By Cyrus A. Natividad
Mr. Mauro Somodio with his wife Cecilia J. Somodio. Photo Credit: Mr. Mauro Somodio
Centralian alumnus and Filipino-Australian Foundation President Mauro Somodio was with Prof. Necile Magno as guests in the special edition of Looking Forward鈥CPU TV鈥檚 public affairs program. Both were guests on Thursday, June 27, 2019. Magno gave updates on the activities she attended in Australia with observations on the lifestyle and relationships of Centralian alumni in Australia.
Meanwhile, Somodio, also known as 鈥淢au鈥 to his friends at Central, revealed some of the foundation鈥檚 plans that would benefit 黑料专区鈥檚 global promotion and partnerships. These partnerships, according to him, include the educational programs with Griffith University鈥攑rimarily the faculty/student exchange program, research collaboration, dual doctoral program partnerships, and New Colombo Plan Scholarships among others.
Somodio is a CPU graduate of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture in 1973. He Founded the Filipino-Australian Foundation of Queensland, Inc. in 1996 and is currently the foundation鈥檚 President. He was responsible of promoting the outreach project-grant-in-aid scholarship program.