CatSU empowers students with digital knowledge
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To equip its students with the
necessary knowledge and skills to adapt to the digital transformation,
Catanduanes State University (CatSU) College of Business and Accountancy, held
a seminar titled βGoing Digital: A Digitization Seminar,β on September 26,
20203, at the CatSU auditorium.
In his message, CatSU President
Dr. Patrick Alain T. Azanza, emphasized the importance of staying ahead in the
field of business to become an efficient entrepreneur, highlighting that
βinformation is power.β
βThe one thing that is really
behind the digitalization program is efficiency. We want to automatically
generate information because information is power,β said Dr. Azanza,
highlighting efficiency as lacking in the current system.
Dr. Azanza emphasized the
significant role of digitalization in transforming every student into an
empowered entrepreneur.
βGenerating information allows
for quicker decision-making, which, in business, means seizing opportunities as
a first mover, gaining a competitive edge, and making profitable investments
while others are still deciding whether to enter the market,β he added.
Dr. Azanza further elaborated on
the undeniable advantage that digitalization has offered to CatSU, especially
in the efficient operation of the Human Resource Management Office.
βIn HR for example, if I have the
knowledge of how many [and we were able to use it] vacant items in the
university are available, and because they have a computerized system then I
could easily understand and decide that these vacant items should be made
available to all Catandunganons,β he shared.
Meanwhile, the president proudly
shared his plans for Digitalization Programs at CatSU, particularly focusing on
digitizing online enrollment, providing access to all enrolled subjects, and
making grades accessible to both students and parents.
βI allocated 7 million for our
digitalization program here on Campus. So that you will be enrolling online,
you will have access to all the subjects that you have enrolled in, and if
there is another COVID-19 pandemic, we can easily shift to the learning
management systems. And at the end of the semester, just by navigating to your
portals [student portal] you would know easily the grades you got. And whether
you like it or not we will provide access to your parents through [parents
portal] and they would know easily how you performed,β he explained.
Esteemed speakers and industry
experts, including Geraldine B. Bagadiong from the Department of Trade and
Industry β Catanduanes, and government agency representatives like Mr. Allan T.
Sapanta from the BIR, Ms. Arelle A. Bagadiong, President of the Catanduanes
Bankers Association, Ms. Carmel Bonifacio-Garcia, Province Supervising Tourism
Operations Officer, and Mr. Franklin O. Oclarino, a businessman shared their expertise
on various digitization aspects.
These included digital marketing
strategies, e-commerce trends, data analytics, and the role of technology in
modern business practices. #ATugay
