theCOURIER The Official Alumni Affairs E-Magazine Our Lady of Fatima University Volume 3 No.1 July, 2012 Graduate Nurse Program Batch 1976: Dr. Fred B. Ruiz Jericho Sambajon receives cash and certificate from Mr. Robert Bjorn Santos for the first scholarship program under CNAA. Accompanied by (from left to right) Dr. Michael Joseph Dino, Mrs. Rosanna Suva, and Mr. Arnel Buencamino. COLLEGE OF NURSING ALUMNI ASSOCIATION FIRST SCHOLAR by Alma Reina B. Alejandro The College of Nursing Alumni Asso- ciation (CNAA) awarded its first Adopt- an-Alumni Scholar to Jericho Murillo- Sambajon last June 8, 2012 at the Office of Alumni Affairs, accompanied by Mrs. Rosanna Suva and Mr. Arnel Buen- camino, alumni representatives for the College of Nursing; and Mrs. Cristina Samonte, faculty of the College of Nurs- ing; and Dr. Michael Joseph Diño, Nurs- ing Care Management Level Coordina- tor. See First Scholar, page 2 Our Lady of Fatima University made its history with people who started it. A glimpse from the past will give us an idea of where we came from. One of the persons behind the making of OLFU is Dr. Fred B. Ruiz, together with other alumni who started it all. See Graduate Nurse Program, page 4 Dr. Amie Centro, Women’s Desk Investigator Valenzuela City Police Station To Serve and To Protect Dr. Amie Centro “ To enforce the law, prevent and control crimes, maintain peace and order, and ensure public safety and internal security with the active support of the commu- nity”, is the mission state- ment of every police offi- cer in the country. A young girl once dreamed of becoming a police officer to serve and that dream came true. Dr. Amie Centro is a graduate of Our Lady of Fatima University (OLFU) under Bachelor of Science in Criminology Batch 2004. She chose OLFU, having the mark of becoming the pioneer gradu- ate of BS Criminology, which was offered in the year 2000. She learned about the basic information required to become a future, effective law enforcer, especially in the City of Valenzuela. See Dr. Amie Centro , page 3 Dr. Fred B. Ruiz, College of Nursing Faculty and Graduate School Professor The Official Alumni Affairs E-Magazine of Our Lady of Fatima University Volume 3 No.1 July, 2012 / Page 1
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The Official Alumni Affairs E-Magazine Our Lady of Fatima University
Volume 3 No.1 July, 2012
Graduate Nurse Program Batch 1976: Dr. Fred B. Ruiz
Jericho Sambajon receives cash and certificate from Mr. Robert Bjorn Santos for the first scholarship
program under CNAA. Accompanied by (from left to right) Dr. Michael Joseph Dino, Mrs. Rosanna
Suva, and Mr. Arnel Buencamino.
COLLEGE OF NURSING ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
FIRST SCHOLAR by Alma Reina B. Alejandro
The College of Nursing Alumni Asso-
ciation (CNAA) awarded its first Adopt-an-Alumni Scholar to Jericho Murillo-Sambajon last June 8, 2012 at the Office of Alumni Affairs, accompanied by Mrs. Rosanna Suva and Mr. Arnel Buen-camino, alumni representatives for the College of Nursing; and Mrs. Cristina Samonte, faculty of the College of Nurs-ing; and Dr. Michael Joseph Diño, Nurs-ing Care Management Level Coordina-tor.
See First Scholar, page 2
Our Lady of Fatima University made its history with people
who started it. A glimpse from the past will give us an idea of where we came from. One of the persons behind the making of OLFU is Dr. Fred B. Ruiz, together with other alumni who started it all.
See Graduate Nurse Program, page 4
Dr. Amie Centro,
Women’s Desk Investigator
Valenzuela City Police Station
To Serve and To Protect Dr. Amie Centro
“To enforce the law,
prevent and control crimes, maintain peace and order, and ensure public safety and internal security with the active support of the commu-nity”, is the mission state-ment of every police offi-cer in the country.
