The family of E. B. Magalona Mayor Marvin Malacon has donated a 1.8-hectare property in the town’s Barangay Tuburan to the Carlos Hilado Memorial State University (CHMSU).
The building that will rise on the property will be named the CHMSU Center for Extension, Community Development, and Psychological Services–Feliciano S. Malacon Jr. Campus.
Feliciano Malacon Jr. was the patriarch of the family.
The mayor yesterday led their family in signing the memorandum of agreement (MOA) and deed of donation (DOD) in rites held at the Administration Building of the CHMSU main campus in Talisay City.
Signing as witnesses were the mayor’s three siblings, Councilor Marlon Malacon, Marnie Malacon-Ganon, and Marlyn Malacon.
University president Dr. Norberto Mangulabnan signed for CHMSU, with vice president for administration and finance Rosalinda Tuvilla, as witness.
Dr. Jose Lizael Lampinez, president of Concerned Alliance of Responsible Educators, gave a background on how the agreement was sealed.
In his message, Malacon said the signing of the MOA and DOD is a “sentimental moment” for their family as it marks the realization of their father’s dream.
“It was his to put up a day care center in our property in the coastal barangay that will serve the children of Tuburan and the neighboring barangay of Tomongtong. Little then did we know that the Lord has a bigger plan for this property, for in God’s perfect time, it will soon have, not just a day care center, but an extension school of CHMSU – one of the leading higher learning institutions in the province,” the mayor said.
“We thank the administration of CHMSU for partnering with our family in this endeavor. As we formalize this partnership today, the Malacon family pledges our strong support to CHMSU and in the future development of this project,” he added.
As stated in the agreement, the Malacon family, as the donor, will facilitate the land development of the area.
Mangulabnan said that the proposed extension school will enable CHMSU’s educational programs to reach and touch lives in the communities.
These are through services which transfer knowledge and technologies to create impact and sustainable development programs to those who have limited access to formal education, he added.
It will also provide psychological services and training opportunities for its psychological students and psychology programs, the university president said. ||
