Flags Magazine Volume 9 No 1: March 2014 Issue | Page 22

Announcements STUDENT SERVICES: THE CHALLENGE OF ‘SHAPING LIVES’ S BY BRUCE SUMENDAP tudent Services is an administrative and management function which concerns enriching the quality of student life while students pursue their graduate education. Areas covered by this department include recruitment, accommodation, sports, and recreation, as well as campus safety. The importance of this department was a major reason behind the planning and organizing of the first International Student Services Conference which will be held on April 10-13, 2014, in the AIIAS Campus. Anchored to the theme, “Transforming Students’ Lives for Eternity,” the conference focused on the important work of student services among Adventist schools and universities in creating school environments that will lead students to Jesus Christ. Being the first event of its kind in this region, the threeday conference will provide participants with insights, strategies, and techniques in managing student services and student affairs. No less than 25 international speakers have been invited to present on topics of discipline, conflict resolution, addiction, love and courtship, spirituality, 22 Flags | March 2014 April 10-13, 2014 //AIIAS, Silang, Cavite, PHILIPPINES MAIN SPEAKERS John Wesley Taylor V Rick Williams Paoring L. Ragui Tommy A. Mambu Carlyle Ingersoll Winifredo Paez Associate Director of Education General Conference World Headquarters Vice President for Student Services and Public Relations AIIAS Director of Student Activities Loma Linda [