IS Department and IS Society General Assembly for First Semester SY 2013-2014

The International Studies Society (ISSoc) opened School Year 2013-14 with its First General Assembly at the Little Theater last July 8, 2013. Highlights of the General Assembly included talks by invited speakers, Mitchie Boncodin (AB-ISD 2010) and Chantal Marie Claravall (AB-ISP 2011); as well as the awarding of the You Make the IS Proud cards by the IS Department.

Other activities during the event also included the oath taking of the new International Studies Society (ISSoc) officers and moderator administered by CIHDS Dean, Dr. Caridad Tharan; the Video Presentation of the IS Department faculty roster and year-level mentors for the 1st semester, SY 2013-14; the welcoming of the First Year IS

students and transferees; and the Presentation of last years ISSoc accomplishments, !nancial report and plans for SY 2013-14 by the ISSoc Officers. The event ended with the Closing Remarks by Prof. Pacita Fortin, IS Department Assistant Chairperson and ISSoc Moderator. Nearly 75% of the 316 IS students attended the event.

IS Department Awards You Make the IS Proud Cards to Student Achievers

Every semester, the IS Department awards You Make the IS Proud cards to IS students who demonstrate exemplary performance in academics, student leadership, athletics, performing arts, volunteer service. Awardees included Deans Listers for the 2nd semester,

SY 2012-13, IS Team Debaters, student representatives and presenters in international and national conferences, student leaders, athletes, performing artists (singers, dancers, theater arts group) and volunteers.

A total of 83 You Make the IS Proud cards were given to the following !elds: Athletics (8), Scholars (11), International Exchange Programs (2), Model United Nations of the Far West

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Other Updates...Nelson Mandela Exhibit p.2DFA Visit p.3Nutrition Demo Phil. Model Congress p.4

INTERNATIONAL STUDIESSOCIETY UPDATES

S.Y. 2013-2014 Issue No. 1

IS Society and Pax Christi Join Worldwide Celebration

of Nelson Mandela Day

The International Studies Society (ISSoc) in collaboration with Pax Christi set up an exhibit with a short program at the SMT Foyer last July 18 to celebrate the Nelson Mandela Day, an annual international day of humanitarian action declared through United Nations resolution 64/13.

This years theme, Take Action and Inspire Change. Make Every Day a Mandela Day! featured the life and contributions of !rst South African President Nelson Mandela who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 in ending the apartheid regime in South Africa.

The event included an awarding of certi!cates of recognition to IS students who spent 67 minutes of their time setting up the exhibit to represent the 67 years that Nelson Mandela has served humanity.

The exhibit opening and program was led by ISSoc President Rejane Torrecampo and Pax Christi President Lyka Cabacungan. Fifty-eight students together with the Dr. Caridad Tharan (CIHDS Dean), Prof Gigi Francisco (IS Department Chairperson), Dr. Loreta Castro & Dr Jasmin Galace (Directors of the Center for Peace Education) and Prof. Pacita Fortin (IS Department Assistant Chairperson and ISSoc Moderator) attended the event

IS Society (ISSoc) is the co-curricular student organization of the IS Department while Pax Christi is the peace advocates student organization of the Center for Peace Education (CPE).

Take Action and Inspire Change. Make Every Day a Mandela Day

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IS Department attends DFA Lecture on Foreign Service

International Studies students visited the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in Pasay City last July 24, 2013 to attend a lecture on Foreign Service and view an exhibit entitled, The Philippine Foreign Service: Its Beginnings. The IS Department hired a 60-seater bus to bring the students and faculty to DFA. The students were assisted by Prof. Ronaldo Bong Joves, a part-time IS faculty who works in the DFA and were accompanied by Prof. Pacita D. Fortin, IS Department Assistant Chairperson and Prof. Ryan Silverio, IS Faculty, during the visit. Topics discussed during the lecture were: The Philippine Diplomacy during the Japanese Period by Prof. Ricardo T. Jose, Ph.D, UST Department of History; The State Department Boys: The Pioneers of the Philippine Foreign Service by Mr. Marciano R. de Borja, Special Assistant, DFA Office of the Undersecretary for Administration and DFA at Padre Faura by Ambassador Alfredo L. Almendrala, Jr.

