The 5-man strong organizing com-mittee (Bobbob Flores, Moxy de Mi-ra, Danny Martinez, Brad Calumpang, and Bert Sandiego) which adopted “Hudyakero” as its last name (temporarily, we hope!), succeeds in living up to its billing. Hudyaka Sa LA-12 is drawing sup-port from near and far, starting with Negrense associations in the metro-politan areas of Greater Los Angeles attending the benefit gala:

• Silliman U Alumni Assn. of Southern California led by presi-dent Jumbo de Leon (who also donated one lechon for picnic);

• Negros Oriental Association led by president Manny Abellon;

• Tanjay Association led by past president Ning Sandiego and current president Feb Sibala Rushing; and

• Univac (Valencia Assn.).

Illinois comes with the most number of out-of-state registrants! No sur-prise since the Chicago Chapter also pushes the envelope every year with ads and fundraising led by Gloria

Flores Millare and Virgie Las Pinas.

Confirmed international attendees are: from the Philippines: Sari L. Saavedra and Nannen & Minda de Mira, and Ag-nes Vamenta (pending); from Spain: Ma. Luisa Flores de Leon; from Nor-way: Winifredo Cataylo; and pending from Canada: Girlie Sandiego.

Paulinian gatherings are also occasions for family reunions! Interesting stats: De Mira Family: 36 members attend-ing; Flores Family: 24 from 3 branches; and Villegas Family: lucky 13!

Conference Plenary Sessions The 1st biennial also sets aside time for organizational business matters, e.g., election, reports, evaluation, pro-posals, and confirmation of SPUDAA-NA’s course of action and priorities for the next 2 years.

From Hudyakeros: “Yes, Santa …oops! Sari di-ay! ... there’s a baby grand available for Friday and Saturday evening!”

The studious kid who graduated at St. Paul High School Dumaguete in 1969, and who later as a young man obtained a medical degree from the University of the East Ramon Mag-saysay Memorial Medical Center (UERMMMC) College of Medicine in Manila in 1978, did not think that he had many reasons to come over

to the U.S., other than the motivation of the woman he wanted to spend his life with, and the challenge to get fur-ther medical residency training.

Orson Reyes Battad made good in both personal and professional pur-suits. In the early 80’s, his then girl-friend Tina, who also completed her medical studies in Manila, came over as a U.S. immigrant. Orson followed Tina a few months later, and the two got married in San Diego, California.

Shortly after passing the 1982 Federal Licensure Exams (FLEX) in Califor-nia, Orson and Tina moved to the east coast, where both pursued residency training in the state of New Jersey. Orson finished Family Medicine at Mountainside Hospital in Montclair, NJ; and Tina finished Pediatrics at Jersey City Medical Center. They are

blessed further with two sons, both born in New Jersey: Dustin (July 24,1985), and Francis (Aug.15,1987).

Orson and Tina practiced their re-spective specialty field in New Jer-sey up until 1994 when they moved down to Burke, Virginia. Tina con-tinues to practice pediatrics with Kaiser Permanente, while Orson retired early from family practice.

Aside from taking on SPUDAA-NA’s top post, Orson also devotes his time with their medical alumni—as a member of the Board of Trustees of the UERMMMC Alumni Founda-tion USA, and as president of the UERM MARVADC (Maryland, Vir-

ginia, Washington, DC) Chapter.

A publication of St. Paul University Alumni Association of North America (SPUDAA-NA), a duly registered 501c3 nonprofit organization. Donations & contributions are tax-deductible.

The Paulinian in North America

www. spudaa-na.org Link:

www.spud.edu.ph

Volume 6, No. 1 July 1, 2012

SPUDAA-NA’s First Family Drs. Orson & Tina Battad (VA)

[Not in photo: Sons Dustin and Francis]

Meet SPUDAA-NA’s New Board Chair & President

Orson Battad, M.D. (VA)

Luisa Mongcopa Munroe Outgoing Board Chair/President

[2010-2012] Completes term as president, but continues to serve on Executive Com-mittee as ex officio member. Lu’s also the Project Support Team Leader for SPUD’s Reforestation/Adopt-A-Tree Project, and is an active member of the Fundraising/Fund Development Committee.

