Emanuel de Guzman


Emanuel "Dekong" Castro De Guzman is the former President of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. De Guzman was appointed by the Commission on Higher Education in accordance with the provisions of the Republic Act 8292, otherwise known as the Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997. and by virtue of Resolution No. 872, Series of 2012 passed on March 14, 2012 by the PUP Board of Regents.
De Guzman is the second youngest President next to Dr. Nemesio Prudente.

Biography

Early Years and Education

Born to Rosalina and Jacinto De Guzman, De Guzman graduated in High School as Class Valedictorian in Quezon, Nueva Ecija, he then took up Bachelor of Science in Sociology at Polytechnic University of the Philippines in 1993 and earned his Master of Arts in Sociology at Ateneo de Manila University in 2001. He earned his Ph.D. in Sociology at the School of Social Sciences, The University of Manchester in 2008.

Academe

Before elected as Polytechnic University of the Philippines' President, De Guzman was the Director of the Center for Human Development and Chairperson of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology.
As a Ford Foundation International Fellow, De Guzman underwent a comprehensive Leadership Course at the Ford Foundation International Institute for Leadership and Social Justice, University of Birmingham. He also took up special training course on Sociological imagination at Coventry University in England

Vision

De Guzman's vision is Clearing the path while laying new foundations to transform the Polytechnic University of the Philippines into an epistemic community.