01/07/2025
Message of Gratitude
As I formally conclude my term as Vice-President for Academic Affairs of Marinduque State University, I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude to the entire MarSU community. Serving in this capacity for the past 1.5 years has been both a profound honor and a meaningful journey filled with shared challenges, purposeful strides, and collective triumphs.
At the heart of all we have achieved is the unwavering spirit of collaboration and cooperation that each of you so generously extended. Your support and commitment allowed us to accomplish many significant milestones that strengthened the academic core of our beloved University.
One of the most defining achievements during our time together was MarSU’s debut at the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings—a historic feat that marks our institution’s emergence on the global stage as a contributor to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This recognition affirms our ongoing mission to deliver education that is not only locally relevant but globally responsive.
We also witnessed the expansion of MarSU’s international academic footprint through strategic engagements with global higher education institutions and organizations, in partnership with our International Relations and Linkages Office. These efforts have opened new opportunities for cross-border collaboration, academic mobility, and intercultural learning.
On the home front, we addressed long-standing needs by facilitating the provision of much-needed laboratory and office equipment across colleges—enhancing teaching and learning to better serve our students and faculty.
We are proud of the recognition from the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) for MarSU’s commendable licensure examination performance and our unwavering commitment to quality assurance. These national distinctions underscore our ability to stand shoulder to shoulder with the country's leading higher education institutions.
We likewise worked to strengthen compliance with CHED regulations through periodic program monitoring, content notation, and continual quality improvement. These are critical mechanisms to ensure that we uphold the standards of higher learning while preparing our students to thrive in an evolving academic landscape.
Our administration also introduced incentives to support licensure examinees, giving our graduates tangible encouragement to succeed. We initiated policy reviews that will shape the future direction of our academic services and laid down the foundation for the introduction of new academic programs to meet the growing aspirations of our young Marinduqueños.
None of these would have been possible without your trust, collaboration, and shared vision. I am grateful for every dean, faculty member, academic and administrative staff, and student who walked alongside me in this journey.
As I step down from this role, I call upon the entire MarSU community to rally behind Associate Professor Dr. Leodegario M. Jalos, Jr., who now takes the helm as Vice-President for Academic Affairs. I am confident that under his leadership, Academic Affairs will soar to greater heights.
With gratitude and pride, I thank you all. May we continue to serve Marinduque State University with excellence, integrity, and purpose.
Thank you very much. Maraming Salamat!
-Asst. Prof. Raoul J. Magcamit
Outgoing Vice-President for Academic Affairs
