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07/02/2025

07/02/2025

𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃!!!

ID and Library Card of 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑨𝒏𝒏 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒚𝒛 𝑺𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒐, a 1st-year Agriculture student. If found, please return it to the Lampstand's Office. Thank you!

07/02/2025

𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 📢

To all 𝑭𝑰𝑹𝑺𝑻-𝒀𝑬𝑨𝑹 students, please claim your 𝑰𝑫 at the 𝑺𝑨𝑺𝑺 𝑶𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆 during the following hours:

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Note: Only students whose names are highlighted are eligible to claim their IDs.

06/02/2025

𝐄𝐘𝐄𝐒 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄|

𝐆𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐀 𝐊𝐀 𝐌𝐔𝐃𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐍 𝐍𝐆𝐀 𝐍𝐀𝐀𝐘 𝐏𝐀𝐆𝐊𝐀𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐀 𝐃𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐍?🏃‍♀️🧁
The 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧𝐢 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐝𝐎𝐒𝐂 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧 proudly brings you this year 𝙀𝘼𝙏 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙍𝙐𝙉: 𝘿𝘼𝙂𝘼𝙉 𝙋𝘼𝙍𝘼 𝙎𝘼 𝙀𝙎𝙆𝙒𝙀𝙇𝘼𝙃𝘼𝙉 which aims to raise fund for the enhancement of student lounge and purchase of student bench benefiting all the students and faculty. So, lace up your sneakers and take a step towards making a legacy. Whether you run, jog, walk or just eat, every stride supports a cause that matters.

Let’s come together for a day of solidarity, community, and giving back. Either you’re an Alumni, Faculty or Staff, Student and or someone who wanted to take a part, everyone is welcome!

𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐒𝐋𝐎𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐖!
📅 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟗, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
🕒 𝟒:𝟎𝟎 𝐀𝐌
📍 𝐃𝐃𝐎𝐒𝐂 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐬

To register, kindly contact the following:
𝐌𝐒. 𝐊𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐍 𝐏. 𝐌𝐀𝐁𝐀𝐆𝐎𝐃
𝐀𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲
𝟎𝟗𝟔𝟓𝟑𝟖𝟕𝟏𝟓𝟏𝟎

𝐌𝐑. 𝐉𝐀𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐑 𝐓. 𝐄𝐆𝐏𝐈𝐓
𝐀𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧𝐢 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭
𝟎𝟗𝟐𝟎𝟕𝟏𝟕𝟗𝟗𝟎𝟐

𝑩𝒖𝒈𝒔𝒂𝒚, 𝑨𝒍𝒖𝒎𝒏𝒊!

05/02/2025

𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐎𝐫𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 - 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐓𝐰𝐨-𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐀𝐋𝐄) 𝐏𝐫𝐞-𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭

Earlier today—February 5, 2025—fourth-year agriculture students of Davao de Oro State College - Maragusan Branch commenced their two-day Agriculturists Licensure Examination (ALE) Pre-Test at the Audio Visual Room (AVR), which will resume on friday, February 7, 2025.

Covering six major subjects from the Agriculture Department, the pretest comprises 100 questions per subject including: Crop Science , Animal Science, Crop Protection, Soil Science, Agricultural Extension and Communication, and Agricultural Economics and Marketing .

Towards assessing their readiness for the actual ALE and providing valuable insights into their strengths and rooms for improvement, this mock examination serves as an essential preparation for DDOSC-Maragusan's potential agriculturists by allowing allowing them to familiarize the test format, subject coverage, and time constraints, ensuring they are better equipped for the official licensure exam.

To all examinees, stay focused, trust in your preparation, and don’t forget to take breaks when needed. Good luck and God bless, 𝑭𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑨𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔!

📝 John Carl
📷 Brent & Rosely

03/02/2025

𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍

"Be 𝑮𝑬𝑵𝑬𝑹𝑶𝑼𝑺, and you will be 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑺𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑶𝑼𝑺. 𝑯𝑬𝑳𝑷 others, and you will be 𝑯𝑬𝑳𝑷𝑬𝑫."

-Proverbs 11:25

As students, this verse from the Bible reminds us that our actions can have a ripple effect on those around us. By being generous, kind, and helpful to others, we can create a positive and supportive learning environment that benefits everyone involved.

