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30/03/2023

[Search for Chess Players]

Calling all chess enthusiasts who are willing to represent the Mighty Colony for the upcoming Angara-PSC-FAU Sportsfest Year 3 this May 10-14, 2023.

We are looking for two talented male and female contenders to join the tournament.

For those who are interested, please contact Engr. Donald M. Lapiguera. https://www.facebook.com/donlapiguera

30/03/2023

27/03/2023

HAPPENING NOW: The University Commission on Student Elections (UCSE) has now formally started the All-Candidates Meeting (ACM) 2023 with the theme "Hudyat: Igniting the Fire, Recalibrating Stewardship" at the Bulacan State University (BulSU) Activity Center.

25/03/2023

SGE 2023: All Candidates Meeting

As the Student Government Elections 2023 draws near, it is time to prepare yourself for the challenges that lie ahead! Below are the theme, program flow, general guidelines, and advisory for the upcoming All Candidates Meeting 2023.

Ignite the fire of your passion and let it fuel your drive to serve others. Recalibrate your stewardship, lead with integrity and compassion, and create a better tomorrow.

Join us in this journey towards leadership excellence, and let us positively impact our BulSU community, which will last for years to come.

24/03/2023

𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐒𝐔 𝐔𝐂𝐒𝐄 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐎𝐂𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
by John Conrad V. Pineda

In compliance with the deadline that the University Commission on Student Elections (UCSE) had scheduled, the filing of Certificates of Candidacies (COCs) for the Bulacan State University (BulSU) Student Government 2023 elections ended this Friday 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

Candidates from various party lists began listing and submitting their names at the UCSE office in Mendoza Hall which started last Monday, March 20.

In light of this event, the commission will organize a mandatory meeting tomorrow for all candidates for the upcoming polls to confirm their candidacies.

"When it comes to UCSE, wala na po tayong magiging replacement po (whenever withdrawals may occur), ngayon po na Friday, March 24, ay magrerelease na po kami ng mga initial list ng mga candidates po, na mandatory po sila pumunta para po masecure nila na sila ang magiging kandidato naten for SG Elections 2023, " Hon. Bjan Aldreich L. Rosario, Head of UCSE Ethics Committee, said.

The campaign period will formally begin on Monday, March 27. It will be on hiatus from April 6 to 9 in observance of Holy Week, and restart on April 10. It will end on April 17, the day of the Miting de Avance.

The elections will be held on April 18, 2023, at 8 AM, and students will be assigned to their respective precincts.

Official proclamation of the election winners will take place on April 21, 2023.

21/03/2023

LOOK: The filing of Certificate of Candidacy (COC) officially started on Monday, March 20, headed by the University Commission on Student Elections (UCSE) for the upcoming Student Government Elections 2023.

The UCSE office, located at Room APP 101B, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, will accept COCs until Friday, March 24.

08/03/2023

𝑺𝑷𝑬𝑨𝑲𝑬𝑹 𝑹𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑨𝑳? 😉

We are honored to introduce our esteemed speaker for our Structural Engineering seminar, 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗿. 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗼. He is an 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞/𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 at DCCD Engineering Corporation. His experiences in the structural design of infrastructures like concrete and steel bridges, underpass and culvert structures, rock causeway, wharf, and berthing and mooring structures have made significant contributions to the field of Civil Engineering.

Engr. Domingo obtained his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering degree and Master of Science in Civil Engineering Major in Structural Engineering degree from University of the Philippines-Diliman Campus. He achieved numerous awards including being ranked 𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝟔 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟐 𝐂𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 and being the 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐒 𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 for his exceptional work in 𝙎𝙠𝙮𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚 3 𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 4 & 𝘾𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙜𝙚 and 390m 𝙈𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙎𝙥𝙖𝙣 𝘾𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 – 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙙 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙜𝙚, respectively.

Our guest speaker is a Rank of Fellow at the International Association of Bridge & Structural Engineering and a life member of the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE). He is also a proud member of the Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines (ASEP).

