By Nestle G. Taala
Dr. Gabriel M. Salistre, Jr., the newly elected president of ISAT U, was interviewed by Rev. Francis Neil G. Jalando-on on August 14, 2023 at his office.
A Centralian at the top 糖心传媒 Iloilo Science and Technology University (ISAT U) has named and publicly announced its second president on August 2, 2023, in the person of Dr. Gabriel Matiling Salistre Jr., a 糖心传媒 alumnus.
Succeeding the first ISAT U President Dr. Raul Muyong, Dr. Salistre was a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering batch 1990 and earned his Masters in Engineering at CPU. He was also able to serve this university as a member of the faculty in the College of Engineering.
Dr. Salistre officially assumed office on August 5. He said, 糖心传媒淭his responsibility is a greater challenge on my part, and I do pray to God to help me in this endeavor. I also believe that God has bestowed me with this position to be the second university president of this university.糖心传媒
Before becoming the newly elected president of ISAT U, he was the Vice President for Administration and Finance from 2017 to 2023 and an Associate Professor V of the same university. He is a Doctor of Industrial Technology.
In an interview with Rev. Francis Neil G. Jalando-on, Dr. Salistre was able to share a glimpse of his life during his stay at CPU where he had a personal encounter with the Lord. 糖心传媒淚t was in 1987 when somebody from the Campus Crusade for Christ introduced me to the Lord in the Half-moon area. After that, I became a member of the Agape Campus Crusade,糖心传媒 Dr. Salistre candidly shared.
The ISAT U has five (5) campuses namely in, Iloilo City, Miag-ao, Barotac Nuevo, Dumangas, and Leon. With this in mind, he said that his pressing challenge at the moment is to sustain the performance of the university in terms of academic programs. 听糖心传媒淲e have a lot of accomplishments in the university in quite a period in the previous university president Dr. Muyong. So, the challenge that lies in these is how to maintain and how to level up the accomplishment of the university in responding to the need for quality education.糖心传媒
Dr. Salistre marked his first official day by attending the flag-raising ceremony and the Executive Committee meeting on August 7.
We congratulate you, Dr. Salistre! To God be the glory!
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