CAPSU Burias campaigns to end violence against women

By Kient Jerwin Tungala and Farah Villeza

With the aim to encourage everyone to put an end to violence against women and to actively participate in a collective effort to achieve a VAW-free community, Capiz State University - Burias Campus joined the 18-day campaign of stopping VAW, from November 25 to December 12, 2021, headed by the GAD Focal Person, Prof. Salve M. Ferrer and GAD Focal Person Assistant, Prof. Joan Rae L. Lantoria.

In align with the theme "A VAW-Free Community Starts with Me," the faculty, staff, students, and stakeholders of CAPSU Burias took part to the said campaign by hanging a VAW tarpaulin in front of the administration building, wearing VAW T-shirts or any clothing with a shade of orange, and through featuring empowering stories made by young filmmakers that urge women to seek help and break free from the cycle of violence.

Moreover, the officers of the SSC and FLP student organizations facilitated the One Billion Rising and Zumba Dance,  an artistic uprising of using body movements as their call to end the violence against women, on December 1, 2021 with the participation of selected students and participants from each college department. With the song, "Isang Bilyong Babae Ang Babangon," they were able to highlight the significance of women and their extraordinary roles in the society.

This year's campaign and support of CAPSU Burias emphasized the importance of individuals, particularly young people in combating violence against women and girls in many institutions as it focused on primary prevention in reducing VAW events, which can be accomplished by enabling individuals to understand and assert their rights, as well as educating them on where to ask assistance in the event of cruelty.

 

CAPSU Burias launches crop and science lab

By Mayrel Joy Arroyo

  The new Crop Science Laboratory located at CAPSU Burias

 

Capiz State University - Burias Campus held the launching ceremony and orientation for the newly blessed crop and science laboratory with Dr. Editha C. Alfon, SUC President III, Dr. Remelyn R. Recoter, the Regional Executive Director of DA-RFO VI, Dr. Salvacion J. Legaspi, CSRDC Center Director Project Leader (DA-ACEF), and Dr. Stephanie S. Pimentel, Campus Administrator, on October 21, 2021.

The main goal of this program is the renovation and improvement of the existing crop and science laboratories for students pursuing Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering (BSABE), BEED, and BSED Major in Science to be equipped with laboratory techniques, wherein they will have the capacity to do their exercise projects, analysis, or even some specific experiments and other matters with the help of modern equipment that have been provided by the laboratory.

The Soil and Science Laboratory is a modern laboratory funded by the Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) through the Crop Science Research and Development Center, amounting to 5,000,000 pesos that were utilized for construction an to acquire 23 pieces of new high-tech equipment, such as the Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer with PC and gas box – Model: PG990, the Fume Hood – Model: FH1000 (E), and the Spectrophotometer – Model: T92+.

The Soil and Crop Science laboratory can accommodate the students, faculty, and researchers of the whole CAPSU system, other private and public students in Capiz, farmers, and aspiring researchers. Furthermore, the main reason for putting the lab at CAPSU Burias is because the CSRDS Office is located at the campus.

 

SSC, FLP provide access to safe drinking water

By Arnold V. Dela Rosa Jr.

                                           Engr. Monalyn L. Oloroso and Dr. Romulo Lagon, FLP and SSC Advisers

            To supply the campus with potable water, Dr. Stephanie S. Pimentel, CAPSU Burias’ Campus Administrator, approved the Reverse Osmosis project proposed by the Supreme Student Council (SSC) and Future Leaders of the Philippines (FLP) last Academic Year 2020-2021.

SSC President Nicanor De Ocampo Jr. and FLP President Louel Lee Agpalo initiated the said project with the support of their officers and respective advisers, Dr. Romulo Lagon and Engr. Monalyn Oloroso.

Agpalo expressed that, "CAPSU Burias deserves clean and safe drinking water" because as a student of the campus, he observed that, "this is one of the needs of the students and faculty."

Reverse osmosis is a technique of removing the vast majority of pollutants from water by forcing it through a semi-permeable membrane under pressure.

"I believe that this would be beneficial to all, especially to the students. The goal of this project is to provide CAPSU Burias community with clean water to drink, so that they do not have to travel long just to have drinking water at home," De Ocampo said.

            The site that will be opening soon will be located near the school’s canteen, on the right side of the covered gym, and the total amount allotted for the procurement of the reverse osmosis machine with complete accessories has reached 219,000 php.

            "After all, water is critical to our well-being," Agpalo further added.