NV ACADEMIC EXCHANGE SCHOLAR TO SPAIN: MORE SCHOLARS SENT TO SPAIN

After the signing of the Academic Exchange Program in May 2007, the second batch of aspiring Nuevo Vizcainos from the Nueva Vizcaya State University arrived in the the Basque Country, Northern Spain on September 13, 2008. The delegation is set to study at the Universidad del Pais Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU) for one year.

This year’s delegation is composed of Mr. Orvile D. Hombrebueno, a BS Mathematics exchange college student, Ms. Arshiela G. Gauuan, exchange faculty member who will be taking up International Relations and Mr. Ryan P. Manuel, exchange post graduate student taking up Master Master en Biodiversidad, Funcionamiento y Gestion de Ecosistemas)

The first exchange student in UPV/EHU, Ms. Sundae Calata, is already on her second semester and is expected to return to the province early 2010.

With the opportunities being provided by the academic exchange program to deserving students, additional academic institutions in the province, aside from NVSU, SMU and Aldersgate College, are anticipated to be formally included on the forthcoming official visit to the Euskadi by key Nueva Vizcaya officials to be led by Governor Luisa Lloren Cuaresma.#casg (GO-PAIAD)