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UBAP Opens Additional Stalls for CLSU Community Market

Mar. 08, 2024

Donatelo Nabor & Alessandra Colleen De Guzman | SCO

The CLSU community market is now ready to serve more students, faculty and staff as the University Business Affairs Program (UBAP) led by Dr. Karenina B. Romualdo, VP for UBAP led the blessing and opening of the additional 14 stalls under the Phase 2 construction of the building on March 8, 2024. Rev. Fr. Rufo Ramil Cruz, CLSU Chaplain administered the blessing of the building right after the ribbon cutting ceremony led by Dr. Romualdo and Prof. Janet O. Saturno, Director, University Gender and Development Office, with CLSU officials, faculty, staff, and lessees of the new community market as witnesses. After the blessing, Dr. Romualdo and Prof. Saturno then led the unveiling of the marker to recognize the initiative and invaluable support of Dr. Edgar A. Orden, former University President and now Vice President for Research and Extension for his exceptional leadership, as well as the commitment of the administrators which led to the completion of this project. “We are thrilled and excited, all of us are here to celebrate this structure as evidence that CLSU will now be open to many changes that will provide major benefits to all our stakeholders,” said Dr. Romualdo. Also present to show their support are CLSU officials led by Dr. Elizabeth R. Bajit, CBAA Dean, Dr. Roy Searca Jose P. Dela Cruz, President, Faculty Association Inc., Mr. Efraim Saturno, President, CLSU Labor Union of Teachers and Employees, Dr. Emilio M. Cruz, former VP for RET and Assoc. Prof. Jaypee H. Estigoy, Director, Crop Production and other UBAP project managers. With the additional stalls, the community market now boasts a total of 26 stalls and additional tables and chairs to cater its customers. It can be recalled that the CLSU Community Market officially opened on June 14, 2023 after the completion of the 1st phase. The birth of the community market provides a central food hub for customers and opens new opportunities for local businesses and vendors. The program concluded with a gesture of generosity as the tenants prepared and offered everyone some snacks and food to celebrate the start of their operation and their partnership with the university.

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