With his extensive knowledge and experience, we are confident that you will learn valuable insights into the future trends of Civil Engineering. Please join us in welcoming him to the stage. We’re looking forward to your presence, see you there!

08/03/2023

"𝑊𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑒 𝑢𝑠."
-𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑛 𝐶ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑙

Just as recreational centers nurture and house shelters, senior engineers look after their juniors and students. The comeback of face-to-face classes has allowed a more intimate form of communication between speakers and listeners. This is essential in pursuit of passing knowledge and sharing ideas as aspiring engineers prepare for a breakthrough in their career as the next generation to construct buildings and be the literal foundation for creation of infrastructures.

In partial fulfillment of the subject 𝙎𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙑𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙨, 𝗕𝗦 𝗖𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴-𝟰𝗔 presents:
“𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬, 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬: 𝑨𝒏 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒔𝒎𝒐𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈”

So, pack your bags as we warp on the complex dimensions of Structural Engineering happening this coming 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟏𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑.

See you there!

02/02/2023

𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐒𝐔’𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐧𝐮𝐛𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬
by Yanzy Lazaca

The Student Government President of the Bulacan State University (BulSU), Patricia Camus, kicked off her opening speech not with words of gratitude but with disappointment after Bulacan Province public officials did not show up in the highly-anticipated forum, “BALINTATAW: Sulyap sa Hinaharap” held last Monday, January 30, 2023.

Camus emphasized in her speech that the event aimed to serve as a platform to know the plans of the public officials and to raise the demands of the people, however the officials were nowhere to be found in an almost two hours of waiting.

“Sana nakapaglaan ng oras ang ating mga opisyales… sana sila ang magbigay ng transparency at accountability tungkol sa mga kaganapan. May mga professor na nag-cancel ng mga klase, [maging] ang mga effort ng mga organizers, but we were not given a chance to voice out, “Camus stated.

Still, the SG President welcomed and thanked the students, organizations, the cultural performers, the faculty as well as Governor Daniel Fernando’s official representative, Antonette Constantino who were present at the event.

Following the speech, a video entitled was presented portraying the stance and testaments of the public and local officials about the current societal issues such as the never-ending oil price hike, traffic, inflation, criminality, the rising women-related violence in the province, red-tagging and many more.

The video also highlighted the prevailing challenges concerned with the LGBTQIA+ community, where an official strongly admitted that “catcalling”, a form of discrimination, and negative stereotyping still exist in the society. He suggested that the “Anti-Discriminatory” ordinance should not be confined in just one place but rather encompassing the entire province.

These concerns were somewhat answered as the official representatives spoke on-behalf of Governor Fernando and the Vice Governor, Alex Castro — explaining the current programs, initiatives, and future plans of the Office. In defense, both representatives informed the public that the two officials have an important event today.

Moreover, an “open forum” was conducted in the latter part of the program were the issues on the transportation system in the province that burdens the ‘commuters’, the lack of concrete programs for women, and the struggles on the implementation of universal healthcare were tackled as Constantino explained the steps taken by the local government as well as the factors that hinders development and the misconceptions that surrounds these issues.

Meanwhile, the gymnasium was filled with fun and music as the Symphonic Band, BulSU Saring Himig, Lahing Kayumanggi, and the BulSU Entablado showed spectacular performances.

16/01/2023

LOOK: The Bulacan State University Student Government led the first day fight to call the administration of the university due to the lack of preparation for the onset of full face-to-face classes this semester held this afternoon, January 16.

06/12/2022

The Bulacan State University (BulSU) kicks off the week-long celebration of its 118th Founding Anniversary with an opening program titled "Pagpapala 2022: Pag-aalay ng Tagumpay, Dasal ng Patnubay" held in Valencia Hall on Monday, December 5, 2022.

22/11/2022

The closing salvo of SRW Month with loud cheers and chants of the students as they show their support to their candidates along with their advocacies.

The closing salvo started with a parade before proceeding to the program proper which begin with an introductory message from Atty. Chel Diokno and Pres. Patricia Ann Camus, which was the followed by the advocacy costume of the candidates.

