State of the University, August 2013

State of the University, August 2013

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Fighting Uphill Battle

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Outline of President Francisco D. Gayoba's SOUA

UNIVERSITY ANNIVERSARY Aug 2, 2013

 I. Intro

A. Greetings: Students, Student leaders, Faculty, StaffB. Purpose of the address1. Briefly Review the progress the past two years and a half, and the challenges2. Rejoice how the Lord has blessed AUP the past two and a half years, look forward to God’s to guidance as we face the challenges together3. Structure is to go over the areas of the University lifeC. The specific thrust of this administration is to recover the Seventh-day Adventist distinctive education in the life of the university.

II. ACADEMICS

A. Achievements

1. Enrollmenta) Comparative First Semester (1) 2011: 5,059 (2) 2012: 5, 071 (3) 2013: 5,286,b) The College of Health increased enrollment by 113.7% in 2012, the College of Business grew by 77%. The enrollment in the College of Nursing is picking up.
 2. Accreditation a) (Awarded on April 29, 2011) AUP is one of the 10 universities in the country awarded the highest merit of INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITATION by the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines. b) All academic programs, except Theology, are accredited by either ACSCU-AAI or PACUCOA (1) AUP has reached the highest accreditation level - level 4. No Adventist institution in the Philippines has this award. The following programs are awarded level 4 accredited status by ACSCU-AAI: (Awarded on Sept 28, 2012)
(a) Arts(b) Business Administration(c) Nursing (d) Sciences(e) MBA(f) MA Education(g) AUP is one among the only 3 ACSCU institutions with Level 4 graduate programs.AUP is the first school in the country with Level 4 programs in MA Education and MBA. (h) AUP is one among the only 4 ACSCU institutions with level 4 collegiate programs. AUP is the first school with Level 4 program in Nursing2. Some of our programs are awarded level 3 accredited status:(a) Accountancy (Awarded on May 2013)(b) Elementary School (Awarded Sept, 2012)(c) Elementary Education (2008)(d) Secondary Education (2008) c) All levels in the university are accredited by the IBE-AAA(1) Graduate and undergrad - 5 years (Sept 2010)(2) Academy - 5 years (Sept 2011)(3) Elementary - 5 years (Dec 2011)

3. AUP is geared towards ISO Certification 9001:2008

4. AUP Is deputized by CHED to grant ETEEAP, AUP is one of the 96 institutions among the 2,286 HEI's in the country, deputized by CHED to give credit equivalent to a person's work experiences towards the granting of an academic degree, for the following programs: (Granted May 2013)
a) BSCS b) BEEdc) BSEEd

