On June 29, 2005, guests from Hewlett-Packard Philippines graced the ceremonial turnover of the 12 HP-branded workstations to the Department of Computer Science. This donation helped provide graduate students of the department with their own research laboratory for their theses and projects. Mr. Paul Martin, Director of Global Delivery Application Services, represented Hewlett-Packard Philippines. Dean Rowena Cristina L. Guevara represented the College. HP also donated 12 machines to the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Also present were BCS alumni Joanne Jill Olazo and Lourdes Macatulad.