UM SEALS PARTNERSHIP WITH NGCP FOR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
The University of Mindanao (UM) and the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) officially sealed their partnership for the internship program of the BS Electrical Engineering students through a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signing held yesterday.
The event was attended by Chief Academic Officer, Dr. Eugenio S. Guhao Jr.; VP External Relations and International Affairs, Dr. Reynaldo C. Castro; Dean Charlito Cañesares of CEE, and Engr. Nicanor Fabracuer, Program Head of the BS Electrical Engineering. The attendees from NGCP were Mr. Junmar M. Biñas, Regional HR Manager; Ms. Farrah Mae C. Abella, Regional HR Senior Associate; and Ms. Pauline Christy E. Paduganan, Regional HR Associate.
In their welcome and response messages, both Dr. Guhao and Mr. Biñas underscored the importance of strong industry-academe linkage to strengthen the competence of our graduates in the workplace. The signed MOA only limits to student internship, but both parties discussed possible expansion of the academic collaborations to faculty immersion, career and job fairs, educational field trips, and the like.
After the MOA signing, the guests were taken to a quick tour of the engineering laboratories.
NGCP is a privately owned corporation in charge of operating, maintaining, and developing the country's state-owned power grid, an interconnected system that transmits gigawatts of power at thousands of volts from where it is made to where it is needed. The company performs its mandate as transmission service provider with the full awareness of its nature as a public utility, and in full compliance with the rules and regulations of the regulator, and existing laws governing its transmission operations (NGCP website).
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