Chancellor Lyre Murao receives alumni Emman Militar and Kevin Kuan of Beta Sigma who delivered a donation of face masks for the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) Mindanao on 04 April 2022.
Source: University of the Philippines Mindanao
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UP Alumni Association Davao presents design for the proposed Balay Alumni on the UP Mindanao campus
UP Alumni Association Davao chairman Nap Concepcion visited Chancellor Lyre Murao on 16 March 2022 to present the design for the proposed Balay Alumni on the UP Mindanao campus. Former chancellor Sylvia Concepcion accompanied the chairman who was received by the chancellor and her vice-chancellors, Prof. Annabelle Novero and Asst. Prof. Leo Estana, and executive assistant Allan Villanueva.
The “Kakawlai” design concept was the winning entry in the competition staged by the UPAAD for the UP Mindanao BS Architecture students. However, elements from the other entries are being considered to be included in the Balay Alumni. The UPAAD hopes to secure the support of the UP Mindanao administration for the eventual approval of the proposal by the UP Board of Regents.
Source: UP Mindanao Facebook post
Alumni Email Print Alumna Launches Book with Millennials
Serve the people and country – the UP battle cry has been very much inculcated in UP alumna Francis Lyn Malalis, who, in her college years ten years ago, started being a scholar for others.
After her classes, she would tutor kids in the community together with her fraternity brothers and sorority sisters. They would also go into far-flung areas and would walk a narrow terrain for almost 2 hours just to reach out to indigenous communities. They would provide support for their livelihood, feed the kids, and send kids to school through a scholarship program that their organization initiated.
“It’s so humbling to be part of initiatives bigger than myself. If we just look around and realize how much we can be of help to others, the world becomes a better place in small ways. Small, yes, but we’re still making a difference.”
It is in the same aim that she narrated her adulting story and gathered similar stories of her friends and brilliant individuals to guide fellow millennials and younger generations in transitioning to the workforce – hence, The Millennial Black Box.
“Infused with insights and tactical advice, Francis decrypts valuable lessons about the future most people wish they had drawn when they were young,” this is the book review of Zeel Patel and Eric Lin, co-presidents of Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations Conference (HPAIR) and computer scientists at Harvard University.
Among the 10 contributors of the book is the famed child prodigy of their generation, Mikaela Fudolig, who graduated from UP Diliman with a degree in physics at 16 years old. She graduated class valedictorian and summa cum laude with 1.099 GWA.
Other contributors also graduated from UP and other reputable universities.
From UP Manila: Anjelica Izabelle Napala, earned her Master in Public Health with 1.46 GWA
From UP Mindanao: Glenn Pelayre, graduated with a degree in architecture and received thesis with distinction award; Ariesha Faith Dimaano, graduated with a degree in communication arts, cum laude and received thesis with distinction award; and Jenna Mae San Luis, completed her master’s in management degree.
From UP Diliman: Jeff Windell Tan, took up business administration and accountancy, manga cum laude; and Theo Lozada, finished with a degree in film
From UP Visayas: Azie Marie Libanan, graduated cum laude with a degree in psychology and also completed her master’s degree in public management from UP Open University. Other contributors: Jorisse Gumanay, graduated from Cebu Normal University with 1.0 GPA in MA Literature and magna cum laude, top 1 in her undergraduate degree in English literature; and April Rose Cañete, graduated cum laude from Western Mindanao State University with a degree in BA English. “To our readers, this was the book that we never had. And now, we’re giving it to you. It is our hope that you dream on despite unfavorable circumstances,” Francis said.
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Francis is now a national corporate leader. She’s experienced in recruitment, training, management, marketing, and communications. She graduated with a degree in BA Communication Arts from UP Mindanao as college valedictorian, cum laude, and with the second-highest CWAG (cumulative weighted average grade) of the class. She earned her master’s degree in Public Management from UP Open University in Los Baños, Laguna with GWA equivalent to undergrad cum laude. Last year, she was accepted to the Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations Conference (HPAIR) and to the UP College of Law.
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NOMINATIONS FOR 2022 UPAA ALUMNI AWARDS
UP BroadComm leads celebration of 100 years of broadcasting in the Philippines
The University of the Philippines’ Department of Broadcast Communication is spearheading the year-long celebration of the 100th year of broadcasting in the Philippines.
