The Chiang Kai Shek College School of Business, Accountancy, and HRM, in partnership with the CKS - Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants, held a Recognition Program to award and acknowledge CKS alumni who successfully passed the October 2018 and May 2019 CPA Licensure Exams last August 24, 2019. Faculty members, CKS College BS in Accountancy students, and other distinguished guests were also there to witness the celebration.

Gracing the program to extend their support were CKSC Collegiate Club Honorary Presidents, Mrs. Loraine Tan and Mrs. Pue Chin Chua. Vice President for English Academic Affairs and Dean of the School of Graduate Studies—Dr. Rolance Chua, Director for Administrative Affairs —Ms. Maribel Chan, and Program Head for Accounting—Mr. Ankiat Byron Co, and Program Head for Business and Entrepreneurship — Ms. Lhay Asaña.

Ms. Joshua Mae Chantengco, a CPA Board passer who was formerly under the Bridging Program of the college, and Ms. Hannah Diane Asaña, also a CPA Board exam passer and previously an Honors’ Circle scholar, gave their speeches to share their experiences, and to show gratitude to the school and to all the people who helped them throughout their journey to become CPAs.

With its commitment to excellence and its desire to continuously produce top graduates, CKS College endeavors never to stop improving and growing its various programs, particularly the Accountancy program. Moving towards embracing the next generation of learners, it shall prove that it has what it takes to be consistently ranked among the top Accounting schools in the country.

The Rotaract Club of Chiang Kai Shek College held its first general assembly at the 4^th Floor Audio Visual Room of the Narra Campus last August 19, 2019. This year’s General Assembly is entitled “Connecting Pieces, in sync with the actual theme “Rotary Connects the World”.

The CKSian Rotaractors were oriented by PDRR Alexiz Tan, who gave them a glimpse of what it means to be a Rotaractor, highlighting on various activities that the membership would offer.

After the talk, the Champion President of the Rotary Club of Chinatown Manila, Mr. Bryan Toledo, welcomed the new members and congratulated the officers, and altogether encouraging participation in the future events the club would hold.

Article by: Nicole Anne Sia

Last August 17, 2019, the Global Youth Summit was held at the Mall of Asia Arena. The CKSian attendees were able to garner professional development learnings from respectable people of various industries.

Mr. Prim Paypon, Executive Director of the Asian Institute of Management, coined the term “Filipino Dreamagineer”, a play on the words “Filipino”, “dream”, “imagine”, and “engineer”. He encouraged the audience to work with Filipino innovations that leave an impact, stating that the passion for such may come with pain that one must overcome in order to create progress.

Department of Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo–Puyat spoke of sustainable tourism, encouraging the crowd to “be part of the Philippines” by travelling and promoting the country

Dr. Gia Sison, mentioned about approving mental health radically, citing that this fight is “not separate from the other fights for social justice”.

Mr. Greg Auberry, the President and CEO of Consuelo Foundation, spoke of creating safe spaces for all, emphasizing on the importance of empathy and respect.

Finally, Anne Curtis, actress and National Goodwill Ambassador of UNICEF, highlighted on the importance of allowing the youth to have safe spaces online and offline, by giving them the chance to share their feelings and relate with one another.

Article by: Nicole Anne Sia

The 17^th day of August 2019 truly marked a significant date for the Computer Society Officers, as it is the first General Assembly facilitated by COMSOC for the school year 2019-2020. Along with the General Assembly, COMSOC also took the opportunity to expand, to enhance and to grab the interest of its members through conducting a seminar entitled “Getting Started with GameDev”. Both these fruitful events were held at the 4^th Floor AVR, from 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.   

The guest spearker, Ms. Gwendelyn Foster, is currently a Programs Director at ASPACE and an independent game developer. She graduated with a Bachelor's degree on Computer Science with specialization in Computer Systems Engineering (2006 - 2010) in De La Salle University.

The speaker introduced the audience to a commonly utilized approach in game development known as the Mechanics Dynamic Aesthetics (MDA) Framework. The process of game development starts at establishing a goal and determining its limitations through rules - Mechanics. Next, developers take into consideration the run-time behavior of the game – Dynamics. And most importantly, developers ensure that the game satisfies players and that the game is fun – Aesthetics. She even provided the audience with some useful game developing tools corresponding to one’s level of expertise. She highly recommended the use of Unity, a free game engine to develop games across a wide range of platforms.

Additionally, Ms. Foster discussed the basic Artificial Intelligence devised in video games which at most of the time gamers interact with. She explained how AI can compete with human players as well.

Article by: Henberly Chua