SCC sharing computer mission

Below is the article published in Daily Zamboanga Times under Pep Talk column of Mr. Dante Corteza. The article talks about the series of seminars I conducted at the Southern City Colleges during the semestral break.

Asia’s Latin City is going full speed in terms of information technology. I vividly remember STI-Zamboanga was the first IT school in Western Mindanao that ventured into this industry. At that time, I was really apprehensive in tapping computer keys for fear that I might lose some of the computer data or even “destroy” the computer itself.

But thanks to the assurance, persistence and confidence of STI-Zamboanga in us, people in this region are now more computer literate and are gainfully employed in different companies needing high-tech staff.

And this IT dream of STI is shared by Southern City Colleges (SCC) today. SCC is innovating itself in the field of education by offering courses that are in demand here and abroad. One of these is Computer Education.

During this semestral break, SCC successfully sponsored an Information Technology Series of Seminars to enhance computer skills of computer savvy people. Participants from different government agencies and private companies including individuals were invited to it by SCC Computer College Dean Margaret Bello.

Margaret invited Multimedia lecturer and national IT-awardee Ryann Elumba as the main resource speaker for this computer event. Ryann taught Adobe Illustrator, Flash Cartooning, Flash Actionscripting, and Page Lay-Out using In Design. These are the basic computer knowledge most companies are requiring from their prospective IT employees. Filipinos who are good in these areas are in demand abroad and they are one of the highly paid employees nowadays.

According to Bello, this is just the beginning of the series of computer lectures and seminars SCC is planning to implement. This is one way of sharing the latest computer technology updates in the world today she said. She was grateful that Ryann, a well-trained IT professor, has shared this mission of the school.

Partnering with Ryann was Julnisar Pajiri, one of SCC computer faculty members, who handled the 3-day JAVA trainings of the fire personnel from the Bureau of Fire Protection. He taught them how to develop their own personal information systems.
My high esteem to SCC President Edwin Caliolio for innovating this school into a world standard of educational system. If you pass by SCC, try to drop in and see how it has transformed itself in recent years.