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As one of the pioneering broadcast academic institutions in the country, the UP Department of Broadcast Communication, in partnership with DZUP, UP Diliman, UP Visayas and the Philippine Studies Association, will be holding a series of activities, including an academic conference, public lectures and webinars, and the development of an Archives of Broadcasting in the Philippines or Repository of Broadcast materials and publications.
A century of broadcasting in the country
Radio broadcasting in the Philippines is one of the earliest in the world and the earliest in Asia, having been established in 1922 during the American colonial era.
Through that period and the periods that followed—World War Il, the postwar years, martial rule, the post-Marcos years, and until the present—and amid the challenges of television and the Internet, Philippine radio has survived, grown, and evolved.
On the other hand, television broadcasting started in 1953, following the war and the declaration of Philippine Independence, and during the early years of American-style democracy.
Crossing geographic and cultural borders, both radio and television have followed our fellow Filipinos in the diaspora. The voices and images have touched our political and social lives; their songs have brought Filipino music and musical talent to a global stage; their narratives of our lives have made us imagine ourselves as a nation, even if dispersed across physical and other boundaries.
100 YBP activities
To kick off the centennial celebration, the DBC will launch the series, “Pag-uugat, Pagpapatuloy: Ang epikong Dumaracol sa DZUP” this March.
In June 2022, the official launch of the IOOYBP will take place. In the same event, the IOOYBP website will also be launched. The website will later become the Archives of Broadcasting in the Philippines. Note that the accumulation of materials for this repository has begun.
From October 18-21 , 2022, academics, researchers and students will converge in a four-day academic conference, which will generate new knowledge about broadcasting in the Philippines, both its cultural practice and its teaching as an academic discipline. The conference sessions will subsequently be played back from the website of IOOYBP and the planned Archives of Broadcasting in the Philippines.
All other public events will be covered by DZUP 1602 and DZUP Online, the official broadcast station of the University of the Philippines, and will be streamed on their other online channels.
For more information, please contact the IOOYBP Secretariat at [email protected].
Press release from the UP Department of Broadcast Communication
Source: https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/cbb/content/825396/up-broadcomm-leads-celebration-of-100-years-of-broadcasting-in-the-philippines/story/
College of Medicine alumnus is new UP Regent
Written by Arlyn VCD Palisoc Romualdo
University of the Philippines (UP) alumnus and renowned obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. Gregorio Pastorfide has been appointed to the UP Board of Regents by President Rodrigo Duterte, replacing Dr. Maria Arlissa Aguiluz. UP President Danilo Concepcion administered Pastorfide’s oath of office on March 10 at the Executive House in UP Diliman.
Considered a pioneer of in vitro fertilization or IVF in the Philippines, Pastorfide is a 1967 graduate of the UP College of Medicine (UPCM). He then underwent an internship at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Maryland. Afterward, he furthered his training at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. Completing his stint at Tufts in 1972, he went to Harvard Medical School as a teaching and research fellow.
Moving back to the Philippines, he moved up the ranks at the UPCM—from instructor to clinical assistant professor, then associate professor, and eventually, full professor. He became chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology from 1998 to 2001. Under his leadership, the unit received the 2000 UP Medical Foundation Silver Cup for Outstanding Clinical Science Department. He served the University for 33 years, from 1974 to 2007.
Pastorfide, also President of The Foundation for Reproductive Care Inc. for the past 22 years, was a 2012 Distinguished Alumnus of the UP Medical Alumni Society (UPMAS).
Source: https://up.edu.ph/college-of-medicine-alumnus-is-new-up-regent/
UPLB awards personnel, highlights collaboration on 113th Foundation Day
UPLB celebrated its 113th Foundation Day by recognizing its retiring and outstanding personnel. Twelve individuals and 2 research and extension teams from the university’s administrative, faculty, and research and extension personnel were recognized in the awarding ceremony. UPLB also honored 355 retiring personnel, many of whom had served the university for decades. The special ceremony was held at Baker Hall on Mar. 4 and broadcasted on UPLB’s social media account.
Her Excellency Saskia de Lang, ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Philippines, served as the guest speaker.