5. Performance of our students in the National Professional Examinationsa) Management Accounting Graduates, 2012 (1) Had a 100% passing rate in the Certified Accounting Technician-Canada Exam on April 2013 and Registered Cost Accountant-Australia Exam on May 2012 Examinations. b) Accountancy graduates (1) In the May 2012 exam, our graduates had a 90.91% passing rate against 37.14% national passing rate (2) The Accountancy Class of 2013 garnered an 80% passing rate during the May 2013 Certified Public Accountant Board Examination as compared to the 27.41% national passing rate.c) Dentistry graduates(1) In 2011 and 2012, our dentistry graduates garnered a 100% passing rate.(2) Last year, our dentistry graduates garnered an 80% passing rate as opposed to the national passing rate of 34.32%, making our Dentistry Program 2nd among the 33 schools of Dentistry in the country.d) Education graduates(1) In the 2012 licensure exam , our elementary education graduates garnered a 90% passing rate against 42.46% national passing rate. (2) The performance of our Secondary Education graduates in the 2013 Licensure Examination for Teachers was 70.59% while the national passing rate was 39.61 %; the passing rate for Elementary Education graduates was 66.67 %, while the national passing rate was 27.70%. e) Medical Laboratory Science graduates (1) Our Medical Laboratory Science graduates have given the university reason to be proud of its graduates; four of them who took the 2012 Medical Technology Board were in the top ten. They garnered 8th, 4th, 2nd and the 1stplaces on top of the department's 100% passing rate. The national passing rate was 70%.f) Nutrition and Dietetics graduates (1) Our Nutrition and Dietetics graduates received an 87.5% passing rate against the national passing rate of 67% in the 2012 Nutrition and Dietetics Licensure Examination. g) Nursing Graduates (1) Lexan Cordial placed 6th in the 2011 Nursing Licensure Exam. AUP overall passing rate was 70.59% against the national passing rate of 33.92% (2) Our nursing graduates garnered 75.34%passing rate for first-time examinees during the December 2012 licensure exam, while the national passing rate was 34.46%. (3) Also, our caregiving students had a 100% passing rate in the Caregiving NC II /Exam.h) Agriculture graduates (1) In the 2012 Agriculture Licensure Examinations, our agriculture graduates garnered a 100% passing rate while the national passing rate was 30% i) Library Science graduates (1) Our Library Science graduates garnered a 66.67% passing rate in the 2012 Librarian Licensure Examination. The national passing rate was 46.7%j) Electronic Engineering graduates (1) In the April 2013 Electronics Engineer Board Examination, our graduates had a 60% passing rate against the national passing rate of 37.21%.6. Achievements of Facultya) Resource personsb) Speakers in varied convocationsc) ACSCU-AAI Accreditors
d) AAA Accreditorse) CHED RQAT membersf) Active members and officers of Professional organizations

 B. Challenges in the Academics Area

1. Renewal of our General Education course offerings toward the framework of the Adventist worldview

2. Find a way to determine quality of our graduates in non-board programs

3. Challenges posed by the implementation of CHED Memorandum Order No. 46, s. 2012, “Policy-Standard to Enhance Quality Assurance (QA) in Philippine Higher Education Through An Outcomes-based and Typology-Based QAa) We are reviewing our academic programs in terms of(1) Relevance(2) Quality(3) Financial viability(4) Bottom line: AUP will only offer quality programs that will fulfill our mission as an Adventist Higher Educational Institutionb) Relevance(1) To the mission of the Church(2) Local and International Demands for the programc) Quality (1) Quality teachers (2) Curriculum and instructional facilities (3) Validated by performance in National Boards, feedback of institutions being served. d) Financial Viability 

4. Opening the Doctor of Medicine Program

a) You are aware of the story of the COM(1) Applied to open June 2013 (2) Denied application by the October 2012 visit of the CHED Technical Panel, the most crucial factor is MAMC not accepted as base hospital(3) We applied for an exemption, which was granted by the CHED March 2013, and allowed to open June 2013 if ready.(4) With two months before June 2013, we decided not to open. Instead we reapplied for a June 2014 opening(5) The Technical Panel will visit again sometime September or October b) On my way back from my meeting in a General Conference Committee, I had several days of meetings with our Alumni and with the LLU leaders: (1) Our Alumni have our full support to finish the building(2) LLU, tasked by the GC to help us in the founding years(a) They are sending consultants to help us. Dr Daniel Giang is arriving today, two more next week, to assess our needs.(b) We are talking of an affiliation agreement, where LLU will   (i) Train our faculty   (ii) Exchange of students in the clerkship    (iii) LLU will validate our MD and DMD programs (c) The vision they shared with us is to assist AUP COM to become the top medical school in the Philippines, to serve as model for other medical schools that will yet be founded in the next few years

 

 III. FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

 A. Background:

1. Academic (instructional) gross revenues represented an average (the past six years) of 44.82% of the total gross revenues when we assumed office, Thus, auxiliary and service departments contributed an average of 54.12% to the total gross revenues.

2. In 2012, the income from academic revenues increased to 55%, with 45% still coming from Auxiliary and services

.3. Even with the increase, the income from academic related revenues is not enough to cover the total operating costs of the university. Income from the auxiliary and service departments subsidize the academic operations. 

