DMC conducts automated election for student org
July 21st, 2009 | By
By Tyrone Jay V. Samson
Reinforcing its reputation as one of the leading learning institutions in Information Technology (I.T.) in the whole of Region IX, the DMC College Foundation recently held the first ever electronic election conducted by a student organization here in Dipolog City.
The Philippine Society of Information Technology Students (PSITS), an organization under the Philippine Society of Information Technology Educators (PSITE), held its election last July 8 at the Computer Laboratory II of the DMC school campus in Sta. Filomena, Dipolog City.
“This just shows you the kind of training we have for our College of Computer Studies (CCS) students here in DMC. We are proud to say that we have prepared our students well enough to the point that they are this capable in developing such a complicated system on their own,” DMC assistant dean for CCS Harvey Dalmacio said.
This election marked the first time ever in the city that a student organization election was made through a computer program. Such program was created and developed by DMC Associate in Computer Technology student John D. Woo under the direction of the DMC I.T. department.
“I am very proud of our CCS students, it was their own initiative. We were delighted when they presented this during one of our departmental meetings, explaining to us that the election was to automated this year. This is just one of the reasons why parents in the rest of the community prefer to send their kids to DMC. We assure that students will learn so much from this institution,” DMC assistant vice president for Marketing, Planning and Extension, Dr. Gerry Concha said.
The new set of PSITS officers are Kim Therese Vale (president); John D. Woo (internal vice president); Ivan Rey Duhaylungsod (external vice president); Rofelyn Yap (secretary); Ruth Hannah Escuadro (assistant secretary); Dessieann Ronill Lee (treasurer); Jingo Sumasao (auditor); James Arthur Yano and Charmaine Capinig (business and social managers); Joseph Froaih Sale (public information officer); Jason Perino and Joseph Aristotle Orial (1st year representatives); Raffy Acas (2nd year rep); Jecs Cagas (3rd year rep); and Ivan Rey Moay (4th year rep).
“With the electronic system, the election was done with less time. Our work was made faster and more efficient, and most especially, we no longer need lots of manpower to facilitate the activity,” former PSITS president and current consultant Cris Olasiman said.
The PSITE is a professional organization consisted of I.T. education practitioners in the country. Its members are primarily academics; teachers of computer science, information technology, information and communication technology, engineering, mathematics and other allied fields. Industrial practitioners such as programmers, systems analysts, web developers and the like also commit their allegiance to the group.