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with Smart Communications, Inc.       a more dynamic, inclusive, and
                                    to provide the initial 246 pieces of   holistic way.
                                    pocket wifi to deserving students.        The University students were
                                    In addition, the telecom giant        also active in their commitment to
                                    also offered the University special   community empowerment. In the
                                    discounts on internet and con-        aftermath of Taal Volcano phreato-
                                    nectivity services availed in their   magmatic eruption, the Supreme
                                    network. The University and the       Student Council Federation (SSCF)
                                    Provincial Government of Isabela      held relief operation to the evacu-
                                    meanwhile worked-out the pro-         ees at Lemery, Batangas.
                                    vision of smart gadgets to equally        Initiated by the leadership of
                                    deserving students.                   Student Regent, Kelly Vea G. Da-
                                        With these, ISU has been able     vid, 23 students and volunteers
                                    to continue providing the students  brought with them bottled water,
                                    a conducive learning environment      medicines, goods, clothes, toilet-
                                    toward the cultivation of excel-      ries and school supplies for pupils.
                                    lence and resilience as they would    Adding to this, various student or-
                                    come to be nation-builders in the     ganizations all over the University
                                    near future. The University, thru     launched donation campaigns and
                                    the help of government agencies       relief drives in the hope of adding
                                    and private partners, opened          the relief efforts for the flood vic-
                                    scholarship opportunities and         tims of Typhoon Ulysses.
                                    financial grants to support their         The University ardently im-
                                    academic journey.                     bibes the value of volunteerism
                                        Thru the guidance of the Uni-     and Bayanihan, supporting them
                                    versity’s Office of Students Affairs   in their consistent engagement to
                                    and Services, and with the leader-    the society as well as mobilized
                                    ship of Supreme Student Council,      participation in socio-civic ser-
                                    students found ways to actively       vices.
                                    engage themselves in various              These education efforts paid-
                                    activities that intensify solidarity   off as University learners contin-
                                    and belongingness even with sim-      ued to demonstrate exemplary
                                    ple virtual interactions. Trainings   performance in various competi-
                                    and seminars, most especially with  tive fields. In addition, graduates
                                    concerns on mental health and         of ISU were consistently figuring
                                    personality development amid the      in national board examinations.
                                    pandemic, were actively endorsed.  ISU-Ilagan Campus has been able
                                    Other online programs ranging         to monumentally register a 100%
                                    from leadership, socio-cultural,      passing rate in the January 2020
                                    capability enhancement, environ-      Architecture Licensure Examina-
                                    mentalism, journalism, and civic      tion (ALE). Graduates were also
                                    engagements were also promoted        manifesting equally high perfor-
                                    to further capacitate students in     mance in other licensure exams.


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