The International Studies Society, in partnership with the Environmental Studies Institute (ESI) and the Institutional Network for Social Action (INSA) hosted Masustansiyang Pagkain sa Swak na Budget, a nutrition talk and cooking demo, to give meaning to the schools Environment Week Cel-ebrations theme, Green All You Can!

The nutrition talk was given by Ms. Eden Rouela

ISSoc, INSA & ESI co-host Nutrition Talk and Cooking Demo

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Ruta, registered Nutritionist and Dietician I from the Nutrition Foundation of the Philippines while the cooking demo was led by Chef Mohammed Ahmed Karim, Junior Sous Chef in Lentrecote at Bonifacio Global City in Taguig. Representatives from Park 7, one of INSAs partner communities, and IS students attended the event.

The event was held last July 30, 10:00am-12nn, in the ESI Conference Room.

International Studies Students Participate in 2nd Philippine Model

Congress

Eleven (11) International Studies students joined the 2nd Philippine Model Congress held at the Philippine Senate Building last July 28 & 29. The Philippine Model Congress is an annual, student-run simulation conference on the legislative processes in the Philippines.

The participants were selected from more than 1,400 applicants and joined 500 other student leaders and achievers from all over the Philippines during the 2-day Congress and passed bills that will be compiled and passed to the nations legislators for their perusal and possible sponsorship in their respective Houses.

Bills passed during the 2nd Congress were a Students Rights Bill, a Bill on Good Governance, and a Bill amending RA 9262 or the Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act, which was sponsored by 4th year ISD student Arisa Junio.

(L-R Faith Sabigan, Arisa Junio, Daphne Valdez, Joanna Lavares, Vernadine Attento, Jona Tamondong, Rejane Torrecampo, Ina Alviar, Karissa Chua, Aiko Shimizu and Amiel Saquisame)

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(14), Council of Leaders (27), IS Team Debaters (2) and Deans Listers (14)

Prof. Ryan Silverio and Prof. Theresa De Vela assisted in the awarding this semesters You Make the IS Proud cards during the General Assembly.

Alumnae Talk on Life after Graduation and Graduate Studies

Two graduates of AB International Studies were invited to deliver talks on pursuing graduate studies right after college. Prof. Gigi Francisco,

IS Department Chairperson gave the introduction of speakers. The two invited speakers were Mitchie Boncodin and Chantal Marie Claravall.

Mitchie Boncodin currently works at the International Organization for Migration (IOM), an intergovernmental organization under the United Nations system. Mitchie earned her AB International Studies degree with specialization in Development Studies, minor in Gender Studies and graduated Cum Laude in 2010. She was also the 1st recipient of the Endeavor Exchange Program who spent a semester of her college education in the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Australia. Chantal Marie Claravall is currently taking up her Master of Arts in International Studies in the IS Department. Chantall !nished her AB-IS degree with specialization in International Politics, minor in Peace Studies in 2011.

Other IS alumnae who welcomed the IS students through pre-recorded video messages were Athena Gabrielle Keow Abanto (AB-ISI 2010), former Pax Christi Internal Vice President and 2010 Senior Council Member of the Year, who now works as an Information and Communications Assistant in Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN); Kathleen Aquino (AB-ISD 2010), former ISSoc President in 2010, who currently works as Program Officer for Library Development in Ahon Foundation, Inc. and Christa Margarita Mixie Rivera (AB-ISI 2010), former SANGGU President and Sr. Mary Alice O Rourke awardee who now works at the Kaya Natin Movement, Ateneo School of Government.