Hudyaka Sa LA-12 or SPUDAA-NA’s 6th Gathering Marks 1st Biennial Conference

Sympathy & Prayers In Memory Of

Mr. Mauricio “Dodong” Arquisola History Instructor & Basketball Coach

Mrs. Alma Diputado Mangiob SPUD Alumna/sister of Edna & Dinah

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A Biennial Review:

What is the SPUDAA-NA?

St. Paul University Dumaguete Alumni Association of North America (SPUDAA-NA)

A Bit of History: Dumaguete Paulinians in North America celebrated Founder’s Day with its Alma Mater, St. Paul University Dumaguete - the first St. Paul school founded in 1904 in the Philippines, with the historic founding of SPUDAA-NA, Oct. 27-29, 2006 at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel in Durham, North Carolina. With typical Paulinian fervor and spirit, the 3-day strategic planning and laying a strong foundation for a successful alumni association was often interspersed with food and fun -- sight-seeing, singing, and even some ballroom dancing; and nostalgia and tears from more laughter sharing “Paulinian stories.” The group, which included Paulinians, associates or affiliates, and honorary mem-bers from various states in the U.S. and Canada, as well as the SPUD faculty/alumni keynote speaker, accomplished the development of a non-profit organization with a clear vision and commitment.

Mission & Goals: SPUDAA-NA supports cultural, educational, social, and humanitarian programs that promote the Paulinian ideals and spirit of learning, fellowship, and service. The SPUDAA-NA’s primary goal is to contribute to the development and progress of St. Paul University Dumaguete (SPUD) and its surrounding communities in the Philippines. As an association whose membership is composed of Paulinians and their families and friends in North America, the SPUDAA-NA is also established to: promote cultural enrichment and social camaraderie among members, recognize the individual and professional achievements of members, and create strong bonds with the SPUD Alumni Association and its chapters.

SPUDAA-NA supports the following programs and projects:

A. SPUD Educational & Academic Excellence - includes: • The SPUD Learning Resource Center • The SPUD Department of Nursing & Rural Health Program, and • The SPUDAA-NA Scholarship Grant Program.

B. SPUD Community Extension Services* (CES) – include: • The Eco-SWARM (Ecological-Solid Waste & Reduction Management) related projects such

as the Green School, Glassphalt Pathway, Eco-Sanitation Facility, etc.) • The Organic Gardening & Sustainable Farming program on campus and at the Demo Farm in

Barangay Calo, San Jose; • The Reforestation/Adopt-A-Tree Program at Balinsasayao Twin Lakes area; • The SPUD Outreach/Prison Ministry Project which provides counseling services to jail in-

mates and their families; and • Other SPUD-CES Projects providing skills and livelihood training opportunities for under-

served communities, including emergency assistance due to disasters and calamities.

C. Cultural, Educational & Social Enrichment and Fellowship Opportunities for SPUDAA-NA Members – include biennial conference and reunion activities, fellowship mini-grant application, publications, and special Initiatives.

Present Status/Future Plans: SPUDAA-NA asks its members to meet the Paulinian challenge: Caritas Christi Urget Nos. It calls upon all who had stood in the halls of St. Paul University Dumaguete and had enjoyed the gifts of learning, fellowship, and community, to ask oneself: what can I do to help? That said, immediate and future plans include continuing fund development/fundraising efforts to support current projects, especially those tagged as priority needs of St. Paul University Dumaguete – such as:

• The Learning Resource Center - a multi-purpose research & training facility requirement to main-tain university accreditation status [reference: SPUD Brochure – LRC Project]

• Free Health Clinic – operated by the SPUD School of Nursing • Community Extension Programs & Services, and • Scholarships – full 4-yr support for eligible student applicants from underserved communities

* The ENVIRNMENTAL STEWARDSHIP PROGRAMS and COMMUNITY EXTENSION PROJECTS is

the current title that brings two programs together under the direction of Sr. Lucille Baldado, SPC.

SPUDAA-NA is a duly registered 501c3 nonprofit organization. Donations/contributions are 100% tax-deductible. For more information, visit www. spudaa-na.org.