B. Achievements

1. On the whole, the University is financially sound. We are able to pay our obligations. In the past two years, our average liquidity of liquidity ratio was 92.94%. Our revenues are more than enough to pay for our operating expenses. The working capital is below the required 100% because we put some of our reserves in capital projects. For 2013, we have an excess of 15,170,000.00 from our operations.

2. We were able to finance some major building projects with a total cost of P121,687,362. Some of this amount came from donations and the development fund but most came from institutional funds. The building projects include,a) Pre school classroom,b) Fine Arts classroom,c) Cattleya Apt,d) COT Building,e) Waling-Waling Hall, and f) COM Building. 50M by October 2013

3. The scholarship program of the University, which has taken an approximate of more than 12 million pesos last year from institutional funds. 

C. Challenges in the Finance and Administration area1. More efficient and effective operations. The ISO certification will help in this aspect.2. Increase revenues so that we can have more money fora) Better facilitiesb) Continuing education of teachers, more money for researchc) Revenues from both academic and non-academic sources

 IV. STUDENT SERVICES

A. Background:1. When this administration assumed office in April 2011, the greatest challenge was in the area of Student Services.2. The Importance of the University Community in Teaching Faitha) To develop habits that support excellence b) Our identity as a Boarding Schoolc) The family as the model of teaching faith3. That students should be residing inside the campus is the main strategy in the goal of holistic education.
a) However, in June 2011, only 64.8% of our college students (2,447), were living inside the campus, the rest, 35.3% (1,334 students) were residing off-campus. (1) Of those living on-campus, 1,927 were dormitory residents while 520 are living in staff housing. The residence deans are doing well in caring for the students even though the student to residence dean ratio of 111:1 could still be improved. (2) Providing services and guidance for students staying off-campus was a challenge because only 464 were living with their parents or are already married. The rest, 870 students, were living in boarding houses with very little supervision. Caring for off-campus students are two village student deans. Even if we subtract from ratio students staying with parents and those who are already legally independent, the ratio of off campus students to a dean was still 435 to1. Providing care for our off-campus students was our most urgent matter. We also had to care for 752 foreign students, who comprised 15% of our student population.b) Two years the ratios have changed even for the very little: (1) From 64.8% of our college students staying on campus, this semester it has decreased to 61.13%. 35.3% of students were residing off-campus in 2011, now has increased to 38.64%(2) Though we have tried to bring more students into campus residences, the trend is that the students who are coming from the community, even those whose families have transferred residence close to the University has increased. 

B. Achievements

1. Responses to the Residency challengesa) Cafeteria opens an international counter to serve the needs of International Students.b) 2012 second Semester - Cattleya Hall for the girl's dorm was made and availablec) Added one more Village Residence Dean in 2012d) All freshman are required to stay in the dorm starting this S.Y 2013 - 2104e) Anthurium Hall for ladies was converted to Mahogany Hall for Menf) 2013 - Opening of new girls dorm Waling - Waling Hallg) Gumamela Hall for ladies will be converted to Acacia Hall for Men this coming second semester.

C. Challenges 1. 10. The greatest challenge of all is how to accommodate off - Campus students - inside the campus we hope to construct additional dormitories. 

V. Ministry, Mission, Service 

A. 80% are Adventists. B. Last year, we had 19 religious organizations with 63 small groups catering to their religious life needs. However, 23% only of the whole student body is actively participating in religious organizations.C. Many of our students and teachers are involved in student ministry as well as off-campus mission projects. We also have students and teachers going out for Voice of Youth and other evangelistic meetings.D. Challenge is to increase the number of students and AUP employees participating in the religious activities.1. Student Ministry2. Mission projects

