2024 Annual Review on SDG Impact held to reflect on 2022-2024 SDG initiatives, Student Category introduced in paper presentation

by Kassandra Buenafe, OfCom | Dec 06 2024

On December 4, 2024, 91快活林 faculty, students, and staff convened together in an effort to consolidate and reflect on the various Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) programs, activities, and initiatives done by the University from 2022 to 2024 in the 2024 Annual Review on SDG Impact held at the 91快活林 Gymnasium and at the College of Engineering (COE) Building.

Led by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs and its WE CARE Office, this event sparked significant SDG discussions, featuring Keynote Speaker, Prof. Dr. Gobi Krishna Sinniah, a Senior Lecturer of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying, at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia and a wide array of paper presentations, in which, a student category is introduced for the first time.

According to Dr. Rosario Reserva, WE CARE Director, the inclusion of a student category aims to inspire and encourage students to present their innovative solutions in addressing SDG-related problems. Dr. Nancy Echavez, Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs, opened the program and reminded everyone of the “depth and breadth” of the extension projects.

“These projects are not merely initiatives on paper. They are the living embodiment of our collective dedication to advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals—aspirations that challenge us to envision and create a more inclusive, sustainable, and equitable world,” Dr. Echavez said.

Chancellor Alizedney M. Ditucalan expressed his message of congratulations to the WE CARE Office of the OVCPA for organizing the event and emphasized the importance of rising above crises and the University’s role, through its extension activities and programs, in addressing community problems.

The discourse welcomed evaluators coming from different fields, Reggie Punongbayan, President of Chamber of Commerce and Foundation of Iligan, Inc; Jeffrey A Carin, from the Father Saturnino Urios University; Nivea Louwah Sermona, from the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP); Gerrylou Sweet Pia, Supervising Science Research Specialist at the Department of Science and Technology Region 10, Provincial Science and Technology Office of Lanao del Norte; Melencio Jalova Jr. whose expertise is on Social Forestry and Environmental Governance; and Dr. Victoria Sumanpan from USTP.

In the afternoon, an awarding ceremony was held to recognize the winners of the paper presentation divided into two categories (poster and oral) with two clusters (professional and student).

In the poster presentation for professionals, the 1st place was awarded to Marjorie M. Tabigue with the study “Bridging the Digital Divide: My.ICT’s Impact on Empowering Marginalized Youth through Education and Technology; in the student cluster, the 1st place was clinched by Raul Lucero with his study entitled, “Indigenous Ureolytic Bacteria from Mindanao, Philippines: Isolation, Characterization, and Potential for Carbon Sequestration through Microbially Induced Carbonate Precipitation (MICP).

The 1st placers for the oral presentation for professionals were Mark Nolan Confesor with his study “Leveraging innovation laboratories in lesson material development for effective student learning” under Cluster A and to Carlito B. Tabelin for “The Bio+Mine framework: A community-centered, nature-based and technology-driven strategy for the sustainable management of abandoned and operating mines” under Cluster B.

In the student cluster for the oral presentation, the 1st places were given to Kirk Zyke Dream A. Gentiles with the study “SMART SWINE FEEDING: An IoT-Enabled Feed Mixer and Dispenser for Piggeries Using ESP32” under Cluster A and to Larry C. Herbito, Jr. with his presentation on “Invasive Alien Plant Management: Attitude and Insights from Initao-Libertad Protected Landscape and Seascape (ILPLS), Misamis Oriental Philippines” for Cluster B.

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