General Convocation

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General Convocation

• Antonio F Moreno SJ
• 3.00 PM, 09 July 2007
• Brebeuf Gym
• Ateneo de Zamboanga University
• Zamboanga City

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• Gratitude
• Enrollment figures
• Dreams
• Challenges

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Gratitude

• Fr Bill Kreutz SJ
• Admin, faculty and staff
• Jesuit community
• Friends of AdZU, alumni and benefactors
• Students and parents

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Aggregate enrollment figures from 2003-04 to
2007-08
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Dreams

• Strengthen our basic education esp in our pursuit
  of academic excellence
• Tighter connect between HS and GS curricula
• Innovative instructions and cutting-edge
  pedagogical skills
• Contextualized learning, embedded in our regional
  aspirations and concerns, Mindanao studies

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• Provide intellectual leadership in Zamboanga
  Peninsula, Western Mindanao and the islands
• Vertical articulation and structure of the
  colleges
• Strengthen Research/Publication and formulation
  of research agenda
• Curriculum review in view of peace and
  development (includes basic education)

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• Devolve and fortify leadership
• Managers vs leaders
• Leadership development programs
• Participatory crafting and use of budget
• Sense of ownership
• Accountability and transparency

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• Review AdZU 2012 Plan implementation, monitoring
  and evaluation
• Supplement 2012 Plan with multi-stakeholders
  consultation where AdZU is and where it should
  move forward
• Engagements with other organized groups and
  institutions within the region
• Planning from the optic of the poor

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• Consolidate/re-energize research and social
  development units
• Research and social development summit (includes
  curriculum-based extension or social outreach
  works)
• Partnerships with other sectors of society esp
  the Archdiocese, LGUs, business, NGOs
• Greater collaboration with SJ universities in
  Mindanao and with Oblate and Marist colleges and
  universities

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• Fine tune our strategic thrusts in formation
• Formation summit (Social formation, Spiritual
  formation, Psycho-emotional formation)
• RS-Philo bridging
• Religious identity and mission

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Challenges

• Continue the good work we have been doing
• Be not afraid in search of the magis
• Willingness to learn
• Focus on our finality Pro Deo et Patria