New PoS Department Strategic Plan (2014-2017): Sustain Departmental Gains, Increase Research Output and Strengthen Internationalization

The Department of Political Science finalized the Strategic Plan for 2014-2017 during its annual department planning last 23-24 May 2014 at Timberland Sports and Nature Club in San Mateo, Rizal.

PoS Department at Work: From left, back row, Ms. Salome Llanes (Department Secretary), Dr. Anne Lan Candelaria, Ms. Carmel Abao, Dr. Alma Maria Salvador, Ms. Pilar Preciousa Berse, Dr. Lourdes Veneracion-Rallonza, Dr. Diana Mendoza, Mr. Gino Antonio Trinidad, Mr. Hansley Juliano, Mr. Arjan Aguirre and Dr. Benjamin Tolosa. From left, front row, Dr. Ma. Elissa Lao (Chair) and Mr. Richard Javad Heydarian. (Photo courtesy: Dr. Diana Mendoza)

The new strategic plan included the following points: extant program offerings, administrative adjustments and academic/scholarly development. 

In response to the upcoming changes brought by K-12, the Department commits to offer the best quality of education in the study of politics by exploring more opportunities and possibilities of interdisciplinary collaboration (especially in academics and scholarly research) with various fields of study in the School of Social Sciences and the rest of the Loyola Schools.  The Department also laid out plans for expanding its ties with other institutions for the internship/service learning of PoS and Dip IR majors. 

The Strategic Planning sessions were led by Dr. Maria Elissa Jayme Lao (chair) and Dr. Anne Lan Candelaria (vice chair).  In these sessions, Department appointed the following program coordinators to provide additional institutional support for its students:  

AB in Political Science (AB PoS):

          Dr. Diana Mendoza

          Mr. Arjan Aguirre

          Mr. Gino Trinidad

AB-MA in Political Science, Major in Global Politics (AB-MA PoS GP):

          Dr. Benjamin Tolosa, Jr.

          Dr. Lourdes Rallonza

AB in Political Science, Masters in Public Management (AB PoS-MPM):

          Dr. Anne Lan Candelaria

AB in Diplomacy and International Relations (AB Dip-IR): 

          Dr. Maria Elissa Lao

          Ms. Pilar Berse

MA in Political Science, Major in Global Politics (MA PoS GP):

          Dr. Alma Maria Salvador

          Ms. Carmel Abao

Coordinators for various external roles were also identified:

Website and Social Networking

          Mr. Arjan Aguirre

Special International Programs (Sogang) 

          Mr. Hansley Juliano

Special International Programs (UPEACE)

          Dr. Alma Maria Salvador

Student Group Moderators

          Dr. Anne Lan Candelaria (The Assembly)

          Dr. Maria Elissa Lao (APAIR)