Remnants of Noble Footprint:
From an Academic Exit to Retirement Expedition by Leowens Ventura
This year, Capiz State University Burias Campus has to let go five
calibre faculty after decades of service: Dr. Ludovico C. Olmo Jr. and Dr.
Genoveva N. Labaniego from College of Agriculture and Forestry; and Dr. Leonora
I. Gimoto, Prof. Elnor E. Briones and Prof. Edna D. Navarra from College of
Education.
The path to
greatness is not material profusion but a life spent helping others achieve
their truest ultimate purpose; making a difference to the lives of naive students and sprightly cultivate their universal significance.
Etching a luminous reminder that each student possess greatness that needs to
be polished over time. Over the years, fiveprofessors in the academe have withstood personal travails,
evaluations and overwhelming accreditation that oftentimes
happen in a snap. Now, they are finally ending their voyage to embark into
another one; retirement life. These distinct individuals have utterly mastered
the supreme art of teaching; awakening the creative juices in students’ mind
until no last pulp of internal adroit goes idle.
“There is no other
greater feeling than beingpart of Capiz State University, Burias Campus.” Prof.
Elnor E. Briones who served the College of Education for more than 39 years
said that, “…this is where I learned a lot of new things. I was hurt, and
loved, and laughed, and cried. Got left out among colleagues but yet, all the
good times that we shared were and still are memorable up to this date. There
is no other greater feeling than being a part of CapSU Burias. There were PASUC, CHED, and other evaluating agencies that
accredit the University. I have learned to make the best of the situation that
come into my life. I learn to enjoy what I see humor in life and stopped
worrying what’s beyond my reach and understand that life doesn’t always unfold
as I planned or imagined. She added that, “at the end, may I leave this word:
you make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give”.
“Retirement is a huge milestone in my life”for Dr. Leonora I. Gimoto, “after retirement, I can have something
fun to do and learn new things which are the key to living a happy and
fulfilling retired life. There be will no more pressures, no more tension and
it would be a stress-free life. I’m very grateful of my
co-mentors for the unity, good fellowship and for a harmonious relationship
within us. I hope that those of us who have become close over the years will be
able to keep in touch and that you will find time to visit me at home. I’m just
a text away”.
“I have finally served and fulfilled my
purpose; I am beyond the supernova of bliss and content” Dr. Edna D. Navarra,
the former principal of the Laboratory High School is humbled to voice that:
“not everyone is destined to be a teacher, others have tried but are
unfortunate to fully realized the extent to which the power of teacher impacts
the young and novice minds of students. I am beyond grateful and blessed at the
same time to be one of the pillars as an educator to make a difference to the
lives of my students. I am humbled to announce that I have concluded polishing
my academic journey and embark to a much more enthralling life that awaits me”.
