Piat
Brief History
Piat came from the word “appiyat”, an act of healing by means of massage of which the priestesses of the place called “aniteria” from the Spanish word “anito” or “mangilut” in Itawes, were very good at. Another version is that Piat comes from the word “pia” which means good health, good looks, goodness or usefulness. Definitely, however, the original name was “pias” as this is the name engraved on the three, old mission bells found in the belfry of the old Sto. Domingo Church. These bells came all the way from Belgium during the 16th century. Down the years, their melodious resonance has kept on reverberating throughout the hills and plains of the town unchanging, as in the days of the old Spanish mission.
The name “pias” was later changed to Piat because the Itawes dialect has a penchant for converting the “s” at the end of the word to “t”, for instance Dios to Diot; Lunes to Lunit; kamatis to kamatit; Lourdes to Oddet; and consequently Pias to Piat.
The town is nestled on a plateau some 42 kilometers northwest of Tuguegarao City, the capital town of the province of Cagayan.
The original people were the Ytawits or Itawes. They were governed by council of leaders called “Kamaranan”. The natives were divided into warring factions. One such faction was the Zambali tribe, a fierce and war-like people who were feared by the Spaniards.
Piat has a land area of 13,960 square kilometers. It has 18 barangays. Poblacion 03 or Baung is one of its barangays where CSU Piat Campus is located today.
The Cagayan State University Piat had its humble beginnings in 1954.
Its establishment was unstable then because at that time there was a grapple for the acquisition of the school between the first district and the second district of Cagayan.
Mayor Gaspar Hernandez of Piat together with Hon. Sabas Casibang went to Malacanang and referred this matter to the Hon. Ramon Magsaysay, then President of the Philippine Republic.
Then President Magsaysay decided to establish two schools in Cagayan awarding the national school to Piat and the regional school to Lallo.
The school was founded as the Cagayan National Agricultural School (CNAS) by Mr. Mariano Manaligod, Division Superintendent of Schools of Cagayan with Mr. Antonio A. Perez as Principal.
The then CNAS was converted into a chartered college on June 17, 1961 by virtue of R.A. 3104 sponsored by the Hon. Benjamin T. Ligot, Congressman, Second District of Cagayan, thus, it came to be known as the Itawes Agricultural College (IAC) with Mr. Antonio A. Perez as its first president too.
Again in 1967, the name was changed to Northen Luzon State College of Agriculture (NLSCA) by virtue of R.A. 4893.
Upon the retirement of Mr. Antonio A. Perez, he was succeeded by Mr. Luis T. Catabian.
With the hope that Cagayan will hold the stewardship of the educational development in Region 02 and in response to the Educational Dispersal Program of the former First Lady of the Philippines, Mrs. Imelda R. Marcos, President Catabian together with President Isidro Agbayani of the Cagayan Valley College of Arts and Trades (CVCAT), Superintendent Francisco S. Zamora of the Cagayan Valley Agricultural College (CVAC), and Superintendent Armando B. Cortes of the Aparri College of Fisheries (ACF) prepared a position paper proposing an integrated University System which was submitted to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan on March 31, 1976.
On June 11, 1978, His Execellency President Ferdinand E. Marcos, through the assistance of the Honorable Juan Ponce Enrile, then Minister of National Defense, signed Presidential Decree No. 1436, “merging Cagayan Valley College of Arts and Trades (CVCAT) and the Northen Luzon State College of Agriculture (NLSCA) to be known as the Cagayan State University, transferring the college courses of Aparri College of Fisheries, Bukig National Agricultural and Technical School, Cagayan Valley Agricultural College, Sanchez Mira Rural Vocational School and Aparri School of Arts and Trades into said university, providing a charter for this purpose and appropriating funds therefor”.
NLSCA President Luis T. Catabian was immediately designated Officer-In-Charge of the Cagayan State University and NLSCA became the temporary office of the University Administration.
On November 21, 1978, Dr. Manuel T. Corpuz was designated as the first President of CSU. He assumed office on January 2, 1979 with CVCAT Unit in Tuguegarao as his temporary office. This ended the designation of President Catabian as OIC of the Cagayan State University. Immediately however, he was designated as Provost of CSU Piat.
