Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Aklanon Completes PHD In Diplomacy At ANU



Juan Enriquez Dayang, Jr. has successfully completed a Doctorate degree in Diplomatic Studies (with distinction) at the prestigious Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia last Dec. 14, 2012.

Dayang’s doctoral studies was under the auspices of the Australian government’s Australian Leadership Award (ALA) grant for outstanding international leaders and intellectual  in the Asia-Pacific region.

The youthful Dr. Dayang, who hails from Kalibo, Aklan, is the only son of former Kalibo town Mayor Juan P. Dayang and Ofelia A. Enriquez.

Dayang, who was selected  as a visiting scholar at the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University in Washington DC, wrote a doctoral dissertation entitled “Defending the Heroes: Consular Protection of Migrant Workers by the Philippines and Mexican Governments.” 

 Jed, as he is fondly called by his colleagues, graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Management from San Beda College, Masters of Business Administration (Valedictorian) at the Graduate Institute of Peace Studies, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea and a Masters of Public Administration (Phi Alpha Alpha Honors) degree at the University of Oklahoma, USA.

 Dayang, a Foreign Service Officer who served as Consul at the Philippine Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, is currently Director in the Office of ASEAN Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs, Manila. /MP

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