CNU Centennial Video- "Pagsugid"

Summary

SIU Normal University celebrates its centennial anniversary, reflecting on its journey from a pioneer in teacher education to a leading multi-disciplinary research institution in the Asia Pacific. The script narrates the university's challenging beginnings, resilience through war, and its unwavering commitment to excellence in education. It highlights the transformation from a school with good intentions to one with great expectations, now poised for leadership in the new era of education.

Takeaways

• 🎉 SIU Normal University is celebrating its 100th anniversary and its 109th founding anniversary.
• 🏫 The university aims to continue its legacy as a major institution of teacher education in the Asia Pacific region.
• 📽️ A video has been produced to capture the university's history, reinvention, and aspirations for the future.
• 🌏 The script highlights the university's journey from being good to striving for greatness in its educational mission.
• 📚 The university's origins are tied to American educators who brought knowledge, not weapons, to the Philippines.
• 🏛️ The university faced challenges and resistance but persisted in establishing normal schools across the islands.
• 💼 The script mentions the growth and development of the university, including the construction of a significant building during the Philippine Commonwealth period.
• 🇯🇵 The university endured the Japanese invasion and occupation, which included violent acts within its own buildings.
• 🏆 After the war, the university recovered and continued to shape itself as a leader in teacher education.
• 🎓 CNU has remained faithful to its flagship program in teacher education and is pursuing a vision of becoming a leading multi-disciplinary research university.
• 🌟 The university is at a tipping point, with dramatic growth and a commitment to modernity and quality education standards.
• 👩‍🏫 CNU emphasizes the importance of producing high-performing teacher leaders with competencies in pedagogical skills and the application of various sciences.
• 📈 The university has a strong focus on quality assurance, faculty qualifications, research, and extension programs.
• 🌐 CNU has launched the EEL program, which stands for Education, Help, Environment, and Livelihood, targeting the Katan Norte area.
• 🏆 The university values autonomy, critical self-assessment, and is determined to maintain its leadership in education.

Q & A

What is the significance of the 100th anniversary for SIU Normal University?

The 100th anniversary marks a century of educational excellence and signifies the university's dedication to maintaining its achievements in teacher education in the Asia Pacific region.

What role does the chair of the CNU anniversary celebration committee play?

Outlines

00:00

🎉 Centennial Celebration and Legacy of CNU

The script narrates the 100-year journey of SIU Normal University, now known as CNU, as it celebrates its 109th founding anniversary. The institution has been a key player in teacher education in the Asia Pacific region. The video produced under the leadership of the CNU anal celebration committee aims to encapsulate the university's history, transformation, and aspirations. It highlights the early challenges faced by the university, its resilience during the Japanese invasion, and its unwavering commitment to education. The script also emphasizes the university's growth and the significant role played by the Thomasites, American educators who contributed to the establishment and development of the institution.

05:00

📚 Commitment to Excellence in Teacher Education

This paragraph focuses on CNU's dedication to maintaining its status as a leader in teacher education over the past century. The university has been bold in pursuing its mission to become a leading multi-disciplinary research university. It emphasizes the importance of producing not just successful teachers, but high-performing teacher leaders with competencies in pedagogical skills and the integration of natural, behavioral, and humanities sciences into their teaching careers. The university is at a tipping point, poised for leadership, and has made significant strides in quality assurance, faculty development, research, and extension programs. The script also mentions the university's autonomy, its critical self-assessment, and its drive to generate human capital and build a research culture.

10:00

🚀 Transition to Maturity and Modernity

The final paragraph discusses the university's transition from its old form to an era of maturity and modernity, aligning with national and international standards of quality education. It touches on the university's efforts in faculty and instruction, research, and extension, highlighting its 100% compliance with the required educational qualifications and the number of professors with doctorate degrees. The university has also launched the EEL program, which stands for Education, Help, Environment, Livelihood, and PE, targeting the service area of Katan Norte. The script concludes by emphasizing the university's readiness to face future challenges and its pursuit of greatness, reflecting on its establishment by the Americans in 1902 with good intentions that have evolved into great expectations.

Keywords

💡CNU

CNU refers to the university being celebrated in the video, which is an institution of higher learning with a focus on teacher education. It is central to the video's theme, representing the journey from its founding to its current status as a leading educational institution. The script mentions CNU's commitment to innovation and its goal of becoming a leading multi-disciplinary research university.

💡Centennial Celebration

The term 'Centennial Celebration' signifies the 100th anniversary of the university's founding. It is a key event in the video, marking a century of educational achievements and setting the stage for the university's future endeavors. The script describes this celebration as coinciding with the 109th founding anniversary, indicating a milestone in the institution's history.

