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the Halal Goat Fiesta held at Uni- INTERNATIONALIZATION der to fulfill our mandate as higher
versity of Southeastern Mindanao The path of all the innovations institute for learning- that is in the
(USeP) on October 2019, where in the four-fold thrusts is to bring service for People, Nature, Entrepre-
we promoted the University’s tech ISU’s institutional brand in the neurship, and Innovation.
engagement in artificial insemina- global landscape. As such, the Uni- We would strive to see the Uni-
tion on goat, chevon (goat meat) versity was chosen by CHEd to be versity soar to even greater heights,
cuts, and the University-owned re- one of the country’s HEIs to partic- no matter the odds. We will remain
nowned canned chevon- Chevon ipate in the QS Apple 2019 Asia-Pa- steadfast, turning adversities into
Valley. In addition, we were able to cific 15th Annual Strategic Summit opportunities even at the most un-
establish strong collaboration and for the advancement of University precedented times in the future. But
networks with other agencies in ex- Excellence in all its Forms. This led most of all, we will be doing all of
tension and training initiatives. us to pursue qualifications for QS this, together- One ISU in realizing
World University Rankings. our dreams, our vision, and mission.
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES In 2019, we have sealed more
Our administration banks un- collaborative linkages with univer-
der a distinctive style of leadership sities in the ASEAN, East Asia, and
marked with integrity, goodwill, Europe that facilitated expansion
respect, and harmony to make ISU on joint R&D, exchange of students
as one of the leading state universi- and faculty, joint publications,
ties that adhere to good governance. and conduct of international con-
These guiding principles direct us to ferences. We also take pride after
meet transformational initiatives on being identified by the Philippine
Higher Education management and Economic Zone Authority (PEZA)
operations in our course towards as Special Economic Zone (SEZ)
ISU 2024. Institute for the Province of Isabela
In 2019, we were able to qualify and Region 02. ISU would now be
all of our campuses to ISO 9001:2015 reinforcing efforts of Philippine De-
Standard- Quality Management velopment Plan (PDP) 2017-2020 in
System and be able to place seal of enabling Filipinos to respond in 21st
quality in the University’s delivery Century challenges consistent with
of academic programs and adminis- the aspirations of Ambisyon Natin
trative services. We have also exten- 2040. This undertaking allowed us
sively supported the enhancement to become contributor to nation-
of our human resource from aca- wide building, accelerating our ef-
demic to non-academic workforce forts towards internationalization.
to sustain service efficacy in their re-
spective fields of expertise. The Uni- With all that has been high-
versity also facilitated infrastructure lighted in this report, we will strive
development towards providing not to allow any room for compla-
conducive learning atmosphere and cency. 2019 is but a beginning for
administrative operation, as well as bigger things for the University. It
catering the expansion of the Uni- is in our most ardent desire to inter-
versity’s services. nally and externally improve in or-