Dr. Carmelita Yabut Lao: A pillar of excellence at Holy Angel University

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Dr. Carmelita Yabut Lao: A pillar of excellence at Holy Angel University  Dr. Carmelita Yabut Lao stands as a distinguished figure in the realm of business education, currently serving as the Dean of the School of Business and Accountancy at Holy Angel University (HAU). With an impressive 34 years of teaching experience—27 of which have been as a full-time faculty member—Dr. Lao has significantly shaped the academic landscape of HAU and the lives of countless students. In recognition of her contributions to the academic community, she was honored as the Angelite of the Year in the Faculty Category in 2014, a testament to her dedication and influence as an educator. Dr. Lao also offers valuable advice to parents and teachers on effective student management. She emphasizes the importance of fostering a supportive environment that encourages open communication and understanding. By nurturing students' strengths and addressing their challenges, educators can help them reach their full potential.  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net   Subscribe to Business Franchise Guru: https://www.youtube.com/@BusinessFranchiseGuru   Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters  Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes  #philippines #entrepreneur

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00:00The Business Mentor Talks is vlogged by no other, Armando Butz Bartolome, in cooperation

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01:12Good afternoon. This is Butz Bartolome from The Business Mentor. Nandito tayo ngayon.

01:20We have been invited in Holy Angel University. And again, we have our Dean of College of

01:27Business, Dean Carmi. Dean, good afternoon. Thank you for the invitation.

01:31Good afternoon. We're also thankful that we were able to make it.

01:35Yes. So, tell us about the College of Business dito sa Holy Angel University.

01:40Okay. The School of Business and Accountancy has two programs. We have the Department of

01:46Accountancy and Department of Management. So, these are the two programs. And then,

01:53under the Department of Management, we have five specializations. We have Legal Management,

01:58Marketing, Human Resource, Financial, and Marketing Management.

02:03We've just added this school year, offered Aviation Management. It's the only university

02:10that has offered Aviation Management.

02:13Aviation?

02:14Yes, sir. It's Aviation Management. We have in the School of Engineering and Architecture,

02:20Aeronautics Engineering. But then, our university president, because he comes from Canada,

02:30and then, there is Aviation Management in Canada. So, he thought of bringing it here

02:36in the university. Now, the reason that we've also called school, not anymore the college,

02:42because it's a vertical articulation of offering graduate school.

02:48Oh, so we have already a doctorate.

02:50We have a Master of Business Administration, we have Doctor of Business Administration,

02:55Master of Public Administration, we have Master of Science in Accountancy, and also,

03:01we have the last one, which was also offered the first university in the whole of Southeast

03:08Asia, the Green MBA that we call. It's an MBA plus sustainability.

03:13Oh, the Green MBA.

03:14Yes, the MBA.

03:15That's what others don't know. Maybe, what is Green? What is the meaning of Green plus MBA?

03:21Yes, it's the regular MBA, but then, we, of course, incorporate now sustainability in all the courses

03:29that are offered under Green MBA. So, we have professors that have been trained in Green MBA.

03:36Our former president, the late Dr. Luis Kalingo, brought trainers from the United States,

03:44because their university then, Dominican College, has Green MBA.

03:50So, he brought in three trainers here, and members of the community, H-A-A community, were trained in Green MBA.

03:58And then, we were able to have it offered through, of course, the approval of CHER.

04:04Correct. So, basically, ma'am, what's happening now, that education, you really have to update, right?

04:11Yes.

04:12I mean, you cannot be where you are before.

04:13Innovation, again.

04:14Innovation, which is now your third-year entrepreneurial students have just finished their summit innovation.

04:22Yes.

04:23Okay, for 2024. What brought this summit to offer?

04:29Every year, they come out with projects, especially like entrepreneurial management is one of our courses.

04:39So, they think of what they could offer to the students so that they will upgrade or upskill their skills in entrepreneurship, especially.

04:49Me being an economics major graduate, so we know that entrepreneurs would really be one of the major resources in the economy.

04:59And therefore, thanks to Dr. Luthi, Dr. Funai, because she was able to think of coming out also with the summit.

05:10Before, they might have some horror or some talk, but it's not as big as this.

05:17But we were able to invite you, sir.

05:19Yes, it's really an honor.

05:20And the other offers.

05:21You know, thinking about it, the students now are really challenged to come up and be creative.

05:26Yes.

05:27At the same time, to really sustain the concept that they have.

05:30Yes.

05:31The concepts are beautiful.

05:32The one that the people's choice.

05:34What's that?

05:35The soft gummy bear.

05:37Oh, yes.

05:38And then we have the concrete made of textile.

05:43Yes, sir.