💡Teacher Education

Teacher Education is the core program of CNU and a central theme of the video. It is defined as the academic study and training necessary to become a teacher. The script highlights CNU's role in building up a major institution for teacher education in the Asia Pacific region and its commitment to producing high-performing teacher leaders.

💡Innovation

Innovation in this context refers to the introduction of new methods, ideas, or products. It is a key concept in the video, as it is associated with CNU's continuous efforts to improve and adapt its educational programs. The script mentions 'continuous and considered effort and innovation' as part of the university's strategy for maintaining its achievements.

💡Zeal

Zeal is a term used to describe great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause. In the video, it is used to describe CNU's passion for the future and its commitment to excellence in education. The script states that the university is presented with 'Zeal towards the future,' indicating a proactive and determined stance.

💡Thomasites

The Thomasites were a group of American teachers who came to the Philippines in the early 1900s to establish an education system. They are a key historical element in the video, representing the beginning of modern education in the region. The script mentions the Thomasites as individuals who brought 'knowledge and a load of good intentions' to the islands.

💡Philippine Commonwealth

The Philippine Commonwealth refers to the period of the Philippines' history from 1935 to 1946, during which it was a self-governing commonwealth in preparation for independence from the United States. The script mentions this period as a time when the school underwent significant changes and growth.

💡Japanese Invasion

The Japanese Invasion refers to the period of World War II when the Japanese forces occupied the Philippines. In the video, this event is depicted as a dark chapter in the university's history, with the script describing the school building being used for 'the most gruesome acts of war.'

💡Pedagogical Skills

Pedagogical Skills are the methods and techniques used in teaching. The video emphasizes the importance of these skills for CNU graduates, who are expected to be not just successful teachers but also leaders in education. The script mentions that CNU graduates must be equipped with competencies in the application of pedagogical skills.

💡Research

Research in the context of the video refers to the scholarly investigation or study aimed at the discovery of new knowledge. It is a key aspect of CNU's mission to become a leading university. The script highlights the university's commitment to producing 'publishable research projects in refereed national and international journals'.

💡Quality Assurance

Quality Assurance in education involves the processes and mechanisms used to ensure that standards are met. The video script mentions that the university has addressed 'critical points of quality assurance,' particularly in areas such as faculty, instruction, research, and facilities, to meet national and international standards of quality education.

Highlights

SIU Normal University celebrates its 100th anniversary and 109th founding anniversary.

CNU aims to maintain its achievements as a major teacher education institution in the Asia Pacific region.

Chair of the CNU anniversary celebration committee reflects on the honor of leading the video production.

The video captures the university's history, reinvention, current realities, and future aspirations.

Looking back at the university's past and memory lane is a privilege.

The American educators brought knowledge and good intentions to the Philippines, not guns and bullets.

The task of educating a long-deprived people was not easy, with resistance from those still under duress.

Normal schools were established across the Philippines, with SIU searching for its own place.

The Sibu Normal School expanded its program and produced some of its first graduates.

Unprecedented growth followed, with the school building its greatest testament to surviving the test of time.

As the Philippine Commonwealth took shape, the school underwent a series of changes.

The Japanese invasion disturbed the peace and the school witnessed atrocities and dramatic events.

The school building became a chamber for gruesome acts of war during the Japanese occupation.

After winning freedom, the institution recovered with renewed hope and optimism.

CNU has remained faithful to its flagship teacher education program for the past 100 years.

CNU pursues its enduring purpose of becoming a leading multi-disciplinary research university of education.

CNU graduates are expected to become high-performing teacher leaders with competencies in pedagogical skills and other disciplines.

The university is at a tipping point, poised for leadership with dramatic and exponential growth.

Efforts have been made to propel a holistic leap from its old form to an era of maturity and modernity.

The university has addressed critical points of quality assurance in faculty, instruction, research, and facilities.

CNU has 100% compliance with the required basic educational qualification and many professors with doctorate degrees.

The university has produced publishable research projects in refereed national and international journals.

CNU has launched the EEL (Education, Help, Environment, Livelihood, and PE) program for community service.

The university holds its autonomy sacred, keeps a critical eye on itself, and braves the challenges ahead.

CNU is now fully chartered and autonomous, with a strong research culture and commitment to excellence.

At 100 years, CNU has reasons to celebrate and share its story of transformation from good to great.

