The UST Chemical
Engineering Society held its 12th Leadership Summit last July 4-6 at
the Tan Yan Kee Audio Visual Room and Boso-Boso Highlands and Recreation Center
in Antipolo, Rizal with the theme, “Empowering Leaders as Thomasian Agents
towards an Effective Student’s Society”. It was attended by 107 Chemical
Engineering student-leaders and was facilitated by Mr. Philippe Jose Hernandez,
professor from the Engineering Sciences Department and ChE Department’s very
own, Engr. Rose Mardie Pacia.
The leadership summit was a
three-day event that consisted of workshops, team building activities, and lectures,
which aimed to enhance the leadership skills and career opportunities of the
participants. Prof. Philipina A. Marcelo, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of
Engineering, welcomed the participants at the Tan Yan Kee Audio Visual Room
during the first day. Groupings that will accompany each participant during the
summit were formed afterwards. A talk titled, Thomasian Identity: Branding and
Norming by Asst. Prof. Virginia A. Sembrano, Assistant to the Director for
Publication, kicked off the series of talks. She shared about the three core
values that every Thomasian Engineer should possess namely: competence,
commitment and compassion and how these values would help in the future
endeavor of every student. This was subsequently followed by a talk delivered
by Mr. Joselito delos Reyes, a professor from the Faculty of Engineering, where
he shared insights about affecting and influencing norms of the society. In
addition to these, Engr. Reynold M. Agustin, an alumnus of the university,
ended the series of talks and discussed about networking and establishing
connections and its essentials. Workshops followed each talk to instill and
test the learnings of the participants.
Off campus activities
marked the 2nd and 3rd days of the leadership summit. A lecture
led by Mr. Hernandez, started the 2nd day. He discussed about
understanding and adopting to different work styles and he shared 10 tips on
how to be more productive in every work. Series of team building activities
were also conducted throughout the day despite the heavy rains. A solidarity night
featuring workshops and the Mr. and Ms. CLS 2014 wherein candidates showcased
their wits and talents impromptu ended the activities of the day. Winners of
the pageant were Julius Caesar Magno and Fatima Evangelista.
Chemazing race highlighted
the 3rd day of the event. The lineup of activities was composed of
obstacle course, problem solving and team games which tested the physical and
mental strengths of each participant as well as collaboration, camaraderie and
leadership among groups. Despite the tough day, participants were all smiles as
they prepared for the culminating exercises and awarding ceremony wherein the
group Tropang Tutong, which garnered
270 points from all the activities, was hailed winner and received freebies and
free passes to the Recruitment Week of UST ChES.
The leadership training
ended with a word from Mr. Vincent Nikko Noel Almeda, President of the Chemical
Engineering Society. “Conducting a seminar-workshop intended for the incoming
leaders of any organization, in this case ChES, is really essential. It serves
as the guide, our guide in ensuring that what we do and intend to do for the
rest of our term will be aligned to the university and organization’s mission
and vision. A leadership seminar workshop is also a right venue to set things
right by preparing the new batch of leaders in every possible way. This in
return affects not only the personalities and views of the persons who attended
the said seminar workshop but also it affects the whole society because the
actions of organization's leaders reflects the organization itself and the
future of the organization as well,” he concluded.
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