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https://up.edu.ph/fighting-maroons-tame-tamaraws-61-55/ | Fighting Maroons tame Tamaraws, 61-55 – University of the Philippines | Fighting Maroons tame Tamaraws, 61-55 Fighting Maroons tame Tamaraws, 61-55 September 5, 2019 | Written by Arlyn VCD Palisoc Romualdo Fighting Maroon forward Javi Gomez de Liaño pushes through Tamaraw defense to sink the first basket in the last quarter. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) First game, first win. The UP Fighting Maroons took the Far Eastern University (FEU) Tamaraws by the horns to win its Season 82 opener in the University Athletics Association of Philippines (UAAP) men’s basketball tournament on September 4 at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum. The Big Dome echoed with chants from both maroon, and green and gold sides as UP, last season’s runner-up, clashed with Season 81’s fourth place finisher. A formidable opponent, FEU, along with De La Salle University, has the highest number of semifinals appearances since UAAP instituted the final four format in 1993. The Tamaraws drew first blood with Ken Tuffin shooting from beyond the arc. UP pushed back with a 7-0 run coming from Jun Manzo’s three-pointer and back-to-back dunks by Bright Akhuetie and Ricci Rivero. With less than a minute left in the tight first quarter, Juan Gomez de Liaño sank a trey that broke FEU’s two-point lead. Another basket from his brother Javi closed the first quarter at 20-17. Guard Jun Manzo shoots UP’s first trey two minutes into the game. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) David Murrell slams UP’s first dunk of the season. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) Amazing alley-oop play from Jun Manzo to Ricci Rivero, seen here still swinging from his dunk. Manzo’s pass came from Murrell’s snatch off Tamaraw Rey Bienes. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) The Maroon squad asserted its dominance in the second quarter, successfully staving off FEU’s field goal attempts for almost four minutes. Two consecutive three-point shots by King Maroon Noah Webb and Rivero gave UP a double-digit lead at 32-22 with a little over four minutes remaining in the quarter. The team from Morayta failed to close the gap and the first half ended at 38-27. The Oblation pose by the UP Pep Squad during its first halftime performance of the UAAP season (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) High-flying synchronicity from the UP Pep Squad’s halftime performance (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) Immediate past UP Diliman College of Human Kinetics Dean and outgoing UAAP Board Member Ronualdo Dizer receives a plaque of appreciation from the UAAP Board. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) It seemed the halftime break cooled the Fighting Maroons a bit too much as they struggled to keep up with the charging Tamaraws back on the court. Scoring only nine points against FEU’s seventeen, UP’s 11-point lead in the first half dwindled to three, 47-44, at the end of the third quarter. The Diliman dribblers rallied to maintain its slim lead in the last quarter until Tamaraw LJ Gonzales’s basket cut down UP’s lead to one, 55-54. With four minutes left in the game, a foul by Javi Gomez de Liaño sent Tamaraw Wendell Comboy to the charity line, where he sank one of two to tie the match. The tense deadlock lasted for almost three minutes until Akhuetie’s points in the paint put UP back in the lead with less than two minutes remaining. And just as Manzo scored the first Maroon goal, he ended the match with four points from the line to a final score of 61-55. UP breaks the deadlock and regains its lead in the last quarter from Center Bright Akhuetie’s inside shot. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) The UP faithful cheer as the Fighting Maroons take back the lead. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) Jun Manzo seals UP’s win with perfect scoring in back-to-back trips to the charity line in the last ten seconds of the game. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) The Fighting Maroons face the UP crowd, singing “UP Naming Mahal.” (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) Top scorer for UP was Javi Gomez de Liaño with a career high of 22 points, while Akhuetie was top rebounder with 11. “There were a lot of times Javi bailed us out.”—UP Fighting Maroons Head Coach Bo Perasol talking to the media about the game’s top scorer beside him, Javi Gomez de Liaño (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) The UP Fighting Maroons will face the University of Santo Tomas Growling Tigers in their second game in this UAAP season’s first round of eliminations. The game will be at 4:00pm on September 7, in the Smart-Araneta Coliseum. |
https://up.edu.ph/uaap-mens-basketball-fighting-maroons-suffers-seasons-first-loss/ | UAAP Men’s Basketball: Fighting Maroons suffers season’s first loss – University of the Philippines | UAAP Men’s Basketball: Fighting Maroons suffers season’s first loss UAAP Men’s Basketball: Fighting Maroons suffers season’s first loss September 7, 2019 | Written by Jo. Florendo B. Lontoc A visibly frustrated Jun Manzo is helped up by UST top-performing Mark Nonoy and Rhenz Abando at the game’s final buzzer. Photo by Jo. Lontoc, UP MPRO Season 81’s MVP Bright Akhuetie led the Fighting Maroons with the game’s highest 19 points and 16 rebounds on their second match, September 6, 2019 at Smart Araneta, in UAAP Season 82 men’s basketball first-round games. But the team’s effort proved inadequate against the UST Growling Tigers’ scoring prowess. UP suffered a crushing 69-85 loss, fresh from winning its first game with the FEU Tamaraws three days prior. One of center Bright Akhuetie’s many successful shots from under the ring. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO Ricci Rivero drew first blood with a three-pointer, followed by Akhuetie and Noah Webb’s inside and penalty shots, resulting in the Fighting Maroons’ biggest lead, 12-6. The Tigers then unleashed a rally buoyed by Rhenz Abando’s trey. Three consecutive shots by Dave Ando finally broke UP’s lead and sealed UST’s advantage, 14-19, which UP would not be able to surmount. Jun Manzo driving past USTs’ Renzo Subido. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO Saddled by a 37-44 lead by UST after the first half, UP’s hope was regained on the third quarter as David Murrell and Javi Gomez de Llano’s successful shots narrowed UST’s lead, until Murrell’s follow-up shot tied the game at 46-46 halfway through the quarter. UST’s Chabi Chabiyo was quick, however, to wrest the lead back for UST. The third quarter ended with UST’s lead down to five, 58-63. Guard/Forward Javi Gomez de Llano is guarded by UST’s Rhenz Abando, at first half. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO The fourth quarter saw UP losing steam, with UST making its first point out of a steal from Rivero to build up its final 32 points against UP’s 10. Point guard Jun Manzo attempts a layup. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO UP’s Kobe Paras did not see action in the games on account of a sprained ankle. UP President Danilo Concepcion and PGH Director Gerardo Legaspi and the rest of the UP crowd cheer as a shot by Juan Gomez de Llano gets counted at the end of the first half. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO “We need to share the ball more,” said Fighting Maroons coach Dolreich “Bo” Perasol in the post-game interview. “We were [just] trying to watch everybody make things happen. . . .If Juan [or] Ricci [or] Bright. . . makes the shot, we’re all [just] watching them and hoping that things will happen the right way. . . and that’s the tendency when you have very good teammates.” Fighting Maroons coach Dolreich “Bo” Perasol in the second half. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO “We really need to play good defense. . . . At the end of this, you know you have good opponents also,” he added. The Growling Tigers had a 47-percent field goal, as against UP’s 31 percent. The UP crowd cheers the Fighting Maroons on in the dying minutes of the last quarter. Photo by Jo. Lontoc, UP MPRO SCORES UP 69: Akhuetie 19, Ja. Gomez de Llano 15, Jaydee Tungcab 11, Murrell 6, Juan Gomez de Llano 5, Jun Manzo 5, Rivero 4, Webb 4 UST 85: Chabiyo 18, Mark Nonoy 16, Renzo Subido 13, Abando 12, Ando 10, Zach Huang 9, Brent Paraiso 6, CJ Cansino 1 The “UP Naming Mahal” closes the day’s games at Smart Araneta. Photo by Jo. Lontoc, UP MPRO The Fighting Maroons in a hopeful huddle moments before the game. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO UST gains first possession of the ball. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO Team captain Noah Webb’s free throw after being fouled early in the game. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO The UP Pep Squad performs during the halftime break. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO |
https://up.edu.ph/fighting-maroons-win-another-close-game/ | Fighting Maroons win another close game – University of the Philippines | Fighting Maroons win another close game Fighting Maroons win another close game September 28, 2019 | Written by Jo. Florendo B. Lontoc Video by KIM Quilinguing, UP Media and Public Relations Office The Fighting Maroons snatched a razor-thin victory, 72-71, from the Green Archers, who had led for almost 39 minutes of the 40-minute regulation time on September 25, 2019 at the Mall of Asia Arena. With its fourth straight win, UP raises its scorecard to 5-1. The only team left to battle in the UAAP Season 82 men’s basketball first round games is its finals rival last season, the Ateneo Blue Eagles. UP’s fourth-quarter game was propelled and brought home by three-pointers from injury-laden point guard Juan Gomez de Liaño early and in the last eight seconds of the quarter. Juan took the cudgels for the team who saw lead scorers Kobe Paras and Bright Akhuetie reduced to 21-percent and 35-percent field goal shooting, respectively. The Maroons trailed in the first two quarters, 14-18 and 29-36, and began the fourth with a seven-point deficit, 52-59. Successful free throws by Bright, a fast-break shot by Jaydee Tungcab and a three-pointer by Juan, closed the gap at 59-61. Kobe sunk his penalty shots to tie the game, 61-61. The Archers gallantly fought back, with Andrei Caracut and Aljun Melecio serving a trey each. With barely a minute left in the game, the Archers led by four points, 67-71. Kobe then sank another pair of penalty shots to narrow the gap to two, 69-71. In the last 49 seconds, Bright fouled out of the game, but foul receiver Archer Jamie Malonzo was zero on the line. With the last quarter of the minute ticking away, Juan stole the ball from a pass by Aljun toward Archer territory, crossed to UP court, and made the quick and decisive trey with seven seconds left in the game. The clutch basket stunned the Archers into wasting away their succeeding possession. “The biggest shot came from Juan, and he’s not even a hundred percent yet when he took that shot,” Fighting Maroons coach Bo Perasol said post-game. “But once a player is a winner, he’s always a winner, so I didn’t have a doubt in my mind when he was bringing the ball down that he was going for the three-point shot. In fact what I was looking at were his feet.” “I made the extra sacrifice to play in the last few minutes despite all the injuries I’m going through right now,” Juan said. “I faced injuries for the past five months… So I’m really thankful for my team. Even though I’m struggling, they still had trust in me.” “Leading my team is like leading a chariot with wild stallions,”the head coach revealed. “A lot has to improve as far as how we’re going to deal with our offense. I’m quite sure that we’re decent as far as our defense is concerned. Despite the fact that we’re missing a lot, we’re still able to hold [our opponent] out.” On their game on Sunday, September 29, 2018, Coach Bo said: “You’re going up against the defending champions, who have been battering their opponents for double digits. We watched the game earlier,” he added, referring to the Blue Eagles match versus the Red Warriors. “They’re just an excellent team. … but come Sunday time, I’m sure we will be ready for them.” IN PHOTOS: UP vs DLSU – UAAP Season 82, 1st round Ricci Rivero and Kobe Paras assist Jun Manzo who fell defending the ball on its way to the UP side early in the first half.Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO. Bright Akhuetie hurdles the tough guarding of Archers Justine Baltazar and Brandon Bates. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO. Juan Gomez de Liaño takes the ball from fallen teammate Bright Akhuetie. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO. Ricci Rivero slips through three Archers for a lay-up. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO. Juan Gomez de Liaño takes control of the ball. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO. The UP crowd is roused from their seat by the intense fourth quarter. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO. |
