“What
we’re seeing today are the dreams of yesterday; what we’ll be seeing tomorrow
are the dreams of today”. This was the highlight from the message of University
President, Dr. Albert Madrigal, during his direction setting of the Budget Planning deliberations
conducted at the Conference Room of the PnC Café.
Day 1 - October 5, covered departmental budget
presentations from the admin and acad departments and Day 2 - October 6, covered budget
deliberations with the Management Committee (ManCom).
To
some, the Budget Planning may have been a far cry from the new normal that
almost all academic institutions are financially experiencing, but Dr. Madrigal was able to set
the mood of positivity by emphasizing that, despite a few university leaders
losing their vision for their institutions, PnC, with its able-bodied leaders
and university officials, should still go on to dream, plan and never lose
vision for the university as he cited the PnC Café, CABS and CITech that were once just dreams of our
beloved Mayor Mel for the PnC Community but are now realities.