The undergraduate thesis titled “Community Health Policy: Zero Open Defecation Implementation in Selected Barangays of Bauang, La Union,” authored by Katrina Anne C. Ninobla, Katrynne Yzzabelle B. Balanza, Mary Rose N. Graycochea, Angela R. Mabutas, and Wildren Lou B. Morla from the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), was selected for presentation at the prestigious Aguman Ning Belwan 2024: 1st International Multidisciplinary Research Conference. The conference, held at the Quest Plus Conference Centre Clark in the serene Mimosa Leisure Estate on Mimosa Drive, Pampanga, from April 17-19, 2024, was co-organized by Tarlac State University’s Office of University Research Development, Ming Chi University of Technology in Taiwan, and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in South Korea.

Ms. Katrina Anne C. Ninobla presented the paper, accompanied by Dr. Aniza C. Gadaza, their thesis adviser. (By Arrianne Michelle F. Fabro)