Section 5Sec./Art. 5

The governing body of the State College shall be the Board of Trustees, hereinafter referred to as the Board which shall be composed of the following:

(a)Chairman of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), chairman;

(b)President of the State College, vice chairman;

(c)Chairman of the Committee on Education, Culture and Arts of the Senate, member;

(d)Chairman of the Committee on Higher and Technical Education of the House of Representatives, member;

(e)Regional Director of the National Economic and Development Authority, member;

(f)Regional Director of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), member;

(g)President of the faculty associations of the State College, member;

(h)President of the student councils or the student representative elected by the student councils of the State College, member;

(i)President of the alumni association of the State College, member; and

(j)Two (2) prominent citizens who have distinguished themselves in their professions or field of specialization, chosen from among a list of five (5) persons qualified in the Province of Misamis Occidental as recommended by the search committee constituted by the school president in consultation with the chairman of the CHED based on the normal standards and qualifications for the position, members.

The term of office of the presidents of the faculty associations, the student councils and the alumni association shall be coterminous with their terms of office.

The two (2) prominent citizens shall serve for a term of two (2) years.