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PROFESSIONAL Regulatory Commission (PRC) commissioner Jose Y. Cueto Jr., M.D., the founding dean of the MMSU College of Medicine addresses the 14 pioneer graduates of Doctor of Medicine of MMSU Batac during the university’s 1st Commencement Exercise at the MMSU Batac Teatro Ilocandia on June 24, 2019. (Doms dela Cruz)
By Dominic B. dela Cruz
Staff Reporter
Batac
City—The Mariano Marcos State University’s
(MMSU) College of Medicine in Batac made history as they held their first-ever
commencement exercises for their Doctor of Medicine course on June 24 at the
MMSU Teatro IIocandia.
MMSU President Dr. Shirley C.
Agrupis proudly announced that their “collective hopes and dreams has resulted
in establishing the first medical school in Ilocos Norte”.
“A dream that came true
because of the efforts of countless men and women who did not only share vision
but also translated vision into action,” Dr. Agrupis added.
Among these visionaries, Dr. Agrupis
singled out the man who laid the cornerstone for the MMSU College of Medicine.
She identified the man as Professional
Regulation Commission (PRC) Commissioner Jose Y. Cueto Jr., MD, the founding
Dean of the MMSU College of Medicine from 2015 until 2017.
Dr. Cueto was instrumental in
setting up the college and in designing the curriculum and securing the
recognition from the Commission of Higher Education (CHED), in training the
college’s faculty and to the admission of students and delivery of instruction.
Dr. Agrupis said “it was not an easy task establishing and
starting a college but it was nevertheless a task that Dr. Cueto dedicatedly
completed”.
In 2017, Dr. Cueto resigned as
he was appointed as PRC Commissioner yet, he “continuously provided technical advices,
guidance and inspiration to the university particularly in the College of
Medicine”.
The MMSU president personally
thanked Dr. Cueto for gracing the commencement exercises as the guest of honor
and speaker; and more importantly for his invaluable contributions to MMSU most
certainly to the 14 pioneer graduates.
Dr. Cueto, in his speech
likewise thanked all his partners for without them, he stressed, the MMSU
College of Medicine would not have existed.
Dr. Cueto told the story the
difficulties of establishing the college, which started in the term of former
MMSU President Dr. Miriam E. Pascua in 2014.
In 2015, the college started
to operate and Dr. Cueto once again face another difficulty in the screening and
admissions.
As a result of the rigid
screening, the college admitted 18 students, and 14 of them passed and
completed the Doctor of Medicine course.
With this turn out, Dr. Cueto
said he is proud of the result with the 14 passing all the difficulties in the
College of Medicine.
Dr. Cueto congratulated all
the 14 graduates saying he has high hopes all of them will become successful doctors
in the future.
The MMSU Doctor of Medicine
pioneer graduates are: Aileen Concepcion M. Agustin of Batac City; Alyssa Mae
B. Agustin of Laoag City; Everlyn Joy B. Caluya of Vintar, Ilocos Norte; Miguel
Patrick I. Cerezo of Bimmaley, Pangasinan; Gianfranco Emmanuel M. Doloroso of
Laoag City; Charis Vina E. Keith of San Fernando City; Jonathan C. Lim of Laoag
City; Elma Flor O. Delos Santos-Lucero of Laoag City; Kendrick Kevin C. Macalma
of Paoay, Ilocos Norte; Jun Carlos R. Maruquin of Vintar, Ilocos Norte;
Lindfonn Eunice F. Querubin of Quezon City; Jaymee V. Quindara of San Fernando
City; Gene Paolo Janzi C. Sapla of Cabugao, Ilocos Sur and Niki Angeli I.
Tabaniag of Batac City.
Class topnotcher Jaymee B
Quindara also gave her valedictory address during the commencement rites.
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