 VI. Other Areas

A. Land Development deals

1. Condominium Project a) AUP entered into a contract in 2009 with a single broker, not a property development company, to find investors, design, construct, and operate a 4 hectare condominium mixed commercial development project.b) The main problem is that there is nothing in the agreement about AUP having a say in the kinds of commercial establishments that will be put up. We may have the money but this project, if pushes through, it will destroy our integrity as an Adventist institution.c) Moreover, there were some irregularities involved in the transaction. And we discovered sometime in August 2012 that the title of the lots included in the condominium project was forged in the attempt to remove the lis pendens annotation. This is clearly a criminal act. Subsequent actions to remove the lis pendens involved the connivance of people from among us who we trusted.d) Because of the these, the MOA for the Condominium project was rescinded by the BOT, upon recommendation of the President’s Council of this University last October 2011. The Condominium Project is dead. There might be some attempts to resurrect it, but we are ready to fight against it.

2. Another property development agreement entered by AUP before this Administration took over is the 27-hectare subdivision project.      a) There were anomalies too in these agreement, which also involved trusted employees.      b) The most recent was when 27-hectare lot to be developed was subdivided into three lots. The title presented was again a forgery, with authorization from past university officials without approval of the BOT. Again these actions were criminal and therefore punishable by law.

3. This administration was pressured to go ahead with the land deals. a) Your administration received threats.(1) We were threatened exposure: we will be scandalized in the internet and other social media. It happened. Documents were released in the internet to show that the University was involved in illegal activities. The truth is, several of our past University leaders were indeed involved, but not with the approval of the Board.(2) We were threatened law suits. Indeed it came to pass. I was sued for several criminal complaints; your University administrators were also sued for criminal complaints, even the Board of Trustees, both criminal and civil. Many of those cases were dropped for lack of probable cause.(3) The call for me and the chairman of the Board, Pastor Manez to resign continues. The approach is to pressure, to intimidate the leaders and the board so that we will capitulate and go ahead with the land development deals.b) This past two years was very difficult because we had to steer clear of the issues.(1) But our compass was sure. Many times, we did not know what to do because our enemies were masters in deception and propaganda, even convincing and using our own people.(2) But on a big picture, making decisions on what to do was easy. We took the high moral ground. The option to us is already clear from the Word of God. Truth and righteousness are sure guides to thinking and acting. (3) There were many times when your faculty and staff, your administrators had no recourse but just to pray and trust in God. To just do what is right and trust that God will take care of the consequences.

 VII. Close

A.  1893 EGW “In reviewing our past history, having traveled over every step of advance to our present standing, I can say, Praise God! As I see what God has wrought, I am filled with astonishment, and with confidence in Christ as leader. We have nothing to fear for the future, except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us, and His teaching in our past history. {CET 204.1}B. “We are now a strong people, if we will put our trust in the Lord; for we are handling the mighty truths of the word of God. We have everything to be thankful for. If we walk in the light as it shines upon us from the living oracles of God, we shall have large responsibilities, corresponding to the great light given us of God. We have many duties to perform, because we have been made the depositaries of sacred truth to be given to the world in all its beauty and glory. We are debtors to God to use every advantage He has entrusted to us to beautify the truth by holiness of character, and to send the messages of warning, and of comfort, of hope and love, to those who are in the darkness of error and sin. {CET 204.2}

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AUPConscience

September 5, 2013 at 11:04 AM

PART 1 :

THE JVA, COT AND NARRA PROBLEMS WERE CAUSED BY NPUM AND AUP ADMINISTRATORS

Mr. Jose Reyes, todate I am still wondering why they keep on banging me for the AUP fiasco. I am not organic to AUP. I am not an officer of AUP. I was supposed to be the negotiator for the JVA for the subdivision. I have not earned a single centavo from any project of AUP other than the two one peso checks, uncashed at that, but framed in my office for my one-peso-a-year consultancy services for AUP. The third year for my services was paid for by Mr. And Mrs. Sam Villanueva with a symbolic one dollar bill.

I was supposed to have been paid the industry standard of five percent as my negotiator's fee, amounting to 67 milliion pesos. Dr. Miriam Narbarte in one of the board meetings made "tawad" to reduce my fee to three percent or 40.5 million. This fee was supposed to have been due and payable upon the signing of the JVA. AUP did not pay me.

In fact NPUM and AUP BUNGLED the JVA when they used a Deed of Donation to transfer the campus title from NPUM to AUP. Atty. DOMINGO SAN JOAQUIN, AUP GENERAL COUNSEL, CAUTIONED THEM OF THE DONOR'S TAX, AN EXCISE TAX, REGARDING THE USE OF THE DEED OF DONATION AS INSTRUMENT FOR THE TRANSFER. Both AUP and NPUM did not heed the caveat of Atty. San Joaquin.

The transfer could not be effected because of a 25 million pesos donor's excise tax that NPUM could not pay. ERGO, THE JVA DID NOT PUSH THROUGH. The developer has spent 68 million for the project. NPUM and AUP should expect litigation regarding this matter.

The non-materialization of the JVA is a FIASCO AND BUNGLING THAT NPUM AND AUP CREATED FOR THEMSELVES. Just listen to their reasoning- they are not management literate. Neither are they finance literate. Their notion of economics is crazy-fangled. In other words they are incompetent as far as being administrators are concerned.

AUPConscience

September 5, 2013 at 11:05 AM

PART 2:

I offered to withdraw and waive my claim for my 40.5 million pesos negotiators fee, now being heard at the Regional Trial Court of Binan, in exchange for a handshake. Pastor Ephraim Parulan of the PIC brokered this peace and amity proposal with NPUM and AUP thru Pastor Nepthali Manez. They rejected my offer and opted to litigate. Isnt't this crazy?

Dr. Querubin Padilla offered to withdraw his complaint with the NLRC regarding his illegal dismissal in exchange for a handshake. They rejected the offer of Dr. Padilla and opted to litigate. This proposal was also brokered by Pastor Ephraim Parulan of PIC.

Dr. Petronilo J. Barayuga offered to vacate his house and leave the AUP campus quietly and as peacefully as possible in exchange for a handshake.

This offer was also brokered by PIC Senior Pastor Ephraim Parulan. NPUM and AUP rejected this offer and instead filed EJECTION PROCEEDINGS against Dr. Barayuga? Isn't this ridiculous.

They talk about a COT fiasco. It was their General Counsel, Atty. DOMINGO SAN JOAQUIN who prepared the OMNIBUS MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT between Advance Engineering and AUP. Another adjunct memorandum of agreement was prepared for the 50 percent portion to be DONATED BY DR. Tomas Meneses and Dr. Querubin Padilla to complete the COT using the proceeds that Dr. Meneses will have from the subdivision. NPUM FAILED to transfer their title to AUP. How can Dr. Meneses and Dr. Padilla use the share of Dr. Meneses to pay for the remaining 50 percent of the COT when NPUM failed to transfer the title to AUP. We do not have to be a GENIUS to understand this.

They talk of a NARRA DORM fiasco. They were the ones who did not avail of the WARRANTY over the building, not by CONTRACT, BUT BY LAW, AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE NATIONAL BUILDING CODE wherein all structures built by a licensed contractor has a warranty for 15 years. Instead, AUP chipped, cored and dug the foundations of the building, VOIDING the warranty therein. Now, instead of being the plaintiffs, they are the defendants in a suit filed by Advance Engineering for damages. Those who chipped, cored and dug the foundations of the building are GUILTY of reckless non-literate management decisions that lay to waste a 42 million asset of the church and the university.

So, what FIASCO are they talking about that they did not cause themselves. They are just trying to find "Fall Guys" for their mistakes and stupid decisions. They should be man enough, responsible enough to face the consequences of what they have done and not to blame others. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE WRONG PEOPLE GET ELECTED TO JOBS REQUIRING LOGICAL AND RESPONSIBLE THINKING AND DECISIONS.