The school grew by leaps and bounds, so to speak. From a mere vocational school, it metamorphosed into a state university, now popularly known as CSU Piat.
Vision, Mission, Goals of the Campus
VISION:
The Cagayan State University Piat shall be the leader institution in tertiary education in Region 02. It shall pursue its academic programs with total commitment to quality education. It shall excel in the sciences, agriculture, technical, and professional education that will result in community extension services and productivity.
MISSION:
The University shall provide advanced instruction in the Arts, Agricultural, and Natural Sciences as well as in Technological and Professional fields.
GOAL:
The campus at Piat focusing on Agriculture, shall provide professional and technical training that is both excellent and relevant in Agriculture, Agricultural Research, Extension and Entrepreneurship and Teacher Training and Technical Education.
Brief History of the Colleges
College of Education
The Cagayan State University, College of Education, Piat, Cagayan traces its birth in 1963 when a group of seven (7) students from the Secondary Agriculture Curriculum for boys and Secondary Homemaking Curriculum for girls of the then Cagayan National Agricultural School (CNAS) along with graduates from other high schools started to take up Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education (BSAED) with major field in Agronomy and Animal Husbandry.
The AgEd program was headed by Dr. Buenaventura T. Pedro. The school saw its first batch of twelve (12) graduates in 1967.
From then on enrolment in the college grew. It turned out graduates year after year. In1972, a new program was offered called Bachelor of Science in Home Technology with Home Economics as major field. After turning out two batches of graduates, the program was phased out for lack of takers. The BS AgEd curriculum continued until 1995. The graduates of both programs were accommodated in both high school and elementary levels.
With the existence of teacher-training institutions in the province particularly in Tuguegarao offering Bachelor in Elementary Education and Bachelor of Secondary Education, the school official saw the need to offer said programs to cater to the needs of students in the neighboring towns. It was observed later on that graduates of the BSED and BEED had an edge over the BS AgEd graduates.
The BSED program which started in 1989 offered Technology and Home Economics for its major field. Other major fields were soon offered namely: Social Science, English and Mathematics.
On the other hand, the BEED program started in 1993 with areas of concentration in HELE, Social Studies, and Math. English is not offered as an area of concentration because of lack of qualified faculty to each some subjects in the elementary level. The graduates in all the above-named programs took the PBET and later the LET. Those who passed the said examinations are now gainfully employed. It is good to mention that many of the Campus officials and teachers past and present are graduates of the College of Education. In its desire to fulfill its mission to provide quality education/instruction geared towards development and global competitiveness, the College of Education, Piat campus with Dr. Lani C. Bravo as Program Chair (now College Dean) has submitted itself to accreditation, First Preliminary Survey Visit on August 25-27, 2003.
As a result of the Preliminary Survey Visit, the Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities of the Philippines( AACCUP) has awarded both Secondary Teacher Education and Elementary Teacher Education programs level 1 (Candidate) Accreditation Status.
Today, the CSU Piat College of Education continues its mission to give the best service possible to its Teacher Education students.
College of Agriculture
The College of Agriculture has its humble beginnings in 1973 when the incoming third year students in the Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education (the only college department of the Northern Luzon State College of Agriculture during that time) were made to choose between BS in Agricultural Education Program and the BS Agriculture Program for their degree. There was a good number of students who preferred to take the BSA program, thus, the offering of the course. In 1975, the college saw its first batch of graduates.
The College was awarded Level II Accreditation status by the Association of Accredited Chartered Colleges, and Universities in the Philippines (AACCUP) in 1997. In December 1998 up to December 6, 2003, the College was again re-accredited Level II Status by the AACCUP.
From there on, the administration continuously worked for the upgrading of its facilities to improve teaching-learning effectiveness thus, in 2001 the College of Agriculture of CSU Piat was awarded Special Center for Development by the Technical Panel of Agriculture Education (TPAE). It is one of the four schools throughout the country awarded that time.
Since majority of the students in the college belong to the low income-families, the University President, Dr. Roger P. Perez made a presentation to the Board of Regents that Tuition Fee in the College of Agriculture should be Free. In the First Semester of the School Year 2004-2005 Free Tuition Fee in the college started.
