His tall order is still clear: work together to make PNU even greater.
University President Dr. Bert J. Tuga underscored this during his sixth reporting to the PNU Community, known as the State of the University Address (SOUA), held on December 12, 2025. The annual event gathered faculty members, administrative staff, students, and other valuable stakeholders at the Gymnasium and via live stream. In this report, Dr. Tuga enumerated the institution’s significant achievements over the past year while outlining the university’s strengthened vision and ambitious plans for its future.
In his address, Dr. Tuga emphasized PNU’s continued advancement in both the national and international arena, citing improved research productivity, increased global engagements, and the expansion of student-centered support programs. He underscored how these developments reflect the university’s unwavering commitment to excellence in teacher education and institutional innovation. Dr. Tuga also expressed heartfelt appreciation for the dedication and collective efforts of PNU’s faculty, staff, and administrators, noting that their service and resilience have shaped the institution into what it is today. Dr. Tuga also cited some of the challenges that the institution has faced in recent years—challenges that, he affirmed, ultimately strengthened operations, enhanced academic programs, and reaffirmed the university’s core mission. He also laid down ten major priorities that will anchor PNU’s collective roadmap for 2026–2027, namely: Inclusive Policies and Practices; Digitalization of Various Processes; Infrastructure and Facilities Development; Quality Assurance and Internationalization; Research, Innovation, and Policy Recommendation; Student Holistic Development Program; Learning and Development for Faculty and Staff; Continuous Innovations in Curriculum and Teacher Training; Community Service with a New Framework; and the National University for Teacher Education (NUTE) legislative proposal. Dr. Tuga concluded his address by reiterating PNU’s enduring mandate as the country’s National Center for Teacher Education: to produce graduates who are globally competent, highly skilled, and firmly grounded in the values of service and leadership.
Aside from Dr. Tuga’s address, the ceremony featured several key segments honoring PNU personnel and their contributions. Sixteen notable leaders and movers of the university were conferred with the PNU President’s Service Award. They were recognized for their exceptional commitment to exemplifying excellence in external engagements, service, partnership, and collaboration with academic agencies and professional organizations at the regional, national, and international levels. Their collective efforts strengthen PNU’s leadership in teacher education, drive meaningful educational reforms, uphold the University’s commitment to quality, relevance, and public service, and generate financial and institutional gains for the University. Also during the program, PNU was formally conferred with the CSC Program to Institutionalize Meritocracy and Excellence in Human Resource Management (PRIME HRM) Maturity Level II. The program concluded with the oath-taking of newly hired and promoted faculty and staff.
𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘆 Kenji F. Bonagua 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗡𝗨 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗹𝗮 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺
