Flags Magazine Volume 9 No 1: March 2014 Issue | Page 2

CONTENTS Editorial Academic Accreditation Affirms Educational Excellence AIIAS Online Celebrates 10th Anniversary 14th International Graduate School Conference Christian Ethics in the XXI Century News New Personnel Learning and Teaching Beyond AIIAS Department of Education Goes to Mongolia Weight Management and Health Improvement Strengthening Family Relationship Through Healthy Life Practices Feature Christmas in Tacloban Finding Gigantes Island Spiritual Life Tanging Pag-asa, A Life-Changing Seminar “I Do Believe, Help My Unbelief ” Activities Love in Any Language Friendship, Teamwork, and Fun Alumni Jelome: Grace Under Pressure Advancement The AIIAS Advantage Inauguration of Tower O Announcements Student Services: The Challenges of ‘Shaping Lives’ Dates to Remember 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 9 10 11 Flags | March 2014 Editor Aimee Tapeceria Content Editor Michael Campbell Copy Editor Ellen Compuesto Layout and Design Editor Mirriam Pamula Committee Members Paoring Ragui, Safary Wa-Mbaleka, Sunia Fukofuka, James Park, Jasmine Mawii, Stephen Guptill, Bruce Sumendap AIIAS EXECUTIVE OFFICERS 15 16 Vice President for Academic Dolf Oberholster, PhD 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 The residents of Brgy. 89, Tacloban City with the AIIAS Team after the general distribution of relief goods. Through the generosity of Gary Stanhister of Giving Children Hope Foundation, the residents were able to celebrate Christmas with smiles in spite of the tragedy that struck them. 2 Flags EDITORIAL BOARD 12 14 ABOUT THE COVER Cover Design by Mirriam Pamula Cover Photos by Aimee Tapeceria Flags, March 2014 – Volume 9, Number 1 President Stephen Guptill, EdD Vice President for Finance German Lust, CPA Vice President for Student Services and Public Relations Paoring Ragui, DPS Dean of the Graduate School William Green, PhD Dean of the Seminary Richard Sabuin, PhD Flags is the semi-annual international magazine for alumni and friends of the Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies (AIIAS), a graduatelevel educational institution of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies Lalaan 1, Silang, Cavite 4118 Philippines Phone [phone] Fax [phone] Email [email protected] Visit our website: www.aiias.edu www.facebook.com/aiias ISSN 1908-1693