Dr. Randolph B. Trinidad, the 2022 UPLB Outstanding Administrative Personnel (professional personnel category) awardee, responded on behalf of the awardees and underscored the values of selflessness, sacrifice, and love among his fellow university personnel.
Trinidad shared stories to the audience about the personal sacrifices and challenges that many university personnel had to face to continue serving in the line of duty. He encouraged them to use adversity to keep growing and learning.
“We all have our own unique backgrounds. We all have our own struggles… But what’s essential is that we gather all those life lessons and values that come along the way,” he said.
“Embrace and utilize those values for you to transform into a better version of yourself. The world is constantly changing, and so are we! So, let’s keep on reinventing ourselves,” he continued.
In his welcoming remarks, Chancellor Jose V. Camacho, Jr. spoke about the theme of UPLB’s Foundation Day celebration, “Fortifying Collaborations with Industry and Communities,” where he emphasized the importance of collaboration in future-proofing UPLB.
“Collaboration is the backbone of future-proofing. If there is one lesson that the world must have learned from this pandemic, it is that through collaboration we can achieve things that were thought impossible,” he said.
He mentioned UPLB’s future-proofing initiatives such as the “Accelerating Growth through One Research and Extension in Action” (UPLB AGORA) extension and research agenda, and the establishment of the UPLB Agro-Industrial Park and Information Technology Park, which he said aim to open more opportunities for collaboration among the University and its partners.
He identified the private sector, academic institutions, UPLB alumni, local government units and national agencies, global universities, multinational organizations, and states with whom UPLB wants to collaborate.
UP President Danilo L. Concepcion also gave his message to the UPLB community and recognized UPLB’s role in producing professionals who have contributed to progress and development in various fields globally.
“Naging instrumento sila sa paglaganap ng bagong pananaw sa pamamahala ng agrikultura at agham na nasa pinaka puso ng modernisasyon. Paglilingkod sa bayan at kaunlaran ng bansa agad ang nagiging papel ng mga nagsisipagtapos at naglilingkod dito sa UPLB,” he said.
(“They have been instrumental in the spread of new perspectives on agricultural management and science which are at the heart of modernization. Public service and national development are immediately undertaken by those who graduate and work at UPLB.”)
In her message, Dutch Ambassador Saskia de Lang spoke about the partnerships that UPLB has had with the Kingdom of the Netherlands, among them Dutch academic exchange programs, the Institute of Plant Breeding’s (IPB) collaboration with the Dutch company East-West seed, and the Dairy Training and Research Institute’s partnership with FrieslandCampina or Alaska Milk Corporation.
She expressed the Kingdom of the Netherlands’ support and willingness for the continued partnership with UPLB in contributing toward achieving the sustainable development goals, particularly in food security, sustainability, and innovation.
“Together let’s make the Philippines and the world a more sustainable, a more resilient, a more livable and a better place,” she ended.
Ambassador de Lang is also the recipient of the Hibiscus rosa-sinensis “Saskia de Lang” which is part of the IPB gumamela “Women in Diplomacy” series.
UPLB is celebrating its foundation day 113 years since it was established as the UP College of Agriculture on March 6, 1909. (Jessa Jael S. Arana)
Source: https://uplb.edu.ph/all-news/uplb-awards-personnel-highlights-collaboration-on-113th-foundation-day
UP Diliman (UPD) Office of the Chancellor Executive Staff statement on the deaths of Chad Booc and Kevin Castro
The UP Diliman (UPD) Office of the Chancellor Executive Staff issued a statement on the deaths of Chad Booc, a cum laude graduate of the UPD College of Engineering and Kevin Castro, former chair of the UPD College of Education Student Council.
Source: https://twitter.com/Official_UPD
Official Statement of UP College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD) on the unjust and illegal arrest of CSWCD Alumna Agnes Tadeo Mesina
Hands Off our Development Workers!
Official Statement of UP College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD) on the unjust and illegal arrest of CSWCD Alumna Agnes Tadeo Mesina.
#HandsOffOurDevelopmentWorkers
https://cswcd.upd.edu.ph/opisyal-na-pahayag-hands-off-our-development-workers/
Source: College of Social Work and Community Development Facebook post