President MGP appointed a new administrative head for the Human Resources Development Department and another for the newly-created Office of the University Accreditation Program earlier this month.

Dr. Erlinda C. Mones was appointed new HRDD director while Dr. Apolinar M. Alfonso was made the first director of the University Accreditation Program.

Dr. Mones earned her Ed. D. from Wesleyan, where she also received her M.A. in Educational Management and her undergraduate in BS Social Work. She has been a DSWD supervisor in Pampanga, and a Child Development coordinator at WUP.

She taught at WUP’s High School department, College of Social Work and College of Arts and Sciences, and in 1990 was appointed director of the Guidance and Placement Office until 2006, when she was appointed director of the Human Resource Development Department up until May 31, 2009.

In November 2010, she was reappointed as head of the office.

Dr. Alfonso graduated from the Philippine School of Business Administration as an Accounting major, and then pursued his MBA and later, his Ed.D. at WUP. He passed the Licensure Examination for Teachers (1990) and worked as faculty member at the General de Jesus College (where he became head of the Commerce Department) and The Good Samaritan College in the 1980s.

In 1987, Dr. Alfonso began teaching at WUP’s College of Business and Accountancy (then called the College of Commerce) and then served as the assistant dean of the same college from 2005-2006.

He was appointed dean of the college and served up until 2010.