https://up.edu.ph/up-suffers-twin-losses-in-uaap-basketball/ | UP suffers twin losses in UAAP basketball – University of the Philippines | UP suffers twin losses in UAAP basketball UP suffers twin losses in UAAP basketball October 4, 2019 | Written by Arlyn VCD Palisoc Romualdo Push on, UP! Fighting Maroons supporters raise their fists for “UP Naming Mahal,” singing as one community to show their continued support for the University’s men’s basketball team despite losing to the Ateneo Blue Eagles. Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO. It was not the ideal way to close the first round of the University Athletics Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 82 basketball eliminations in the seniors division. UP lost to Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) in women’s and men’s basketball on September 29 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Stiffany Larrosa keeps the ball away from Katrina Guytingco’s prying hand. Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO. The Lady Maroons, looking to clinch their first win this season, went up against the Lady Eagles, who were gunning to end their four-game losing streak. In the end, UP struggled to keep up with ADMU and ended the game with a 14-point deficit, 62-76. Stiffany Larrosa drives to the basket. Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO. Sophia Rivera barges through Lady Eagle defense. Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO. UP started slow as the end of the first quarter saw it trailing by nine, 16-25. But the Lady Maroons rallied, banking six two-point field goals and four out of eight charity shots, for a total of 16 added points in the second quarter. The Lady Eagles meanwhile, only managed ten, owing to two triples, two from the line, and one from the field. Erica Gusilatar lays it up. Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO. Cindy Gonzales takes the inside shot. Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO. With only a three-point lead by Ateneo at the end of the first half, 35-32, UP was ready to battle it out in the third. But an early 6-0 run by the Blue and White team stopped the Maroon and Green squad from scoring. That is, until Lulu Ordoveza broke through with a basket from an inbound pass, which was then countered by Nicole Cancio’s two. Patricia Pesquera stops and jumps for the basket. Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO. Lady Maroon Rhea Sanchez replied, booking a back-to-back two and three, all within thirty seconds. Teammate Patricia Pesquera followed up with another two, for the 7-0 run, which was halted by a two-pointer from Ateneo’s Katrina Guytingco. Foul trouble soon followed UP, with Guytingco sinking five of six shots from the line. Despite two more baskets on the Maroon side by Erica Gusilatar and Pesquera, the third quarter ended with UP behind by ten, 47-57. Jonalyn Lebico breaks away from Lady Eagle Jhazmin Joson and goes for two. Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO. And the onslaught continued. As in the previous quarter, the Lady Maroons scored 15 points, not enough against the Lady Eagles’ 19. At the end of the first round, UP’s scorecard in women’s basketball is 0-7. Later that day, the Fighting Maroons faced the Blue Eagles in the much hyped first meeting since facing off in the Season 81 finals. Kobe Paras steals and runs away with the ball all the way to the basket. Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO. It was as tense as expected, with a good amount of cheering and jeering from the almost 20,000-strong crowd, plenty of shouts on calls and non-calls from both Blue and Maroon sides, and four technical fouls to boot. Add the ejection of UP Head Coach Bo Perasol and it certainly was an explosive way to end the first round of the UAAP men’s basketball tournament. Javi Gomez de Liaño challenges the taller Ateneo center Ange Kouame to make two for UP. Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO. Despite its hot start, ending the first quarter with a six-point lead at 21-15, UP was unable to keep its momentum and eventually lost to Ateneo, 63-89. Top-seed ADMU started pulling away in the second quarter with three runs that limited UP’s quarter points to ten. Blue Eagle SJ Belangel’s two charities off a foul called on Kobe Paras less than twenty seconds in, were answered by Ricci Rivero in the paint. Then the 7-0 run by Ateneo happened. Paras barged through Ange Kouame’s defense at the 04:17 mark to halt the string of Blue baskets. Juan Gomez de Liaño goes around Blue Eagle Thirdy Ravena’s defense for the layup. Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO. ADMU retaliated with another run at 6-0, only to be stopped by Kouame’s foul on UP center Bright Akhuetie, who aced his points from the line. He later tapped the ball off Blue Eagle Thirdy Ravena’s dribble toward fellow Maroon Janjan Jaboneta, who then passed the ball to Paras before crossing the court to make two inside points. Kouame then sank a two, followed by Matt Nieto, who got a bonus free throw from another foul slapped on Paras. Kouame was also called for another foul against Akhuetie, who made two for two again. UP was down by four at the end of the first half, 31-35. Ricci Rivero goes for the reverse off a pass from Jun Manzo. Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO. The UP Pep Squad’s impeccable pyramids at halftime. Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO. Ateneo started building a solid lead against UP in the third quarter, the most heated and controversial part of the match. This quarter saw two technical fouls for excessive complaining. The first, called on ADMU Head Coach Tab Baldwin less than two minutes in. The second was on Akhuetie less than a minute later, immediately after a personal foul had just been called on him and he had already crossed to the other court. Kobe Paras (left photo) and Jun Manzo (right photo) pacify teammate Bright Akhuetie, who was angry at the technical foul called on him immediately after he had been slapped with a personal foul. Photos by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO. Around two minutes later, Fighting Maroons Head Coach Bo Perasol charged into the playing court while the ball was live, confronting Referee Jaime Rivano. He got a disqualifying foul and was ejected from the game. The Blue Eagles were up by 12 points then, 47-35. Assistant Coach Ricky Dandan took over in Coach Perasol’s absence, but UP’s 15 points was no match for ADMU’s 26. The third quarter ended with a 15-point lead for Ateneo, 61-46. Jerson Prado, Kobe Paras, Noah Webb, and Bright Akhuetie lead Coach Bo Perasol off the court as Team Manager Jonvic Remulla signals for them to come over to the sideline. Perasol earlier charged at a referee, frustrated at the two back-to-back fouls on Akhuetie—the latter one a technical that Perasol deemed “irrational.” Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO. Jun Manzo shoots from the perimeter, his fourth consecutive basket following two field goals and one technical free throw. Manzo accounted for all UP points in the first half of the fourth quarter. Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO. In the final quarter, both teams scored two points higher than their previous quarter scores. ADMU made 28. UP banked 17—three two-pointers and one technical free throw from Jun Manzo all in the first three and a half minutes; a couple of field goals and a charity from Juan Gomez de Liaño; another two-pointer from his brother Javi; and, a basket from beyond the arc from Paras. The final score was a 26-point heartbreaker for UP, 63-89. UP will face Far Eastern University in its first of the second round matches in both women’s and men’s tournaments on October 6 at the Mall of Asia Arena, 10am and 4pm, respectively. Watch the highlights of the game: UP-ADMU Men’s Basketball Round 1 Video by KIM Quilinguing, UP MPRO. UP-ADMU Women’s Basketball Round 1 Video by KIM Quilinguing, UP MPRO. |
https://up.edu.ph/that-wasnt-our-best-yet-bo-perasol/ | “That wasn’t our best yet.”—Bo Perasol – University of the Philippines | “That wasn’t our best yet.”—Bo Perasol “That wasn’t our best yet.”—Bo Perasol October 4, 2019 | Written by Arlyn VCD Palisoc Romualdo “Cohesion was our number one problem in the first round.”—UP Fighting Maroons Head Coach Bo Perasol (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) UP Fighting Maroons Head Coach Bo Perasol was blunt in his assessment of the team’s first round performance in the University Athletics Association of the Philippines (UAAP) men’s basketball tournament. “That’s the bottom line. . . . It’s not that we could have done better as far as standings [go], but we could have done better in terms of execution and cohesion.” He acknowledged how strong the playing field this season has been thus far. And while he is happy with the team’s victories, he knows the team can still improve. Injuries during the pre-season prevented the completion of the roster in training and matches. Bright Akhuetie, Juan Gomez de Liaño, Kobe Paras, and Ricci Rivero were unable to complete or attend some training programs because they needed to recover. So, the first round was a story of how the Fighting Maroons tried to find their way as a team. “And even with that situation, we managed to win.” Perasol said of the four, “Bright and Kobe have shown what they can do. Juan and Ricci haven’t reached the peak of their performance yet.” Going into the second round, he revealed the team’s expectations of raising the quality of its game because each match is more crucial to reaching the semis. There has been immense pressure on the Fighting Maroons. The coaching staff and players can feel it. The pressure has gotten stronger since UP surged to number 3 and into the final four after last season’s second round, when it notched five more wins to add to its first round three. It grew after defeating the Adamson University Soaring Falcons twice in the semifinals to clinch the finals spot. The Fighting Maroons know people are expecting them to reach the finals again and that the UP community dreams of a championship. “Becoming the best is not easy. We’re just starting out. Our progression has so far been good but it has also been quite tough. We’re trying very hard to get there.” The Maroon crowd in the Smart Araneta Coliseum during the UP-Ateneo game on September 29 (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) The accomplishment of the Fighting Maroons that Perasol is most proud of? Becoming relevant once again to the University community and reenergizing the Maroon crowd. “There was a heightened awareness of the team again. The UP community was giving us more support. That support and the greater expectation of us propel us to excel.” As for the Fighting Maroons’ first game in the second round against the Far Eastern University (FEU) Tamaraws on Sunday, October 6, Perasol said he will be “close by until the end of the game.” He is not allowed to enter the Mall of Asia Arena because of an automatic one-game suspension following his ejection in UP’s previous match versus Ateneo de Manila University. “I have to give [this match] to Coach Ricky [Dandan]. I’m [just] going to ask him to make good decisions, but they are going to be his decisions.” Javi Gomez De Liaño pushes through to the paint in UP’s first meeting with FEU this season. UP won, 61-55. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) On October 4, UAAP Basketball Commissioner Jensen Ilagan denied the October 2 appeal of Perasol on the additional two-game suspension that was handed down to him on October 1. The additional penality followed the UAAP technical committee’s review of the September 29 UP-Ateneo match, where Perasol charged into the playing court and confronted referee Jaime Rivano. The Fighting Maroons head coach will be playing the waiting game while other legal options are being explored. |
https://up.edu.ph/up-falls-short-loses-to-feu/ | UP falls short, loses to FEU – University of the Philippines | UP falls short, loses to FEU UP falls short, loses to FEU October 9, 2019 | Written by Arlyn VCD Palisoc Romualdo We BOlieve. Javi Gomez de Liaño warms up wearing this shirt, along with his teammates, to show support for their suspended Head Coach Bo Perasol. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) It was a Sunday of runs and rallies until the clock stopped ticking. In their second round opener of the UAAP men’s basketball on October 6 at the MOA Arena, the UP Fighting Maroons challenged the Far Eastern University (FEU) Tamaraws, but were not able to survive the attack in overtime, 82-79. Kobe Paras flies high for the layup. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) The scenario was reminiscent of the teams’ meeting last season in the first round. UP was without Head Coach Bo Perasol, who was suspended, following his ejection from a previous game with Ateneo. The Fighting Maroons were supposed to face the University of Santo Tomas Growling Tigers, but the match was postponed due to bad weather, so that Perasol served his suspension in UP’s next game versus FEU. The Maroons lost to the Tams by 16 points, 73-89. Juan Gomez de Liaño goes for a perimeter basket. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) This time, the Morayta squad was looking to avenge its first round loss to UP, while the team from Diliman was on a “We BOlieve” campaign for their head coach, wanting to notch another win and strengthen its hold on the second spot. Jaydee Tungcab makes two for UP. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) FEU started off strong, making 18 points and limiting UP points to five. But the last four minutes of the first quarter saw a 12-0 run, with Kobe Paras putting in eight and Bright Akhuetie making four. Four of Paras’s points were from his slick back-to-back snatches, one of which resulted in a flawless back and forth with Jaydee Tungcab into a highlight jam. At the end of the first 10-minute rollercoaster ride, the Fighting Maroons were behind by only a point, 17-18. Steal. Pass. Slam. Kobe Paras runs away with his steal (left photo), then passes to Jaydee Tungcab, who brings it back to him (middle photo) for the game’s first highlight dunk (right photo). (Photos by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) The second quarter saw UP taking the lead by three after baskets from Javi Gomez de Liaño and Tungcab less than three minutes in. But FEU was relentless, going toe-to-toe and shooting two consecutive hoops from beyond the arc courtesy of Wendell Comboy and Ken Tuffin. It was attack and counter-attack from then on, with UP ending the second quarter three points down, 27-30. With 25 seconds to go in the second quarter, Jun Manzo snatches the ball off Royce Alforque’s dribble, denying FEU possession before crossing the court for a sure basket to make up for his earlier miss from the perimeter. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) The always anticipated UP Pep Squad halftime number (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) Tungcab’s three-pointer tied the game at the beginning of the second half, which Tamaraw Xyrus Torres answered with a three, followed by LJ Gonzales’s three-point play off Maroon Juan Gomez de Liaño’s foul. Akhuetie and Javi Gomez de Liaño banked four more for UP and FEU retaliated with 11 straight points, stretching its lead to 13. Paras sank two, but the Tamaraws gored through the Maroon defense and marked the biggest lead in the game at 19. The third quarter closed with UP trailing by 17, 43-60. Bright Akhuetie challenges Pat Tchuente’s inside defense to score for the Fighting Maroons. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) James Spencer closes the third quarter with a trey. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) Going into the fourth quarter, the Fighting Maroons chipped away at the deficit, and less than two minutes in, were able to reduce the gap to ten. Sensing another Maroon surge and wanting to nip it quick, the Tams drove its lead to 16 with six minutes left in regulation. The screen from Bright Akhuetie makes space for Ricci Rivero’s layup. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) King Maroon Noah Webb throws a three. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) Comboy’s foul on Paras less than five minutes remaining started the Maroon comeback that FEU was unable to answer. Paras made one of two charities and an inside shot. Juan Gomez de Liaño sank a three. Akhuetie also sank one of two from the line, plus a putback off Ricci Rivero’s attempt and a bonus free throw. Paras again secured two free throws and scored from the perimeter. It was Javi Gomez de Liaño’s steal, drive, and shoot that locked the game at 69. With 24.7 seconds remaining and the ball in FEU’s possession, Comboy received the inbound from Gonzales, dribbled the 24-second shot clock down, and made his move with a step-back from the arc with three seconds left to shoot. The ball was in and out. One-man show. Javi Gomez de Liaño completes his steal, drive, and shoot to end the fourth quarter in a deadlock and force overtime. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) Lifted. The Maroons find all sorts of ways to celebrate the game-tying shot by Javi Gomez de Liaño, the culmination of a 16-0 run that brought the crowd to its feet. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) The Tamaraws asserted themselves at the start of extra time, making five points from two field goals within the first two minutes. Javi Gomez de Liaño shot three for UP, but then Comboy also sank three for FEU. Juan Gomez de Liaño banked three from the line after he was fouled by Gonzales. Akhuetie added two in the paint to tie the game at 77 with 1:05 left. But sharp-shooting FEU forward, Tuffin, who had only missed one of his five three-point attempts, bagged another basket from the arc to take the lead for the Tamaraws. Juan Gomez de Liaño reaches out to tap hands with Tamaraw Pat Tchuente in a show of sportsmanship and camaraderie. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) Bright Akhuetie soars to the basket with the grace of a ballerina. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) It was one against three as Javi Gomez de Liaño drove through the Tamaraw defense of Gonzales, Pat Tchuente, and Torres, for two inside points to trim the FEU lead to one with 34 seconds left in overtime. And Comboy again replied with a perimeter basket 16 seconds later. The Tamaraws tightened their defense with Torres leaving little wiggle room for Javi Gomez de Liaño, who had to shoot a three as the shot clock was winding down to the last three seconds. But the ball was a bit off to the left and bounced. Five seconds later, the buzzer signaled the end of the game. The UP Fighting Maroons are set to face the University of the East Red Warriors next on October 12, 4:00pm, at the MOA Arena. |
https://up.edu.ph/the-up-forum-roundtable-discussion-on-sports/ | The UP FORUM Roundtable Discussion on SPORTS – University of the Philippines | The UP FORUM Roundtable Discussion on SPORTS The UP FORUM Roundtable Discussion on SPORTS July 11, 2018 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office Teodoro J. Herbosa, MD Executive Vice President UP System What was your most memorable PE subject and why? My most memorable PE subject was badminton. I was a member of the UP Varsity Track Team competing in 110-m high hurdles and 400-m low hurdles. I didn’t have to take PE yet, but we were encouraged by my coach to take other PE subjects to cross-train. I decided to take badminton because of the pretty girls, one of whom was my crush. The PE teacher was surprised because I was the only male student in the class. Of course he humiliated me and made me sweat and run by playing with me in front of my lady classmates! I was humiliated in front of my crush but got my cross-training and realized how real badminton was actually very strenuous. What sports, games, or physical activity do you engage in? What about it do you like the most? I was active in high school in Modern Arnis and was one of the prime students of Remy Presas, the father of Modern Arnis in the Philippines. I also studied Shotokan Karate and Choy Lai Fut Kung Fu. I was a member of the high school track and field team competing in 110-m high hurdles, 400-m low hurdles and 4×400-m relay. I was also the chess champion of my high school and competed in the first National Students Chess Championship. In undergraduate school in UP Diliman, I was invited to join the varsity track team competing in the same events. I also joined the first Swing competition in the Philippines. In medical school, I indulged in running along Roxas Blvd and also cycling and swimming. During residency in Surgery, I join AAK Karatedo and eventually also competed. These days, I now just walk around the UP Academic oval for exercise and occasionally swim as well. Aside from basketball, volleyball, and football, what other sports or PE subjects do you think should UP offer or promote? I suggest other sports that are popular with the current generation as well as other Olympic sports. What do you think it will take for UP to become UAAP overall champion again? With hard work, discipline and good coaching, we can definitely become overall UAAP champions again. This also requires investments in our sports teams, facilities, equipment, and coaching staff. (Among the significant contributions of EVP Ted Herbosa to Philippine Sports Medicine are his stints as an officer of the Sports Medicine Association of the Philippines in the early 1990s; medical director of the Philippine Sports Commission in the late 1990s; medical director of the World Union of Karatedo Organizations in the early 1990s; and team doctor of the Philippine Team to the 1995 SEA Games in Jakarta and the Asian Games in Bangkok in 1997.) Read the online UP Forum April-June 2018 Vol. 19 No. 2 issue in full here. |
https://up.edu.ph/the-up-forum-roundtable-discussion-on-sports-2/ | The UP FORUM Roundtable Discussion on SPORTS – University of the Philippines | The UP FORUM Roundtable Discussion on SPORTS The UP FORUM Roundtable Discussion on SPORTS July 11, 2018 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office Philip Ian P. Padilla, MD, PhD Professor of Microbiology Former UP Faculty Regent UP Visayas What was your most memorable PE subject and why? My most memorable PE subject was swimming. I learned I was quite good at it. All throughout my high school days, I had poor eye-hand coordination (table tennis, badminton) and was very poor at team sports (volleyball, basketball). But in swimming, neither was required. All I needed was to be comfortable in the water and make it to several laps. It was an excellent full body workout for my wiry frame and improved my lung capacity. What sports, games, or physical activity do you engage in? What about it do you like the most? I still swim regularly (once or twice week) although not as often and I’m a bit slower now. I used to do kendo until I became regent and had to miss weeks of practices. When I decided to return to practice last year, I had frozen shoulders so I had to rest from kendo again and actually change bags to relieve the stress from both shoulders. In order to improve my eye-hand coordination, I played badminton for 10 years while I was doing my PhD in Japan (during lunch time) and in the US (in the evenings). I try to squeeze in some badminton practice in Iloilo as long as the gym has wooden floors. I also bike regularly because I got used to riding my bicycle in Japan and the US. Lastly, I try to walk at least 2 kilometers a day. In UPV Miag-ao campus, I seldom ride the tricycle because I walk from CAS to the faculty staff house every day, up rolling hills. Aside from basketball, volleyball, and football, what other sports or PE subjects do you think should UP offer or promote? I think kendo and other martial arts (taekwondo, karate do, judo, etc.) should be added. Especially as a PE choice in other campuses. These expose students to different cultural contexts and build their appreciation of these sports. What do you think will it take for UP to become UAAP overall champion again? The UAAP has always been a challenge for UP. My UP College of Medicine classmates have children who now play for UP so I frequently hear feedback from them. I believe more resources should be given to the athletes and as regent under the Pascual administration, I know the BOR fully supported his initiatives (building the sports facilities, establishing a sports program office, etc.). As a physician by training, I fully support the initiatives of PGH and its director to help in the medical needs of the athletes. Lastly, private support for the athletes should be better coordinated. |
https://up.edu.ph/the-up-forum-roundtable-discussion-on-sports-3/ | The UP FORUM Roundtable Discussion on SPORTS – University of the Philippines | The UP FORUM Roundtable Discussion on SPORTS The UP FORUM Roundtable Discussion on SPORTS July 12, 2018 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office Fernando P. Florendo Coordinator, Human Kinetics Program UP Baguio What was your most memorable PE subject and why? I have two memorable PE subjects: PE 1 Foundations of Physical Fitness since it deals with all the basics of fitness including exercise physiology, health, and wellness. The other is PE 2 Swimming, a required course for BS Biology students, which is the most difficult and risky PE 2 course to teach since extra precautions are very much needed compared to the other PE 2 courses. The teacher and students would travel for an hour going to, and an hour and a half coming from, the venue which passes through steep roads. What sports, games, or physical activity do you engage in? What about it do you like the most? I am currently active in playing sports such as table tennis in which I used to compete both nationally and internationally, in basketball and volleyball as an intrams player, in petanque, and swimming as a form of recreation. I also do Zumba and Strong Zumba since it is a required fitness activity for employees. Aside from basketball, volleyball, and football, what other sports or PE subjects do you think should UP offer or promote? UP should promote individual sports (badminton, table tennis, petanque, etc.) as well as dance sports (ballroom, cheer, street, etc.) in which UP is already excelling, but which are not as popular as the ball games (basketball, volleyball and football). UP should also promote leisure activities (outdoor recreation, orienteering, bird watching, nature walks, etc.) which enhance awareness of and concern for the environment. What do you think will it take for UP to become UAAP overall champion again? UP should at least equal if not surpass the other UAAP schools’ offerings. However, to begin with, it is better said than done since it is the only public school in the UAAP. Funding is limited by COA rules unlike in the private schools. Only strong support from the alumni or private institutions could offset this disadvantage, although it could be said that UP is UP where quality education is second to none. It still cannot be helped that poor but gifted athletes become practical what with the present economic realities. Some UAAP schools offer much more than just scholarships—uniforms, housing, allowances, and the like. For instance, Hans Sy was quoted in a news article that NU even provides employment to the athlete’s parents through SM. How can we beat that? Perhaps another move would be to ban imports to put all the teams on an equal footing. |
https://up.edu.ph/the-up-forum-roundtable-discussion-on-sports-4/ | The UP FORUM Roundtable Discussion on SPORTS – University of the Philippines | The UP FORUM Roundtable Discussion on SPORTS The UP FORUM Roundtable Discussion on SPORTS July 12, 2018 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office Robby Lagmay Solis BS Economics 2008 UP Diliman Consultant, House of Representatives What was your most memorable PE subject and why? Judo, because it was where I was able to grow and develop into a varsity athlete. I learned the fundamentals and techniques of the sport not only through rigorous training, but also through an honest-to-goodness study of literature on the martial arts. What sports, games, or physical activity do you engage in? What about it do you like the most? I play multiple sports such as judo, powerlifting, basketball, athletics, running, breakdancing, swimming, volleyball, badminton, ballroom dancing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and various martial arts, among others. I like cross-training in various sports because I get to adapt to different movements. Also, cross-training keeps me mentally alert, hence the saying “a sound mind in a sound body.” Aside from basketball, volleyball, and football, what other sports or PE subjects do you think should UP offer or promote? I definitely believe that UP should promote Philippine games and basic self-defense as staples in the list of PE subjects. This is because our country is so rich in its culture that we have a variety of games to choose from. As to self-defense, I believe that UP students need to be equipped with techniques to defend themselves should the need arises. What do you think will it take for UP to become UAAP overall champion again? When it comes to talent, UP has an abundance of it. While there have been initiatives to support our varsity teams, there should be consistency with respect to training for the UAAP games. With the right mix of talents, support, discipline, and guidance from the Lord, UP will go back to its winning tradition. |
