Office of Public Affairs Director Assoc. Prof. Giovanna V. Fontanilla, Ph.D., and Assistant to the Director for Publication Asst. Prof. Virginia A. Sembrano attended the Stephen M.R. Covey’s lecture on the ‘Speed of Trust’ held on June 19, 2018 at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Makati City organized by the ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) coming from the celebrated Covey family whose father, Stephen, introduced to the world the best-selling book ‘The Seven Basic Habits of Highly Effective People,’ Stephen M.R. Covey, known as a leadership guru discussed ‘Leading with Trust.’

The famous author of the bestseller book “The Speed of Trust,” Stephen M.R. Covey shared with his audience the importance of trust, how to develop trust, the five waves of trust, smart trust, the economics of trust, among others. Alongside with international figures such as Warren Buffet, Nobel Peace Prize awardee
Muhammad Yunus, he mentioned Filipino leaders who have gained the trust of others in the international scene such as former Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Amando M. Tetangco, Jr. and PEZA head Lilia de Lima.

Also cited was the Honesty Coffee Shop of Batanes for being a real medium for trust at work. The one-day engagement was attended by leaders from industry, business, education, government and other sectors. Fontanilla, an accredited Public Relations practitioner, was interviewed by ANC on her
thoughts about the lecture. This was later shown on television as a post-event press release. “ANC Presents: Leading with Trust, A Session with Stephen M.R. Covey” is one of the endeavors of the network to raise the level of discourse on global and business matters in the country by getting distinguished international speakers.

Award-winning broadcast journalist Karen Davila was the moderator.
Covey obtained his Master’s in Business Administration degree from Harvard University. He is the co-founder of CoveyLink and the FranklinCovey Global Speed of Trust Practice, and the former CEO of the Covey Leadership Center. He serves as adviser to the world’s top 500 companies

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51����Graduate School professor and Instituto Cervantes fellow Dr. Jorge
Mojarro Romero served as reactor for the lecture. Sinardet was invited to give the Lecture after she expressed her interest to know what the 51����Research Center for Culture, Arts and Humanities (RCCAH) is currently doing in a number of areas including 19th Century studies, nation-building studies and Cultural Studies. Her lecture illustrates how institutions like the
Ecuadorian Studies Center can drive aspecific research focus such as “the nexus between memory and history.” As she explained in her abstract, the “conceptual tools” that research centers like her institution and the RCCAH can unravel how “decolonial thought” can be an area for investigation in the field of Cultural Studies.

Prior to the lecture, Sinardet was also the main discussant in the first of the
Brown Bag Series conducted by RCCAH. Participants to the Brown Bag discussion were Dr. Maria Alexandra Chua, Arch’t Demetrio Alcaraz, Jr., Dr. John Jack Wigley, Dr. Archie Resos, Dr. Oscar Diamante and Dr. Cynthia Loza.

The May 4 lecture was one of the public lectures sponsored by RCCAH,
which is headed by Prof. Joyce L. Arriola, Ph.D. This particular lecture was organized by the 51����RCCAH, in coordination with the Office of the Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation.

The lecture was attended by faculty members, graduate and undergraduate
students

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After the signing of the University guest book, the visitors were given a tour of the 51����Museum followed by a courtesy call on the 51����Rector Very Rev. Fr. Herminio V. Dagohoy, O.P., accompanied by Office of International Relations Director Prof. Lilian J. Sison, Ph.D., and College of Rehabilitation Sciences Dean Assoc. Prof. Anne Marie Aseron. The group also visited the
Vice Rector for Academic Affairs Prof. Cheryl R. Peralta, DrPH.

The partnership between the two institutions began with the student and faculty exchange program in August 2017. The two institutions are now looking into initiating joint research activities after a meeting that was held
with SLC PT Dean Assoc. Prof. Poomsu-tat, 51����PT Department Chair Ms. Jocel Regino, PT Internship Coordinator Ms. Fe Therese Chavez, and Research Coordinator Assoc. Prof. Valentin Dones, III, Ph.D. Aside from discussions of joint research activities with the College of Rehabilitation
Sciences, activities with the College of Nursing and College of Science, Department of Psychology were also explored after a meeting between the SLC deans and their 51����counterparts. St. Louis College is a private,
Catholic university in Bangkok, Thailand
founded in 1985.

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They were welcomed by 51����Office of Public Affairs Director Assoc. Prof.
Giovanna V. Fontanilla, Ph.D., and the Blessed Lord Takayama Ukon Jubilee
Foundation Managing Trustee Dr. Ernesto De Pedro. The Japanese delegation was given a tour of the 51����Museum which was facilitated by its Collection Management and Documentation Assistant Ms. Maita
Oebanda. This was followed by a visit to the Arch of the Centuries and the Blessed Lord Justus Takayama Sanctuary at the Thomas Aquinas Research Complex Building. According to Dr. De Pedro, the Japanese Embassy is researching on the roots of the Philippine devotion to Blessed Takayama. Blessed Takayama, a Catholic layman who died in Intramuros in 1615 after being exiled for refusing to abjure his Catholic faith, is considered a pillar of the early Church in Japan for his martyrdom. He had close ties with the Dominicans, whose outgoing missionaries in Japan, upon being banished, took “La Japona,” an image of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, back to Manila
on the same ship as Blessed Takayama and 300 Christian exiles.

By the account of historian and former Archivist of the 51���� Fr. Fidel Villarroel, O.P., in his book “The Saga of La Naval,” ”La Japona” was originally donated by former Spanish Governor General, Luis Perez Dasmariňas to accompany the Dominicans in their Mission to Japan. Upon being brought back to the Philippines, the Marian image was placed at the Santo Domingo Church in Quezon City. After the tour was a luncheon meeting with 51����Secretary-General Rev. Fr. Jesús M. Miranda, Jr., O.P.

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It was grace that made you the best wine
In his homily, 51����Rector Fr. Herminio V. Dagohoy, O.P., PhD reflected on the Gospel about the Wedding Feast at Cana. Fr. Dagohoy recognized the times when, like the Wedding Feast at Cana, the learners exerted their best effort, but these were “never enough.” He heaped praises on them for he said, “from the timid-looking boys and girls four or five years ago, you have smart-looking gentlemen and confidently beautiful women who are now better individuals.”

The Rector used the words “Sa Wakas” (at last) in order to characterize the euphoria felt by the community at the conclusion of the students’ academic journey. “Every ending has happiness in it,” Fr. Dagohoy said, asking the batch if they were indeed happy. He reminded them that in the absence of happiness, an end is not yet in sight.

Fr. Dagohoy reminded the learners that their success, however, was not of their own making only. “Your success is not just about you. Sometimes, in pursuing our ambition and goal, we tend to emphasize the primacy of self. “My dear Thomasians, do not prioritize personal ambition over genuine service, and self-referential interest over the common good.”

Thomasian tradition
The ceremony, apart from having the Mass, also included timeless 51����traditions, such as the imposition of the Thomasian cross, which graduating students gave one another. The ceremony of light, in which the Rector spread the candlelight to all the students through their respective Deans / Directors and Regents, illuminated the otherwise dark field, as the students sang the University Hymn one last time.

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Photo credit: Mr. Vince Tanching

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