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| ๐ˆ๐™๐ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„๐’ | ๐”๐€ ๐›๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐“๐€๐”โ€™๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ
Pampangaโ€™s University of the Assumption (UA) paid a courtesy visit to Tarlac Agricultural University (TAU) on September 20, 2024 at the Office of the University President (OUP) Conference Room to learn the global ranking strategies, best practices and internationalization undertakings of TAU.
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The said visit was represented by UAโ€™s three academic officials namely, Dr. Emmanuel M. Bagtas, Director of Research and Planning Office; Dr. Violy Fernanda Y. Santos, Director of Quality and Management Office; and Ms. Lorna M. Basmayor, Director of Guidance and Admissions Office.
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On the other hand, Dr. Silverio Ramon DC. Salunson, SUC President IV led the benchmarking activity in coordination with the Office of External Linkages and International Affairs (ELIA).
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Dr. Salunson reiterated TAUโ€™s openness to share its best IZN practices to those HEIs who intend to visit TAU, โ€œ๐™„๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™—๐™š ๐™– ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™š, ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™ข๐™š๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™ค ๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ก๐™–๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ข๐™œ๐™– ๐™—๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™๐˜ผ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™–๐™ก๐™จ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™š to ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช. โ€ He also conveyed his gratitude to UA and sights partnership with them.
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Dr. Benny S. Soliman, Director of TAUโ€“ELIA, formally welcomed the visitors and extended his appreciation to them for visiting TAU as one of their venues to expand their internationalization initiatives. He also emphasized TAUโ€™s effort to make an impact for IZN, one of which are its inclusion at the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings and the World University Rankings for Innovation (WURI).
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Dr. Soliman further stressed on looking forward to collaborating with UA towards innovation, sustainability, and social responsibility as he highlighted the importance of establishing a strong internal collaboration with other higher education institutions (HEIs) in the region.
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On behalf of UA, Dr. Santos thanked TAU for the immediate response with their request to benchmark on international rankings and engage with TAU. โ€œ๐™’๐™š ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™–๐™จ ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ, ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™š๐™ญ๐™˜๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ข๐™จ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™™๐™š๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™ ๐™š๐™ฉ. ๐™Ž๐™ค ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™  ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ช๐™จ.โ€ Dr. Santos expressed.
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Mr. Jerome L. Duque, Information Officer III of the Information Unit (IU) mentored the visitors about Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings and the World University Rankings for Innovation (WURI). While Mr. Julius C. Consul, Administrative Aide VI of the TAU-ELIA mentored them about the UI Green Metric.
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They both shared strategic practices in consolidating documents as well as their experiences throughout the years that TAU participated in the international rankings.
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Drawing to a close, Dr. Sheila R. Lingaya, Assistant Director of ELIA, pointed out the vital part of being prepared and committed to deliver a premium effort for the University in the name of internationalization, particularly in terms of international rankings.
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โ€œ๐™‹๐™ง๐™š๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™–๐™ง๐™™๐™จ, ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™จ๐™š๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™จ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™›๐™š๐™š๐™ก ๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™›๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ค๐™™. ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ, ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ.โ€ Dr. Lingaya expressed.
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As the visitors learned TAUโ€™s strategic initiatives and best practices, they are now ready to takepart and begin their journey to the world university rankings.