A young girl once dreamed of becoming a police officer to serve and that dream came true. Dr. Amie Centro is a graduate of Our Lady of Fatima University (OLFU) under Bachelor of Science in
Criminology Batch 2004.
She chose OLFU, having the mark of becoming the pioneer gradu-ate of BS Criminology, which was offered in the year 2000. She learned about the basic information required to become a future, effective law enforcer, especially in the City of Valenzuela.
See Dr. Amie Centro , page 3
Dr. Fred B. Ruiz, College of Nursing Faculty and
Graduate School Professor
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FIRST ALUMNI, from page 1
Jericho is an incoming fourth year nursing student, 18 years old, permanent resident of Gen. T.de Leon, Valenzuela City, a son to Mr. Bernard (41 years old) and Mrs. Mirasol Sambajon (35years old), and eldest among seven sib-lings. Jericho is a graduate of elementary and high school with honors. He spends his free time in playing puzzle games, sudoku, board games, and other mind games. He also loves reading pocketbooks authored by Bob Ong, and nurs-ing textbooks, watching television and movies. Together with his group of performers, Jonathan is also engaged in the performing arts; he sings, dances, and acts on stage. This involvement, he surmises, may be the rea-son why he sometimes encounters conflicts with his studies. Taking up the nursing course was not a plan for Jericho, but because of his aunt’s persuasion. She told him that finishing the Nursing course will give him an assurance that getting a job outside the country will be a lot easier for him. Jericho thought of having him enrolled is much better than just having him stay at home and doing nothing. During his first year in Our Lady of Fatima University, his educational expenses were shouldered by his auntie who works in the United States. Eventually, due to the declined economy in the
Dr. Michael Joseph Dino, Mrs. Rosanna Suva and Jericho Sambajon
Jericho Samabajon together with the
Alumni Affairs Director, Mr. Robert Bjorn Santos
US, it affected his aunt’s source of income so Jericho became the last on the list of her priorities. He was forced to stop h is school-ing. The scholar tried to get himself employed as a Customer Service Representative but the company told him that they will be dictating his work schedule, which made him worry for his work might interfere with his schedule of classes. Hence, he opted not to get a job to make him earn to support his studies. It was then when one of Jericho’s teachers in the College of Nursing, Ms. Aura Ydda Alyne Toreja, asked him if he’s interested to apply for a scholarship under the College of Nursing Alumni Association (CNAA). He underwent screening and managed to have passed all the qualifications, one of which was having a final grade not lower than 2.0 in all his subjects. He pursued to secure all the required documents for the scholarship because he really wanted to finish his studies. For Jonathan believed that if others can do it, he can do it as well.
CNAA was established with an
aim to support qualified students
who are financially incapable but
have the drive to learn and
achieve their goals. Funds were
donated by the alumni of the
college from different batches
and deposited to the account
managed by the officers of the
association. Through this, the no-
ble dictum to improve man as
man will no longer be impossible.
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She found out that her studies during her undergraduate years were very effective in relevance to her career goal. Dr. Centro managed to finance her studies by being hired in OLFU as a Student As-sistant for almost 3 years. She worked in the library from Monday to Friday, and having other part-time work every Satur-days and Sundays, to support as well her
other personal expenses.
She deems being lucky when the univer-sity supported their batch in their review for the board examination in Baguio City for 3 months. She passed the licensure exami-nation for Criminology last August, 2004. After her licensure exam, she sustained her studies in Master of Science in Crimi-nology Major in Police Administration at Emilio Aguinaldo College and graduated
last October, 2008.
Dr. Amie Centro as a model police woman in one of the billboards of
Valenzuela City Police Station with Mayor Sherwin Gatchalian
While studying, she learned to demonstrate perseverance and knew how to respect others. Dr. Amie considers her grades in college as a good indicator of her aca-demic achievement because as a working student, she had a grade of 1.0 in Alge-bra as well as in some other subjects, and her lowest grade was 2.25. She partici-pated also in extracurricular activities like the feeding program wherein she learned
how to adjust with different types of people and to stay humble.