05:44So, I'm really so happy to see the dynamism.

05:48So, what do you now see in the students now?

05:51I mean, now in this age that we are in.

05:54What is really the character of the student that you see in your college of business?

06:01Well, we could not really compare students when we were students and the generation now.

06:10It's a big, big gap.

06:13Maybe because of what happened.

06:15Like, there's the COVID where they had to take classes online.

06:19The COVID, right?

06:20I mean, the school was empty.

06:21Yes.

06:22And everybody was online.

06:24So, you and your all teachers had to learn how to do online.

06:28Yes.

06:29We were trained by Dr. Leo because he was the officer that was in charge of our learning management assistant then.

06:37So, they taught us how to make use of it.

06:41We have to teach ourselves as well to use Zoom and other more platforms on how to connect with the students.

06:50So, I think that has contributed to the kind of students that we have.

06:56But I see them to be very outspoken, very creative.

07:03I just hope that what they've learned now in entrepreneurial management is that they really bring it afterwards.

07:11Not just because of compliance or thinking of…

07:14Not because they have to pass a grade.

07:16Yes.

07:17But like, with observing the participants, the students, they are so dynamic.

07:22They may be silent but their mind is, you know, analyzing.

07:26Yes.

07:27Even the questions that they ask are something that probably not of my age but they are really thinking out loud.

07:36And the kind of events that they come out with, very far different when we were the ones organizing.

07:45We've organized some activities and events before when we were student leaders as well.

07:50But now, what they're coming out with is something that we might not have imagined to be part of that event.

07:58That's how creative they are.

08:00Yeah.

08:01So, they're really coming out of the box and coming out with something to do, activities to do.

08:09So, as teachers, your teachers and yourself, you really have to update.

08:13Yes.

08:14Or else, you'll be left behind.

08:15Yes.

08:16Sometimes, we have to learn their language as well.

08:19Correct.

08:20Because when you talk to them, when you teach, when you discuss with them, if you're not using their language, they're just like staring at you.

08:29They're just looking at you.

08:30Hey, you know, what are you talking about?

08:32What is that?

08:33Yes.

08:34But when you speak their language, it will be noisy.

08:37Like, I observed one time because we're supposed to observe our teachers as to how they deliver their lessons.

08:45So, I went to one class.

08:47At first, they were reporting some concepts, etc.

08:53And the students were so busy.

08:55Some were even looking at their cellphones.

09:00Some were not listening.

09:02But after the report, the teacher required them to come out with an activity like a game.

09:08They're supposed to think of a game which will involve their classmates.

09:12And then questions will come from what they had reported.

09:15When they started explaining about the game, the students were all noisy already.

09:21Like, they became alive because of it.

09:24So, it's like the explanation part of the concepts would be very minimal because they want more of actual, like, in terms of giving.

09:38Is it difficult for the teachers? I mean, coping up?

09:41If you've been teaching in the traditional way and all of a sudden, you have to adjust?

09:47For some, because sometimes you receive some reports from students complaining about their teachers.

09:55And yet, you know that these teachers are seasoned teachers already.

10:00So, what I tell the teachers is that you have to adjust as well.

10:07Before, like, the students are adjusting to how we teach.

10:11It's now us adjusting to them.

10:13We have to know who our students are.

10:17Because, or else, we'll be fighting.

10:20So, no one will be able to teach, right?

10:22Yes, and the degree, right?

10:25Like, you have to force your way of teaching.

10:28That's not what the students are accepting.

10:33So, you won't be able to connect what you want to teach to them.

10:36What should the students accept?

10:39Wow.

10:40So, you have to adjust.

10:41So, the teacher is still alive, right?

10:43The class isn't wasted.

10:45Listen.

10:46Now, you have to learn.

10:48You have everyday learning, right?

10:51But, tell me about the history of Holy Angel University.

10:56I know this used to be a college, right?

10:58Yes.

10:59How many years is HAU?

11:01We started, Holy Angel, of course, started in 1933.

11:06So, it is already 91 years.

11:10So, 9 years from now, we'll be celebrating already 100 years.

11:14I might not be anymore around you, Holy Angel.

11:18But, it's 91 years, this school year.

11:22This was started by the family?

11:24Yes, the grandfather of Sir Leo Valdez.

11:29He's a pharmacist with his mother.

11:32Who is, of course, the daughter of the founder of Holy Angel University.

11:38And founded by a priest.

11:41So, Don Juan is the first lead person to found a school that is an art diocese.

11:55Though, he's not in the art diocese anymore.

11:57But, the first founder was a priest, Pedro Santos.

12:02Ah, Pedro Santos.

12:03Our archbishop, Pedro Santos.