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Full List of the YOU MAKE THE IS PROUD Awardees on Page 6

International Studies Society Officers:Rejane Torrecampo, PresidentBrenda Pureza, Internal Vice PresidentCrizzel Hilali, External Vice PresidentMikee Francisco, SecretaryMia Estipona, Finance Officer-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Prof. Pacita Fortin, ISSoc Moderator & IS Department Assistant ChairpersonProf. Josefa Francisco, IS Department Chairperson-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Keow Abanto, Newsletter Editor & Layout Artist

You Make the IS Proud Awardees

International Studies SocietyS.Y. 2013-2014

ATHLETES/VARSITYKiara Anjali Castelo (Badminton)Maria Tanya Coleen Simeon (Futsal)Vanessa Mae Sudario (Swimming)Ma. Karla Valeroso (Swimming)Natalia Maria Baltao (Pep Squad) Crystal Jane Fesalbon (Pep Squad)Jackque Gyl Gonzaga (Pep Squad) Kristine Pada (Pep Squad)

SCHOLARSCzarina Alviar, Andrea Conopio, Jaira Faith Gayod, Katrina Hizon, Angelica Joyce Samson, Rose Jiselle Santiago, Ma. Camille Sta. Maria, Marian Grace Ticzon, Kimberly Ann Tiburcio, Vernadine Attento, Kathleen Rose Tamase

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

Jelyn Grace Torres (RMIT University)Rina Angelica Fulo (Semarang, Indonesia)

MODEL UNITED NATIONS OF THE FAR WEST

Jeanne Michelle Asis, Aiko Shimizu, Lyka Cabacungan, Faith Sabigan,

Ingrid Saplagio, Sherazade Karim, Pauline Arada, Tiffany Padolina, Jona Tamondong, Danikka Rivera, Daphne Valdez, Amiel Saquisame, Joanna Lavares, Rejane Torrecampo

COUNCIL OF LEADERS (PAST SCHOOL YEAR)

Crizzel Hilali, Secretary (ISSoc), Jelyn Torres, PRO (ISSoc), Sophia Dianne Garcia, President (MC Debate Society), Alexis Nadine Bautista, VP for Outgoing Exchange (AISEC), Charmaine Tancasis, VP for External Relations (AISEC)

COUNCIL OF LEADERSJelyn Torres, IVP CIHDS (Sanggunian),Sherazade Karim, EVP (Senior Council), Angelica Joyce Samson, Secretary (Sophomore Council), Vanessa Lyka Cabacungan, President (Pax Christi), Dominique Felicia Marie Dizon, IVP (Pax Christi), Rona Mondares, EVP (Pax Christi), Ma. Faith Charlene Sabigan, Secretary (Pax Christi), Krishia Clara Palma, Treasurer (Pax Christi), Jose!na Bien Ambat, President (AIESEC), Samantha Marie Williams, VP for

Incoming Exchange (AIESEC), Ma. Jona Anthonete Tamondong, President (UNESCO), Amiel Saquisame, Secretary General (UNESCO), Particia Zsalina Pantig, Treasurer (UNESCO), Marian Grace Ticzon, Secretary (Talitha Cumi), Czarina Alviar, Treasurer (NSRC), Carla Carreon, Secretary General (NSRC), Rejane Torrecampo, President (ISSoc), Brenda Pureza, IVP (ISSoc), Crizzel Hilali, EVP (ISSoc), Mikee Francisco, Secretary (ISSoc), Mia Estipona, Finance Officer (ISSoc)

IS DEBATE TEAMRejane Torrecampo, Amiel Saquisame

DEANS LISTERS (2nd Semester S.Y. 2012-2013)

Katrina Hizon, Rina Angelica Fulo, Kathleen Rose Tamase, Maxinne Gabrielle Vazquez, Tanya Kristel Bowe, Paula Nicole Villanueva, Rhodora Angeline Manga, Ma. Camille Sta. Maria, Marian Grace Ticzon, Joanna Yu, Jillian Mae Fernandez, Brenda Jane Pureza, Sophia Dianne Garcia, Kimberly Ann Tiburcio

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