Prof. Clarita Carillo (fifth from left) with (from left) Assistant to the Rector for UST Sta. Rosa Prof. Philipina Marcelo, Assistant to the Rector for UST General Santos Prof. Maribel Nonato, UST Vice Rector Rev. Fr. Isaias Tiongco, UST Vice Chancellor and Prior Provincial of the Dominican Province of the Philippines Very Rev. Fr. Filemon Dela Cruz Jr., UST Rector Very Rev. Fr. Richard Ang, Vice Rector for Academic Affairs Prof. Cheryl Peralta and UST Secretary-General Rev. Fr. Louie Coronel. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
COPE, control and construct – the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Assistant to the Rector for Planning and Quality Management Prof. Clarita Carillo offered a descriptive continuum of the category of responses demonstrated by higher education institutions to face the challenges, changes and chances brought about by a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environment, which may not be limited to the current pandemic, during the Discurso de Apertura (inaugural lecture) on August 4, 2022, at the UST Chapel (Santísimo Rosario Parish Church).