Emanuel de Guzman

Emanuel C. De Guzman
12th President of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines
Incumbent
Assumed office March 15, 2012
Preceded by	Estelita Wi-Dela Rosa, Ll.B.
Personal details
Born	April 27, 1965 Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija
Nationality	Filipino
Spouse(s)	May F, De Guzman (m. 1989)
Children	3
Alma mater	Polytechnic University of the Philippines (1993) Ateneo de Manila University (2001) University of Manchester (2008)
Profession	Sociologist Educator
Website	http://pup.edu.ph

Emanuel Castro De Guzman is the current President of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.^[1] De Guzman was appointed by the Commission on Higher Education in accordance with the provisions of the Republic Act 8292, otherwise known as the Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997. and by virtue of Resolution No. 872, Series of 2012 passed on March 14, 2012 by the PUP Board of Regents. De Guzman is the second youngest President next to Dr. Nemesio Prudente.

Biography

Early Years and Education

Born to Rosalina and Jacinto De Guzman, De Guzman graduated in High School as Class Valedictorian in Quezon, Nueva Ecija, he then took up Bachelor of Science in Sociology at Polytechnic University of the Philippines in 1993 and earned his Master of Arts in Sociology at Ateneo de Manila University in 2001. He earned his Ph.D. in Sociology at the School of Social Sciences, The University of Manchester in 2008.^[2]

Academe

Before elected as Polytechnic University of the Philippines' President, De Guzman was the Director of the Center for Human Development and Chairperson of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology.

As a Ford Foundation International Fellow, De Guzman underwent a comprehensive Leadership Course at the Ford Foundation International Institute for Leadership and Social Justice, University of Birmingham. He also took up special training course on Sociological imagination at Coventry University in England

Duties

As the president, de Guzman is the principal executive officer of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. He oversees the university's policy implementation, guides the institution towards the realisation of its vision-mission, as well as monitor and administer the overall affairs of the university, including its three major functions - instruction, research and community extension services. De Guzman implemented under his term of office his Strategic Objective: 8-Point Agenda to elucidate and set the framework of his vision for PUP. His Agenda 1 looks forward on the University's pursuit of academic excellence through disciplinal integrity. This agenda led to the creation of new colleges and integration of some interrelated discipline.

Vision

De Guzman's vision is Clearing the path while laying new foundations to transform the Polytechnic University of the Philippines into an epistemic community.

References

1. "PUP Holds Turnover Ceremony for Newly Elected President". PUP Campus Observer. March 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
2. "Officials and Staff". Retrieved 15 July 2014.