Central Philippine University

By Cyrus A. Natividad


Dr. Rowena M. Libo-on, Dean of the CPU School of Graduate Studies (seated far left) continues to promote CPU to the international academic community.

Dr. Rowena M. Libo-on, Dean of the CPU School of Graduate Studies, is the guest of CPU’s public affairs program Looking Forward on Friday, February 1 on CPUTV’s Facebook page. Dr. Libo-on, who is also the Director of CPU’s Office for Transnational Programs (OTP), will present insights on the activities of the OTP, its main functions and impact of development to foreign students in CPU.

The Office for Transnational Programs caters to the needs of foreign students in CPU. It is also tasked with the recruitment of students from abroad, accommodation, and exchange scholarship programs. Dr. Libo-on facilitates CPU’s services as well as faculty visits to foreign universities.

Dr. Libo-on has been invited as a Foreign Visiting Professor to Fukuoka University in Japan. She delivered lectures on globalization from August 5-15, 2018. Other foreign universities where Dr. Libo-on has served in her capacity as visiting professor are Tom Yong University in Busan, South Korea, Thai Nguyen University of Economics and Business Management in Nguyen, Vietnam and Myanmar Institute of Theology (Liberal Arts Program) at Yangon University in Myanmar.

Dr. Libo-on is the former Vice President for Finance and Enterprises in CPU. She attained a Doctor of Management degree from Central Philippine University. She was appointed Dean of the School of Graduate Studies in June 2018.