NegOcc state college links with Japanese firms for internship

BACOLOD CITY — The Carlos Hilado Memorial State College (CHMSC) in Negros Occidental has established partnerships with two Japan-based companies for its student internship program.

These include the Chou Foods Company Ltd. and Asia Development Center Association (ADCA) International Internship Consultancy Services.

On Tuesday (March 5), CHMSC president Renato Sorolla and Chou Foods chairman Koumei Kanda signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to formalize the partnership in a ceremony held at the school’s main campus in Talisay City.

The CHMSC said the partnership will give Hospitality Management and Business Administration students the opportunity to undergo internship in Japan for seven months.

Carlos Hilado Memorial State College (CHMSC) president Renato Sorolla (seated, 2^nd from right) signs the memorandum of understanding for the student internship program in Japan, with representative translator Mita Kikuchi and director Rhoderick Samonte, in a ceremony held at the school’s main campus in Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday (March 5, 2019).
*Contributed photo*

The agreement states that the students will be considered interns and not employees, but they will avail of some benefits such as insurance and allowances.

Chou Foods, which owns and runs 140 restaurants in Japan, will provide the real-world experiences that can help prepare CHMSC students in completing their degrees.

Meanwhile, ADCA will facilitate the Japanese language training of the students while they live and study in Japan to address the cultural component of the internship.

This is the latest partnership sealed by the CHMSC with international partners to enhance its academic, research and extension programs.

Last January, the state college also partnered with online education platform, 51Talk, for the conduct of training programs for faculty, students, and graduates to become effective online English teachers.

CHMSC, which is poised to obtain a university status soon, has almost 10,000 students in its four campuses, including the main college in Talisay City in northern Negros – as well as the two in Bacolod City situated in Alijis and Fortune Towne, and another in Binalbagan in southern Negros.

Currently, CHMSC offers academic programs under the College of Education, College of Industrial Technology, and School of Arts and Sciences (all in Talisay City), College of Business Management and Accountancy (Fortune Towne), Institute of Information Technology (Alijis), and College of Fisheries and Criminology (Binalbagan). (PNA)

Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1063763

NegOcc state college poised to become university soon

BACOLOD CITY — The Carlos Hilado Memorial State College (CHMSC) in Negros Occidental is expected to become a university soon after the Senate approved on third and final reading the bill for its status conversion.

House Bill 8732 seeks to convert the CHMSC, with a main campus in Talisay City and satellite campuses in Bacolod City and Binalbagan town, into a state university.

Bacolod City Lone District Rep. Greg Gasataya, one of the main authors of the bill, said on Wednesday that after the Senate’s approval on Monday, the proposed law will be forwarded to the Office of the President for the signature of President Rodrigo Duterte.

The Carlos Hilado Memorial State College (CHMSC) main campus in Talisay City, Negros Occidental.
*Photo by Nanette L. Guadalquiver*

Gasataya added that once it will obtain a university status, the CHMSC will be able to establish more facilities and offer additional academic programs.

Among the co-authors of the House Bill 8732 are (3rd District) Rep. Alfredo Benitez and (5th District) Rep. Alejandro Mirasol, whose jurisdictions include Talisay City and Binalbagan town, respectively.

CHMSC has almost 10,000 students in its four campuses, including the main college in Talisay City in northern Negros as well as the two in Bacolod City situated in Alijis and Fortune Towne, and another in Binalbagan in southern Negros.

Dr. Renato Sorolla, president of CHMSC, said in an interview last week he is optimistic that they will obtain the university status within the year.

“We are nearer to the goal. We still need to submit more documents to comply with the requirements of the Commission on Higher Education,” he said.

Sorolla said that becoming a state university is not just an aspiration for the CHMSC, but also an opportunity for them to become more responsive to the community that it serves and uplift the quality of services they deliver as an educational institution.

“It will change the budget because the emphasis of the university is more on the generation of new knowledge. With that, we will invest much on the improvement of our research facilities,” he added.

Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1061137

Online English school links with NegOcc state college

TALISAY CITY, Negros Occidental — Online education platform 51Talk has partnered with the Carlos Hilado Memorial State College (CHMSC) in this city for the conduct of training programs for faculty, students, and graduates to become effective online English teachers.

The memorandum of agreement was signed by 51Talk country head Jennifer Que and CHMSC president Renato Sorolla in a ceremony held at the school’s Green Building Function Hall on Monday afternoon.

“CHMSC is very forward looking, forward thinking as an (academic institution). They are going towards university status. I think we are at the right moment,” Que said.

Dr. Renato Sorolla (left), president of Carlos Hilado Memorial State College, and Jennifer Que, country head of 51Talk, show the signed memorandum of agreement for their training partnership during the ceremony held at the CHMSC main campus in Talisay City, Negros Occidental on January 29.
Photo by Nanette L. Guadalquiver

She added that the introduction of electives, seminars, and relevant training programs, particularly for faculty, students with English major and other four-year courses, and graduates, will equip them to become online English teachers who are ready to showcase Filipino teaching excellence in the future.

51Talk, owned by China Online Education Group and listed in the New York Stock Exchange, specializes in providing quality online English language teaching for children and adults across China through highly-qualified home-based teachers.

One of its center-based facilities in the Philippines is located at the Negros First CyberCentre in Bacolod City, which opened in May 2017.

It has more than 17,000 home-based online English teachers in the country, 10 percent of whom are in Negros Occidental.

Que said about 10 percent, or between 130 and 140 of the Negrense teachers, are graduates of CHMSC.

“They are performing very well,” she added.

Que said 51Talk aims to hire more to reach its target of 100,000 home-based teachers in the Philippines in the next five years.

For his part, Sorolla said the CHMSC partnered with 51Talk to fulfill the school’s mission of enabling students to effectively communicate in English to the world.

“In this highly-competitive 21st century, language is very important. This partnership is very relevant and very important to CHMSC,” he added.

Sorolla further said they want to produce graduates who are confident communicators.

“One of the institutional learning outcomes of CHMSC is interpersonal and communication competence, which bodes well with this budding partnership with 51Talk,” he further said.

CHMSC has four campuses, including the main college in this northern Negros city, as well as two in Bacolod City — Alijis, which hosts the Institute of Information Technology, and Fortune Town — and Binalbagan in southern Negros. (PNA)

Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1060339