Yesterday… former SIT (School of Information Technology), used to share with the building of CNSM (College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics). It had its rooms but were scattered in the building. Some were mixed with the rooms for Math, and Physics building, one at the Chemistry and Biology building, while the two rooms were at the CIT (College of Information Technology) itself. The college just had two available laboratories, one was old and the other was new. And the laboratories had only limited number of computers. That’s why every enrolment many students failed to enroll ny computer science subject specially those that have CSc 1 and CSc 2 subjects because of the lack of computer that the college have. 

Though in 2004, CIT has become a separate college which consists of four departments as: CSD (Computer Studies Department), ISD (Information System Department), SST (Support Services and Training Department), and ISC (Internet Services Center). It is located in the middle part of Princess Lawanbae Hall and Rajah Indarapatra Hall, which is still too far from other colleges, ‘Ika nga “malayo sa sibilisasyon”. It seems that CIT does not exist because students are nowhere to find especially in the college lobby. Well, of course students cannot choose to stay in the college because there are no benches anyway that they could sit by while waiting for the next subject they will have.

             Today… at last Pres. Ricardo De Leon has showed light to our humble college. He has given us new annex building which is located beside our college. It has three rooms: one spacious laboratory room and two for the lecture rooms. Also the old MSRC office was given to us which composes of three rooms: two for the lecture rooms and one for the laboratory room. Therefore, to add the old and sole laboratory we had in the past, we now have three laboratories in all. This year also, we have a new laboratory room which has the following state-of-the-art features as: one gigabyte of RAM, wireless connections, wireless-g router, LCD monitors, etc.

             Now, the college has become and has looked like a real college as it should have been more or less. There are now benches around the college where students can spend their time while waiting for anything. The surrounding was also landscaped by the CIT students which somehow become an attraction to passers by, “Dinadayo…”

             In line with these developments, the need for a unit library is arising. That’s why the used to be lecture room was transformed into the library now that we have. Although we have no librarian yet to cater to our (students and faculty) needs, but materials and some computers are made available for everyone’s use, but sad to say that computers are not yet functioning maybe because they have no time to fix or reformat it. There are some new books that can be used by the instructors, and old computers for anyone’s access for researching purposes. Inside the library also, you can find creative decorations made by CIT students. Such decorations which are related to the course perse are improvised robot made with the use of recycled styrofoams which were from the support styrofoams of newly bought computer units. Some of the styros were made into a chandelier with a hanging windows logo at it. See? What more can you ask for. If you’re not that type who enjoys staying at the library while studying, you might as well enjoy visiting it this time because of the interesting design and materials you can use that can you feel the proudest CIT student, though computers are not yet ready to be used…because assign faculties are busy yet to fix the laboratories for this semester. Now, CIT people can already claim something of their own with these blessings from by above.

             With this, I rest my reminiscence of the CIT before and now, with a prayer which says: “Dear God, please continue telling our Big Daddy to always shower us your blessing, and were still hoping for more to come, amen!” (hehe ü)