November 04, 2022

Education, Education, Education, Education, Governance, Active Citizenship, Active Citizenship, Active Citizenship

Along with the implementation of the new academic curriculum for the basic education in the Philippines is a set of new opportunity for aspiring student-leaders. Upon its implementation at Integrated Innovation and Hospitality Colleges, Inc. comes the establishment of the very first council of the Supreme Student Government that served from 2016 - 2018. It was during the Council Year 2018-2019 when the IIHC Supreme Student Government first adopted its principle “Unitem et Servire” or “United in Service”. It served as the primary inspiration of the officers and its members in providing service to the academic community with the spirit of unity despite of its diverse numbers. This paved way with the creation of our primary social responsibility program entitled “Thanksgiving Outreach Program” or “TOP” followed by its corresponding year and number of year/s it is being implemented. Our desire to further expand the role and the experience of the organization went through the Council Year 2019-2020. The IIHC Supreme Student Government started to adopt joint efforts with IIHC-based student organizations with its programs such as student-leadership formations and seminars, and even on its TOP Year 2 for that year; making its as a very productive year for the organization and its members. On the other hand, we cannot deny that the recent global pandemic has affected us in many ways. The government restrictions and our personal worries made us limited in many ways. But this did not stop the IIHC Supreme Student Government from doing its job. The group of officers who served for the Council Year 2020-2021 became pioneers in adopting full-online practices and programs that were implemented for that same academic year. A revised program for the TOP Year 3 were also adopted; reaching those hardly hit small-scale sidewalk vendors and street dwellers as its beneficiaries. The same practice and TOP process was also adopted during the Council Year 2021-2022. It was also on the same council year when our further attempt to expand took place -allowing us to join out-of-the-campus youth organizations such as the ASEAN Youth Advocates Network. These moves towards expansion are the organization’s attempt in “making a single step”; an act of going out of confinement inside the corners of our academic institution, and we were blessed because this “single step” has brought change within the organization. It enables us to adopt paradigm shifts by evolving our organization into a more innovative one. It enables us to “go beyond our limits” by transforming challenges into inspiration. It enables us to see what we can do not only for the academic community, but also for the nearby communities. As we now prepare in gearing up for a more adventurous council year, IIHC Supreme Student Government will be continuing its mission while taking up “steps” towards greater expansion and more experiences that will truly help the organization to become a more efficient, and more progressive organization.