Prof. Maricel B. Berdan started work as URS – Rodriguez Campus Director in 2013.
As director, she was instrumental for the 10 campus programs accreditation by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the AACCUP. She has initiated the construction of permanent stage with roofing, campus canteen, student center, guard house, students’ waiting area and the covered path walk and the improvement of comfort rooms, agriculture, science and computer laboratories and increased library holdings. She also worked for the improvement of the Administration, College of Education and College of Agriculture buildings.
With her leadership, she has helped the campus gain local and national recognition in both academics and athletics. She has formulated campus policies on class remediation, security protocol and environmental management.
Dir. Berdan, likewise, helped her faculty and staff upgrade their qualifications by engaging them in research and extension, sending them to seminars and endorsing them for scholarships.
