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management policy and terms of the contract; report on receipts and expenditures of
programs; pre-audit of expenditures to avoid errors and misappropriations of fund; examine
and ascertains the budgetary and reliability of financial transactions undertaken in the
University system.

The University and Board of Regents (BOR) Secretary serves as the Secretary of
Administrative and Academic Council and the Board of Regents. As such, she maintains a
systematic filing and safekeeping of minutes of records and documents. She prepares
agenda and schedules of meetings.

The Public Relations Officer (PRO) is a staff of the University President whose
main responsibility is to establish or help create a favorable public image, for the university.
HE also safeguards the reputation and standing of the university as he seeks to obtain
favorable opinion about its programs, projects and activities. The PRO shall effectively
represent the University’s mission, goals and objectives, to internal and external clienteles.

The Director of External Affairs/ Linkages Office. Under the direct supervision of
the President, the Office of External Affairs/Linkages seeks to establish a strong functional
linkages with local, national and international institutions and agencies, private and
government, to support the University’s extension and business affairs programs.

The University Business Affairs Office. Headed by a Director, the Office is
responsible in the formulation of policies, provides direction, monitoring and evaluation, and
overall supervision of all resource generation programs/projects and activities.

II. OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AND RELATED AFFAIRS (VP-
ARA)

The Vice-President for Academic and Related Affairs, who is under the direct
supervision of the University President, supervises the academic units and academic-related
services offices and divisions of the University.

The academic units of the University refer to the colleges, schools and institutes
located in all campuses of the University. Similarly, academic related services refer to
student-centered and other academic services.

COLLEGES/ SCHOOLS/ INSTITUTES

The Graduate School (GS) is composed of a core staff and draws other needed
faculty from the various units of the University. The office of the Dean is based at the
Echague Campus who supervises all the Graduate Programs. An Associate Dean of the
Graduate School is designated at Cabagan Campus who is under the functional supervision
of the Dean. The Associate Dean is directly responsible for the effective and efficient
implementation of the curricular programs and the academic departments at the Cabagan
Campus.

The Graduate School aims to produce highly skilled manpower in higher levels of
instruction, research management in agriculture, environment and natural resources,
education, development, business, public affairs and arts and sciences.

The College of Agriculture (CA) is situated at the Main Campus, Echague. The
Dean supervises all the academic departments in the College. He supervises the
implementation of all academic programs offered in Jones and Roxas campuses. The
College of Agriculture aims to produce quality graduates and to train trainors for the
manpower requirement of agricultural development, specifically in agri-business and