Officially Part of Central Luzon State University

Officially CLSU student

          

It was Monday, As I promised you before, I’m going to tell you everything about the general information and my experiences during my observation on Central Luzon State University as my receiver university.

Central Luzon State University is located at Muñoz, Neuva Ecija, Philippines. This university was established on April, 12 1907 at first it is started as a farm school, the Central Luzon Agricultural School (CLAS), which the students learned the rudiments of better farming methods, agricultural mechanics and homemaking arts. These activities soon evolved into a model vocational-agricultural teaching and learning program which became its legacy to the country in so far as the CLAS experience was concerned. As a result, CLAS became a byword for productive farming methods.

(Mandala, Rangga, Nita, and CLSU staffs)

The Central Luzon State University (CLSU), one of the renowned and prestigious state-institutions of higher learning in the country, is the lead agency of the Muñoz Science Community and the seat of the Central Luzon Agriculture, Aquatic and Resources Research and Development Consortium (CLAARRDEC). CLSU also has become the center of excellence for some major and they are: Agriculture, Fishery, and Education Department. And the university president is Dr. Tereso A. Abella (2015-present).

Built on around 685-hectare make CLSU becomes one of the widest university in Philippines. It has completed its own facilities such as library, fields and gyms, auditorium, conference building, dorms (female and male), market, and indoor and outdoor laboratories to support teaching and learning activities. It has 8 faculties: College of Agriculture, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business Administration and Accountancy, College of Education, College of Engineering, College of Fisheries, College of Home Science and Industry, College of Veterinary Science and Medicine. Which those have 27 bachelor degrees, 8 doctoral degrees, and 21 master degrees.      

CLSU has a vision to be a world-class National Research University for science and technology in agriculture and allied fields and missions to develop globally competitive, work-ready, socially-responsible and empowered human resources who value life-long learning; and togenerate, disseminate, and apply knowledge and technologies for poverty alleviation, environmental protection, and sustainable development. CLAS was converted into the Central Luzon Agricultural College (CLAC) on December 31, 1950, the first state institution in the country to offer a four-year curriculum for training teachers of vocational agriculture and eventually became known as “the mother of vocational agricultural schools” in the country. CLAC became the Central Luzon State University on June 18, 1964 by virtue of Republic Act No. 4067. As embodied in its enabling act, the “University shall primarily give professional and technical training in agriculture and mechanic arts besides providing advanced instruction and promoting research in literature, philosophy, the sciences, technology and art”. To date, CLSU remains as one of the premier institutions of agriculture in Southeast Asia known for its breakthrough researches in aquatic culture (pioneer in the sex reversal of tilapia), ruminant, crops, orchard, and water management, living through its vision of becoming “a world-class National Research University for science and technology in agriculture and allied fields”. Additionally, it is also the first comprehensive state university to undergo institutional accreditation and is declared Cultural Property of the Philippines with the code of PH-03-0027 due to its high historical, cultural, academicals, and agricultural importance to the nation for further CLSU information, it is also can be found on it sites on:  https://clsu.edu.ph/about/index.php.

I also was attending flag ceremony with the other lecturers and university staffs, and I was introduced by ma’am Hiyasmine as a student teacher exchange from Indonesia to conduct teaching practice at University Science High School. The flag ceremony was quite different with in Indonesia, it was consumed short time and there were lot of announcements and reports were reported. And at the end of the ceremony we were given a chance to take pictures with the presidents, vices, and some deans.

            After conducted ceremony, we were invited to come in Administration building where the president works, And Then the president of the university officially welcomed us to have practice teaching on the school university. He was so funny and able to speak Bahasa Indonesia little bit.

         

(CLSU President welcoming SEA-Teacher students)

            Then we went to other buildings in CLSU, first we went to gallery building which the building kept some students’ products like farm, poultry, fish, and many other products. We also had a chance to watch a video which was about the history of CLSU and students activities; completely guided by CLSU anthem. Then we went to Education Department to have our own student id to identify that we were CLSU family. It took short time to make our id and also we were introduced about the information of this department, after we finished, we continued to go around the campus we passed the library, field, gyms, even small jungle on the west side of the university, that was great to know that the university have good environment and supporting the students pleasure to study in good condition and providing fresh air.

(my ID card)

            At 12.30 p m Philippines time, we went to U-mart to have our lunch, we tried Tilapia ice cream at first. Tilapia ice cream is an extraordinary product of ice cream that was invented by one of the lecturer there to provide health snack by using good and health ingredients. The taste of the ice cream was delicious that was combination between cow milk and tilapia fish, but the fish was blended perfectly. Then we tasted other foods like pork, and sweet sour chicken wings, some traditional veggies and also dessert called halo-halo means mix-mix from many sweet ingredients.

(Mandala, Rangga, Nita, Ms. Leleine, and Ms. Clarie)

            Next path, after we done visiting to hotel and administration department to have another observation, and saw all the facilities offered. Next agenda we went to fishery and agricultural faculties, but unfortunately the weather was rainy so we just observed only from the car. But we were satisfied enough to drive around the university. Then before we arrived dorm, we were accompanied to another Indonesian students who studying there, and we had lot of conversations and shared some information regarding to face life on CLSU. They were great and kind, we felt like a home and we were happy.