ICOPED holds the 1st COOPLIGSAHAN 2017

ICOPED organized and hosted the first COOPLIGSAHAN 2017, a Quiz Competition on Cooperatives last October 23, 2017 at the ICOPED Auditorium, College, Laguna. Dean Isabelita M. Pabuayon welcomed in the competition more than 90 students from the College of Economics and Management (CEM) and the College of Development Communication (CDC). COOPLIGSAHAN 2017 was organized to encourage teamwork, participation and gauge the knowledge of students about cooperatives. The event was done in partnership with CEM Student Council and CDC Student Council. It was hosted by Dr. JP Roma D. Domingo and Ms. Adriann M. Quilloy.

The competition was comprised of elimination, semi-final and final round. Out of 33 groups, the top 20 teams with the highest scores advanced to the semi-final round. After which, 5 teams were ranked and battled at the final round. Only 3 teams were declared as 3rd Place, 2nd Place and Grand Champion for COOPLIGSAHAN 2017.

The students from CDC topped the COOPLIGSAHAN 2017. The team of Aikha Gene R. Liveta, Ysrael Yaj S. Montoya and Melissa Alamo emerged as the Grand Champion of COOPLIGSAHAN 2017 among 100 contestants. The group of Queenie A. Rumbines, Marinela P. Lantin and Paulo Luis S. Zipagan, also from CDC, ranked 2nd place while the team of JR Arnel Gabriel G. Sanchez, Elaine Joy P. Chavez and Jaide J. Canilan of CEM were awarded as 3rd place.

COOPLIGSAHAN 2017 was part of  the series of activities of COOPIHAN 2017, the ICOPED's Cooperative Month Celebration held during the whole month of October this year. Other COOPIHAN activities were the sCOOP Poster Making Contest and Exhibit and the ICOPED Logo Design Contest. For sCOOP, a total of 25 groups submitted their poster entries depicting the different kinds of cooperatives namely, Consumers Cooperatives, Marketing Cooperatives, Credit Cooperatives and Producers Cooperatives. Five posters under these different cooperative categories were given Best Poster Awards, which were chosen based on their appeal, content and creativity. ICOPED also awarded the Most Liked Poster based on online votes in ICOPED’s Facebook Page. For the Logo Design Contest, nine (9) entries were submitted, with the creation of Ms. Casey Ann Cruz, a BS Development Communication student, being awarded as the Best Logo Design. The ICOPED staff chose the design based on its originality, relevance, creativity and impact. The winning logo will soon be adopted by ICOPED with minor adjustments to better reflect its  vision and aspirations. AM Quilloy