The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) would like to congratulate Dr. Laya Boquiren-Gonzales, Chair of the Arts Department, and Ms. Mary Josefti Nito, Chair of the History Department, for being part of the Editorial Board of the inaugural issue of Nayon: Journal of Natural and Cultural Heritage published by the Nayong Pilipino Foundation.

This inaugural issue contains three articles, namely: An Institutional History of Nayong Pilipino Foundation, 1970-2015; Pottery Making as a Community Identity: Ceramic Production and Distribution in Binogawan, Calape, Bohol, Philippines; and Natuk, Putos, Isura: Explicating the Culinary Intangible Heritage Safeguarding Cultures of Pinangat in Camalig, Albay, Philippines. It also consists of two short communications titled Cultural Leadership Institute and DOT's Philippine Experience Program and Curating Contested Collection.