President’s Welcome Address to the Officials from KCU (7-26-07)

President’s Welcome Address

Our beloved Founder’s wife, my Mom Avelina Cariaga, Our friends from Korea Christian University Mr. Yeon W. Yoo & Dr. Byung H. Moon, PTA President Mr. Edwardo Poliran, City Planning Officer Mrs. Esther Guno, Parents, visitors, our Deans, Teachers, Staff and Students who have joined hand in hand to this program “The Congenial Visit of the Year 2007”, good evening.

This is a great night and a great event for all of us as we welcome our visitors especially from our neighboring country Korea and Sister Christian School, Korea Christian University. It is our honor and privileged to have you here, with God’s blessing, may your visit be a fruitful one as we talk of the possibility of future partnership.

Learning to partner from different cultures is innovativeness in today’s global society. The popularity and practicality of partnership attest to the wisdom of institutional strategy and the importance of deepening our understanding of the relationship between education and democracy.

Educational collaborations have emerged from the broad spectrum of reform initiatives as a means to improving educational attainment, both for our highest and lowest achieving students. Bringing together schools, colleges, universities like KCU, parents, and community leaders, collaborative projects have attempted to renew the democratic value of education, equalize educational opportunity, support our nations teachers, breakdown institutional barriers, and share resources for maximum benefits.

Other benefits of Educational Partnership are the following:

1. It stimulates action
2. A shared vision and deep commitment among partners can overcome weaknesses in program design and implementation.
3. Each participating organization is challenged to change policies and procedures to accommodate a new way of working with others

The promise of partnership lies in our continuous effort to achieve both deep and wide educational change and Christian values which is the core of Christian Education should always be the foundation for that educational change.

May the Lord God will bless us of all our efforts as this advocacy in educating the young minds will benefit our country, the younger generation and for God’s glory.

Again Welcome and Good Evening, may you enjoy the rest of the program.

Samuel B. Cariaga M.D.

SCC President

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SCC inks exchange program with KCU

July 26, 2007 is a very significant day in the history of Sunrise Christian College as it marks the first friendly visit of an Asian Christian University, the Korea Christian University.

Korea Christian University representatives,Mr. Yeon W. Yoo, Chief of Planning Affairs and Dr. Byung H. Moon, Dean of Graduate Studies were given a very warm welcome by an enthusiastic group of students and teachers upon their arrival at Sunrise Christian College Campus.

At an evening program with the theme “Congenial Visit of the Year” was staged at the Multi-purpose building. The visitors were entertained with Christian songs and ethnic dances by selected students. In his welcome address, SCC President Dr. Samuel B. Cariaga said that the visit was meant to established the tie-up with Korea Christian University for Sunrise Christian College to send students and teachers to Korea to study Korean Cultures and Traditions and even their Technologies. While KCU will send their students to SCC to study english under the Crash Course Program.

In his closing remarks, Dr. Byung Moon expressed their sincere thanks to the SCC community for the very warm welcome afforded to them. Prior to their return trip to Korea, SCC President Dr. Samuel Cariaga signed the exchange program with Dr. Byung Moon and Mr. Yeon Yoo. Development of the pact will be known within the next few days.

 

By:  Ernesto Salamanca

Speech Lab & English College Instructor

 

KOREA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

The KCU story began in 1958, when American missionary L. Haskell Chesshir established Korea Christian Institute, the name of which was changed in 1963 to Christian Institute of the Church of Christ was re-chartered as a four-year institute and has since expanded into being Korea Christian University that includes departments in Biblical Studies, Social Welfare, Management of INformation and Technology, Music, and the Liberal Arts. KCU has also extended its educational mission to a Life-Education Center and to a Community Education Center. KCU a school that instills in students a vision of the  future and prepares students for meeting the competition head to head.