Community Service
Complementing the academic curricular offerings of Liceo de Cagayan University is a strong commitment to community development. Situated along the riverbanks of the Cagayan River enjoying a 600-meter long frontage, the University has made the protection, preservation, and conservation of the Cagayan de Oro River as her flagship community extension project. A government-private sector multi-disciplinary approach is in place to drum up support for community consciousness under the “Safer River, Life Saver” Foundation, Inc. in partnership with the Rodolfo N. Pelaez (RNP) Foundation, Inc. The RNP Foundation, Inc. enhances further the provisions of the scholarship programs to financially-challenged students and strengthens the promotion of the charitable activities for the welfare of the community. Expanding this thrust is a University-wide comprehensive effort to deliver social, educational, health, livelihood, sanitation, literacy, and environmental preservation consciousness through an immersion program in the rural communities.
Research
The Research and Planning Office created in 1993 renamed Research, Publication and Extension (RPE) Office in 2016 fulfills the knowledge – creation function of the University. It has produced world-class scientific journals that earned the acceptance of indexing companies.
In 2010, The Liceo Journal of Higher Education Research was ranked Category B by the CHED Journal Accreditation Service (CHED JAS). In 2012 the University’s Asian Journal of Biodiversity (ISSN-2094-1519), indexed in Thomson Reuters Master Journal for... 2011-2014, was declared as CHED Accredited Research Journal (Category A-1). Likewise, in 2013, the University’s Asian Journal of Health was accredited as Category B.
Other journals such as The Asian Journal studies of Business and Governance and the Asian Journal of Health also enjoy global readership. The Nursing Journal and the Advancing Information Technology Research are also indexed. The journals of Liceo de Cagayan University are international, peer-reviewed, ranked, indexed, cross-referenced for Digital Object Identifier (DOI), and accessed globally via online. These journals are presently indexed in the US Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
The Research Programs of RPE focus on Biodiversity, Social Sciences, and Health. The Biodiversity Research Program was awarded second place by CHED as Best HEI Research Program in Region 10. The Social Sciences research entry won first place in the REPUBLICA Regional Research Contest in Region 10, also awarded by CHED.
The Liceo University, Research Publication and Extension has continued to engage in various national and international linkages which include: CHED, Philippine National Museum, DOST, NorMinCoHRD, NOMCAARD, NorminCIEERD, DOH, PNRS, NRCP, BIOTA Philippines, Mosquito Dengue Fighter Association of the Phippines (MDFA), National University of Singapore, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China), Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok, Thailand), Oklahoma State University (USA).
The Licean researchers continue to reap national and international awards and have engaged in various national and international linkages. The University is a member of PILA Cross Ref USA for Digital Object Identifier (DOI). The RPE copyrighted each volume of the journals and applied for trademark of the Journal titles. To be of better service to the research undertaking of the University, the RPE also extends assistance through grammar software, plagiarism detector, reference checker, SPSS software.
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Culture And The Arts
In 2005, the RODELSA Hall, a state-of-the-art performing arts theater was built to support various cultural and performing arts presentations by local, national and international artists. It complements the University’s goal to develop the quality of “humaneness” in the academic community through an exposure to, and appreciation for culture and the arts. A facet of international diplomacy of the European Union Philippine Commission, the Cine Europa, has been hosted by the University for the past six years at the RODELSA Hall. The La Castilla Museum was also opened for the Liceo community and the public to further appreciate the Filipino Lifestyle in the 20th century. Additionally, the Folkloric Dance Troupe continues to reap international accolade through its performances in Asia and Europe including Russia while the Next Moves Dance Company, and the G-Clef Society have been acclaimed for their feat in local and national competitions.
International Affairs
The Office of External Relations and Internationalization was formally established in 2013. Its main objective is to further enhance institutional visibility and international understanding by exposing the faculty and the students to various cultures through the University’s academic programs, and set the world’s best practices in different disciplines as its benchmarks.
International Linkages
Linkages with foreign embassies awarded Liceo with sponsorships such as a series of Mcluhan lectures on Journalism by the Embassy of Canada, one of whose lecturers included the Ambassador of Canada, Germany’s Hanns Seidel Foundation Country Representative Herr Goetz Heinickie, the British Council, the USAID Director for Education, a four-day workshop on Creative Writing by the US Embassy cultural specialist, a lecture series on the Japanese classical theatre and the Haiku, staging of a modern genre of comedy featured by the British Council and a common on-line newspaper of Liceo High together with Islington High, at Green Bend, London. The University has various international Research Cooperation with the National University of Singapore, Singapore Botanic Gardens (Singapore), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (China), the Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok, Thailand), and the Oklahoma State University (USA).
Partnership With The Federal Republic Of Germany
The Liceo de Cagayan University Basic Education Dept. has been a partner of the Goethe Institut, the cultural arm of the German Embassy under the “Schools: Partners of the Future” program (Goethe Institut Philippinen), one of only a handful in the Philippines. The partnership became official upon the signing of the PASCH Memorandum of Understanding on September 10, 2013 by both parties. PASCH is an initiative of the Federal Foreign Office in cooperation with the Central Agency for Schools Abroad (ZFA) the Goethe-Institut (GI), the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Educational Exchange Service of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Lander in the Federal Republic of Germany (PAD). The Goethe-Institut under the “Schools: Partners of the Future” program aims to promote and support the teaching of the German language at excellent schools throughout the world.
Offshore University Linkages
In 2018, LDCU forged another partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding and Academic Collaboration with the Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh to establish and develop partnership to promote academic and cultural exchange between the two institutions through mutual assistance, especially in the areas of teaching and research. The same partnership was established with the EMPI Group of Institutions, in New Delhi, India, the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, and with Our Lady of Fatima University in Valenzuela, Manila, Recently, the University signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Mental Health Training Center in Taiwan.
The Administration
Liceo de Cagayan University as a closed family corporation is headed by a President who is appointed by the Board of Directors. It has a flat and lean administrative structure, making governance and management responsive, action-oriented, and results-driven.
The University has stood the test of time through a strong, dynamic, and competent leadership at the helm. Succeeding Atty. Rodolfo N. Pelaez, who founded the University and served as the First President of Liceo de Cagayan, Dr. Jose Ma. R. Golez was installed as the Second President under whose leadership Liceo de Cagayan was elevated to University status in 1997. In 2002, Dr. Rafaelita Pelaez-Golez, was installed as the Third President of the University and continued to pursue tirelessly the ideals and aspirations of the University’s raison d’ etre. After five years, Dr. Mariano M. Lerin, CPA, was installed in 2007 as the Fourth President.
The investiture of the Fifth University President, Dr. Alain Marc Pelaez Golez, on February 28, 2020 highlighted the celebration of the 65th Foundation Day of the University. On a personal note, Dr. Golez is a home-grown Licean, a member of the fourth generation of the Neri-Pelaez clan and the youngest grandson of the Founders of the University. The new President assumes the mantle of leadership in taking the University towards greater heights into the 21st century. After 65 years, Liceo de Cagayan University continues to commit as a Filipino institution of higher learning, upholding the ideals of national identity by instilling in the heart of every student the pride of being a Filipino. The University is on course to stand for excellence, integrity, loyalty, discipline, and service as central to her pursuit of developing total human formation among her studentry in their journey towards leading a productive and fulfilling life.