12/10/2026
๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌโ ๐๐๐ฒ!
Some contributions are seen in classrooms. Others are carried onto the court, the field, and spaces where the University represents itself beyond campus.
Agusan del Sur State University (ADSSU) marked World Teachersโ Day during its Monday Flag-Raising Convocation on October 5, putting the spotlight on faculty members whose work continues to shape students long after a class has ended.
Organized by the Human Resource Management Office, the celebration took on a personal note as students offered flowers, sweets, tokens, and simple gestures of appreciation to their teachers. More than ceremonial, the moment reflected the relationships built through years of instruction, guidance, patience, and everyday encounters inside the University.
Returning to ADSSU for the occasion was Prof. Gloria E. Toyong, a retired faculty member whose teaching career and service to the institution span more than four decades. Speaking from both experience and memory, she reflected on the lasting place teachers occupy in the lives of their students.
โ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ.โ
University President Joy C. Capistrano, Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Carmelo S. Llanto, and Vice President for Research, Innovation, Development and Extension Affairs Dr. Ferdinand A. Dumalagan also shared reflections on the role of teachers in developing not only capable graduates, but people prepared to contribute meaningfully to their communities.
The convocation also recognized another group that carried the ADSSU name beyond the University grounds. Participants and winners from the recently concluded LGU Sports Fest received certificates and tokens in recognition of their participation and achievements. The inter-agency and interdepartment sports activities formed part of the celebration of the 126th Philippine Civil Service Anniversary, bringing public servants together through competition, camaraderie, and shared institutional pride.
In one morning, the University recognized different expressions of service: teachers shaping lives through education, and personnel representing ADSSU through teamwork and sportsmanship.
The flowers, certificates, and tokens may be simple. The work behind them is not.
