This year marks the 30th year of School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) as an institution of higher learning as part of Marinduque State College (MSC). 2025 also a pivotal year for MSC’s conversion to a State University, along with its growth is the reorganization of College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) with three program offerings: BA Communication, BA English Language Studies and BS Social Work. Since 2012, there had been attempts to establish a multidisciplinary research journal as contribution to the body of knowledge in the said fields. By 2016, there is already a research and development colloquium which brings together student and faculty researchers. Despite the pandemic in 2020, the 5th SAS R&D colloquium pushed through with an online platform. From 2015 to 2019, book of abstracts were produced for BSSW and ELS. Likewise a resurgence of research journal took place in 2018. Therefore, the present endeavor is both continuation and starting anew from 2021 to 2023 after Covid19. The CASS research is updating its priorities, thrusts and agenda suitable for a university from 2026 to 2030. Hopefully this a way forward for the succeeding batches of researchers, change makers and innovators not only in Marinduque, also in Mimaropa and also in the Philippines and beyond. May this reboot spark more interest, rigor and passion for transdisciplinary research and island innovation for impact dubbed as I cube, I3.
Assoc. Prof. Randy Nobleza, PhD.
CASS Research Coordinator