12:05Reverend Santos.

12:06So, they started it.

12:08And, the reason that Holy Angel was a college or academy back then.

12:15Because, Don Juan's mother was studying in Manila.

12:20She didn't want to study.

12:21She studied there.

12:22When she went home for a vacation, she said,

12:25Tom, make me a school.

12:28Dad, make me a school.

12:30This is where I will study.

12:32And, that gave Don Juan the idea of founding Holy Angel Academy.

12:38And then, it became a college because they offered already education.

12:42It was already in our college.

12:44And then, of course, now.

12:46I think SBA is 75 years.

12:50Going to 76 years already.

12:52So, SBA is already that long.

12:55Back then, it was a college of business.

12:58But, back then, it was small.

13:00Holy Angel was small when I came.

13:03Wow, it's huge.

13:04And, the buildings back then.

13:06They had a place called Sawali.

13:09Because, it was made of wood.

13:14But, what's left is the main building.

13:18This is the main building.

13:20Oh, that's it.

13:21Yes, that's it.

13:22The old building of Holy Angel is what's left.

13:24And then, the rest was torn down.

13:26Then, they created new buildings.

13:29So, what's the population of the school?

13:33Your college of business is how many?

13:36Now, it's close to 2,000 students.

13:40The SBA.

13:43If I'm not mistaken.

13:45In our number.

13:47So, yeah.

13:48So, ma'am.

13:49Thank you very much.

13:50Thank you very much.

13:51It's really a pleasure.

13:52Actually, our pleasure.

13:53To see your students active.

13:56And, all the teachers are so active.

13:58Especially, especially now in the field of education.

14:01It's very important to us.

14:03Especially, for the younger generation.

14:06To see the values.

14:08Yes, yes.

14:09So, yeah.

14:10So, what can you impart now to parents who are having a tough time handing students?

14:15Their students or teachers.

14:17What are the advice that you can give to your parents?

14:21Well, just like in marketing.

14:23They often say, know your customers.

14:26And, the students are our customers.

14:28Yes.

14:29We have to know them.

14:30Their behavior.

14:32Their personality.

14:34Because, as we've said.

14:36Whenever we come inside the classroom.

14:38We have to know who they are.

14:40It's not because we have that edge.

14:43Because we know the theories.

14:44The concepts.

14:45We're doctors already.

14:47We're your teachers.

14:48We're above you.

14:49That might be true in terms of what we know.

14:53But, they also have what they know.

14:55Which sometimes we also learn from them.

14:58So, for the teachers.

14:59We have to get to know our students.

15:02It may not be by name itself.

15:05But, just knowing the generation now.

15:08Of how they are as students.

15:10So, that we could make that little adjustment.

15:14So, that we meet halfway.

15:16This is what we want.

15:17This is what you want.

15:19Let's meet halfway.

15:20So, that both of us will really have a productive journey in the university.

15:26And, as they say.

15:29The best gift to a teacher is to see a student.

15:32You know.

15:33Excelling in their own chosen field.

15:36I'm sure you have a lot of students who are now graduates.

15:39Yes.

15:40And probably.

15:41Very successful.

15:42How many generations now.

15:44They'll come back.

15:45Mom, you're my dad's teacher.

15:47Or mommy.

15:48Right?

15:49Yes.

15:50Some actually call me mommy.

15:52Actually, I said that now.

15:53My students are always 18, 19 years old.

15:57Because I always teach like around second year college.

16:00Because economics is offered around those year level.

16:04And, they come and go.

16:06And, you remain to be there.

16:08And yet, your age is already.

16:10Forwarding, forwarding.

16:12Adding more.

16:13One year every year.

16:14And yet, your students are always 19 years old.

16:17So, it's that.

16:18It's the challenge of how I was then.

16:22Students.

16:42And then, not to be concentrated only on the concept.

16:47But, to have examples.

16:49Apply.

16:50Values.

16:51You impart values to them.

16:53You're like a second parent.

16:54Yes, we are.

16:55We always call ourselves as the second parents.

16:57Second parent.

16:58Because the kids.

16:59How many hours do they spend at home?

17:02But, they spend a lot here.

17:03A lot here.

17:04As long as 8 hours sometimes.

17:06That's why we always ask.

17:07Who is the teacher that you remember?

17:10Yes.

17:11And, that's our reward if they remember us.

17:14I hope on the positive note.

17:16Not on the negative side.

17:18Yeah, right.

17:19So, Ma'am Carmi, thank you.

17:20Thank you very much.

17:21Thank you, sir.

17:22Thank you for more power to you and to the teachers.

17:25As well as to the College of Business.

17:27Yes.

17:28Thank you, sir.

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