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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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