MEMORANDUM 010-1415

TO : The Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan CommunityRE : XU-CSG Organizational Development ActivitiesDATE : 23 May 2014

Last 3-4 May 2014, key officers of the XU-CSG Executive Cabinet had a leadership retreat at Covadonga Center for Culture and Spirituality, Mandumol, Macasandig, Cagayan de Oro City. This overnight leadership retreat was attended by at least eighteen (18) key officers of the student government, and was facilitated by the Executive Assistant to the XU President, Ms Ma Elena L Paulma, PhD. The retreat revolved around the theme, ‘heroic leadership.’

Select XU-CSG officers and newly-hired staff members actively participated in this year’s XU-CSG Basic Orientation and Leadership Training Seminar (BOLTS) held last 16-18 May 2014 at Mapawa Nature Park, Malasag, Cugman, Cagayan de Oro City. More than fifty (50) participants graced the annual XU-CSG BOLTS last weekend. XU-Governance and Leadership Institute Director and former municipal mayor of Opol, Mr Dixon Q Yasay, PhD, served as the keynote speaker in this year’s XU-CSG BOLTS. Various leadership inputs and teambuilding activities were done in order to prepare the XU-CSG team in a year of service and representation.

With this, I would like to acknowledge the efforts of the following people and groups who made our organizational development activities a success:

1. The entire XU-CSG Department of Student Leadership and Development team, headed by Ian Dave Pahunang (Project Head), for the success of the first-ever XU-CSG Leadership Retreat; and

2. The whole XU-CSG Department of Internal Administration team and active volunteer facilitators, headed by Ruffy A Mapano (Secretary for Internal Administration), for the success of the annual BOLTS.

Thank you so much for the dedication, time, and enthusiasm you have poured for these endeavors in order to establish a more harmonious working environment, and a more synergized teamwork inside the student government. Congratulations for a job well done!

I also thank all the officers and staff of the XU-Central Student Government who participated in the organizational development activities held this month. It is my hope that through these activities, you will be prepared and be more inspired to serve, represent, and lead the student body.

HAROLD JOHN M LABORTEPresident

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