The UST College of Education, through its Department of Secondary Education, led by its chair Asst. Prof. John Christian C. Valeroso, LPT, Ph.D., welcomed Nagoya City University (NCU) academics and students to the university in February and March.
An offshoot of Valeroso’s participation in the NCU Contact Points Symposium in Nagoya, Japan last December, NCU academics and students went to UST to speak at the forum “Collaborative Pathways for the Future: The Jubilee Year Celebration as Framework for Achieving SDGs,” organized by the UST Secondary Education on February 27.
Guest speakers Asst. Prof. Reginald Salonga, Ph.D., Assoc. Prof. Tetsu Ichikawa, Ph.D., Yuma Mora, Kokona Aritake, and Ayaka Iwata tackled research topics such as homelessness, tourism, and waste management.
In March, NCU academics visited the Ayta community in Sitio Buok, Barangay Sto. Niño in Bamban, Tarlac–a partner community of the UST College of Education.