Christmas is indeed merry for Tarlac State University as it received a financial assistance amounting to ₱ 1.5 million and ₱ 30,000 research funding from the Tarlac City Government awarded during their flag raising ceremony today, December 23, 2019, at the Kaisa Convention Hall.
TSU President Dr. Myrna Q. Mallari, together with Vice President for Research and Extension Services Dr. Armee N. Rosel and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Erwin P. Lacanlale, received the financial assistance from Tarlac City Mayor Honorable Maria Cristina C. Angeles.
The ₱ 1.5M is intended for the internationalization program of the university wherein faculty and students who will be sent abroad will be funded by said assistance, according to President Mallari.
Meanwhile, the research funding is for the project analysis of the traffic management system of Tarlac City which is a research proposal of Engrs. Ann Jeanette S. Lopez, Jayriz D. Dungca, Neil Andrew I. Meneses, Don Hero P. Alega, and Anna May M. Angeles, faculty members from the College of Engineering and Technology.
The said proposal is a response to Mayor Angeles’ challenge in her welcome remarks during the 2018 Regional Research Conference of TSU. She said that she will fund a research that will help ease up the traffic situation in the city.