Ms. Centro previously taught in the College of Criminology wherein she was evalu-ated and ranked as top 1 faculty in OLFU last year. She also conducts board lec-tures in the University of Cordillera, Delta Review Center, and Taguig City Univer-sity. She worked as an Investigator in Women and Children Protection Desk at the Valenzuela City Police Station. She had been an Administrator-Police Non-Commissioned Officer (PNCO) under the Office of the District Director in Northern Police District Office and an Action-PNCO under the Office of the Deputy Regional
Director for Administration in Camp Bagong Diwa, Bicutan, Taguig City.
Being part of the university, she believed that the skills and knowledge she acquired from her previous experiences must be imparted to those who will become future officers and to current students in our university. And as a police officer, the skills she acquired were to maintain, and to give services without asking any favor in re-
turn. She sustained a good working relationship with her supervisors.
Graduation Day for
Amie’s Doctoral Degree in Criminology
So far, the most difficult project that Amie worked on was the completion of her dissertation during her study of doctoral degree. As a police officer, the most difficult part was when she experienced handling rape cases for the minors, especially the 3-to-5 year-old chil-dren who were sexually abused by their neighbor and being involved in entrapment operations. For her, the primary problem in the Police Organization is the children in conflict with the law. Those children will undergo counseling under the Department of Social
Welfare and Development.
Dr. Centro has never stopped searching for knowledge. She progressed to be a Doctor of Philosophy in Criminology from the Phi lip-pine College of Criminology in Manila, graduating in May of 2012. At present, she is enrolled under Doctor of Jurisprudence having 19
units at Universidad De Manila (UDM).
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Dr. Fred B. Ruiz
GRADUATE NURSE PROGRAM, from page 1
As a Student In 1976, there were two graduate degrees for Nursing; the Graduate in Nursing and the Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing. At that time, Dr. Ruiz did not intend to enroll in Nurs-ing. It was not his personal choice, but it was his family who decided that he had to be enrolled in this degree. However, he tried to learn to love the course as he went on with the different practice of the nursing profession. At that time, Our Lady of Fatima University was not yet in exis-tence. Since an internship program to the pre-nursing course was required, Dr. Ruiz together with other students, were not lucky to be admitted in Manila Central University (MCU). How-ever, OLFU then Our Lady of Fatima College was rising as a College of Nursing in the summer of 1973. He didn’t have any other school to go to, trying to scout in other schools. Then, he discovered OLFU.
Dr. Fred B. Ruiz is having his discussion with his students under Doctor of Philosophy in
Nursing Administration, (from left to right) Lilibeth Bobias, Marlyn Cabading and Cui
“Angela “ Yan Yan inside the Graduate School Faculty Room.
Being in a new school, he thought that it could give him a better opportunity. He was never failed with his expectation. Dur-ing his interview, the administrator then was the late Mrs. Juliet Santos. She was so warm and happy in accepting him, and she even introduced him to her spouse, Dr. Vicente Santos, inside his clinic, which was in the same room.
One of the things he learned from his
studies is the love of God which Dr. And
Mrs. Santos inculcated in him. Next is the
value of work, value of being a student,
and the value of learning to love one an-
other, and to love one’s future course or
profession.
What he learned from OLFU is countless, like the love for his profession; the love for his clients and patients (even the uncooperative
ones) in the hospital; and love for his co-workers; his colleagues from the academe and from the hospital, the staff nurses, and his
students, to whom he is inclined at present.
He believed that his grades were a good indication of his academic achievement. He became one of the listers of the School of Nurs-
ing in Manila Central University. He also had his share of disappointment when he was not able to get his Outstanding Clinical Award
even though he had a grade of 1.06. Someone got a higher grade than him. Fortunately, he was able to maintain his grades up to his
doctoral degree.
The most rewarding experience for him was when he saw one of his former students working with him as his Co-Professor, because for Dr. Ruiz, his students became his inspiration in doing his job well in the classroom. He also considers his former students not a
threat to him because he is already old, he understands that someday, his students will be replacing him.