The closing salvo ended with the announcement of winners of the Lakan and Lakambini ng Karapatan 2022, in which the COE representatives Lakan Richter Von Dela Cruz and Lakambini Rose Chanel Malgapo won 2nd runner up.

Caption by: Lorraine Gahisan
Photos by: Lois Gyle Salamat

18/11/2022

𝐈𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐏 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐏 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬

Engr. Donald M. Lapiguera, ECE, MEP-ECE, the Governor of IECEP Bulacan Chapter and Adviser of The Engineers Publication, has been appointed as one of the IECEP National Board of Directors garnering 322 votes with a percentage of 53.76, acquiring the third place of the most voted Board of Directors.

Congratulations on your victory, and best wishes for your success as you prepare to take up the responsibilities and challenges of being one of the IECEP National Board of Directors.

Layout by: Vynz Henrich Santos
Photo from: IECEP - Bulacan Chapter

16/11/2022

16/11/2022

The Office of the Student Organizations and Activities (OSOA) successfully concluded the Balangayan sa Unibersidad 2022 with Daungan: Recognition and Awards Night held in Valencia Hall last Monday, November 14.

OSOA awarded the victors of the side events where the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers - BulSU Student Chapter (PICE BulSU SC) bagged 2nd and 3rd in Gauran at Layag and Haraya respectively. Meanwhile, the Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Phililpines - BulSU Student Chapter (IECEP BulSU SC) received Best in Services for Pagoda.

The event then proceeded to awarding outstanding student organizations, leaders, and advisers.

13/11/2022

Representatives from several student organizations attended OSOA's Likha 2022: Seminar and Workshop with the theme "Pagsagwan sa Alon nang may Direksyon", the second day of Balangayan sa Unibersidad on Saturday, November 12 at the Bulacan State University (BulSU) Hostel Function Hall.

Ms. Norie Lyn M. Dela Cruz, a university alumna, led the seminar on Project Management and Organizational Sustainability. The workshop was facilitated by a university alumnus, Mr. John Joshua P. Cudia, who shared various effective strategies for growing memberships and increasing membership participation in an organization.

Caption by: Christian Jay Guintu
Photos by: Jhon Russel Remolta

12/11/2022

LOOK: The Bulacan State University Office of the Student Organizations and Activities (OSOA) launched this year's Balangayan sa Unibersidad with the theme "EXPEDITION: The Student's Redirection Towards the Route of Brilliance and Excellence" on Friday, November 11.

The event officially started with a grand unity parade and then proceeded to the program proper where student organizations presented their flags made from recycled materials for the flag-making competition.

10/11/2022

05/11/2022

BulSU Mid-Year Commencement Exercises

After long years of challenges and uncertainties, the determination and perseverance of the new graduates have prevailed to reach their goals and dreams.

Congratulations to the graduates! We wish you favorable opportunities in your chosen career.

Here is a glimpse of the Mid-Year Graduation held in Valencia Hall last Friday, November 4.

Caption by: Alecsandra Nicole De Leon
Photo by: Jhon Russel Remolta

31/10/2022

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐

Let us now feel in one's bones the shivers brought by these eerie pieces before we lay down and be given a good night's kiss by the creepy wind.

Enjoy and have a great night!

Layout by Joshua Emille Manahan
Art by Maisy Rommela Medalla and Ian Miguel Mariscotes

15/10/2022

𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧; 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐒𝐔 𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 𝐄𝐂𝐄 𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦
by JM Sanchez

A Bulacan State University (BulSU) College of Engineering graduate and former national quizzer received the second honors in the recently concluded October 2022 Electronics Engineering (ECE) Board Exam last October 8 and 9 with a national passing rate of 29.69%. Moreover, BulSU bagged a university mark of 27.06%.

The now Engr. John Albert Capule Bertuldo has brought pride, honor, and dignity yet again to the entire mighty colony as he garnered an outstanding 88.50% passing score on the said exam.

Erratum: The last topnotcher from BulSU COE was Psalm David Magaad Peralta who earned the top 7 honors after his 88.70% output in the April 2022 ECE Licensure exam.