https://up.edu.ph/waste-to-help-trim-your-waist/ | Waste to help trim your waist – University of the Philippines | Waste to help trim your waist Waste to help trim your waist September 5, 2017 | Written by Arlyn VCD Palisoc Romualdo If you think cacao is only good for making chocolate, think again. Scientists from UP Los Baños (UPLB) have discovered and developed a new product that comes from a most unlikely source, one that’s considered waste—the cacao pod husk. At the Food and Feed Laboratory of the UPLB National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (BIOTECH), researchers Tess Ramirez and Arcie Sapin have found a viable dietary fiber source in the husk that’s discarded after the precious cacao beans have been harvested from the pod to make chocolate. They processed the husk, treated it with enzymes, and developed a powder as food supplement for human consumption. “It’s high-fiber, high-protein, and rich in antioxidants,” Sapin said. Ramirez added that when they sent it to the UPLB College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) for feeding trials, “CVM happily reported that it was low on the Glycemic Index and actually lowered the blood glucose levels of the diabetic lab mice they tested.” UPLB researchers Arcie Sapin and Tess Ramirez show the food applications of their cacao pod husk dietary fiber powder. (Photo by Misael A. Bacani, UP MPRO) The trials involved feeding the mice with the cacao pod husk powder, a commercially available dietary fiber supplement, and glibenclamide, an anti-diabetes drug. It also included one that wasn’t given any drug or supplement at all. Among all the mice, the ones who were fed the BIOTECH product had fasting blood sugar level results comparable to those who were fed glibenclamide. According to the Office of Dietary Supplements of the United States National Institutes of Health, dietary fiber “adds bulk to your diet to make you feel full, helps prevent constipation, and may help lower the risk of heart disease and diabetes.” The United Kingdom National Health Service says it is “an important part of a healthy balanced diet” and can help prevent weight gain and some cancers. Heart disease, cancer, and diabetes are on the list of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) identified by the World Health Organization, which reports that “Of all the major health threats to emerge, none has challenged the very foundations of public health so profoundly as the rise of chronic [NCDs].” Ramirez and Sapin’s dietary fiber powder is good news not only for diabetics, those with high levels of low-density lipoproteins or bad cholesterol, and those with indigestion. This alternative dietary fiber source is also a welcome development for those who want to achieve a healthier body. And the positives just keep on coming. Their product is so versatile, it can be used by food manufacturing companies for mass production and by individuals for personal consumption. “We’re giving them the freedom to formulate—as ingredient for bread mixes, for example, or for ready-to-eat pastries.” Ramirez and Sapin had to figuratively add a chef’s toque to their lab gowns when they explored food applications for the powder. Their fellow researchers at the Food and Feed Lab were more than willing to be guinea pigs and sampled the food items: pan de sal, mamon, polvoron, muffins, cookies, and tortillas. The verdict? “They said our test products were delicious! Everything had a hint of chocolate.” And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. After all, most people love chocolate. Although Ramirez and Sapin were concerned with the powder turning the food products a bit brown, they said most high-fiber foods are brown in color anyway. Aside from the baked goods, they’ve also come up with pancake and butterscotch mixes. The researchers and staff of the Food and Feed Laboratory, UPLB National Insitute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology or BIOTECH. (Photo by Misael A. Bacani, UP MPRO) Healthy and nutritious? Check. Versatile? Check. Can it get any better? Yes. Ramirez and Sapin’s work has produced a high value product from cacao waste—a huge step in helping the Philippine cacao industry manage waste from processing. It was Dr. Rene Espino, former division head of the Department of Agriculture’s High Value Commercial Crops, who posed the challenge of waste utilization from existing agricultural industries. In the Philippines, cacao has been recognized by the national government as a crop with high local and international demand. In fact, the Philippine Cacao Industry Roadmap was signed early this year at Malacañan Palace to strengthen the industry of what is now considered a very important global commodity. So not only have Ramirez and Sapin managed to come up with a product that’s healthy, edible, and tasty, but they’ve also found a way to use what was previously just rubbish to help decrease waste products from cacao industries. The last bit of positive news? They’ve already filed a patent application for their cacao pod husk dietary fiber powder early this year. The product’s name is still a mouthful but no doubt Ramirez and Sapin are already thinking of a more catchy label. |
https://up.edu.ph/up-jazz-ensemble-turns-40/ | UP Jazz Ensemble turns 40 – University of the Philippines | UP Jazz Ensemble turns 40 UP Jazz Ensemble turns 40 May 8, 2018 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing! Since 1977, the UP Jazz Ensemble has been thumping in the background of our collective lives in Diliman. In celebration of their 4 decades of swinging, the Abelardo Hall Concert Series 2018, Season 1 is presenting “We Jazz Turned 40” on Saturday, May 26, 2018 at 3 pm and 7 pm. Led by Prof. Raymundo “Rayben” Maigue, the ensemble served as training ground for performers, composers, arrangers and conductors. and has spawned many of our country’s young professional jazz musicians like the Ugoy-ugoy Band, Side A, Brass Munkeys, Parliament Syndicate and the AMP Big Band. Acting as host will be mainstay vocalist, Ms. Lara Maigue, an up and coming tv star, and pop and classical artist. And since improvisation and spontaneity is the heart of jazz, do not be surprised if some of our campus personalities hop on stage and jam. We are inviting you and your friends to experience this highly celebrated group with us. The tickets, worth Php 500 and 250 (with discounts of 50% for students and 20% for seniors and PWD) may be reserved by calling Ms. Faye at 926 0026. And to add pizazz, we are encouraging everyone to come in 40s, 50s or 60s attire. Time to celebrate the end of another semester; time to celebrate 40 years of jazz on campus. |
https://up.edu.ph/akademyang-filipino-to-discuss-west-philippine-sea-dispute-in-first-general-assembly/ | Akademyang Filipino to discuss West Philippine Sea dispute in first general assembly – University of the Philippines | Akademyang Filipino to discuss West Philippine Sea dispute in first general assembly Akademyang Filipino to discuss West Philippine Sea dispute in first general assembly November 19, 2018 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office The country’s thought leaders, who have come together as Akademyang Filipino to help the country solve its biggest challenges to national advancement, will hold their first general assembly and a forum on defending Philippine sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea, on November 24, 2018, at the UP Professional Schools Auditorium, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City. Akademyang Filipino trustee and Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio will be the keynote speaker at the forum, which will also feature a panel of experts on the West Philippine Sea territorial and maritime dispute composed of Renato De Castro of De La Salle University International Studies Department, Jay Batongbacal of the UP Institute for Maritime Affairs and Law of the Sea, and author and columnist Richard Heydarian. Former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales, chair of the Akademyang Filipino Board of Trustees, will keynote the general assembly. Messages will be delivered by UP President Danilo Concepcion and National Artist F. Sionil Jose, who co-founded the academy with the late Sen. Edgardo Angara and who is now the academy’s chair emeritus. At the inaugural meeting of Akademyang Filipino in February 2017, Angara said he hoped the diverse organization “may provide an intellectual climate conducive to reform and change.” The association’s membership comprises leaders in the arts, sciences, politics, industry, and professions, including national artists, national scientists, and the Philippines’ Ramon Magsaysay Awardees. Apart from Morales, Jose, and Carpio, the academy’s trustees are Angel Alcala, Sonny Angara, Jose Dalisay Jr., Lydia Echauz, Felipe Gozon, Doris Magsaysay Ho, and Ramon Magsaysay Jr. The public is invited to watch the livestream of the forum at livestream.up.edu.ph, which will begin at 9:30 AM and end at noon. Observers, senior law students, and faculty members from UP and De La Salle University are expected to attend. The event is sponsored by the University of the Philippines Office of the Vice President for Public Affairs, UP College of Law, and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. |
https://up.edu.ph/artist-talks-about-calligrafilipino-emphasizes-love-for-own-culture/ | Artist talks about “CalligraFilipino”, emphasizes love for own culture – University of the Philippines | Artist talks about “CalligraFilipino”, emphasizes love for own culture Artist talks about “CalligraFilipino”, emphasizes love for own culture February 26, 2020 | Written by Fred Dabu Visual artist Ian “Taipan” Lucero (right) shows a magazine featuring a story on the contemporary usage of the ancient Baybayin script. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO. “Napakaganda ng ating kultura! Mahalin natin ang sariling atin!” (We have a beautiful culture! Love what’s ours!), said visual artist Ian “Taipan” Lucero, as he shared his passion and advocacy for Filipino culture and our ancient script known as Baybayin in his lecture as the guest of the Philippine Association of University Women (PAUW)-University of the Philippines (UP) Chapter at the UP Executive House in Diliman, Quezon City on January 20, 2020. Visual artist Taipan Lucero describes the Baybayin characters etched in Philippine peso coins and bills. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO. Attended by members of the Philippine Association of University Women (PAUW), teachers and staff of PAUW-UP Child Study Center, and visiting students from Japan, Lucero’s lecture-presentation on “CalligraFilipino” focused on the beauty of the indigenous and pre-colonial culture of Filipinos and how these could inspire modern-day patriotism through fine arts. He revealed that he used these as his inspiration for developing the distinct artistic style he called “CalligraFilipino”, and that this highlights the fusion of the ancient Baybayin writing system, calligraphy, and elements from traditional art and jewelry across the archipelago, such as the Sarimanok, the Kulintang, and the Okir, among many others. “We had our own thriving civilization and system of writing long before the Spaniards came,” Lucero said. He further said that the ones seen in the ancient Angono Petroglyphs were used in teaching children; the Boxer Codex illustrated people and culture in pre-colonial Philippines; and the Tagalog’s Baybayin was just one of our many ancient systems of writing. Our ancestors, he added, also had gold jewelry with remarkable and intricate designs said to match those made by modern goldsmiths. “Our language is as important as our script. Be proud of what’s ours!” Lucero emphasized in his talk. Members of the Philippine Association of University Women (PAUW), PAUW-UP Child Study Center, and guest students from Japan listen to the presentation by Taipan Lucero. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO. Lucero developed his distinct creative style by combining the above-mentioned elements, Baybayin, and calligraphy, and called it “CalligraFilipino”. He graduated cum laude from the College of Fine Arts, UP Diliman in 2012, worked as a graphic artist here and abroad, and studied calligraphy in Japan. There, he was inspired by the Japanese calligraphers’ love and respect for their culture. When he decided to return to the Philippines, he came home with this novel style and advocacy of promoting nationalistic Filipino art and design. Visual artist Taipan Lucero emphasizes the importance of the ancient Filipino written and spoken language. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO. Lucero said that “CalligraFilipino” followed some rules to form graphic designs, words, or illustrate concepts using Baybayin characters. “I put them together, stylized, into what would look nice,” he said. The style incorporates principles of: Kapuwa, for the characters’ positions to symbolize strong ties among family and friends; Kasiguraduhan, for the sureness of strokes and direction, without hesitation or error; and, Katuwiran, for the straightness of the character’s path, to symbolize steadfastness. He added that he had featured some of his works on his website (www.taipanlucero.com) and social media platforms (https://www.facebook.com/TaipanLucero/ and https://www.instagram.com/taipanlucero/) since technology and art were vital in preserving our culture and transmitting these to future generations. Through the years, Lucero has participated in solo and group exhibitions that have been sponsored by UP, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), or private galleries here and abroad. The Board of Directors and members of the Philippine Association of University Women (PAUW), teachers and staff of PAUW-UP Child Study Center, and the guest artist Taipan Lucero. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO. The PAUW-UP Chapter Board of Directors is comprised of: Atty. Gaby R. Concepcion (President); Ms. Carmen M. Pascual (Executive Director); Prof. Elizabeth L. Diaz (Vice President); Prof. Adelaida F. Lucero (Secretary); Prof. Ma. Vanessa L. Oyzon (Asst. Secretary); Prof. Rosella Jean M. Puno (Treasurer); Ms. Sigrid Buendia (Asst. Treasurer); Dr. Elvira S. Verano (Auditor); Prof. Carmelita C. Ramirez (PRO); and, Prof. Belen Medina, Prof. Selma G. Cortes, Dr. Sylvia H. Guerrero, Dr. Consolacion R. Alaras, and Prof. Catalina Tolentino as Board Members. |
https://up.edu.ph/up-webinar-to-bare-all-covid-19-omicron-updates/ | UP webinar to bare all COVID-19, ‘Omicron’ updates – University of the Philippines | UP webinar to bare all COVID-19, ‘Omicron’ updates UP webinar to bare all COVID-19, ‘Omicron’ updates December 2, 2021 | Written by Deina Blancaflor The University of the Philippines (UP), in partnership with UP Manila NIH National Telehealth Center and cooperation with UP Philippine General Hospital (PGH), would like to invite you to join the fight against COVID-19. On November 26, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for an urgent meeting to discuss the new variant of concern (VOC), later named ‘Omicron,’ first reported in Botswana and allegedly responsible for a steep rise in cases in South Africa. This new COVID-19 variant sparked tension worldwide, causing countries to implement stricter protocols and travel bans and even close their borders to South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique, and Malawi. As of writing, the Philippines has not reported any cases of the Omicron strain. The Inter-agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has also suspended flights from several African and European nations. What other measures should we be taking? Is Omicron more highly contagious than Delta? Is it resistant to our current vaccines? Where are we on both the vaccine and booster rollout of the country? Find out the answers to these questions by tuning in to the second to the last episode of the “Stop COVID Deaths” webinar series this year. This coming Friday, December 3, 2021, from 12nn to 2 pm, catch “What’s New? Nandito na ba ang Omicron: Updates on COVID-19 Clinical Management”. Hear firsthand from our experts: Dr. Franco Felizarta, infectious disease specialist from the UP Medical Alumni Society in America (UPMASA); Dr. Jubert Benedicto, Head of the CCU-Management Action Team of the UP PGH; Dr. Jean Abalos, obstetrician-gynecologist infectious disease expert and Medical Director of Chong Hua Hospital; Dr. Benny Atienza, President of the Philippine Medical Association; and, Dr. Ted Herbosa, Special Adviser to the National Task Force Against COVID-19. Dr. Benito P. Atienza, President of the Philippine Medical Association, and Dr. Stella Marie L. Jose, Deputy Director of Health Operations at UP PGH, will officially open and close the event. Don’t forget to register for the webinar here and catch our weekly live tweets and streams via the UP System Twitter Account and TVUP’s YouTube channel and Facebook page. The “Stop COVID Deaths” webinar series is the Philippines’ first and only frontline-focused medical webinar series. It pioneered the discussion, dissemination, and adoption of knowledge on COVID-19 treatment and management. Follow our accounts to stay connected with your credible online community. |
