The Office of the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, in collaboration with the Center for Innovative Teaching and Educational Delivery, hosted the second GRACE Session on October 28, 2025, at the Tan Yan Kee Audio-Visual Room. GRACE Sessions are biannual capacity-building activities that provide ongoing guidance and opportunities for growth in key areas most important to academic staff approaching retirement age (61-65 years old) as they prepare to navigate a new chapter in their lives.
The October 28, 2025, learning session highlighted the Spiritual, Digital, and Financial domains of wellness.
The following are the session objectives:
Facilitate continuous engagement in spiritual practices.
Utilize digital platforms meaningfully and safely.
Explore effective strategies for managing finances and investments.
Rev. fr. Pablo T. Tiong, O.P., Vice-Rector for Religious Affairs gave an Inspirational Message to the attendees.
Rev. fr. Art Vincent M. Pangan, O.P., SThL, Acting Regent of the College of Education, provided a lecture on Spiritual Wellness. Mr. Efraim A. Fernandez, MA, LPT, Subject Area Lead Teacher/Learning Area Coordinator for Media Education and Digital Literacy, served as the resource person for Digital Wellness.
Asst. Prof. Celso Noel Aban, MEntrep, Manager of the DOST TOMASInno Center -Technology Business Incubator, and Mr. Jose P. Magsaysay, Founder of Potato Corner and President of Josebizco, Inc., shared practical strategies under the domain of Financial Wellness.
The attendees of the second GRACE session