L-R) Ms. Wenifreda T. Oclinaria, Administrative Officer II;  Dr. Catherine C. Arradaza, Graduate School Secretary; Dr. Anabella B. Tulin, Graduate School Dean; Mr. Jesus Freddy M. Baldos, Online Programs Office (OPO) Head; and Ms. Rhea Jenny A. Ogalesco, Education Research Assistant, in a photo op after the GS Student Onboarding Program.

Mr. Jesus Freddy M. Baldos, head of the Online Programs Office, joined with the Dean of the Graduate School, Dr. Anabella B. Tulin, in presenting the distance education program during the Online Student Onboarding on August 28, 2020 via Facebook live. Mr. Baldos presented the brief history of OPO, the different major and minor fields offered under the Distance Learning Program of VSU, its graduate faculty, and the future directions of OPO as well.  During the Open Forum, the VSU’s distance education students in the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Japan and Thailand were able to ask questions relative to their graduate studies, and they were also able to give feedback to the services given by the Graduate School and OPO. One distance education student from Saudi Arabia expressed her satisfaction for the services extended by the OPO staff in facilitating her enrolment as well as in the different subjects that she enrolled.  The event was made possible through the initiative of the University Integrated Media Center led by Mr. Ulderico B. Alviola and his staff. RJAOgalesco/GradNewsLine