HERITAGE

By: Evangeline Dawagan

Last July 22, 2007, we held our General Orientation at the People’s Gym. It is annually done to introduce the different faculty members of the different institutes and the staff and personnel of the administration in order for the students to know whom to approach in times of occurrences of problems in the academe. Another purpose of this orientation is to lay down the policies, rules and regulations of the school for the information of the new students of the college.

We witnessed the introduction of all the employees of the school, teaching and non-teaching personnel. We were able to take a glimpse of the faces of the different faculty members but sad to say, our very own dean was not present that day due to the death of her beloved mother. The freshmen students of the Institute of Arts and Sciences were not able then to take a look at their dean but despite Dean Doctor’s absence, the faculty members were energetically introduced by ____________________ to the students making the freshies feel welcome and a part of the growing family of IAS.

The Institute of Arts and Sciences is the biggest and most populated institute of the Kalinga-Apayao State College as evident in the attendant of IAS students during the general orientation wherein due to lack of vacant seats, the IAS students had no choice but to stand on the sides and stay at the back near the gate tolerating the intense heat of the day.

As per observation, during orientation program, IAS students are always assigned to sit at the last portion of the bleachers making it hard for the students to understand what is being said and done at the front stage due to the noise of other students and the distance between the bleachers and the stage. Hopefully, something can be done about it and we are hoping that IAS students won’t be placed at the last portion of the bleachers come next orientation day.

Every program has its own intermissions and ice-breakers to relive the audience of the monotony of the program. One of the numbers being performed during the orientation program was the ballroom dance Cha-cha presented by the IAS students under the guidance of Sir Lou Marshall Banggawan. It is an excellent display of the dancing prowess of the IAS students that earned bravado applause from the audience.

Aside from the excellent student dancers of IAS, we are also very proud that day because the program went on smoothly without any interference thanks to the masterful skill in hosting of our very own instructor and institutional paper adviser, Engr. Daniel Cagan. This goes on to show that IAS is really the Institute of Arts and Sciences aptly named because of the different individuals who are contributing to the progress of the institute by sharing their different talents and skills in the field of artistry.

All’s well, done well. That’s how it is supposed to be and our warmest congratulations to all the IASian who helped and contributed to the success of the orientation program.

To the freshies who were not able to see the dean during the orientation, you can always approach her at her office anytime.