31/01/2025

|SPORTS UPDATE| COLLEGE-WIDE TRY-OUT QUALIFIERS

IT'S TIME TO SHOW OUR GRAY WOLVES SPIRIT!
WINNING this College-Wide selection means they're headed to Regional SCUAA this coming February 21-23, 2025 at DNSC. Let's give them a HUGE cheer! 🎉

Below are the list of qualified student-athletes for the upcoming College-Wide Try Out on Febuary 7, 2025 at DDOSC-Main Campus:

1. Octavio, Kenneth Ail- Chess
2. Pacomios, Dennis-
3. Aballe JR., Danillo- Volleyball
4. Rivera, Lester-Volleyball
5. Cabendarno, Jonel- Volleyball
6. Garcia, Tria Niesa- Volleyball
7. Arenal, Cristine Joy- Volleyball
8. Balico, Veejay- Badminton
9. Penserga, Jobert -Sepak Takraw
10. Cabales, Dominique Nicole- Sepak Takraw
11. Bautista, Bernadine- Sepak Takraw
12. Masong, Keddy Jay- Sepak Takraw
13. Baya, Sheila Mae- Volleyball
14. Colegado, Gretchen- Badminton
15. Tiad, Kristina Jay- Volleyball
16. Perez, Princess Jean- Volleyball
17. Ybañez, Trisha Joy- Chess
18. Lim, Roselyn- Volleyball
19. Manos, Silvestre JR.- Volleyball
20. Silanova, Reynald- Volleyball
21. Galban, Kenneth Mark- Badminton
22. Cubillo, Princess Love- Badminton
23. Seprado, Kiert Allen- Badminton

To Players,
Please check your messenger account on message request and join our group chat to stay updated and connected with the DDOSC-Maragusan team.


-WideTry-out

-Maragusan

31/01/2025

𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐂 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐂𝐌 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐃𝐎𝐒𝐂 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭

On January 30, 2025, COMELEC organized an Automated Counting Machine (ACM) roadshow at DDOSC Maragusan Covered Court. It was centered on educational activities such as civic registration and the automated counting machine training. Students were trained on the operation of ACMs as part of preparation for the 2025 elections on National and Local elections and the BARMM Parliamentary elections.

In order to supplement the presentations given at the roadshow, some educational orientation sessions were also held. Emphasis was placed on the work and operation of an ACM. Students were assisted in hands-on simulations, asked questions, and provided with practical information on how to operate the devices.

The initiative illustrates COMELEC intent to create an informed electorate. It is desired that through exposing students to these technologies, confidence in the electoral process will be built and results will be trusted. The positive outcome of this program will be considered in designing other programs in voter education.

✍️Ethel Grace
📷Jaybee, Denjoy & Jamen

31/01/2025

𝐃𝐃𝐎𝐒𝐂-𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒.𝐘. 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

Davao de Oro State College-Maragusan Branch welcomed students back for the 2nd Semester of S.Y. 2024-2025 with a General Reorientation held on January 30, 2025, at the campus covered court. The event aims to equip students with the essential knowledge they need that includes the academic policies, student services, and campus resources, these key informations help to ensure a smooth transition towards the new semester.

The morning session, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 NN, while the afternoon session started at 1:00 PM til 4:00 PM. began with a solemn prayer, followed by the Philippine National Anthem, Davao de Oro Hymn, and DDOSC March. Setting the tone for the event the Branch Director Jay Mark D. Bantayan delivered his opening remarks which highlights the institution’s commitment to student success and academic excellence.

The introduction of DDOSC’s academic and non-teaching personnel was one of the program’s key highlights. The presentation of office heads and academic personnel was led by the Academic Services Section Head Kei D. Inansugan, while the Administrative Officer V , Daryl H. Tabigue facilitated the introduction of non-teaching personnel.

Carlo Jay G. Seno, the Student Organization and College Student Council Coordinator, took the stage to introduce the Student Affairs and Services (SASS) personnel, showing the students their roles with the student's engagement and development within the campus. Following this, the campus nurse provided an insightful overview to the students such as the scheduling and the health services available.

Arreane Jane M. Enclonar, the Sports Coordinator, presented the various sports and recreational programs offered by the institution and encouraged the students to take part in physical activities such as the try-outs for the upcoming regional SCUAA. Meanwhile, John Ray P. Anover, the Guidance Counseling Coordinator for Student Discipline Services, addressed the students on important disciplinary policies and counseling services, representing the department in the absence of Ivone Carl P. Peñaflor .

