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influence complainants or any of his vital witnesses into withdrawing his
complaints or retracting his complaint against the former, the committee (not
the student court) through its chairman to the University President the
placement of the respondent under suspension in order to maintain the
integrity and objectivity of the investigation.
Section 8. Failure or refusal of the complainant and his witnesses to appear and prosecute
the case during the investigation despite the notice shall be sufficient ground
to drop the complaint.
However, in cases where the culpability of the respondent could be
secured by other evidence outside the testimony of the complainant, non-
appearance of the latter shall not be a ground to terminate the proceedings.
As long as practicable, the committee/court concerned shall endeavor to
pursue the investigation in securing the attendance of other vital witnesses to
avoid miscarriage of justice.
Section 9. Postponement of investigation shall be discouraged and shall be allowed only
in meritorious cases such as illness of a party or his counsel and other similar
unavoidable causes. Under such circumstance, a duly sworn medical
certificate shall be presented.
Regardless of the grounds invoked, there shall not be more than two (2)
postponements allowed.
Section 10. The testimony of each witness and the manifestation of the chairman and
members of the committee/court shall be taken in shorthand if there is a
stenographer, otherwise, it shall be tape recorded, to be transcribed on a later
day.
Section 11. The findings and recommendations/decisions of the committee/court
concerned should be handed down within 30 days from the conclusion of the
investigation/trial.
Section 12. The decisions of the Dean/Head of Unit (in cases originating from the
Complaints and Grievance Committee) and the President (in cases originating
from the investigating committee) shall become final and executory after 10
days from the receipt thereof.
Section 13. In cases of appeal, the losing party may file his appeal within 10 days from
the receipt thereof.

ARTICLE VIII. ALUMNI AFFAIRS

Section 1. The alumni of the Isabela State University shall be composed of the following:
a) Secondary, tertiary, masters and doctorate graduates of the Isabela State
College of Agriculture and the Cagayan Valley Institute of Technology; the
college graduates of the integrated schools of Jones Rural School, Isabela
School of Arts and Trades, San Mateo Vocational and Industrial School,
and Roxas Memorial Agricultural and Industrial School under P.D. 1434.
b) College and High School graduates of the CHED Supervised Institutions
such as the Cauayan Polytechnic College, Delfin Albano Memorial Institute
of Agriculture and Technology and Angadanan Agro Industrial College
which were integrated into the University system under CHED

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