Transcripts

SIU Normal University marks a century as

an educational institution with a

celebration that also coincides with its

109th founding anniversary CNU hopes to

maintain its great achievements over the

century in building up a major

institution of teacher education in the

Asia Pacific region through continuous

and considered effort and Innovation as

chair of the CNU anal celebration

committee it was an honor and a

privilege to have led the production of

a video that captures the University's

colorful history its reinvention am its

current realities and its Zeal towards

the future people of the world I now

proudly present to you pag suid the

story of seeing his journey from good to

great

in charting the destiny of the

University we cannot help but take the

privilege of looking into this past and

taking a walk into its Memory Lane it

was such a privilege to uncover the the

Romantic past of the

University it was a war that could not

be won on one front

alone it had to be waged to New

Frontiers looking at a people so long

deprived of freedom and liberty the

Americans thought of a better way

education from across the Pacific came a

shipload of men and women who would soon

set foot on the islands bringing with it

not guns and bullets with knowledge and

a load of Good

Intentions the task was not an easy one

in different corns resistance came from

a people still staggering from an almost

endless period of force subservience the

beginnings were not without casualty

still under duress The Works came

through the normal schools were strewn

all over the

islands in SIU the school search for her

own place often times sharing space with

a few

others the thomasites produce some of

their very first

graduates when the Sibu provincial high

school was built the Sibu normal School

expanded her program the years that

followed saw unprecedented

growth and with all the best intentions

going full swing the school built what

was to be her greatest Testament for

surviving the test of time in the city

the structure simply stood

out as the Philippine Commonwealth began

to take shape the School followed suit

with a delude of

changes local Educators themselves

products of the Tomas sites gradually

took

over the Feats came a plenty and the

growth

persistent but not for

long the Japanese invasion of the

Philippines was conducted on schedule

an Empire from the north Disturbed the

peace the school bore witness to the

atrocities of the

times and here took place some of the

most violent and dramatic events of the

world the Japanese Kai condemned the

Filipino gorillas and whoever was

friendly to them to the basement of the

school

building these dark recesses became the

chamber for the most gruesome acts of

War

I said to the people of the Philippines

when I came I shall

return then again Freedom was won the

building

survived and along with it a refreshed

institution that earned back her

peacetime hopes her recover

was inspired and

optimistic since then the job was to

constantly shape herself at its finest

without losing sight of her reason for

being a leader in the field of teacher

education for the past 100 years CNU has

remained faithful to its Flagship

program which is teacher

education in charting our destiny we

were bold in pursuing our enduring

person purpose of becoming a leading

multi-disciplinary research University

of Education committed to build a strong

Nation the CNU graduate must not be just

an ordinary successful teacher but must

become a high performing teacher leader

equipped with competencies in the

application of pedagogical skills as

well as the use of of the natural and

Behavioral Sciences and the humanities

into the teaching

career the university finds herself at

the turn of yet another chapter in her

life she's on the brink of a Tipping

Point empowered by her own shot at

greatness

at no other time in her history but now

that the university saw a growth as

dramatic and exponential as it is she is

indeed poised for

leadership the efforts over the current

years have been geared towards

propelling a wide ranging and holistic

leap from its old form to an Era of

maturity and

modernity in keeping with the national

and international standards of quality

education the university has addressed

critical points of quality assurance

especially in the area of faculty and

instruction research and extension

facilities and

Laboratories in the area of faculty and

instruction the university has enjoyed

the esteem and respect from the

educational community of having a 100%

compliance of the required basic

educational qualification which is a

master's degree the university also has

a good number of professors possessing

the doctorate

degree in the area of research the

university has produced publishable

research projects in refereed National

and international

journals for extension the university

has launched the eel program e means

education h means help e

means environment L for livelihood and P

for PE and the service area is Katan

Norte up there in

miden to manage the complexities of the

future the University holds sacred her

autonomy for learning keeps a critical

eye onto herself clears the blinders

that distort her vision of the realities

around she lunges headlong braving the

Wilds if only to keep her leadership in

the field of

Education indeed one cannot simply pay

for the big prize of Excellence with a

few Shillings of

mediocrity the University mobilizes her

team and streamlines her tasks

generating human capital through higher

education and building a research

culture she's now poised to Parry

whatever obstacles that come her way

doggedly she's pursuing her dream of

greatness

the Americans built cinu in 1902 with

all good

intentions Through The Years these good

intentions were metamorphosed into Great

Expectations today CNU enjoys the status

of a full chartered autonomous un

University at 100 years CNU has all the

reasons to celebrate and tell the world

her story from good to great

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