First Pre-Departure Orientation Session just concluded at the International Relations Office for faculty members departing for Spain this week under the Erasmus Faculty Mobility Program. They are Martes Dionisio Martz Dionisio (College of Teacher Education) Maricel M. Abelanes-Guron (College of Arts and Sciences) Marissa Parao (College of Forestry) and Peter Bernard Daipan Buslogie Ola Dai (College of Forestry). Erasmus covers their Faculty Mobility engagement at the University of Oviedo while BSU covers their collaboration visit to the University of Huelva and the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Resource Persons in this activity were IRO Director MaLuz Fang-asan and Erasmus Faculty Mobility Program alumni Marvin Valentin (CEAT/Lithuania), Jennifer Paltiyan (CAS/Lithuania), and Janet Pablo (CA/Spain). Topics in the session were the reiteration of duties and responsibilities as Filipinos, as government employees, and as BSU faculty members; travel preparations and travel tips; liquidation requirements of Erasmus and BSU; suggestions and pieces of advice on how to deal with situations that may arise; and others.
