Visiting Professor Stories

Read about the experience of ISIP’s Visiting Professors during their
deployment in the Philippines.

Visiting Professors Stories
Bridging Goals, Uniting Efforts: Reflections from the ISIP Visiting Professors Activity
Bridging Goals, Uniting Efforts: Reflections from the ISIP Visiting Professors Activity

I was excited to learn with them as I also knew that we would be working together to strengthen the technology commercialization and social entrepreneurship ecosystem in the Philippines. In the process of doing so, I didn't really expect that I would also be exposed to the international Technopreneurship ecosystem, which was a great experience for me as I worked in planning and implementation of the ISIP Visiting Professors Activity.

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Emotional Intelligence in Developing the Entrepreneurial Mindset
Emotional Intelligence in Developing the Entrepreneurial Mindset

The Technological Institute of the Philippines has set up a growing ecosystem inside the university that’s ready to support their entrepreneurial students. Amidst this system, however, there is still a significant gap to bridge — something common in universities teaching technopreneurship. Learn more about these challenges and the role that Paula Mills, Visiting Professor from the Academy of Entrepreneurs, played in facilitating the development of opportunities and solutions for these problems.

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Incubate the Future: Building Back Better University-based Technology Business Incubators
Incubate the Future: Building Back Better University-based Technology Business Incubators

Dr. Esther Obonyo is a returning ISIP Visiting Professor an Associate Professor of Engineering Design and Architectural Engineering from Pennsylvania State University (PSU). In her deployment at the Eastern Visayas State University, Esther shared her insights on integrating social impact and entrepreneurship in engineering education.

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The Role of Community Engagement in Creating Lasting Impact for Social Enterprises
The Role of Community Engagement in Creating Lasting Impact for Social Enterprises

Meike Siegner is a returning ISIP Visiting Professor from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada. In her deployment at the Central Luzon State University this year, Meike focuses on community engagement as an important factor in social entrepreneurship practice. Learn more about her deployment in this blog.

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A Visiting Professor's Journal: Esther Obonyo
A Visiting Professor's Journal: Esther Obonyo

One of the international professors who was deployed in 2019 is Dr. Esther Obonyo, an Associate Professor of Engineering Design and Architectural Engineering from Pennsylvania State University. She was deployed to two Philippine universities to support them in integrating social impact in their Technopreneurship 101 subject. Let’s learn more about her experiences being deployed to these universities, as told by Esther herself.

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A Visiting Professor's Journal: Eugene Noh
A Visiting Professor's Journal: Eugene Noh

Eugene Noh of the University of California Berkeley was one of the Visiting Professors deployed last year. He supported the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP) in Cagayan de Oro in August 2019. As a Visiting Professor, he had the opportunity to exchange lessons, practices, and experiences with USTP on technopreneurship teaching and incubator management. 

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A Visiting Professor’s Journal: Meike Siegner
A Visiting Professor’s Journal: Meike Siegner

As we open our doors to the next batch of ISIP Visiting Professors, learn more about the unique experience of being a Visiting Professor in the Philippines, as told by Meike Siegner of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.

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Collaboration and Open Innovation: Key Ingredients to Improving Philippine Social Enterprise Ecosystem
Collaboration and Open Innovation: Key Ingredients to Improving Philippine Social Enterprise Ecosystem

Concluding this year’s Visiting Professors activity is the deployment of Esther Obonyo of Pennsylvania State University (PennState). Coming to the Philippines, she was deployed in two universities: Batangas State University (BatStateU) in Batangas City and Saint Louis University (SLU) in Baguio City. Learn about how she supported the two universities in her deployment.

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The Value of Innovation: Creating Sustainable University-based Incubators through the Visiting Professors Activity
The Value of Innovation: Creating Sustainable University-based Incubators through the Visiting Professors Activity

Now on its third deployment, ISIP’ Visiting Professor activity continues with Professor Neo Kok-Beng of the National University of Singapore. Professor Neo is an award-winning engineer, educator, and entrepreneur. Neo built a portfolio of highly-scalable and global companies with deep science in the areas of Biomedical, Financial, and Aerospace technologies.

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Problem-solving at the Core of Building a Startup with Social Impact
Problem-solving at the Core of Building a Startup with Social Impact

Eugene was deployed at the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP) in Cagayan de Oro (CDO) where he brought his expertise in technopreneurship teaching and incubator operations, and rich experience in tech startup investment in Silicon Valley.

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