“Ano ang course mo?” “Ano trabaho niyan pagkatapos?” “Malaki ba kita diyan?” Questions that puts mental pressure on students, this video encourages everyone especially parents and relatives to support DEVCOM Students.
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Balitang Isko is a freshmen students’ newscast under the UPLB-CDC, anchored by Christian Morena, with its community journalists Ysobelle Lopez, Desiree Mindanao, and Alvin Magnao serving the UPLB community news with honor and excellence. Technical Staff: Cyber Biasbas (Editor), Uriel Ian Coronel (Videographer), Kent Blanco (Videographer)
Kinilala ang mga kampeonato ng iba’t ibang palaro sa katatapos na CDCiklaban 2019. Ang mga nagwagi ay ang isasabak ng CDC sa nalalapit na Palarong UPLB.
3 questions are always raised to DEVCOM Students; “Ano course mo?” “Ano trabaho niyan pagkatapos?” “Malaki ba kita diyan?” Questions that puts mental pressure on students.
This video encourages everyone especially parents and relatives to eliminate mental pressure and support DEVCOM students.
It is imperative that as Development Communication practitioners in training that we learn and foster a deeper understanding of what development is. That’s why in DevCom we are taught to write under the umbrella of development-oriented topics. Development-oriented topics are needed in this field because it is communication for development but what exactly are developmental topics?
SDG Oriented
Development-oriented topics are also Sustainable Development Goals oriented. The Sustainable Development Goals are a summary of long term goals our government wants to attain in a certain amount of time. These goals help a address the most timely and relevant developmental issues in the community. A Development-oriented topic most likely should support the 17 goals under the Sustainable Development Goals.
4E + 2E Oriented
The 4E’S of DevCom: Entrepreneurship, Environmentalism, Equity, Empowerment plus the 2E’s; Ethics and Education are DevCom’s core values in which should be manifested in the development-oriented topic chosen. Development-oriented topics should promote self sustainability among its readers, involve environment-friendly advocacy, advocate for inclusiveness, help realize potentials, practice and apply ethical standards, and help people make informed decisions through education.
Purposeful
Development communication is communication with a purpose therefore development -oriented topics should fulfill that purpose which is not just to inform but to assess and help the audience to make informed decisions and take action. Development-oriented topics involve the participation of both the stakeholders and the source.
Gloria Eusebio is one of the CDC freshmen to look out for. Not only is she the 2nd highest-scoring student at the UPCAT and the representative of the F1 bloc, she is also a varsity of the university and a representative for the STRASUC meet! Let’s get to know more about this girl who has got it all!
Magandang gabi mga ka-bidet!!! Welcome sa aming pilot episode kung saan pag-uusapan natin kung ano nga ba ang Development Communication at upang alisin ang mga maling ideya na tumatak sa mga isipan ng tao kung ano ang DevCom. Upang ipakilala sa inyo kung ano nga ba ang buhay ng isang DevCom student, tara na’t panoorin ito.
Our first semester in UPLB is finally over. We have faced various obstacles along the way but here we are, very much alive and still kicking. We may have survived and conquered every challenge we encountered; but we can’t deny the fact that along our journeys, we made several mistakes which made us want to go back to our first day as freshies. I know that if life has served us a ctrl+z option, we would have all taken it.
Here are the five things I would have advice my old self to better prepare for the rage of the first semester.
Don’t stress yourself out
I can still remember the anxiety I felt the moment I knew that I’ll be studying in the country’s premiere state university. In my initial weeks as an iska, I thought of the worst things that could happen to me in my classes and imagined the lowest possible scores I could get in my exams. My perspective on these things changed when I realized that I was overthinking things so much that I often forget to focus on the real things happening in my acads. There were times that I spend more time contemplating with myself than reviewing for the exams. I often spend my nights overthinking as well. Good thing, I somehow learned to chill, balance everything out and disregard the ideas that are not worthy of my thoughts.
Don’t be afraid to socialize
Photo courtesy of Kayla Framil
I’ve always been afraid of initiating conversations with people I’m not socially connected with. The moment I knew that I’ll be dealing with students from other programs in our GE classes, I started to overthink. But the three months I’ve spent with my classes made me realize that this thing I’m afraid of is actually normal in college. Months ago, my superfreshie self would have been terrified about this, but I would definitely tell her to maximize the number of people she’ll connect with because aside from the fact that she’ll be needing them, they will also make her UP life worthwhile.
Exert greater effort on your acads
There were times in my first semester when I do my acads without exerting any effort; I just comply with the requirements. This is one of the things I’ve regret so much because I realized the value of every point I could possibly get if I exerted extra effort on my works. I also want to advice my superfreshie self to do more recitations in class because every point it makes contributes greatly to the overall grade.
Value the time you have with your supercs
Photo courtesy of Shann Elyse Pasion
Photo courtesy of Shann Elyse Pasion
The last three weeks of this semester have been the saddest weeks of my freshie life. These weeks made my supercs and I realize the remaining days we have with each other. My initial days with my superclassmates didn’t start off great because, as expected, I got too shy to approach and interact with them. But the succeding months I’ve spent with these people taught me that the shyness I felt wasn’t totally worth it.
These people are so fun to be with and they’re one of the primary reasons why I adjusted swiftly with the life in UP. If I were given the chance to talk to my first-day-old-college self, I’d tell her to appreciate all the moments she have with her first college friends, ’cause the time she has with them is only temporary.
Seek God’s help
This has been one of the advices I stated in my Weekly Writes Week # entry. But sadly, this important advice is also one of the things I often fail to remind myself in times of my hardships. To seek God’s help would be on first few advices I’d give to myself on the first day of classes. I’d tell my old self that there are a lot of breakdown moments that are waiting ahead for her but praying and asking God for strength would be more than enough to heal herself.
Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
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