DAPITAN CITY, Zamboanga del Norte — Jose Rizal Memorial State University (JRMSU) showed how research can become creative work with market value when it closed the benchmarking tour of the Sultan Kudarat State University Faculty Association, Inc. (SKSU-FAI) on October 2, 2026, in a session hosted through its Office of the Vice President for Research, Development and Extension.
The SKSU delegates were welcomed by Jose Rizal Memorial State University (JRMSU) team led by Dr. Joji T. Recamara, who serves as the Dean of the College of Teacher Education (CTED) at the Main Campus, alongside Dr. Cinder Dianne L. Tabiolo, the University Faculty Regent. Joining them is Prof. Bobmil C. Flores, who handles the institution’s community outreach, Rizal Center for Culture, Peace, and Creative Works (RCCPCW) Director, Prof. Jann Dainver L. Maravilla, and the Center Secretary, Ms. Angel Lee Padillo.
The visiting delegation—led by SKSU-FAI President Eulogio O. Apellido Jr., alongside Association Treasurer Dr. Rosita T. Rizaldo, Business Manager Evora H. Dioneza, Faculty Development and Welfare Chair Dr. Leonard Ibot and Campus Presidents Dr. Christine P. Abo (ACCESS), Hessan Talapas (Palimbang), Cresencio Antonio (Bagumbayan), Donald Cogo (Kalamansig), and Samuel Salvador (Lutayan)— looked into JRMSU’s multi-campus satellite coordination, heritage and culture research, and faculty scholarship leave and publication incentives.
Director for Rizal Center for Culture, Peace, and Creative Works (RCCPCW) Jann Dainver L. Maravilla presented JRMSU’s work on creative research.
Under its Mind to Market (M2M) approach, JRMSU converts research outputs into creative works with commercial potential. Its cultural research initiatives include a study on a Sama-Bajau dictionary and its application, and projects on the Subanen: one on revitalizing the meaning and tradition of the Subanen, and another using cultural mapping to preserve cultural heritage through a tri-partite arrangement among local government units, the community and academe.
The university also described peace-building initiatives that pursue peace through the arts, and a separate call for creative works across disciplines. Officials called cultural provenance the missing link in preservation work, and noted that backstrap weaving is offered through TESDA and that institutional accreditation is available through the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).
For faculty, JRMSU pointed to its knowledge creation and patent office and to a list of credible and trustworthy publishers to guide the publication of creative works.
The visit to Jose Rizal Memorial State University (JRMSU) underscored how academic research can directly drive community development, economic growth, and cultural continuity. Through its “Mind to Market” (M2M) approach, JRMSU offered the SKSU-FAI delegation a viable framework for transforming scholarly outputs into commercialized products while upholding institutional commitments to peace-building and cultural preservation. The exchange concluded with both institutions reaffirming their dedication to research innovation and academic collaboration.