In answer to the provisions of Republic Act No. 7722, otherwise known as Higher Education Act of 1994 and with the Executive Order No. 258 entitled ‘To Institutionalize Ladderized Interface Between Technical-Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Higher Education (HE), the College has submitted its documents for accreditation in the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) for NC I and NC II for its Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Program in June 2007.
On June 27, 2007, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority grated the TVET Program Registration No. 0702021183 – WTR Registration No. 0702022184 – WTR for Animal Production (NC II).
College of Information Technology
Nine years of existence… Nine years of serving the youths of Piat and neighboring towns... Nine years of trying its best to make the youths touch the future through Information Technology. Yes… the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology in CSU Piat is now on its nine years, and it’s nice to look back to where it started.
BSIT started as a humble college with only 37 students in the year 2001. These 37 students who came from the Common Program Course (CPC) started in second year college and they became the pioneers of the department.
The college was born though the initiative of the former Campus Dean Jose Cardenas in cooperation with the Parents Teachers and Community Association (PTCA).
That year, BSIT is becoming in demand in the society. High School graduates enroll the course in Tuguegarao City where they spend P18,000 – P20,000 for tuition fees excluding the amount they allot for food, lodging, fare and others.
Seeing the importance to address the need of the community, former Campus Dean Jose Cardenas convened the parents and teachers, and together they decided to offer BSIT. With 44 computers produced by PTCA and with the leadership of Engineer Florentino M. Tomaneng as College Coordinator, BSIT came to being.
The first years of the college were tough. The college coordinator had never denied his hardship in managing the college because of two things. First, it was his first time to lead fellow faculty members-he, as the boss and they, as subordinates. Second, he admitted he was not fully knowledgeable about computers.
To equip the IT students with the competence they deserve to acquire, the campus hired only one lecturer (Mrs. Antonette Bayle) to teach IT subjects. On the next year, Mr. Jason Brian Arugay who teaches computer 11 and 12 in the CPC was also requested to handle subjects in the IT. As years passed , BSIT expanded not only on its line of faculty but also on its number of enrollees. In the year 2003, the college produced its FIRST Batch of graduates. From the 37 who started the course, 27 were able to finish it.
As the pages of calendar continues to be turned, the college continues also to struggle against the challenges it faces. The students and faculty members try to compete with other colleges in the campus in terms of sports, academics and socio-cultural activities. The dean also makes it a point to send his faculty and students to seminars and trainings in order to be updated with the current trends in IT. He also makes sure that the Student Body organization is functional.
At present, the BSIT department is recorded to have the highest number of enrollees giving the campus also the highest share of tuition fee.
It has been nine years and it is expected that the BSIT of Piat will continue to exist for the nest years to come serving every youth in preparation for their future.
CURRICULAR OFFERINGS
College of Agriculture
major in:
- Crop Science
- Animal Science
- Crop Protection
- Agricultural Extension
College of Information Technology
major in:
- Computer Science
College of Education
Bachelor in Science in Elementary Education
major in:
- Home Economics and Livelihood Education
- English
- Mathematics
- Social Science
Bachelor in Science in Secondary Education
major in:
- English
- Mathematics
- Social Science
College of Criminology
Bachelor in Science in Criminology
Campus Officials
- Dr. Vicente S. Binasoy, Jr.-Campus Executive Officer
- Dr. Macario V. de Dios-Campus Secretary
- Dr. Roger G. Baltazar-Dean, College of Agriculture
- Dr. Lani C. Bravo-Dean, College of Education
- Engr. Florentino M. Tomaneng-Dean, College of Information Technology
- Prof. Leon T. Mallabo -Dean, College of Criminology
- Prof. Rolando R. Tugade - Coordinator, OSSW and Sports
- Dr. Winston E. Catabain - Coordinator, General Services
- Prof. Ricardo Casuay - Coordinator, Business
- Prof. Ofelia J. Fernandez - Campus Registrar
- Dr. Felicidad P. Gan - Head Master, Laboratory High School
Faculty
As of January 1, 2008, the campus has 31 regular faculty employees. For the S.Y. 2008-2009, there are 10 hired lecturers teaching in the different colleges of the campus.
- Alvarez, Johny
- Aresta, Reynaldo
- Arugay, Jason Brian
- Baltazar, Florante
- Baltazar, Roger (Ph. D.)
- Binasoy, Vicente Jr.(Ph.D.)