From the mailbox:

Dear Nanay,

I don’t get it…… I have spent six years looking for those young, en-thusiastic Paulinian alumni who allegedly are a lot smarter, more ambitious, more caring, and more successful than their older counter-parts.

Except for a handful who occasion-ally show up at my conferences, it has been terribly hard to convince these well-off young and enthusi-astic alumni to share their exper-tise and know-how, to volunteer their time by being on my Board of Directors and my Committees, to rally their support of my efforts out of their love for you. Those that do show up are willing to offer an occasional arm but don’t want to commit permanently to keeping me alive and young at heart.

What am I doing wrong? What more could I possibly do to con-vince our young alumni that I am aching to enfold them in my wait-ing arms and that what I am doing is in your name? Am I looking in the wrong places? Can you help me figure this out?

It couldn’t be because I haven’t ac-complished much; on the contrary, the successful support of your pro-jects should be enough proof of my accomplishments. It couldn’t be because I am not much fun to be with; I always give everyone a good time in various locations - from one end of this country to the other. Understandably, these are hard times but I have tried to ac-commodate everyone’s limits by having our gathering every two years instead of every year.

Nanay, my bones are creaking and my steps are slowing down. I need a blood transfusion. Can you help?

Your Loving Daughter, SPUDAA-NA

[By Lu Munroe, June 2012]

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Why It’s Important To Support SPUD Projects Tim McGloin, Associate Member/SPUDAA-NA Projects Support Coordinator

As we approach the 6th annual SPUDAA-NA conference, let’s remind ourselves of our important mission and why giving as much support as we can to the SPUD projects is so essential to that mission: “It is the mission of the SPUDAA-NA to support cultural, educational, social, and humanitarian programs that promote the Paulinian ideals and spirit of learning, fellowship, and service”. It also requires us to “contribute to the development and progress of St. Paul University Dumaguete (SPUD) and its surrounding communities in the Philippines”. We put this mission into practice not just with words, but by supporting the projects. It’s stew-ardship in action.

Our project report outlines the accomplishments and activities to which we as members of SPUDAA-NA have committed ourselves. We need to put all of this in a bigger context, one that emphasizes the vital contribu-tion these efforts make to the surrounding communities and beyond. Already, the ECOSWARM program is expanding to other local schools and communities, and the Calo Demonstration Farm is providing training activities to local farmers in innovative and eco-friendly ways to make natural fertilizers, use organic farming methods, and initiate natural pest control measures. But if we look even beyond the local communities, we can see similar practices taking place in different parts of the Philippines and even other countries around the world. The website Pinoy Ecofarmer (www.pinoyecofarmer.com) describes many of these projects, including the Calo Demonstration Farm.

SPUD projects can have a local, national, and potentially even global impact, and proves there are alternatives to gearing farming to global markets at the expense of the environment, the survival of local farmers, and the nutritional needs of the Filipino people.

In their article “Yes, There Are Alternatives” (Philippine Daily Inquirer, Nov. 19, 2010), authors John Cavanagh and Robin Broad of the US-based Institute for Policy Studies report on their trip to the Philippines in 2010. They ask, “How about an economy that encourages the steward-ship of forests, fisheries, and land for community needs, one that encour-ages agriculture that is good for the soil, feeds everyone an adequate diet, and reorients industry for peoples’ needs? The report states that “there is an upsurge in such efforts in this direction in the US (think local farmers’ markets, organic farming, and community gardens), in Europe, and in a number of poorer countries, including many parts of the Philip-pines”. They cite three principles at place in all the examples they de-scribe:

1. Ecological balance: Ecosystems should be managed for sustainability.

This is best done when communities control the natural resources on which they depend.

2. Equitable distribution: A growing body of evidence suggests that soci-eties that share the wealth more equitably enjoy greater health, less violence, and stronger communities.

3. Living democracy: This involves daily practices of civic engagement in decision making as well as broad participation in ownership of commu-nity assets.

They end their report by stating, ”These new, more rooted alternatives are being built all around us. We would be wise to pay close attention and to do everything we can to ensure that local and national govern-ments support this more rooted and less vulnerable path forward.”

