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by Gerard Phoenix Maximo
The Bulacan State University - Office of Student Organizations and Activities (BulSU - OSOA) finally finished its awaited Pandayan 2025 with financial workshops at the E-library Multipurpose Hall on January 25, 2025.
The Pandayan 2025, formally organized by the Office of the Student Organizations and Affairs, is a body of seminars and workshops done for student organizationsโ in partnership with various organizations and industriesโ to enrich their knowledge and skills, specifically in the secretariat and financial background of these organizations and participants.
The seminar-workshop activity started with a solemn prayer for the success of the event, followed by the National Anthem and the BulSU Hymn.
Mr. Christopher D. Lalic spoke first as the Head of the Office where he stated the hardships faced by the office for this essential event to happen, and that it needed countless hours and people to improve the event. Mr. Lalic ended his speech with good luck for the participants and a wish for the organizations to listen and enjoy the seminar.
The seminar proper talks were held by Ms. Ericka Prudencio-Juan, a licensed financial advisor who had won many awards, and a proud alumnus of the College of Business Education and Accountancy (CBEA), recounting the story of her life in which she grew up poor as a product of a jeepney drive, how she thought of her life not progressing even after graduation, and the steps that she took to be successful amidst all challenges. โBuilding wealth takes time,โ she stated to the participants.
Ms. Prudencio-Juan taught financial freedom and the steps to gain it. She also recounted more memories that she and her family had after attaining the freedom that she got: her familyโs first arrival at an amusement park, her motherโs first time at a five-star hotel, and even the first property she bought. She ended her lecture with a heartfelt recollection and the importance of knowledge in finance.
Next, Ms. Almira Estrella, a former officer of OSOA and Admin and Data Officer of the ABS-CBN Foundation, started her lecture about financial reports and their creation where she taught the audience the importance of knowledge of reading a financial report, including its elementsโ cash inflows and outflows, fees, donations, and more.
She also stated the importance of double-checking financial reports and knowing invoices, receipts, payrolls, and deeds. She also clarified the queries of the organization in the Question & Answer portion.
Earlier, the audiences were grouped, and after the introduction of the workshop, led by the Executive Vice Chairman of OSOA, Miguel Angelo Catacutan, the main event, which was the workshop proper, started.
The workshop involved the teamwork of the groups in order to finish a set of activities and to cooperate with each other as team building. The groupsโ made by the different participants from different organizationsโ started their works merrily. All were having a blast making their works at the workshop, and all enjoyed it also.
The closing remarks were spoken by Sofia Lou Magtalas, the current Chairperson of OSOA. In her speech, she mentioned the great work made by the different representatives of the organizations inside the campus. She also highlighted the hard work that the organizations did in order for the different departments in the university to function, and that their existence completes the backbone of the societies inside BulSU. and the event was finished with encouragement from her to keep doing the hard work, and the singing of BulSU March by all.
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