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MESSAGE

DR. EVA MARIE CODAMON-DUGYON
University President

We are pleased to present and share with you this 8-Year Strategic Plan for the Ifugao State
University (IFSU) which serves as a blueprint that will guide our path forward.

This Strategic Plan is a living document that represents the voice, efforts and insights of our
various stakeholders: university administrators, faculty, staff, students, alumni, Local Government
Units (LGUs), other government agencies, and the communities that we serve. Thus, it embodies
what the key stakeholders aspire for the University in the years ahead which is reflected in the new
IFSU Vision, Mission, Goals, and Objectives (VMGO). This Plan, inspired by phronetic leadership and
guided by our core Values—Excellence, Integrity, Faith, Service, Creativity and Cultural Sensitivity
is thus seen as instrumental in moving IFSU to a new level of excellence in our major thrusts and
services to the students and other stakeholders here and abroad.

Inspired by the words of Stephen Covey, who said, “Begin with the end in mind”, we crafted
this 8-Year Strategic Plan with a commitment to change the status quo taking into consideration
the development priorities of the national and local governments, the ASEAN integration, the fast
changing landscape of higher education, and the challenges and opportunities for IFSU, among
others. Hence, the IFSU Strategic Plan is anchored on the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) which
serves as the roadmap for the “Ambisyon 2040” championed by the Duterte administration. Certainly,
IFSU recognizes the role it plays in contributing to the achievement of the PDP and Cordillera Regional
Development Plan (CRDP) targets in the three pillars, namely: Malasakit (Enhancing the social fabric),
Pagbabago (Reducing inequality) and Patuloy na Pag-unlad (Increasing growth potential). As a
public higher education institution (HEI), IFSU takes cognizance of its responsibility in accelerating
human resource development to reduce inequality, and in fostering research and innovation to
increase growth potential. Likewise, this plan supports the socio-economic development goals of the
province of Ifugao and its municipalities especially on poverty alleviation, and on the preservation
and conservation of Ifugao indigenous knowledge and practices for cultural identity. While the
IFSU Strategic Plan corresponds to the local needs, it also responds to the demands of the current
trends in higher education such as internationalization, digitization, transnational education, among
others.

These underpin IFSU’s vision – “A globally recognized university upholding excellence amidst
rich cultural heritage”, which encapsulates our aspiration to advance the stature of IFSU in the
international arena while promoting and sustaining our cultural identity and heritage. Indeed,
the University’s vision also articulates our desire to establish our niche through excellent services in
instruction, research and extension, and quality specialized outputs/products, capitalizing on the
Ifugao rich cultural heritage which makes us unique. In keeping with this, we will create an enabling
environment that cultivates the culture of quality and excellence, and that supports the idea of
“thinking local and acting global”, which will be the central components of IFSU’s ideology and
institutional branding. In this way, IFSU’s existence as a public HEI will remain relevant and bear
profound and positive impact on the communities – local and global.

It is hoped then that this Strategic Plan will provide us the engine and inspiration to change
the status quo and respond to the challenges and opportunities before us. We know that we laid
down a challenging trajectory for IFSU. But we also strongly believe that there is no great challenge
that we cannot surmount if we all work together, hand in hand and side by side, with a strong faith
that God has designed and empowered us to be like eagles. Isaiah 40:31 says, “but those who
hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not
grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” As believers in the Almighty GOD, we ought to be like
EAGLES, never content to roost in a sparrow’s nest!

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