27 July 2026
Pollution Control Office (PCO) led the weekly flag-raising ceremony. After the ceremony, key university officials shared updates on environmental initiatives, accreditation activities, and the importance of integrity in public service.
Overall Pollution Control Officer Kevin P. Titiwa announced that the PCO is currently conducting college-to-college environmental orientation sessions to strengthen environmental awareness among students and employees.
According to Titiwa, orientations have already been completed in several colleges, including the College of Information Sciences, College of Arts and Humanities (CAH), College of Natural Sciences (CNS), and the College of Numeracy and Applied Sciences (CNAS). He encouraged the other colleges to coordinate with the PCO and schedule their respective orientations.
“We are serious in educating our students on environmental responsibility,” Titiwa said, assuring the BSU community that the office has sufficient manpower to accommodate requests with the help of volunteers from the CNS-Department of Environmental Science.
Titiwa also reminded administrative offices and university personnel to strictly observe proper waste segregation practices. He emphasized that recyclable materials should not be mixed with food-contaminated or residual waste and encouraged offices to properly separate biodegradable, recyclable, and residual wastes to improve waste management across the university.
This was followed by Joanna I. Alafag, Director of Quality Assurance and Accreditation, informing everyone that the Bachelor of Science in Chemistry program will undergo its First Survey Visit for accreditation from Monday until Friday (July 27-31, 2026).
Alafag requested all concerned offices to extend their full cooperation by providing the necessary documents and support needed during the accreditation process.
In his closing remarks, VP for Research and Extension Roscinto Ian C. Lumbres underscored the University’s core value of integrity, emphasizing its vital role in public service.
Lumbres reminded university employees that integrity goes beyond policies and written values, describing it as a daily commitment to honesty, fairness, transparency, and accountability in every aspect of public service.
He stressed that integrity should guide decision-making, reporting, management of public resources, and environmental stewardship. He further noted that compromising integrity whether through inaccurate reports or unethical practices, would not only damage the University’s credibility but also undermine efforts to protect the environment and serve the public effectively.
“As public servants, we are entrusted with the people’s trust, Integrity means doing what is right even when no one is watching,” Lumbres said.
He concluded by encouraging everyone to continue demonstrating integrity in every transaction, meeting, and decision, adding that by living out this core value, public servants contribute to building a government and institution worthy of the people’s trust.//NBSudaypan
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