https://up.edu.ph/up-webinar-to-look-at-delta-surge-around-the-globe/ | UP webinar to look at Delta surge around the globe – University of the Philippines | UP webinar to look at Delta surge around the globe UP webinar to look at Delta surge around the globe September 2, 2021 | Written by Deina Blancaflor The University of the Philippines (UP), in partnership with UP Manila NIH National Telehealth Center, and in cooperation with UP Philippine General Hospital, would like to invite everyone to join the fight against COVID-19. This Friday, September 3, at 12:00 noon, join us for the fourth International Virtual Conference of the Stop COVID Deaths Webinar Series. As cases of COVID-19 surge in the Philippines, we pause to take a look at what is happening around the world. With the Delta Variant now becoming the most dominant variant of concern, we ask these questions: Are cases increasing in other places as well? What measures are being put in place to curb what is now the “dominant variant” in many countries? What interventions show promise in controlling the Delta variant? Speakers around the globe will tackle these issues: the current surge caused by Delta; how young and fully-vaccinated people are affected; the mental health impact of lockdowns; and updates on testing and vaccination. The panel includes: Dr. Franco Felizarta (Philippines), an infectious disease expert); Dr. Atsumo Tsutsumi (Japan), Professor at Kanazawa University; Mr. Roy Wadia (Thailand), Communications Advisor to the United Nations; Dr. Chun-Yu Lin (Taiwan), Consultant for COVID-19 Pandemic); and, Dr. John Wong (Philippines), Senior Technical Advisor from EpiMetrics, Inc. Register here and don’t miss this timely talk as we seek to understand what is happening in different parts of the world, and hopefully, we help each other navigate this pandemic together. |
https://up.edu.ph/up-webinar-to-tackle-physical-classes-risks-preparations/ | UP webinar to tackle physical classes, risks, preparations – University of the Philippines | UP webinar to tackle physical classes, risks, preparations UP webinar to tackle physical classes, risks, preparations September 8, 2021 | Written by Deina Blancaflor The University of the Philippines (UP), in partnership with UP Manila NIH National Telehealth Center, and in cooperation with UP Philippine General Hospital, invites you to join the fight against COVID-19. The pandemic struck a big blow to the country’s healthcare system. While we scramble for short-term solutions, long-term goals must also be pursued, and that includes preparing the next generation of healthcare workers. How do we strike the balance between reintroducing face-to-face classes to sustain their learning needs and protecting them from risk of infection? This coming Friday, September 10, the “Stop COVID Deaths” webinar series will tackle just that. Titled “Limited Face-to-Face: Ligtas Ba?”, speakers, students, and members of the academe will share how they have been preparing for the reopening of classes for health professionals, the challenges that come with it, as well as highlight the creative ways in which they’ve worked around these constraints so far. The opening remarks will be given by Atty. Cinderella Filipina S. Benitez-Jaro, Executive Director of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). Speakers from different universities also invited are: UP Manila Chancellor Carmencita D. Padilla; of; Dr. Caroline Marian S. Enriquez, President of Our Lady of Fatima University; and, Dr. Ma. Cristina D. Padolina, President and Chief Academic Officer of Centro Escolar University. Two students will also be giving their reactions after the talks: Rani Ailyna Domingo (UP Medicine Class of 2022) and Daniel Louis E. Puspos (CEU Dentistry COMPASS Chapter). Dr. Charlotte M. Chiong, Dean of UP College of Medicine, is set to end the webinar with her message. Register here or catch the livestream via TVUP’s official Facebook and YouTube accounts at 12:00 noon on Friday. |
https://up.edu.ph/up-wins-iabc-gold-quill-for-stop-covid-deaths/ | UP wins IABC Gold Quill for “Stop Covid Deaths” – University of the Philippines | UP wins IABC Gold Quill for “Stop Covid Deaths” UP wins IABC Gold Quill for “Stop Covid Deaths” April 29, 2022 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office When the COVID-19 pandemic began to rampage in early 2020, there were no experts on the disease nor any well-established treatments. Any knowledge gained came at a great price as doctors, and other medical professionals were among the first to fall to the new, highly infectious viral disease. The Philippines alone lost nearly two dozen medical specialists to COVID, a devastating blow to a country where health workers were already in short supply. Add to this the skyrocketing incidence of burnout among Philippine health workers as the pandemic raged on, as well as the government’s relatively weak COVID-19 response compared to the rest of ASEAN, and it becomes apparent that the country’s healthcare system’s recovery from the pandemic remains an uphill battle. Early on, the University of the Philippines (UP), the country’s national university, saw the urgent and continuing need for the exchange of accurate information about and on-the-ground experiences with COVID-19 among doctors, nurses, health workers, scientists, government officials, private healthcare representatives, and other frontliners. UP was then determined to ensure that the Philippine healthcare sector provides the best possible care for COVID-19 patients and national and local pandemic response. The general public also needed resources for science-based information about COVID-19 to counter the parallel epidemic of fake news and misinformation. By tapping into its community of the country’s top experts in multiple fields and disciplines, UP organized the “Stop COVID Deaths” webinar series early into the pandemic. This series is a collaborative work with the UP Manila National Institutes of Health (UPM-NIH) and National Telehealth Center (UPM-NTC), and the UP Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH), with TVUP handling the Zoom-based program, including its livestreaming. These informative, educational webinars are held every Friday at noon over the TVUP YouTube channel and through the University’s Twitter account and TVUP’s Facebook page, making them free and openly accessible to anyone. UP has produced 96 “Stop COVID Deaths” webinars. They are still available for viewing on the TVUP YouTube channel. The latest round expands the discussion beyond COVID-19 and other infectious diseases significantly impacting the Philippine population, such as measles. 2022 Gold Quill Award of Merit The university’s significant educational and public service initiative—now into its third year—has recently earned international recognition when the UP “Stop COVID Deaths” webinars won a 2022 Gold Quill Award of Merit from the US-based International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). According to its official website, IABC’s Gold Quill Awards have recognized and awarded excellence in strategic communication worldwide. It is the only awards program that globally honors communicators’ dedication, innovation, and passion. Since 2008, organizers have screened more than 4,451 projects. As one of the awardees for 2022, the UP “Stop COVID Deaths” series won an Award of Merit under the Communication Management Division of the Gold Quill Awards in the “COVID-19 Response and Recovery Management and Communication” category. Its co-winners in its category include projects by the Region of Peel and the Vancouver Coastal Health (Canada), and the London Health Sciences Centre (UK). According to a letter from the IABC Awards Committee sent to UP Vice President for Public Affairs Elena Pernia, “Our Gold Quill Blue Ribbon Panel evaluators assessed your entry against the IABC Gold Quill Award criteria and IABC’s Seven-point Scale of Excellence. Your work met this high standard—a great accomplishment!” “Through this work, you’ve managed to create a movement that has had a major impact on your country not only as it relates to how information is shared amongst frontline medical workers but also in the access that the public has to information that is highly relevant and important to Filipinos,” the IABC Gold Quill jury commented in its assessment of the webinar series. “In a time where many people and organizations were overwhelmed, this project stands out as one that demonstrates how effective and impactful simple, clear and consistent communication can be,” it added. Other winners from the Philippines are ABS-CBN for excellence in communication award for the web for its “Act as if you have the virus” campaign and recognition of merit in communication skills for its Kapamilya Himig Handog event, Christian Kyle Pascual of the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde earned the award of merit in audio-visual communication skills for the presentation “Turtales: Telling the Tales of Endangered Marine Turtles,” the Megaworld Foundation garnered an award for excellence in communication skills in social media for its “Mega Summer Ventures Version 2.0” and Meralco for excellence in communication skills in publications award for its 2020 Corporate Reports and award of merit in communication skills in social media for its Meralco Corporate Partners Viber Community. Everyone is invited to attend this week’s UP “Stop COVID Deaths” webinar titled “Batang Biglang Hindi Makalakad: Siryosohin Natin ang Tigdas”, to be held on April 29, 2022, from 12 to 2 p.m. With reports from Jo. Florendo B. Lontoc |
https://up.edu.ph/off-the-press-the-up-forum-july-september-2018-vol-19-no-3-issue-is-now-available-online/ | OFF THE PRESS: The UP Forum July-September 2018 Vol. 19 No. 3 issue is now online – University of the Philippines | OFF THE PRESS: The UP Forum July-September 2018 Vol. 19 No. 3 issue is now online OFF THE PRESS: The UP Forum July-September 2018 Vol. 19 No. 3 issue is now online October 26, 2018 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office The UP Forum July-September 2018 Vol. 19 No. 3 issue is now online. Central to the magazine’s issue is UP’s character as being not just about utak, but also with puso. It features ten articles on UP’s efforts in addressing the problems of students, faculty and staff not only academically but more importantly, emotionally, socially, financially and in other aspects of their stay on campus. It also includes a roundtable discussion on “Utak at Puso” highlighting stories of kindness and compassion. Click the cover photo to start browsing: Click HERE to download a PDF copy of the issue. |
https://up.edu.ph/off-the-press-the-up-forum-january-march-2018-a-tradition-of-public-service-is-now-available-online/ | OFF THE PRESS: The UP Forum January-March 2018: A tradition of public service is now available online – University of the Philippines | OFF THE PRESS: The UP Forum January-March 2018: A tradition of public service is now available online OFF THE PRESS: The UP Forum January-March 2018: A tradition of public service is now available online April 6, 2018 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office The UP Forum January-March 2018 Vol. 19 No. 1 issue is now available online. It features eleven articles on UP’s continuing tradition of public service, including a round table discussion on how can universities and colleges serve the public better. Click the cover photo to start browsing : Click HERE to download a PDF copy of the issue. |
https://up.edu.ph/off-the-press-the-up-forum-october-december-2018-vol-19-no-4-issue-is-now-online/ | OFF THE PRESS: The UP Forum October-December 2018 Vol. 19 No. 4 issue is now online – University of the Philippines | OFF THE PRESS: The UP Forum October-December 2018 Vol. 19 No. 4 issue is now online OFF THE PRESS: The UP Forum October-December 2018 Vol. 19 No. 4 issue is now online December 18, 2018 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office The UP Forum October-December 2018 Vol. 19 No. 4 issue is now online. Central to the magazine’s issue is UP’s legacy to Philippine music. It features eleven articles on UP’s contribution to various aspects of Philippine music. It also includes a roundtable discussion on UP’s legacy of music featuring insights from the faculty and students. Click the cover photo to start browsing: Click HERE to download a PDF copy of the issue. |