Students were introduced to the various support services which are very important to their academic and extracurricular growth. More than just an orientation, this event shows the dedication of DDOSC-Maragusan to be able to make an environment that is not just supportive, but also inclusive. By providing students with clear guidance on the available services, it helps them in being able to navigate their academic journey with confidence and make the most of their educational experience.

✍️Sheen
📷 Denjoy, Jaybee, Jamen & Izel

31/01/2025

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐀.𝐘. 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

On the 28th of January, 2025, Tuesday, the Agriculture Department commenced the academic year with an instructive departmental orientation for its students. The said program took place on the institution's covered court, giving the first to fourth-year and transfer students a chance to meet the working forces of the department, gain helpful information, and hear what new experiences might unfold in their chosen programs.

During the morning, the Bachelor of Agricultural Technology (BAT) orientation started with opening remarks from Sir Kerwin Sinagula, Program Head. Followed by the orientation overview given by Sir Jake L. Lausa, Program Coordinator for BAT. Next was the OIP Orientation Proper, specified by Ma'am Rochelly Rasonabe, Practicum and OJT/OIP Coordinator. Finally, the discussion of the Licensure Examination for Agriculturist Orientation was presented by Ma'am Sheila Mae E. Recaña, ALE Coordinator.

For the afternoon duration, the Agriculture Department, both on the BAT and BSA Program, had their orientation, starting with a warm welcome and opening remarks and introducing faculty members from Sir Kerwin Sinagula, Program Head. Followed by the Policy Orientation, presented by Sir Ed Sim T. Sabidor, Program Coordinator for the BSA Program, and lastly, the Laboratory Orientation, which Ma'am Valyrie Gultiano, Laboratory-In-Charge, discussed.

The program successfully concluded, allowing students to better understand and familiarize themselves with their new learning atmosphere—making them feel welcomed and conditioned as they take on another academic year at Davao de Oro State College.

✍️Diane Mareyl
📷 Jaybee & Analou

28/01/2025

𝙎𝙆𝙇 | Sometimes, you are not alone because nobody else is around you, but because nobody else around you understands or sees things as they really are, much less feels the things you feel.

As it goes, the loneliness of the body is unique from the loneliness of the mind, and while physical loneliness we can pacify with ease at the slight perch of another hand on our shoulder, or the genial presence of another shadow next to one’s own, the loneliness of consciousness has a rare remedy. The rendezvous of two minds radiating at the same intensity, which harbor similar aspirations, foibles, passions, and criticisms are as spasmodic as love and other eclipses.

I am writing to confess the nature of my melancholia is the latter. I am alone because of an idea. This idea is that I can only truly count with my fingertips the individuals around me who I can detect passion in – who know how to love in their little ways the things they suppose are worthy of love, and who make the world bearable somehow. This loneliness stalks me wherever I go, and because I am a student, these days it mostly finds me in the classroom.

In our classroom, instructors come and go, in and out, and save for a few of them, they always make sure to carry everything they deem is essential in the teaching process: extension wires, acknowledgment receipts, an attendance sheet, a laptop, a cyclopean projector – you name it. Except they always seem to forget the pendant—the flint that is most quintessential in the conjuring of the alchemical flame that could transform ignorance to gold—their hearts. It sometimes even brings me to muse that the technology alongside the printouts stacked on their desks or walk around the corridors with as they tread towards classrooms are merely pretexts— instruments to their confusion of attendance with education– prosthetics to eke out what they lack in substance and spirit.

With a trained eye, it’s impossible not to notice their detachment from their profession. Throughout the whole session, they parrot only what is projected on whiteboards bruised with the hieroglyph of permanent markers and starbursts of double-sided tape residue. Chances are, the PowerPoint presentations aren’t even original. Not to mention, they misinterpret quoted passages and concepts with the soporific monotony of their voices. Their teaching strategies are passive, armchair, if any strategy at all. Their jokes are blunt, and some of them even usurp the lessons with the vanity of their anecdotes. It suffices to say, one glance at them and you can see their emptiness. One could almost swear you can unbutton their shirts and find a yawning vacuum in their chests where commitment should be.

