| 𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗦𝗘 𝗨𝗚𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗔 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗩𝗔𝗡: 𝑨 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑰𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝑫𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏
As a combative response against the present and forthcoming economic depletion, the 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 (𝙎𝙋𝘼𝙈𝘼𝙎𝙏) welcomed 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 (𝗨𝗦𝗘𝗣)–its confederate–as it administered the 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢-𝐀𝐪𝐮𝐚 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐄𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 (𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐒𝐄) 𝐔𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐭-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐀𝐍𝐑 𝐈𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 (𝐔𝐆𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐀) 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐍 held at 𝙎𝙋𝘼𝙈𝘼𝙎𝙏 auditorium conference hall earlier this morning July 20, 2023. Regional activities such as pre-commercialization services, incubation services, content build-up of 𝐒𝐌𝐀𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐂 𝐒𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐒 and 𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥-𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 (RTMS) were carried out as practical initiatives to capacitate and assist each mentee based on the results of the needs assessment conducted beforehand. The pre-identified objectives of this caravan were to: a. accelerate the commercialization of AANR technologies in SMAARRDEC through science and technology advancements; b. strengthen the capabilities and offer support to individual mentees based on the findings of the pre-assessment of their needs. With the rapid increase of the environmental and economic crises in our country, today’s national organizations, specifically the academic institutions within our nation, are in great need to integrate entrepreneurial ideology–rooted in Science and Technology–into its core constituents that entail not only the internal students but the institutional administrative stakeholders as a whole, to mitigate the severity of the economic downfall and to produce entrepreneurial-oriented graduates that will create an immense beneficial impact in the upcoming years. During the informative session, 𝐌𝐫. 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐈𝐚𝐧 𝐃. 𝐉𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐨–the resource person– underscored that entrepreneurship is not just about selling, it’s more about creating solutions to a wide range of difficulties experienced not only in the aspect of business but even in the small issues that are noticeable in our locality. Furthermore, with its burning passion to become the paragon of contextual academic distinction, 𝙎𝙋𝘼𝙈𝘼𝙎𝙏 will continue to keep in touch with its other associate State Universities and Colleges in Region XI in upholding the furtherance of feasible research and entrepreneurial-relevant activities, inflicting a beneficent blow to our local, regional, and national economic condition. With the 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉, 𝑰𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝑫𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏(RIDE) spearheaded by 𝐃𝐢𝐫. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲𝐧 𝐁. 𝐋𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐠 and 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 led by 𝐃𝐢𝐫. 𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞 as the forefronts of 𝙎𝙋𝘼𝙈𝘼𝙎𝙏 in research endeavors, the goal to materialize every desired output would be brought to its fruition. |