https://up.edu.ph/up-cids-hosts-taiwans-new-southbound-policy-implications-for-the-philippines-public-lecture/ | UP CIDS hosts “Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy: Implications for the Philippines” public lecture – University of the Philippines | UP CIDS hosts “Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy: Implications for the Philippines” public lecture UP CIDS hosts “Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy: Implications for the Philippines” public lecture July 6, 2018 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office The public is invited to attend a lecture on Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy: Implications for the Philippines on 13 July 2018 at 9:00am to 12:00nn to be held at the Seminar Room, Hall of Wisdom of the Asian Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. This public lecture aims to provide insights on the significance of Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy for the Philippines and the Indo-Pacific region in general. Experts from the United States, Taiwan, and the Philippines will discuss issues related to this national policy. The invited speakers include scholars from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington, D.C. and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) of the National Chengchi University (NCCU), Taiwan. We are also expecting members of the academe, government, and armed forces, and foreign delegates to attend. The public lecture is free and is sponsored by the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP CIDS) Strategic Studies Program (SSP), in collaboration with the University of the Philippines Department of Political Science, Asia Pacific Pathways to Progress Foundation, Inc. (APPFI) and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). The SSP of the UP CIDS aims to promote interest and discourse on significant changes in Philippine foreign policy and develop capacity building for strategic studies in the country. The program views the Philippines’ latest engagements with the great powers and multilateral cooperation with other states in the Asia-Pacific region as a catalyst to further collaborative and multidisciplinary research between the intellectual communities within East Asia. For more information, email ssp.cids@up.edu.ph or contact 981-8500 loc. 4266/4267/4268. Please register at: https://goo.gl/forms/AZ4tCC9l4nv7rKqa2 The online registration closes on Thursday, 12 July 2018 at 5:00pm. |
https://up.edu.ph/5th-philippine-korean-studies-symposium-pkss-held-in-upd/ | 5th Philippine Korean Studies Symposium (PKSS) held in UPD – University of the Philippines | 5th Philippine Korean Studies Symposium (PKSS) held in UPD 5th Philippine Korean Studies Symposium (PKSS) held in UPD December 7, 2017 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office With the theme, “Establishing Korean Studies as an Instrument for Development”, the 5th Philippine Korean Studies Symposium (PKSS) was held at the NISMED Auditorium in UP Diliman on November 9-10, 2017. Plenary lectures by Dr. Donald L. Baker (Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia) and Dr. Hyunmee Kim (Department of Cultural Anthropology, Yonsei University) provided valuable lessons and insights on Korea’s modern history, contemporary politics, and the diverse faces of its youth movement. The symposium also featured paper presentations and discussions on related researches on media, gender, language, climate change, telecommunications, mass transportation, Korean-Philippine development projects and programs, and K-Pop. Photo by Jun Madrid The two-day symposium was organized by the UP Department of Linguistics and the Academy of Korean Studies, with the support of the Korean Cultural Center, the UP Korea Research Center, the UP Office of International Linkages, and other partner institutions. (Fred Dabu, UP MPRO) Click here for more photos of the event. |
https://up.edu.ph/up-cebu-hosts-first-national-tbi-summit/ | UP Cebu hosts first national TBI summit – University of the Philippines | UP Cebu hosts first national TBI summit UP Cebu hosts first national TBI summit December 14, 2017 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office Heads of 20 higher education institutions, including Chancellor Sylvia Concepcion of UP Mindanao, sign a memorandum of understanding under the HEIRIT Program, at the First Philippine TBI Summit, held in Cebu City, November 24, 2017. Hailed by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) as a showcase, the UP Cebu Business Incubator for Information Technology (UP CeBu inIT) hosted the first Philippine Technology Business Incubators (TBIs) Summit on November 24, 2017 at the Cebu Parklane International Hotel. The summit served as a venue for the TBIs around the country to share their experiences and lessons including how to start a network in order to further develop the TBIs. The event was made possible in partnership with the Philippine Council for Industry, Engineering and Emerging Technology Research and Development (PCIEERD) of the DOST. Aside from UP Cebu inIT, other established TBIs in attendance included, among others: the UP Enterprise Center for Technopreneurship, the UP Diliman Innovation Hub, Batangas State University, Western Visayas State University, Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology, and the youngest TBI, the Palawan State University. An open forum at the First Philippine TBI Summit, held in Cebu City, November 24, 2017. “It took almost eight years, if we reckon the start of TBIs in 2009, before we were able to hold this first ever national summit,” UP Cebu Chancellor Liza Corro said in her welcome remarks. She echoed the summit objectives of promoting the establishment of an association of TBIs as an avenue “to share best practices, and to relay to government and industry the needs of TBIs and our start-up locators.” Sharing his knowledge on best practices on the sustainability of TBIs, ‘Azra’i Shu’ib, the general manager of Technology Park Malaysia, discussed Malaysia’s journey in building its “fourth-generation TBIs”. The TBIs in attendance are the second generation of TBIs established with the support of DOST. Department of Trade and Industry Undersecretary Nora Terrado talked about how FabLabs could help capacitate technopreneurs in the region. FabLabs or fabrication laboratories are a kind of facility to enable the transformation of digital designs into physical reality. Other resources speakers included Executive Director Carlos Primo David and TBI Program Manager Russel Pili, both of PCIEERD. The summit also marked the launching of the Higher Education Institution Readiness for Innovation and Technopreneurship (HEIRIT) Program. Spearheaded by UP Engineering Prof. Nestor Rañeses, the program aims to prepare higher education institutions for technology business incubation ventures. A total of 20 of these higher education institutions were named, including UP Mindanao, with chief executives signing a memorandum of understanding with DOST through Secretary Fortunato de la Peña. UP Mindanao Chancellor Sylvia Concepcion and UP Cebu Chancellor Liza Corro meet Department of Science and Technology Secretary Fortunato de la Peña at the First Philippine TBI Summit, held in Cebu City, November 24, 2017. The summit showcased as well some start-ups sharing their own experiences with UP Cebu inIT’s own locators, InnoPub Media and PayRuler, taking the stage. Since its establishment in 2009, a number of TBIs around the country have experienced challenges in sustainability with UP Cebu inIT remaining as a good example and described by DOST as “the more matured” of the TBIs. According to Jeffrey Montecillos, who has been with the UP Cebu inIT since its inception, the maturity of UP Cebu’s TBI is due to a high start-up graduation rate and financial sustainability of operations. Of its 62 locators, 40 have graduated from the TBI as capable of operating on their own. The TBI has also come up with an operations manual and has realized significant savings. The UP Cebu inIT is currently being managed by Project Leader Jason Nieva along with staff members, Montecillos, Hazel dela Peña, and Fretzy Colonia. |
https://up.edu.ph/dost-jsps-joint-research-program-for-2019-now-open-for-proposals/ | DOST-JSPS Joint Research Program for 2019 now open for proposals – University of the Philippines | DOST-JSPS Joint Research Program for 2019 now open for proposals DOST-JSPS Joint Research Program for 2019 now open for proposals June 13, 2018 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office Department of Science and Technology (DOST) – Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Joint Research Program, first launched in 2004, is a bilateral exchange program jointly conducted by Filipino and Japanese researchers in accordance with their mutual agreement on international scientific collaboration. In this bilateral activity, a Filipino scientist/researcher is given the opportunity to conduct his/her research project with funding from DOST, and also build/strengthen collaborative work with Japanese researchers and institutions. The call for proposals will close on September 5, 2018. View the guidelines for submission of proposals and application procedures here. |
https://up.edu.ph/aghambayan-showcases-ups-dost-backed-research-achievements-contributions-to-nation/ | Aghambayan showcases UP’s DOST-backed research achievements, contributions to nation – University of the Philippines | Aghambayan showcases UP’s DOST-backed research achievements, contributions to nation Aghambayan showcases UP’s DOST-backed research achievements, contributions to nation July 3, 2018 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office Scientific researches on display at the Aghambayan Innovation Festival (Photo by Bong Arboleda, UP MPRO) Aghambayan, a one-day science and technology and innovation festival, showcased UP-led, DOST-funded project. Highlighting the event were an exhibit, panel discussions and a conference with breakout sessions at the Jose Rizal Hall, Philippine International Convention Center, Pasay City on June 20. UP President Danilo L. Concepcion and DOST Secretary Fortunato Dela Peña opened the event with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. “Sa UP hindi lang tayo nagsasaliksik upang tumuklas lamang ng bagong kaalaman. Lahat ng nais nating gawin sa UP ay inilalaan natin ang ating panahon, yaman at kakayahang taglay sa mga saliksik na magdudulot ng pakinabang sa buong sambayanan. . . . Ang agham po sa UP ay para sa bayan. Ang UP ay agham bayan… [In UP, we are doing research not just for the sake of discovering new knowledge. Everything that we do in the University is dedicated through our efforts, resources and expertise to researches that benefit the Filipinos and the nation. Science for UP is for the nation. UP is agham bayan],” Pres. Concepcion said during his welcome remarks. On exhibit was a display of scientific works divided into four themes: health and well-being, environment, food, and human resource development-job creation. Along with the research exhibits, there were interactive technology demonstration corners as well as actual discussions with project leaders and scientists present at the event. The panel discussions brought together: primary stakeholders of science, technology, and innovation, government and industry leaders, including faculty members and researchers from UP and other state universities and colleges; policy makers; and, investors discussing policy implications and utilization of scientific research and innovation benefiting the public. Featuring researches on health and well-being as one of the themes of this year’s Aghambayan festival (Photo by Bong Arboleda, UP MPRO) The industry panel discussion was moderated by UP alumna and ABS-CBN’s ANC anchor Michelle Ong. It was attended by some industry leaders: Roberto Amores of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), and Dan Lachica of Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines (SEIPI). Discussions were on the importance of research and development (R&D) especially to major industry investors. These emphasized the need to review existing policies pertaining to R&D as well as to patent and intellectual property issues. With Aghambayan showcasing UP’s science innovations which are in collaboration with DOST providing practical value to Filipino’s everyday lives, DOST Secretary Dela Peña stressed that “this endeavor has gone far in achieving its goal, take for example, in uplifting the lives of agricultural farmers and its sector.” He continued, “This is a gift to the whole country. And the DOST does not work with UP alone; in fact, we have launched the ‘Science for Change’ program to accelerate science and technology innovation through a massive investment in science and technology, human resource development and R&D. We are working aggressively to establish lead-centers for R&D in the regions through the R&D leadership program, and efforts to connect R&D institutions with industry. So, with this kind of program, we hope to have more activities like Aghambayan to manifest DOST’s strategy: science for the people.” For the government panel discussion, UP alumna and GMA documentarist and journalist Kara David was the moderator, of with DOST Sec. Dela Peña and NEDA Usec. Adoracion Navarro among the key panel discussants. They raised issues on: funding support, strengthening commercialization, knowledge transfer and patent, the government’s trust in the research products of scientists and academe. Top officials from the government and industry sectors also receive from UP President Danilo Concepcion and DOST Secretary Fortunato Dela Peña the “Better Living Through Science and Technology” handbook. (Photo by Bong Arboleda, UP MPRO) At the event, top officials from the government and industry sectors also received from UP President Danilo Concepcion and DOST Secretary Fortunato Dela Peña the “Better Living Through Science and Technology” handbook, featuring a compilation of DOST-funded UP research and development projects. (Stephanie S. Cabigao, UP MPRO) |
https://up.edu.ph/public-lecture-on-indo-pacific-geopolitical-situation-set-on-october-23/ | Public lecture on Indo-Pacific geopolitical situation set on October 23 – University of the Philippines | Public lecture on Indo-Pacific geopolitical situation set on October 23 Public lecture on Indo-Pacific geopolitical situation set on October 23 October 9, 2018 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office The Strategic Studies Program (SSP) of the University of the Philippines’ Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP CIDS), in partnership with the UP System Office of International Linkages (UP OIL), will hold a World Experts Lecture Series on Tuesday, 23 October 2018 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Audiovisual Room of the UP Marine Science Institute, Diliman, Quezon City. The public lecture, which seeks to provide insights on the developing geopolitical situation in the Indo-Pacific, will have as its speakers Dr. Brendan Taylor, Associate Professor of Strategic Studies, and Dr. William Tow, Professor of International Relations, from the Australian National University. This event is free and open to the public. To pre-register visit https://goo.gl/forms/fTmqVLHXzuAt66bv1 For more information, please contact ssp.cids@up.edu.ph or (02) 981 8500 loc. 4266-68. |
