deciding

32:36whether to let

32:37their children

32:38continue their

32:40education

32:40or probably

32:42for people

32:44who want to

32:44upscale

32:45their education.

32:48Marami kasi

32:48yung mga

32:49tumitigil na,

32:49hindi,

32:50hindi ko na

32:50payag,

32:50katrabaho na lang ako.

32:52What can,

32:53what can you

32:54say about

32:55furthering their

32:56educational

32:57attainment

32:59in order

32:59to be

33:00viable?

33:01Especially

33:01in this

33:02world na

33:02marami na

33:03tayong

33:03challenges,

33:04hindi lang

33:05challenges

33:05in different

33:06economic

33:07situation,

33:07but you

33:08have the

33:08AI,

33:10di ba?

33:11In other

33:12words,

33:12if I am

33:12into graphics

33:14and everything,

33:15can education

33:16help me

33:16understand

33:17and survive

33:18in these

33:19challenging

33:19times?

33:20What can

33:21you say

33:21about that,

33:21Pat?

33:22I think

33:23a college

33:24degree is

33:24very important

33:25for a lot

33:27of people.

33:28Kasi it's

33:28your passport

33:29towards a

33:31career.

33:31But I'm not

33:32saying

33:32technical

33:33skills are

33:34also important.

33:35Minsan nga,

33:36dapat you

33:37augment your

33:38degree with

33:39technical

33:39skills.

33:40Kasi

33:40sometimes,

33:41yun pa

33:42ang ikayayaman

33:43mo,

33:43or yun pa

33:44ang mag

33:44sa'yo,

33:46magbibigay

33:47sa'yo ng

33:47mga iba

33:48pang

33:48opportunity.

33:49So,

33:50I think,

33:51at the

33:52very

33:52least,

33:53stood

33:53high school

33:55graduates

33:55should

33:55pursue

33:56a

33:56technical

33:56course.

33:58Yun nga

33:58maganda

33:58kung

33:59maging

33:59ladderized.

34:00Kung

34:00medyo

34:02gipit pa,

34:03matapos mo

34:04walang yung

34:04two years

34:04of an

34:05associate

34:05degree

34:06or a

34:06technical

34:06course,

34:08and

34:08we can

34:09credit

34:09that

34:10towards

34:10a

34:10degree

34:10naman.

34:11Kung

34:11nga,

34:11magtrabaho

34:12sandali

34:12o nag-iipo

34:13na working

34:13student,

34:14and then

34:14they can

34:14still

34:15pursue

34:15a

34:15college

34:15degree.

34:17There

34:17are

34:17skills

34:18or

34:18professions

34:19that

34:19will

34:20really

34:20require

34:20a

34:21college

34:21diploma.

34:22Importante

34:22rin.

34:23Correct.

34:25Ang

34:25sinasabi

34:26ko

34:26lang,

34:27they

34:29can

34:29still,

34:30they

34:30have to

34:30strive

34:31for

34:31credentials.

34:33Kasi

34:33ngayon

34:33ang

34:33trend,

34:34my

34:34pro

34:34credentialing,

34:35ganyan,

34:35ganyan.

34:36But

34:37iba pa rin,

34:38siguro

34:38para sa

34:39ibang

34:39magulang,

34:40iba talaga

34:40yung

34:40nakapagtapos

34:42ng

34:42kolehyo.

34:44And

34:44bali

34:44mag

34:44university

34:44is

34:45there

34:45to

34:45help

34:48them

34:48fulfill

34:48that

34:48dream.

34:49Kasi

34:50iba

34:50namin

34:51courses

34:51naka

34:51embed

34:52na

34:52yung

34:52micro

34:52credentials.

34:53So

34:54hindi

34:55lang

34:55diploma,

34:55meron

34:55kang

34:56diploma

34:57supplements

34:58that

34:58are

35:00recognized

35:00by

35:01employers.

35:02So

35:03very

35:03important

35:04talaga

35:04ang

35:05education.

35:05It's

35:06not

35:06more

35:06discarded

35:07na

35:07lang

35:07yan.

35:09Remember

35:09the

35:10common

35:11issue,

35:12discarded

35:13or

35:13education?

35:14I

35:14mean,

35:15I'm

35:15often

35:15asked

35:16that

35:16question.

35:17And

35:17I

35:18always

35:18say,

35:19it's

35:20both.

35:21It's

35:21both.

35:23Hindi yung

35:23learning and

35:24learning but

35:25you don't

35:25know how

35:25to make,

35:26you have

35:26soft

35:27skills.

35:28Soft

35:29skills

35:29are very

35:29important

35:30especially

35:30in our

35:31generation.

35:34That's what I

35:35saw right now

35:35is education.

35:36It's not

35:37attending for

35:38the sake of

35:38getting

35:39compliant

35:39or the

35:40degree,

35:41but making

35:42sure the

35:42degree is

35:43helping

35:44you

35:44go up.

