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Hats off to Mdpn. Angelo Ryan Giltendez of JBLCF-Bacolod for bringing the name of JBLFMU to this year’s Annual General Assembly of the International Association of Maritime Universities for Students (IAMUS AGA 20) through his well-applauded virtual presentation of the paper “Psychological Issues Experienced by Seafarers Onboard during Contract Extension.”

For several years since 2015, JBLCF-Bacolod has represented JBLFMU at the Annual General Assembly of the International Association of Maritime Universities, where the university is among its active members. The IAMU is a global network of leading maritime universities providing Maritime Education and Training (MET) of seafarers for the global shipping industry founded in 1999 and is currently composed of 71 universities/academies/faculties of the world’s maritime education and training institutions, and The Nippon Foundation as its members. Aside from the main conference, which professionals from various maritime industry sectors attend, part of the annual assembly is a gathering of maritime students who present their research papers at the IAMU-S.

The IAMUS AGA 22 was held in Batumi, Georgia, on October 19-22, 2022. This year, a paper authored by maritime students from JBLCF-Bacolod and their mentors made it for oral presentation to the conference after going through rigid screening.

Due credit is attributed to the research team composed of Joemel E. Paulmitan, Mikko D. Dadivas, and Mark John P. Priolo, who were unavailable as they were already required to report to their shipping company in Manila. Mdpn. Angelo Ryan Giltendez of BSMT 2-Polaris was selected to present the paper on behalf of the team. The team and the assigned presenter were mentored by Dr. Elisa V. Garcia and Dr. Emeliza T. Estimo, who ensured the overall preparedness of Angelo for the conference. Sincere gratitude is extended to the support team composed of Ms. Alyn G. Libertad, Mrs. Joanna S. Gudio, and Ms. Geneveve M. Aguilar for the much-needed moral support and vote of confidence, and the Administrator of JBLCF-Bacolod, Engr. Roberto Neal S. Sobrejuanite, for his unwavering support and inspiration.

October 28, 2022 was a challenging but memorable day for the faculty and staff researchers of JBLCF-Bacolod as, finally, the proposals they have conceptualized since August 2022 and written for two months since then were presented and reviewed by external experts. The 2022-2023 Oral Presentation and External Review of Research Proposals virtually took place thru Zoom with the researchers themselves, the Administrator, and some members of the Unit Research Committee and Department Heads in attendance.

Dr. Dennis V. Madrigal, Dean of the Recoleto de Bacolod Graduate School of the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos, and Dr. Carmen C. Menes, Head for Research, Accreditation, and Quality Management Office, served as this year’s external reviewers/experts. As outstanding research leaders of their respective institutions, Dr. Madrigal and Dr. Menes shared their vision of elevating the papers in terms of quality, making them worthy of international publication. The process was tedious yet gratifying as both experts scrutinized the areas that needed to be strengthened, improved, or even revised while offering helpful suggestions to the researchers.

Engr. Roberto Neal S. Sobrejuanite, who remained attuned in the day-long activity, was all praises for having witnessed the entire exercise. He expressed his gratitude to the external reviewers for their patience in sharing their expertise and declared his all-out support to the researchers.

This activity articulates JBLFMU’s unrelenting quest for excellence in the field of research, making it part of the research process that researchers undergo, from the conceptualization to the completion of their papers.

This year’s research proposals deal with research topics in various disciplines in the context of Maritime Education and Training, as well as other issues and concerns affecting seafarers and the industry, and the physical and social environment.

“Don’t just give them wings; teach them the tricks of how to use them well so, like you, they can spread their wings and fly.” —-Dr. Emeliza T. Estimo, Research Coordinator, JBLCF-Bacolod

On August 9-10, 2022, a Research Capability Enhancement Webinar-Writeshop was hosted by JBLCF-Bacolod for the faculty and staff identified to do research for the school year 2022-2023. The first part of the activity was a webinar held on the morning of August 9, which was graced by the wisdom of two of the best research leaders in the city, Dr. Dean DV Madrigal, Dean of the Recoleto de Bacolod Graduate School of UNO-R, and Dr. Carmen Castro Menes, Head of the Research Office of LCC-Bacolod. They shared their personal journeys in research and publication and inspired the participants to explore opportunities to be internationally acclaimed as published researchers. Miss Irene C. Mamon, faculty of the College of Maritime Education and an active member of the Unit Research Committee, served as the MC of this virtual activity.

The second part of the activity continued in the afternoon of Day 1 thru a face-to-face writing session with the researchers. The primary purpose of this initiative was to guide the participants through the actual writing process while keeping tabs on fine points to develop publishable quality papers. Dr. Emeliza T. Estimo, the Research Coordinator of JBLCF-Bacolod, started the session by mentoring the researchers on how to write the INTRODUCTION.

We were also grateful for the professional assistance shared by Dr. Sylvino V. Tupas, our in-house research consultant, mentor, and expert in Statistics, who served as mentor-facilitator for the writing of the METHODOLOGY.

Day 2 continued with Dr. Elisa V. Garcia, who trained the researchers on the proper way of referencing and citing sources. She also introduced Zotero as one of the reference management tools which could help the researchers organize their research sources.

The two-day activity was participated by various researchers from the College of Maritime Education, College of Business and Education, and some administrative staff. The said event successfully ended with the presentation and critiquing of one of the model outputs authored by Mr. Rogie Padernal, a Mathematics instructor at the College of Business and Education. Kudos and thank you to all our participants for their cooperation which contributed to the activity’s success.