Reference:
https://bit.ly/Oct2022ECE-ECTResults
https://bit.ly/Oct2022ECETop10

11/10/2022

As we proceed towards the academic year with new learning modalities, we, student journalists of The Engineers Publication, anticipate in upholding the discipline of a liberated campus press.

To continue to serve the Mighty Colony with honest and unbiased journalism, we humbly ask for your opinion about the funding of the college paper of the College of Engineering.

We are grateful for your precious time, efforts and cooperation.

You may access the survey link here:
https://bit.ly/TEPSurvey2022
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This survey is set to be open until October 25, 2022, at 2:00pm.

08/10/2022

Wearing symbolic attire, BulSUans, including student activists and organizations flocked to the Main Campus in celebration of the Students' Rights and Welfare (SRW) Month 2022 with the theme "The Presidents' Gambit: To Expose and To Reclaim" — with placards in hand bristled with advocacies and human rights sentiments on Thursday, October 6.

The fight for student rights, gay rights, activists' rights, and human rights were just some of the advocacy slogans chanted at the event.

The parade lasted 18 minutes before arriving at Valencia Hall, where the program was formally held.

Caption by: Yancy Gwen Lazaca

07/10/2022

𝐒𝐑𝐖 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐤𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟; 𝐒𝐆 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬. 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧'𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬
by Yancy Gwen Lazaca

From battling societal problems to students' rights and welfare initiatives and ordinances, the BulSU Student Government (SG) President Patricia Camus enumerated a few of the key accomplishments of the student government in terms of social responsiveness, including calls for addressing workers' grievances and participating in election campaigns and protests against corruption and historical revisionism in their first 150 days of governance on the State of the Youth Address (SOYA) during the opening salvo of the Students' Rights and Welfare (SRW) Month on Thursday, October 6.

"Noong Mayo, naniwala at nakiisa tayo sa pagkilos para sa mga manggagawa, kung saan nakadaupang palad natin ang mga ang mga trade union sa ilalim ng Bukluran ng Manggagawang Bulakenyo at Aniban ng Manggagawa sa Agrikultura. Ipininawagan natin ang pagbuwag sa mga Manpower Agencies na nagdudulot ng kontraktwalisasyon at ang P750 National Minimum Wage para sa nakabubuhay at makatarungang pasahod... mariin nating kinundena kasama ang lantarang pag-endorso sa mga kandidatong may bahid ng dahas at kasakiman, gayon din ay yumurak sa karapatang pantao at mga pilit na bumubura at bumabaluktot sa katotohanan ng kasaysayan," Camus stated.

In terms of students' rights and welfare, Camus emphasized the successful petitions on inclusive and concrete guidelines for freshmen and working students.

"Ipinaglaban natin na muling magkaroon ng isang inklusibo at makaestudyanteng guidelines para sa semestreng ito... Noon, ang mga working students ay napagsasaraduhan ng pinto kapag na-late sa klase. Hindi pinapapasok kapag hindi nakauniporme. At pinapipili sa pag-aaral at pagta-trabaho. Ngayon, sila na ay mabibigyan ng karampatang recognition at magkakaroon na sila ng pribilehiyong naaayon sa kanilang sitwasyon. Isinulong natin na magkaroon ng mga polisiya, pasilidad at kagamitan na mag-aangat ng karapatan ng masang estudyante sa isang ligtas at aksesibol na pamantasan," she proudly said.

Camus also assured that in the remaining days of their term, the programs that promote the interests of every BulSUan and the fight for a liberating university will continue.

25/09/2022

𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡

The College of Engineering Local Student Council is sincerely asking for prayers and humbly asking for donations to help the father of our fellow COE Student.

Conrado Pineda Jr., father of ECE-2A Class Mayor, John Conrad V. Pineda, Class Mayor of ECE 3A, is currently admitted to Pampanga Premiere Medical Center and has a current bill amount of Php 51, 140.00.

Any amount will be helpful for his father's Hospital Bill and Medical Expenses.

Donations may be sent through GCash.

0967-543-2902
Joan Pineda