Bohol to assume TTMIST presidency

By NINFA B. QUIRANTE, (PIA Samar)
September 2, 2006

CATBALOGAN, Samar  – Dr. Socorro Orbeta-Bohol will be sworn in a solemn investiture as the 4th President of Tiburcio Tancinco Memorial Institute of Science and Technology (TTMIST) in Calbayog City on September 6, 2006.

The invitation that reached PIA, also revealed that a thanksgiving mass will be officiated by the Most Reverend Jose Palma, DD, STD, Archdiocese of Palo, Leyte. The mass will be concelebrated by some 12 priests.

The 56-year-old Bohol was previously assigned as President to the Samar State College of Agriculture and Forestry (SSCAF), San Jorge, Samar.

Her impressive resume include completion of her baccalaureate degree from the Divine Word University (DWU) in Tacloban City, Cum Laude in 1970. From then on, she continuously pursued further studies until completing her Doctor of Philosophy, major in Educational Administration in 1991.

Dr. Bohol has extensive trainings in educational administration, research and statistics, curriculum planning and other school-related concerns.

She actively participated in the International Conference of Educational Challenges in the World Community of the 21st Century, SEAMEO INNOTECH and a Seminar-Workshop on Ethics in Public Governance: EROPA, CSC and UP College of Public Administration, Bali, Indonesia. She was a fellowship grantee of the Colombo Plan fro International program certificate on Training Method and Skills, NISIET, Hyderabad, India. She also attended a seminar on Customized Education at Yeungjin College, Korea in 2004. She too, is a trained senior national AACCUP accreditor.

She is happily married to Mr. Fernando Bohol, Jr. the city Director of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).