It's comical, when you really think of it—the dead giving a crashcourse on living. HA-HA! And a fair share of tragedy too. Their heart is simply not in their work – they must have left it at home, with their wallet, or they must have lost it a long time ago to some extinct dream—to some other room where they should be—that at the end of every session one does not bring home from them the exultation of achieving even a photon of enlightenment except the crushing epiphany that they are wasting time, and now, they are wasting yours.

So I guess I am alone in this awareness; when you teach heartlessly, you teach your students to be heartless.

This is even more fatal in the department of teacher education, and already, the infection is growing at a pandemic rate. For the most part, instructors point an incriminating finger to AI—shifting the blame of intellectual cancer to an invention which emerged as an assistant to passion, if only passion was well-taught and inspired in the first place. Now, speaking with firsthand experience in the context of my program, I am sure that this culture of dwelling in your duties half-heartedly, if any heart at all, will be perpetuated. Sooner or later, English majors will get their bachelor’s degree with fractured English, without having finished reading a single English novel in their lives, without mastering even the subject-verb agreement, and if they teach, they will became the exact monsters they fulminated ones upon a time – teachers who fail student despite the palpable errors and incompetence of there instruction, teachers who don’t knew what they are teaching about, at all.

I acknowledge most of us here are not here so out of honest vocation, but out of claustrophobic circumstances. I know most of us here have dreamed dreams fatter than our privileges. More so, I recognize the countable educators who dedicate themselves to their work in alleviating the corruption of consciousness, and I am grateful for experiencing their passion for somehow it told me that scarce though it is, hope nonetheless prevails. I am only pleading, beseeching, that whether we chose this path or not, we must contain our hearts and not let it stray in the obsolete wonderland of regret and despair. Where the heart goes, after all, the mind follows, leaving the body floating in a zombie-state—and if the ignorant body has functions and obligations to fulfil in the community, sure enough it will infect others.

As they say, authentic education is not really for equipping us with the necessary armaments that prepare us for the real world. Surprise! We are already in the real world! So at best, education should empower us in honing it to a better shape. The best we can do, from here, is to prevent the contagion of dispassion by disinfecting it with the synergy of enthusiasm, curiosity, and imagination.

That is to say, we must not confiscate from ourselves the opportunity to flourish in a world that values eudaimonia. In this light, it is equally as urgent as teaching how to teach, or learning how to learn that we teach how to love and view the cultivation of intimacy towards our work as a means of cultivating intimacy with and, as deeply, among others—that we know love is the principal obligation of every human being should he aspire to transform reality or merely to save another from loneliness.

In in the end, we can only truly save the world by loving what we do, which is easier, if we are doing what we love.

𝘴𝘮𝘭?

skl.

𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘴
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱

26/01/2025

𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 | Have you ever experienced the thrill of anticipation or the gasp of awe when faced with something truly amazing?

That feeling, that wonder, is the key to unlocking a lifelong love of learning.

This is the vision that Rudolph J. Melone painted when he emphasized the significance of maintaining a sense of wonder in teaching. This isn't just about teaching facts; it's about igniting a passion for discovery that burns bright from birth to death.

To our future educators and our academic mentors today – the builders of inspiration, the cultivators of curiosity, the coming world changers – remember that your role does not simply end in merely imparting knowledge but extends to instilling a sense of never-ending curiosity. You have the key to unlocking the potential in every student.

People somehow neglect the need to discover as information is now at our fingertips, but do not let this stop you from desiring to dig deeper, to explore, to question, and to grow. Carry with you the wisdom of Melone's words.

Keep in mind that the ability to learn is not limited by age as humans are constantly learning no matter the status they have attained, the state they are in, or the level they have reached — we are all still growing and still curious about the world around us.

So, as you step into the school, carry with you the seeds of knowledge and witness as those seeds grow and blossom into a future filled with endless possibilities.

✒️ | EJ Bojo

𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡
𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥

24/01/2025

𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦 ug 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐧 ba ka sa pagbalik, ka-Didosk?

Ready or not, it's time to dive back into learning, and we're stoked to have you back on campus! As you begin this new semester, remember that every great achievement starts with a single step and every experience is a chance to learn, adapt, and thrive. Malipayong pagbalik, ka-Didosk! let's soar to new heights!

📷 Mark & Denjoy
🖌 Christine Mi

24/01/2025