35:45soft

35:47skills.

35:47So,

35:48yun.

35:48There are

35:49skills and

35:52competencies

35:53that AI

35:54cannot

35:54replace.

35:56Yeah.

35:58Yes.

35:59But

36:00the human

36:01touch is

36:02actually still

36:02there.

36:03Although people

36:04will say

36:04I don't

36:04have a job

36:05because AI

36:06I guess

36:08it's a matter

36:09of how

36:09you sell

36:09yourself.

36:10At the

36:10same time,

36:11we

36:12Filipinos

36:12have

36:13tender

36:15loving

36:15care

36:15like

36:16for

36:16example

36:17your

36:17nursing

36:17students,

36:18your

36:18culinary

36:19people,

36:20your

36:20librarian,

36:21the

36:22things.

36:23So,

36:23I think

36:23this is

36:24something

36:24that

36:24is

36:26AI

36:28also

36:28being

36:29taken

36:29as part

36:30of your

36:31curriculum

36:31or

36:32you're

36:32really

36:33trying

36:33to help

36:33come up

36:35with

36:35education?

36:36First

36:37step

36:37for a lot

36:38of schools

36:38is to

36:39establish

36:39a policy

36:40on AI

36:41utilization.

36:42So,

36:42yun.

36:43We

36:45try

36:45our

36:46best

36:46to be

36:46aware

36:47of

36:47yung

36:47authentic

36:51assessment.

36:53Dapat,

36:53bigay

36:54ka

36:54na

36:54assignment,

36:55alam

36:55ng

36:55teacher

36:56kung

36:56gawa

36:57na

36:57AI

36:57o

36:58hindi.

37:01So,

37:02nalalaman

37:02daw nila,

37:03naispat

37:03daw nila

37:03pag

37:04AI

37:04to.

37:05So,

37:05may

37:06authentic

37:06assessment

37:07like

37:07you

37:08ask

37:09them

37:09to

37:09recite

37:10on

37:10the

37:10spot.

37:11Diba?

37:12Yung

37:13mga

37:13group

37:14presentation

37:14or

37:15collaborative

37:15learning.

37:16May

37:16there

37:17are

37:17ways

37:17to

37:18assess

37:18the

37:18learning

37:18of

37:19a

37:19student.

37:20Huwag

37:20kang

37:20mag-reliyza

37:21kasi

37:21minsan

37:22nadadaya

37:22na nila

37:23AI

37:23generated.

37:25Oo nga,

37:26minsan

37:26naganda

37:27ng paper,

37:27presentation,

37:28everything,

37:29fantastic.

37:30Mahahalata.

37:31Mahahalata.

37:32When you

37:33ask a

37:33question,

37:34so siguro

37:35it's a matter

37:35of getting

37:36smart,

37:37lalo

37:37ng mga

37:37teachers

37:38ngayon.

37:38how to

37:40spot

37:40and

37:41authenticate.

37:42But the

37:43students

37:43I guess

37:45the students

37:45also have

37:46to be

37:46smarter.

37:47Yes.

37:48But

37:48we train

37:50our faculty

37:50with

37:52we train

37:53them for

37:54authentic

37:54assessment

37:55kasi

37:55hindi lang

37:56naman

37:56paper

37:58ang

37:58basis

37:59for

37:59grading.

38:00Maraming

38:00ways

38:01of

38:01assessing

38:02a student

38:03in learning

38:03nila.

38:05Yeah.

38:05So

38:06last

38:07question,

38:07are there

38:08foreigners

38:09coming to

38:10your school

38:10or intending

38:11to enroll

38:12back?

38:12Kasi

38:12you know,

38:13university,

38:14you see

38:15a lot

38:15of

38:15foreigners

38:16coming

38:16in

38:17or

38:17probably

38:17are you

38:19open

38:19to that

38:20as well?

38:21We are.

38:21There are

38:22a sprinkling

38:23of

38:23dual

38:24citizens

38:24studying

38:25at

38:26South

38:28African

38:28citizens.

38:31There are

38:31in other

38:33countries.

38:33But

38:34in the

38:34graduate

38:35school,

38:35we accepted

38:36Chinese

38:37students,

38:37Chinese

38:38students.

38:40And

38:40pero

38:41just enough

38:42for us

38:43to manage

38:43them.

38:44Very

38:45manageable

38:45para yung

38:46kunyari

38:46pag

38:46dissertation

38:47writing

38:47na

38:48talagang

38:49na

38:49advice

38:50sila.

38:50So

38:51we

38:52don't

38:53accept

38:53students

38:55from

38:56abroad,

38:56especially

38:57in Chinese

38:58that

38:58we know

38:59we cannot

38:59service.

39:01So

39:01ganun lang,

39:01very

39:01manageable

39:02lang.

