ASOG holds homecoming for AFP CGSC Class of 69 and 70

ASOG welcomes back alumni from the ASOG-CGSC Twinning Program on February 15, 2023. A short program and awarding was held to celebrate the successful completion of the AFP CGSC Class of 69 and 70’s Master in Public Management Program (MPM).

RADM Rommel Jude G Ong PN (Ret), ASOG’s Professor of Praxis and the Twinning Director of the AFP CGSC Program, opens the event with a warm welcome to the alumni. Fr. Joaquin Jose Mari C Sumpaico III, SJ, EdD, Vice President for Basic Education follows the welcome with a short message on the importance of giving back and acting with humility. LTC Cris Anthony B Morales PA (GSC), the ASOG CGSC Class 70 Representative also shared about his experience in the twinning program. Lastly, ASOG Dean Philip Arnold P Tuaño, PhD, closes the event with a reminder to the alumni that they can always come back to Ateneo.

The twinning program between AFP CGSC and ASOG allows the students to take their MPM classes alongside their Command and General Staff Course. The program is made possible through the San Ignacio de Loyola Valor Fellowship, a tuition and fees support fund established by the Ateneo de Manila University in 2019 and exclusively offered to CGSC student-officers.

ASOG Leadership and Governance courses are intended to introduce the key principles of leadership and governance in building strategic capability of the AFP officers. The courses are organized to highlight a core set of skills necessary for public leadership in the military focusing on aspects like strategic communication, strategic and creative thinking, supporting and strengthening reforms, social accountability, rapid results approach for leadership and institutional change, as well as negotiations and conflict management.

You may watch the event highlights in the video.