CIR releases 2008 Journal

It is such a very pleasant feeling to know that your own speech will be published in a journal. I am referring to the first journal released by the College of International Relations last May. The Journal represents the unwavering efforts of the CIR Community to enhance their learning and skills toward the achievement of academic excellence that the Lyceum of the Philippines University strives to pursue. The Journal is a concentrated endeavor to acknowledge and project the potentials of the faculty members and the students, an encourages them to continually improve their professional competence and academic performance.

The Journal is divided into two parts: the speeches of the students who participated in the KSearch Asia Consulting, Inc-CIR English Language Oratorical Competition, and articles and speeches of the faculty members and college officials. The topics of the Speeches of students are on three very timely issues: English Competency, Poverty, and Terrorism.

The speeches of students included were from Erica Geisha Autea, Glady Brojan, Connie Ross Suarez, Dionell Chris Batoon (yours truly), Ma. Lourdes Cengca, Ricardo Benjamin Osorio, Toby Vigal and Charmie Binag.

The speeches from the CIR faculty included were from Dean, Ambassador Reynaldo Arcilla, Mr. Yuri Domingo, Mr. Jeorge Alarcon, and Prof. Gladys P. Nalangan.