39:02And

39:03then

39:03open

39:04naman

39:04kami

39:05to

39:05international

39:06students.

39:06Pero

39:06kasi

39:07diba

39:07hindi

39:07naman

39:08kami

39:08a

39:10small

39:11university

39:12in the

39:12province

39:12of

39:13Bulacan.

39:14But

39:14we

39:15are

39:15confident

39:16that

39:16we're

39:16able

39:17to

39:17give

39:17them

39:17really

39:18top-notch

39:19quality

39:20education

39:21instruction.

39:22Wow,

39:23ayan.

39:23I think

39:24a lot

39:25of people

39:25watching you

39:26will now

39:26be looking

39:27forward

39:27to

39:27possibility

39:28of

39:29enrolling

39:29in

39:30Baliwag,

39:30especially

39:31yung mga

39:32balikbayan

39:32nating

39:33estudyante,

39:34yung mga

39:34parents

39:35na nasa

39:35America

39:36or even

39:36Europe,

39:38they might

39:38want to

39:39bring their

39:39children.

39:40Kasi

39:40may values

39:41pa rin

39:41ng

39:41probinsya.

39:44Magalang

39:45ang mga

39:45bata,

39:46tsaka

39:47hindi

39:47sila

39:48simple,

39:50how would

39:50I say it,

39:50there,

39:51kasi

39:51malapit

39:52din sa

39:52Manila

39:53ang

39:53Baliwag,

39:54it's just

39:5530 minutes

39:56away,

39:56nasa

39:57Balintawak,

39:58nasa

39:58North

39:58Edson.

39:59Pero

40:00yung

40:00values,

40:01makikita mo,

40:01nagmamano

40:02pa sila,

40:03tsaka

40:03mas

40:04madaling

40:05pakiusapan,

40:06sumusunod,

40:07I don't know,

40:08yun yung

40:09ano nila eh,

40:10mga traits

40:10nila,

40:11nandun pa rin.

40:13Yung mga

40:13po,

40:13di ba?

40:14Oh,

40:14nagmo-po.

40:15Di ba,

40:15yung po,

40:16di ba?

40:16I mean,

40:17yung nagmamano,

40:18you know,

40:19yun,

40:19bihira ako

40:21makakita ngayon

40:22ng mga bata,

40:23no,

40:23biglang magmamano

40:24sa'yo,

40:25parang,

40:25ano yan?

40:26Di ba?

40:27I think,

40:28it's really

40:28the,

40:29the,

40:29yung inherent

40:30ng baliwag,

40:31no,

40:31that you are

40:32really enhancing,

40:34no?

40:34And,

40:35I guess,

40:36the values

40:36is something

40:37that we need

40:37to really

40:38fortify and,

40:40you know,

40:40continue,

40:41no,

40:41passing on

40:42to generation,

40:43di ba?

40:44Naka-embedyan

40:45sa curriculum,

40:46yung aming

40:47core values,

40:48naka,

40:49pag-apag-minamap

40:50nila yung lessons,

40:51or nako-cover

40:52ba yung mga values

40:53that we are

40:54trying to espouse.

40:55We call it

40:56RISER.

40:57Ah,

40:58okay.

40:59So,

41:00RISER,

41:01responsibility,

41:03integrity,

41:04service,

41:05excellence,

41:06and respect.

41:07Yan.

41:08So,

41:09malalaman mong

41:10taga-baliwag

41:11kung sinabi niyang,

41:12ano ang ibig sabihin

41:13ng RISER?

41:14Ah,

41:14alam nila yun.

41:15Ah,

41:16di ba?

41:16So,

41:16yun.

41:17Nako,

41:19Pat,

41:20I don't want to

41:21take much

41:21of your time

41:22because I know

41:22tomorrow is really

41:23a big day for you.

41:25And probably,

41:26you are really

41:27preparing for the

41:28big,

41:28big day

41:29to welcome

41:30students,

41:32welcome new

41:33people around,

41:34and again,

41:35take the helm

41:36of running

41:38a university.

41:39So,

41:40again,

41:41thank you,

41:41thank you very much.

41:42Bigyan mo kami

41:42ng update,

41:43promise siya na,

41:44for another

41:45surprise of

41:46Baliwag University.

41:48More to come.

41:49So,

41:49thank you so much

41:50for this opportunity

41:51to share.

41:52Yeah.

41:53Always a pleasure

41:54to know

41:55Baliwag

41:56is there

41:57to grow.

41:57Diba?

41:58Sige.

41:59Thank you very much,

41:59Pat.

42:00Thank you very much.

42:02Bye-bye.

42:03Bye-bye.

42:33Bye-bye.

43:03Bye-bye.

43:33Bye-bye.

44:03Bye-bye.

44:33Bye-bye.

45:03Bye-bye.

45:33Bye-bye.

46:03Bye-bye.

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