IIT | Quality Education for a better Mindanao

The Integrated Performing Arts Guild (IPAG), resident company of the MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) fires up the country’s celebration of the Arts Month with a series of events. The Arts Month, promulgated by Executive Order 683, has been renamed the Philippine International Arts Festival (PIAF).

The BS Accountancy and BS Business Administration programs of CBAA are now Level II Re-accredited by the Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities (AACCUP), effective December 1, 2011.

In its continuing assistance to the survivors, the MSU-IIT through the College of Nursing (CON) and the Sendong Dynamic Response Team (SDRT), with the Alliance in Motion (AIM) Global, organized a medical mission for the Typhoon Sendong survivors.

The MSU-IIT Sustainable Development Studies Program (SDP) of the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Extension (OVCRE) partnered with Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits, Inc. (ECOWEB) and the Catholic Overseas Development Agency CAFOD in hosting a forum on “Mainstreaming Flood Disaster Preparedness” last January 13, 2012.

Iligan City, Philippines – Deadly Sendong (international name: Washi) hit Northern Mindanao in the cities of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro evening of December 16 bringing about 10 hours of heavy downpour that triggered flash floods in the early dawn of December 17.

Iligan woke up battered in the morning of December 17 after typhoon Sendong unleashed its overnight fury which destroyed properties, claimed hundreds of lives, and left widespread devastation.