https://up.edu.ph/building-a-soul-for-diwata/ | Building a soul for Diwata – University of the Philippines | Building a soul for Diwata Building a soul for Diwata October 30, 2018 | Written by Andre DP Encarnacion Engr. Ariston Gonzalez of the PHL-Microsat bus development team. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) For much of his stay at Japan’s Tohoku University, there was little Ariston Gonzalez could do to ease the grind of his daily shift. At times the process of satellite-building seemed more hard labor than scholarship. Even for this UP-trained engineer, each repetitive motion hardly seemed to lead to the near-miracle of creating what essentially became a tumbling box in space that could obey commands. Take the case of the humble nut and bolt. Where in previous projects, Gonzalez could twist away to his heart’s content, the life cycle of each of his bolts followed strict protocols. There were quality control protocols, cleaning protocols, and even protocols for proper torqueing. “But here was where I learned that every detail matters,” he says. “Because if one bolt fails, everything could fail.” Indeed, what followed was the opposite of failure. In April 2016 Gonzalez’s little box would rise to fame as Diwata 1, the first ever microsatellite made and designed by Filipinos. Gonzalez, together with three others, was a member of Diwata’s original bus development team. Their crew was tasked not only with building the satellite’s infrastructure, but also providing the sensors that would act as its eyes, the computer that would serve as its brain, and the fans that would serve as its muscles in space. Expertly tying together all these components made it possible for Gonzalez and the PHL-Microsat team to solve important problems. For instance, how would Diwata know where it was? And once they had a lock on its location, how could they control it? After all, even a satellite with a camera needs to point before it can shoot. The secret, he says, lies in “attitude control”, the synergistic use of sensors and systems to orient objects like satellites in 3D. And much like the seafarers of old, Gonzalez claims that Diwata’s journey is one that tackles challenges common to all travelers. “How do we get to our destination and where are we even going?” Sea of stars With his trademark glasses and graphic tee, Gonzalez is fond of his nautical analogies. But instead of a ship on the water, his explanation of attitude control likens Diwata to a vessel in a sea of stars. “Like us, mariners also had tools like telescopes and sextants to chart star relationships. And they had compasses to chart where they were.” There are multiple phases that go into pointing a satellite. And Gonzalez says, like Moana in the movies, that the first involves using sensing equipment to learn its location and position with respect to certain bodies. Diwata 1, and its successor Diwata 2, have a plethora of such sensors. First, lining the bodies of both Diwata 1 and 2 are multiple sun aspect sensors (SAS). Holding up a metal square with a reflective center, Gonzalez notes the two purposes of this device. “First it tells us where we are with respect to the sun.” Working like solar cells, the sensors can indicate which side faces the sun when stuck directly by its light. A glimpse at Diwata-2’s sun aspect sensor. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) Second, even in its tumbling state, the sensors can help calculate Diwata’s angle with respect to the sun using light intensity. “When it shines directly on the sensor, that’s typically when it is most intense,” Gonzalez says. As the angle of sunlight moves off-center, typically the intensity decreases, and the onboard computers can calculate a line tracing the satellite’s orientation based on the information. Because it orbits the earth lower than larger global positioning system (GPS) satellites, Diwata 2 will be able to receive GPS data, much like a typical mobile phone, to measure both position and velocity. But even this only serves to complement Diwata’s geomagnetic sensor (GAS). “We know that the Earth has a magnetic field of its own,” explains Gonzalez. And with different areas on the planet having fields of different magnitudes, the PHL-Microsat team can use the sensor to map the coordinates of Diwata with a considerable degree of precision. Diwata’s final two sensors are perhaps its most sensitive. While vessels of old used gyroscopes to measure their orientation, Diwata’s fiberoptic gyroscope (FOG) takes this to another level. Instead of rotating wheels, the FOG features optical fiber coils located on three axes. Light is split and made to travel these coils in opposite directions, with rotation on any of these wheels causing interference that delays one beam relative to the other (called the Sagnac effect). “It is so sensitive to rotations,” Gonzalez says, “that just setting it on the table, it can measure the rotation of the Earth.” Finally, just as the ancients before it, Diwata 2 also uses the stars. Since stars are fairly static landmarks, the microsatellite can utilize its star tracker telescope (STT) to take a snapshot of a region of space. It then compares this snapshot to the 360-degree star gallery included on board Diwata to estimate the satellite’s current attitude and location. So accurate is the STT that Gonzalez says it is virtually the standalone system behind Diwata’s most precise pointing capability (called “fine attitude determination”) that locks onto a given location with an accuracy of up to 0.1 degrees. High-altitude photographs When taking a photo in space, however, knowing one’s location is only half the battle. You need to use all this information to take a position and aim. Once Diwata’s central computer has integrated its sensors’ data, it relies on a pair of clever instruments to move properly. First, to break it from a high-speed tumble, Diwata 2 features three magnetorquers, which are coils with electric current running though them. When turned on, each magnetorquer generates a magnetic field that aligns with the Earth’s own. And, like typical magnets, both fields will lock onto one another—fixing the satellite in a specific orientation. Once locked in, Gonzalez says finer adjustments can be made. For these, they installed four reaction wheels located diagonally across each other. Because angular momentum is conserved, Gonzalez says paired wheels spinning at equal speeds cancel each other’s influence out. But weaken or turn one off and Diwata can pivot in a controlled fashion suitable to take the high-altitude photographs that have made it famous. As the public has witnessed since 2016, the images produced by the nation’s microsatellites are as useful as they are remarkable. With the ability to point directly down (called “nadir pointing mode”), to track a specific landmark as it passes, or to aim at an off-center direction, Diwata can take multispectral images to check for environmental health or detailed photos of important targets. A stitched together panorama of multispectral images of Palawan’s sediment plumes. (Courtesy of PHL-Microsat project) With the technical requirements in place, taking, say, a panoramic image of Palawan becomes simple. “So basically what you do when you make a panorama is shoot photos while on the move,” Gonzalez said. “But since Diwata moves on its orbit, you just have to hold it down and take snapshot after snapshot. After stitching these together, you end up with one big mosaic.” A Diwata’s soul The philosopher Aristotle once described a soul as that which gives a being its primary purpose and contains faculties for it to think, sense and act. In that sense, it might not, therefore, be an exaggeration to say that the sleepless nights Gonzalez and his colleagues spent building and coding were giving Diwata the closest thing it has to a soul. Fortunately, this larger purpose was never lost on Gonzalez and his team, especially during cold winters. “I always say when I give talks to students that even when you are doing technical work, you should always keep the bigger picture of what you are doing in mind. Looking at it in retrospect, this is really testament to our country’s journey—that we can do it!” To perk himself up in the lab, there were times when Gonzalez would put his fingerprints on the tiny sensors he made and imagined them being part of something greater. Today, these same sensors are moving at 7 kilometers per second, ensuring that Diwata 2 can watch over the Philippines tirelessly as it looks forward to a future in space. Ariston Gonzalez (seated, center) with members of the PHL-Microsat team prior to the launch of Diwata-2. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) Read more on the launch of Diwata-2 HERE. |
https://up.edu.ph/experts-discuss-asia-pacific-geopolitics/ | Experts discuss Asia-Pacific geopolitics – University of the Philippines | Experts discuss Asia-Pacific geopolitics Experts discuss Asia-Pacific geopolitics November 27, 2018 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office William T. Tow, PhD, and Brendan K. Taylor, PhD. (Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) Two international relations scholars from the Australian National University (ANU) shared their views on the geopolitical situation in the Asia-Pacific region at the lecture hosted by the Strategic Studies Program (SSP) of the University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP CIDS) and the UP Office of International Linkages (UP OIL) in the Audiovisual Room of the UP Marine Science Institute in UP Diliman, Quezon City on October 23, 2018. Brendan K. Taylor, PhD. (Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) Brendan K. Taylor, PhD, Associate Professor of Strategic Studies at the ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, talked on four flashpoints or geographic areas where violent conflict may erupt and then offered possible scenarios to prevent war. Taylor is a specialist on great power strategic relations in the Asia-Pacific, East Asian flashpoints, and Asian security architecture. His presentation, “Stopping Asia’s ‘Crisis Slide’: An Australian Perspective on Asia’s Flashpoint”, featured analyses contained in his latest book, The Four Flashpoints: How Asia Goes to War (2018). William T. Tow, PhD. (Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) William T. Tow, PhD, Professor in the International Relations Department at the ANU Coral Bell School of Asia-Pacific Affairs, discussed several developments in the region’s geopolitics in his presentation, “Structural Change and Power Balancing in the Indo-Pacific: An Australian View of the Region’s Alliance Politics”. He has been a visiting research fellow at Stanford University’s Asia-Pacific Research Center, the Yusof Ishak Institute for Southeast Asian Studies, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and the Rajaratnam School of International Studies. Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem, PhD, Executive Director of the UP CIDS, welcomes the participants of the public lecture. (Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) Taylor outlined several historical and structural causes of conflict, shifts in balance of military power, and methods to prevent a catastrophic clash among key players in the region, among others. He said the flashpoints were: Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula, the East China Sea, and the South China Sea. He also explained that it was important for scholars and world leaders to understand the connections and possible resolutions in order to prevent a “crisis slide” or a series of international problems that could lead to war. Herman Joseph S. Kraft, convenor of the UP CIDS – SSP, delivers the closing remarks. (Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) Tow discussed how scholars of international relations and strategic studies are looking at the rise of China in relation to the perceived erosion of Western power, nations’ alliances and connections with the US, prospects for a post-Cold War bipolar world order, and new opportunities for global connectivity. He warned that corruption, nationalism or populism, and overheated economies complicate miscalculation, making the situation volatile or less predictable. He recommended that connectivity, free trade, and a rules-based order based on sovereignty and respect are vital for nations to avoid blocks or conflicts. He also said the world must not return to the age of great power rivalry. (Fred Dabu, UP MPRO) |
https://up.edu.ph/up-krc-and-ateneo-korean-studies-program-hold-public-lecture-on-accounting-for-popular-taste-neoliberalism-in-reality-talent-shows/ | UP KRC and Ateneo Korean Studies Program hold public lecture on “Accounting for Popular Taste: Neoliberalism in Reality Talent Shows” – University of the Philippines | UP KRC and Ateneo Korean Studies Program hold public lecture on “Accounting for Popular Taste: Neoliberalism in Reality Talent Shows” UP KRC and Ateneo Korean Studies Program hold public lecture on “Accounting for Popular Taste: Neoliberalism in Reality Talent Shows” April 13, 2021 | Posted by UP Media and Public Relations Office On March 12, 2021, the University of the Philippines (UP) Korea Research Center and the Ateneo Korean Studies Program conducted another public lecture, “Accounting for Popular Taste: Neoliberalism in Reality Talent Shows”. This free lecture discussed the history, nature, and practices of Korean reality talent shows and K-pop idol formation under neoliberalism. Screenshot during the UP KRC’s public lecture, “Accounting for Popular Taste: Neoliberalism in Reality Talent Shows”. Watch the replay on the UP KRC’s Youtube channel. Dr. Roald Maliangkay from the Australian National University was invited to share his expertise on this topic. Fascinated by the mechanics of cultural policy and the convergence of major cultural phenomena, he analyzes cultural industries, performance, and consumption in Korea from the early twentieth century to the present. He is the author of Broken Voices: Postcolonial Entanglements and the Preservation of Korea’s Central Folksong Traditions (University of Hawai`i Press, 2017), and co-editor of K-pop: The International Rise of the Korean Music Industry (Routledge, 2015). Today, many K-pop fans and audiences alike anticipate the formation of their K-pop idols from Korean reality talent shows and survival shows like I Can See Your Voice (Mnet), Superstar K (Mnet), The Voice of Korea (Mnet), Korea’s Got Talent (tvN), Survival Edition K-pop Star (SBS), Top Band (KBS), Singing Batte (KBS), and Star Audition: The Great Birth (MBC). This kind of “business formula” was established as early as the 1930s, and today’s events sometimes reveal precedency of “good looks and showmanship over musical skill.” Dr. Maliangkay highlighted that the term “neoliberalism” has been used not only in economic and social studies, but also in cultural studies and K-pop. He noted that neoliberalism can be identified in the K-pop industry with hypercommodification and hyper-rationalization through the hectic training system, “use of lipsync”, different idol formations, and idol-fan interactions. Participants also asked questions related to recent survival show issues and fandom competitions at the end of the lecture. Re-watch the full lecture via UPKRC official YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aFgcNP2QEs. Press release prepared by Diana Kassandra A. Almarez (UP KRC Research Assistant) |
