The Office of the Vice President for Research, Extension, Planning and Development (OVPREPD) – Research Management Office (RMO) and Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs and Services (OVPSAS) conducted a three-day research workshop titled “Project NIPS (National or International Paper Presentation for Student),” on November 23 to 25, via Zoom.
Carrying the theme “Capacity Building for Student Paper Production to Presentation,” Project NIPS was designed to improve the quality of students’ research production, paper presentation in national and international conferences, and publication in reputable academic journals, particularly those indexed in Scopus, Web of Science, and CHED Journal Incentive Program (JIP).
The event began with the Vice President for Student Affairs and Services Professor Tomas O. Testor expressing his enthusiasm for the inception of the event.
“Only this time that we have legalized [and] we have formalized this project para ang ating mga estudyante ay magkaroon ng malawak na engagement in research undertakings,” Testor said.
He also mentioned that it brings pride to the university that students are showing a willingness to engage in this kind of activity.
Meanwhile, the Vice President for Research, Extension, Planning, and Development Dr. Anna Ruby P. Gapasin shared an inspirational message for the student attendees. “Our team and our top management saw the contribution of our students in terms of research and innovation; that's the reason why, and our motivation to craft programs and projects for student researchers at makilala kayo sa larangan ng pananaliksik na makakatulong hindi lamang sa Sintang paaralan, kundi gagamitin niyo ang karunungan para sa bayan,” Gapasin said.
She also assured that OVPREPD is on the researcher’s side to support them. Additionally, Gapasin emphasized that researchers must be ethical at all times since they carry the name of the institution.
After the event preliminaries, Lasallian Institute for Development and Educational Research director Dr. Shirley Dita served as the plenary speaker discussing “Using CORPUS for Research: The whats and the hows.”
In Dita’s plenary lecture, she discussed topics covering the background of the corpus, the advantages of computer-based language studies, different resources of online Corpora, and what can be done in Corpora.
She encouraged the students to use Corpus to find information about the languages that might have not been noticed through intuition alone.
“Corpora not only tell us what is possible to use, but also what is actually used, and what is typically used,” she said. Dita also emphasized that language will evolve and it will continue to respond to the needs of the people who use it.
“What was perceived to be ungrammatical or unacceptable a couple of years ago may be perfectly grammatical or acceptable to a specific variety,” Dita added about her stand that language never stops changing.
After Dita’s plenary speakership, attendees were advised to enter their respective clusters.
Workshop in strands
The three-day workshop covered different strands including Education; Business; Social Sciences; Science, Mathematics, and Engineering (SMS); Engineering, Architecture, and Design (EAD); Humanities, Language and Communication (HULACOM); and Computer Science, Information Systems, and Technology (CSIST).
Throughout the three-day workshop, each cluster had a subject-expert resource speaker moderating three sessions namely: “Designing Your Presentation for a Conference” for day 1, “Presenting Your Paper at a Conference” for day 2, and “Presentation, Mentoring, and Critiquing” for day 3.
The resource speakers from each cluster are from Philippine Normal University, Rizal Technological University, Central Luzon State University, San Beda University, Jose Rizal Memorial State University, De La Salle University, and Cavite State University.
“As a graduating student, the insights and lectures from knowledgeable field experts serve as a great basis for our paper development; thus, the outputs assigned to participants after every session, is an efficient activity to immerse ourselves with the proper steps in creating an academic paper worthy of national and international recognition,” Cristine Joy Bando, a participant, said.
The event was attended by various student participants from different colleges, branches, and campuses.
The OVPREPD–Research Management Office (RMO) and OVPSAS hope that this event can help students to establish research papers to be included in the university paper production.
The Research Management Office is the research arm of OVPREPD that is in charge of providing support to the VPRED on both administrative and technical matters.
Article: Joseph Villena
Graphics: Cathlyn de Raya
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