- Bravo, Lani (Ph. D.)
- Canceran, Babylyn(Ph.D.)
- Cariga, Apolonia (Ph.D.)
- Casauay, Ricardo
- Catabian, Winston (Ph.D.)
- Daquioag, Juan III
- De Dios, Macario (Ph.D.)
- Dela Cruz, Reymundo (Ph.D.)
- Dela Cruz, Shella
- Gan, Felicidad (Ph. D.)
- Idmilao, Virginia
- Lasam, Marita
- Lejos, Elino
- Maguddayao, Vicenta
- Mallabo, Leon
- Palejo, Leonor
- Soriano, Aileen
- Sto. Tomas, Rowena (Ph. D.)
- Tomaneng, Florentino
- Trinidad, Romillo (Ph.D.)
- Trinidad, Rosario (Ph. D.)
- Tugade, Rolando
- Tuliao, Jocelyn
- Uy, Ma. Cecilia
Hired Lecturers
- Biraquit, Warlito
- Pascual, Vivencio
- Reymundo, Junel Mar
- Padilla, Rubelyn
- Lagrio, Marvin
- Grande, Nanette
- Del Rosario, Giezzel
- Gumangan, Waren
- Lappay, Alex
Administrative Personnel
- Agatep, Jose
- Allayban, Ariel
- Antonio, Placido
- Antonio, Rolando Jr.
- Aquino, Araceli
- Babaran, Teodoro
- Balaqui, Leonida
- Balauag, Catherine
- Barasi, Marvin
- Bayubay, Mauricio
- Bernardino, Rodolfo
- Blas, Samuel
- Buguina, Bonifacio
- Carag, Pablo
- Catabian, Zenaida
- Casibang, Jimmy
- Cudal, Sotero
- Cudal, Vicente
- Dawan, Socorro
- Dimain, Joan
- Dumaya, Roderick
- Fernandez, Ofelia
- Hernandez, Robert
- Layugan, Rodante
- Licupa, Lolit
- Lingan, Dominga
- Malana, Pedro
- Mallabo, Rosita
- Palattao, Bernard
- Palattao, Rowena
- Reymundo, Danilo
- Salas, Alfonso
- Sibayan, Tomasa
- Soriano, Ponciano
- Trinidad, Edward
- Viernes, Conchita
- Villanueva, Romel
- Dela Cruz, Ricardo
Research
During 2008 University Search for Best Undergraduate Thesis Paper, CSU Piat has won the following:
- First Place: “The Effectiveness of the Triadic Model in Teaching Mathematics”(College of Education)
- Second Place: “The Use of Multi-Media Technology in the Teaching of English” (College of Education)
Extension
To bring the university to the doorsteps of the partner-clients and to serve as the backdoor to which the poor can have access to the services of the university, is the main mission of the Extension Program of the campus. To achieve these, the campus made linkages with the following agencies:
- Department of Science & Technology
- East West Seed Company & Allied Botanical Corporation
- Local Government Units of Piat, Sto. Nino and Tuao, Cagayan
- Cagayan Valley Agricultural Research and Development Consortium
- Sunjiin Philippines
- Mc George Agri-Chemical Inc.
- Department of Agriculture- R02
- Department of Agriculture – Cagayan Valley Lowland Marine Research Outreach Station(CVLMROS)
- Department of Agriculture – Solana Animal Breeding Station
- Provincial Veterinary Office
- Philippine Carabao Center
Production
Sugarcane Production
For the cropping year 2007-2008, the sugarcane plantation of the campus has a total cultivated area of 36.255 hectares – 19.475 hectares for newly planted cane points and 16.68 hectares for old or ratoon canes.
Vinegar and Muscovado Production
Cane juice extracted from an estimated 10 tons of burned canes were processed into vinegar and muscovado (pulut).
Animal Production
- Carabao and Cattle
- Goat & Sheep
Coconut Production
There are 727 coconut trees maintained in the plantation area, 612 of which are already bearing fruits.
Mango production
- Carabao Mangoes - 451 trees (already bearing fruits)
- Indian Mango - 366 trees (already bearing fruits)
- Piko Hawaian - 15 trees (already bearing fruits)
Integrated Farm
- Piggery
- Poultry
