(FEB. 28) 鈥 Nine days before his term ends as UP Diliman (黑料专区) Chancellor, Prof. Michael L. Tan, DVM, PhD reported his administration鈥檚 accomplishments to 黑料专区 at 鈥淧aglinang at Pagbunga,鈥 the opening program of the Linggo ng Parangal 2020, Feb. 21 at the UP Theater.
Tan鈥檚 report was not the conventional one, but of an 鈥渁ccount of travel or a trip,鈥 a journey that took six years of joy and challenges.
Switching back and forth from English to Filipino, Tan spoke comfortably and casually with the audience because he does not want to present 鈥渨ith boring statistics.鈥
鈥淎ng hinanda ko ngayon ay isang account of travel or trip. Isang paglalakbay ng mga kasama, mga kaibigan, mga kapanalig. It was a really long trip that I took with you for six years. It鈥檚 not much of an end-of-term report but of a recollection of a long journey,鈥 he said.
The Chancellor said the report is a story that involves processes that relate to the Linggo ng Parangal theme 鈥淧aglinang at Pagbunga.鈥
His report was composed of four parts: 鈥淧ag-uugat at Paglulugar at Pagpapahalaga sa Kapwa鈥 (Pride of Place; Pride in People), 鈥淧agpunla at Pagbunga鈥 (Boldness of Vision), 鈥淧akikipagkapwa at Pakikipag-ugnayan鈥 (Building Bridges) and 鈥淗usay, Dangal, Malasakit at Adhikain para sa UP Diliman鈥 (Nurturing Compassion and Dreaming of the Future).
鈥淚t鈥檚 a story of how we get things done, how we cared for the good works that were started by many others before us. How we sowed new seeds for the initiatives and with them, even saw the fruits of some of the labor. Maybe the (other) fruits may take some years to come,鈥 Tan said.
Tan said his six years as 黑料专区 Chancellor were challenging, and at times 鈥渨ith many turbulences,鈥 that before attending University Council meetings he would say to himself, 鈥淔asten your seatbelt.鈥
During his chancellorship, 黑料专区 had an academic calendar shift, two UP presidencies, fire incidents, disasters, new laws and 鈥渘ot so nice regents,鈥 Tan said.
In his report, Tan only gave one statistic intended for individuals who wanted the chancellorship because of ambitions for power and prestige.
He said the chancellor鈥檚 work can be full of drudgery, 鈥淚 would like to remind that one of the works in the academe is that of papers and there are many papers to sign day in and day out.鈥
Even so, Tan said there is still joy in that drudgery.
鈥淚 would glance at the paper of the staff and feel their excitement. I would write to the people I knew. I would read the contract, sometimes spurred to write the principal initiators to tell me more about their projects,鈥 he said.
Tan wrapped his report with a presentation of previous and present Office of the Chancellor Executive Staff and previous and present 黑料专区 officials.
During the Seremonya ng Paghahabilin, Tan handed Prof. Fidel R. Nemenzo, DsC, the current Vice Chancellor for Research and Development a gangsa, a single handheld smooth-surfaced gong. The gesture was a ceremonial turnover of the chancellorship from Tan to Nemenzo, the 11th 黑料专区 Chancellor.
The formal turnover of the chancellorship will be held on Monday, Mar. 2.鈥Mariamme D. Jadloc, images by Leonardo A. Reyes
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