That’s the challenge for us in SPUDAA-NA. We have to do everything we can to be sure these innovative projects which indeed do provide alternatives to control by big local, national, and global economic inter-ests and at the same time are sustainable models.

I believe the SPUD projects are effectively working to meet these princi-ples, and in fact are showing evidence of accomplishing them. Certainly ECOSWARM, Reforestation, and the Calo Demonstration Farm embody the spirit of those principles in their goals and implementation.

Twice now SPUD has been granted Region 7’s 2011 Most Sustainable and Eco-Friendly School . Let’s continue to do all we can in support of SPUD projects and develop our own innovative and creative ways. To-gether we can do it.

AN APPEAL

Gloria Flores Millare, Committee Chair SPUDAA-NA Fundraising/Fund Development

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SPUDAA-NA:

THE CHALLENGE

To all who had stood in the halls of St. Paul College or St. Paul Universi-ty Dumaguete and had enjoyed the gifts of learning, fellowship and com-munity — please ask:

What Can I Do To Help?

We need to show our commitment of support for our Alma Mater as it con-tinues to sharpen the minds and broaden the vision of its students to better serve their local and global communities.

We are often reminded that the tasks ahead are immense. We need as many people of good heart to make SPUDAA-NA a success.

We simply need to put our words and intentions into action. Let us work together as Paulinians do.

For more information, contact:

SPUDAA-NA Main Office Address: 1443 W. Schaumburg Rd., Suite 111, Schaumburg, IL 60194

Tel: 847-524-1002 • Fax: 847-524-1181 • Website: www.spudaa-na.org

To:

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Stamp

Orson R. Battad, M.D. President/Board Chair 2012-14

orson.battad@gmail.com

Gloria Flores Millare, MD Fundraising Chair

gloscar9@sbcglobal.net

Rebecca Sison Reyes Finance/Treasurer bsreyes@aol.com

Edna Diputado Horn Membership/Secretary ehorn64@hotmail.com

Caritas Christi

Urget Nos!

Acknowledgement & Appreciation

To Current SPUD partners: Sr. Nintha Lucilla Baldado, SPC/SPUD President Sr. Pura Villanueva, SPC/Dean, Business School Ms. Sari L. Saavedra, SPUD Faculty/SPUDAA rep Ms. Maria Fe Sadang, SPUD Social Worker SPUD Emergency Disaster Relief Volunteers

To SPUD/SPUDAA members and friends for time and assistance to those in need: Sr. Erlen Adanza, SPC, Babes Martin, Rosita Catan, and Laura Espancho

To former SPUD partners: Sr. Joseline Lasala, SPC/St. Paul Pasig Sr. Maria Nilda Masirag, SPC/SPUQ Pres. Mr. Romualdo Seneris, former Asst CES Coord.

To Hudyaka Sa LA-12 Organizing Committee: Antonio “Bobbob” Flores, Muriel “Moxy” de Mira, David “Danny” Martinez, Rodolfo “Braddock” Calumpang, and Bert Sandiego

… and To SPUDAA-NA members, especially to: Executive Committee members: Lu Mongcopa Munroe, 2010-2012 President Orson Battad, President-Elect Becky Sison Reyes, Finance/Treasurer Edna Diputado Horn, Membership/Secretary

Volunteer Admin: Tita Acupanda & Arlene Pastor Project Support Coordinator Tim McGloin Team Leaders—Gloria, Tita, Herminia, Lu, and Fe

Gloria Flores Millare, Fundraising/Fund Dev, and Chicago Chapter-Virgie, Mahlyn, Rose, Baby, Edgar Vivien Meehleib Schwab, Outgoing Chair/CAC Louell de Mira Moscowitz, Cookbook Project Gloria Cirilo Haasl, Fundraising Committee Member

Board & Advisory members for their contribution to their profession & to society: Rose Mila Cipres Jaucian, Suzette de Mira Foroozan, Manny Garcia, Nido & Terry Valencia, Bob & Fe Rowland, and to Flora Flores Pacis.

Davey Flores Vernier and others! [sorry no more space!]