https://up.edu.ph/outstanding-public-service-programs-in-2017-recognized/ | Outstanding public service programs in 2017 recognized – University of the Philippines | Outstanding public service programs in 2017 recognized Outstanding public service programs in 2017 recognized December 20, 2017 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office Eight public service programs of the University won this year’s Gawad Pangulo for Excellence in Public Service. UP President Danilo Concepcion handed out certificates and cash rewards to the winners in a ceremony on December 5, 2017 at the UP Institute of Biology Auditorium. The awardees were: the “Geography Field School” of the UP Diliman Department of Geography; the “Capacity Building Program on Bridging Leadership toward Poverty Alleviation and Inclusive Development” of UP Visayas; the “iBuntis (Imaging Buntis) Program — The Use of Handheld Ultrasound Integrated to Smarthone to Avert Maternal Deaths in Two Regions in the Philippines” of the UP Manila College of Medicine; “Evidence-based Planning for Resilient Local Health Systems of the UP Visayas College of Arts and Sciences and the UP Manila College of Public Health and School of Health Sciences in Palo, Leyte; the “Summer Arts Extension Program” of the UP Baguio College of Arts and Communication and Committee on Culture and the Arts; the “Teacher Development Program through eLearning” of the UP Open University Faculty of Information and Communication Studies and Faculty of Education and the UP Los Baños Rural High School; the “Phil-LiDAR 2 Program: National Resource Inventory of the Philippines Using LiDAR and other Remotely-Sensed Data” of: the UP Diliman College of Engineering, Department of Geodetic Engineering, and Training Center for Applied Geodesy and Photogrammetry; the UP Mindanao College of Science and Mathematics; the UP Los Baños Institute of Biological Sciences; and the UP Cebu Department of Biology and Environmental Studies; and, the “Participatory Implementation of a National DOH Program (PhilPEN Strategy) as a Public Service Program” of: the UP Manila Community Health and Development Program, College of Dentistry, College of Medicine, College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, College of Public Health, and Department of Family and Community Medicine; and the UP Diliman College of Social Work and Community Development and College of Home Economics. The awardees of the 2nd Gawad Pangulo for Excellence in Public Service with Faculty Regent Patricia Arinto, UP System and Padayon Public Service Office officials, chancellors, and the awards selection committee (Photo by Bong Arboleda, UP MPRO) The UP Padayon Public Service Office under the Office of the Vice President for Public Affairs administers the program, which is now on its second year. The award looks at initiatives connected to or are part of the work of UP constituent universities. Concepcion said that compassion, which he envisions as a pillar of UP, should be integral in their study, teaching, and research, resulting in knowledge that is relevant to the nation. He further said in his message that he looks at university public service as “excellent, honorable, true, fair, and humane”. He pointed out that it did not begin with the Charter, as public service had long been symbolized by UP’s iconic Oblation. “Ang Pahinungod at ang Unibersidad ay iisa,” he said. The selection committee was composed of Vice President for Public Affairs Jose Dalisay Jr., Professor Emeritus of Sociology Manuel Flores Bonifacio, Professor of Social Work Jocelyn Caragay, and Professor of History Jaime Veneracion. (Jo. Lontoc, UP MPRO) |
https://up.edu.ph/with-maya-1-flying-high-dost-up-aim-to-train-more-satellite-builders/ | With Maya-1 flying high, DOST, UP aim to train more satellite builders – University of the Philippines | With Maya-1 flying high, DOST, UP aim to train more satellite builders With Maya-1 flying high, DOST, UP aim to train more satellite builders August 14, 2018 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office At slightly over 2 lbs., the Maya-1 cube satellite is even smaller than Diwata-1. (Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) With the successful deployment of the Maya-1, the first ever U1 cube satellite (CubeSat) built by Filipinos from the International Space Station (ISS) on August 10, 2018, the people behind its success promised that the best was yet to come. Watching from the UP Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute’s (UP EEEI) Reading Room, a contingent of officials from the Philippines and Japan joined members of the PHL-Microsat program to witness the real-time release of Maya-1 from the ISS through the Japanese Experimental module, Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD), through the ‘Kibo’ module. This was the same module used to deploy the first Philippine-built microsatellite, Diwata-1, back in 2016. Video feed from the ISS just a few seconds before the release of Maya-1. (Video by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) The contingent was led by Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Fortunato dela Peña and Consul General Atsushi Kuwabara from the Embassy of Japan. They joined UP President Danilo L. Concepcion, UP Diliman Chancellor Michael Tan, Senior Expert Shigeki Kamigaichi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), EEEI Director John Richard Hizon, as well as members of the Institute and the press. The event was facilitated by Dr. Joel Joseph Marciano, Jr., program leader of the PHL-MicroSat project, Maya-1 was designed and constructed primarily by Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech) graduate students, Joven Javier and Adrian Salces, together with their Kyutech advisers under the second iteration of the BIRDS-2 Cube Satellite Project. The BIRDS project is a KyuTech-hosted interdisciplinary effort to assist non-spacefaring countries in building their own miniature satellites. As part of BIRDS-2, Maya-1 was launched together with two other CubeSats: UiTMSAT-1 from Malaysia and the Bhutan-1 from Bhutan. UP EEEI Director Richard Hizon gives a briefing to guests, including UPD Chancellor Michael Tan (leftmost) and UP President Danilo Concepcion (2nd from left), on Maya-1. (Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) Orbiting at an altitude of around 400 kilometers, Maya-1 is expected to pass over the country around three to four times a day and is expected to remain in orbit for a year. Among its missions is the demonstration of the Store and Forward (S&F) System, a remote data collection system where the satellite collects data from remote ground segments (GST) within its footprint, stores it, and forwards it to ground stations, including those from UP Diliman. A replica of the country’s first nanosatellite greeted viewers of the live broadcast. (Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) Among these data will be photographs of crops, river basins, forestlands and settlements, taken using two cameras with different focal lengths. Maya-1 can also be used to send and receive messages and sensor data from far-flung areas without cellular connections. According to Dr. Marciano, the success of Maya-1 will allow both UP and the DOST to take their space science and technology efforts to the next level. He noted that starting January 2019, the EEEI will launch a variation of its Masters in Electrical Engineering program geared towards building our own local CubeSats. Scholarships under this program will include testing these built satellites in Japan, Marciano said. The primary aim, he clarified, was the dissemination of space technology to other Philippine universities. This sentiment was echoed by EEEI Director Hizon, who lauded how Maya-1 helped give Filipinos the muchneeded expertise to further the country’s technological capabilities. Finally, Sec. dela Peña teased the formation of a ‘Philippine Space Agency’, which he claims was one of the top three priorities of the DOST. The Secretary cited how Maya-1 was a pivotal step towards its fulfillment due to the lessons it provided the country’s Space Technology Development Program, not only scientifically, but also in the areas of education and human resource development. Sec. Fortunato dela Pena congratulates the scientists and engineers behind Maya-1. (Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) When asked about the general importance of these efforts to national development, dela Peña answered directly: “If I have to be frank, we do not want to be left out.” (Andre DP Encarnacion, UP MPRO) |
https://up.edu.ph/diwata-2-takes-flight/ | Diwata-2 takes flight – University of the Philippines | Diwata-2 takes flight Diwata-2 takes flight October 31, 2018 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office A replica of Diwata-2 overlooks the GT-Toyota Auditorium. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) The University of the Philippines PHL-Microsat Team and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) achieved another milestone on October 29, 2018, as Diwata-2, the second microsatellite built and designed by Filipinos was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan via the H-II F40 rocket. In a viewing session at UP Diliman’s GT-Toyota Auditorium, project leaders of the PHL-Microsat joined their counterparts from government, the Japanese Embassy in Manila, the media and the UP community to witness the launch on the big screen. A more technologically advanced sibling of the groundbreaking Diwata-1 microsatellite, Diwata-2 will orbit at a higher altitude (~620km.), and features an increased lifespan and a sun-synchronous orbit that makes repeated environmental monitoring of specific places possible. Like its predecessor, Diwata-2 carries a wide field camera (WFC), middle field camera (MFC), high precision telescope (HPT), and spaceborne multispectral imager (SMI) with liquid crystal tunable filter (LCTF). Unlike its predecessor, it features the deployable solar panels for increased power generation output, an enhanced resolution camera (ERC), and two locally-made experimental modules: an Amateur Radio Unit for disaster and emergency communications and a Satellite Orientation Module for increased pointing accuracy. Diwata-2 was developed, as was Diwata-1, with the mentorship and support of Japan’s Hokkaido University and Tohoku University. It is a pivotal precursor to the next phase of Philippine space technology, called the Sustained Support for Local Space Technology and Applications Mastery, Innovation and Advancement (STAMINA4Space) Program, that aims to build a local industrial base and enhance local space science and engineering expertise towards the establishment of the Philippine Space Agency. (Andre DP Encarnacion, UP MPRO) PHL-Microsat Project 5 head and ASEAN US Science Prize for Women winner Gay Jane Perez. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) High school students from around the country viewed the launch of Diwata-2. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) DOST Undersecretary for Research and Development Rowena Cristina Guevara. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) VIPs from the DOST, the Office of Senator Bam Aquino, UP and the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines cheer on the launch of Diwata-2. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) PHL-Microsat engineers Kaye Kristine Vergel, Ariston Gonzalez and Delburg Mitchao walk everyone through the launch. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) Embassy of Japan Minister and Consul General Atsushi Kuwabara. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) K-12 students during the Q&A. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) UP Diliman Vice Chancellor for Research and Development Fidel Nemenzo. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) PHL-Microsat Project’s Delburg Mitchao, Ariston Gonzalez and Kaye Kristine Vergel. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) Check out the story behind Diwata-2 HERE. |
https://up.edu.ph/public-forum-on-saudi-arabia-tackles-ofw-issues/ | Public forum on Saudi Arabia tackles OFW issues – University of the Philippines | Public forum on Saudi Arabia tackles OFW issues Public forum on Saudi Arabia tackles OFW issues March 6, 2019 | Written by Andre DP Encarnacion H.E. Ambassador Dr. Abdullah N.A. Al Bussairy (rightmost) leads the Saudi Arabian contingent, also featuring King Abdulaziz Foundation Sec. General Fahd bin Abdullah Al-Semmari (3rd from right). With them are UP Institute for Islamic Studies Dean Macrina Morados (2nd from right) and UP Vice President for Public Affairs Elena Pernia. Photo by Bong Arboleda, UP MPRO A broad array of academic, diplomatic, religious and inter-faith organizations sent delegations to attend a Public Forum on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia held in the UP School of Statistics Auditorium, UP Diliman on February 20, 2019. The event was organized jointly by the University of the Philippines through the UP Institute of Islamic Studies (UP IIS), the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in the Philippines, and the King Abdulaziz Foundation. The forum, which was personally attended by H.E. Ambassador Dr. Abdullah N.A. Al Bussairy and King Abdulaziz Foundation Acting Secretary General Fahd bin Abdullah Al-Semmari, brought together four speakers to talk about bilateral relations between the two countries and the state of OFWs in Saudi Arabia. The speakers included two faculty members from the prestigious King Saud University in Riyadh, Dr. Abdullah Nasser Alwelaie and Dr. Mohammed Abdullah Al-Tuwiri, who were joined by Ms. Jocelyn Sanchez from the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) and Mr. Raymond Balatbat of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Manila. Dr. Mohammed Abdullah Al-Tuwiri (rightmost) answers a question as Prof. Julkipli Wadi of the UP Institute of Islamic Studies (center) and Mr. Raymond Balatbat look on. Photo by Bong Arboleda, UP MPRO With almost 25% of the number of expat workers situated in Saudi Arabia, totaling around 1 million persons, the discussions of the speakers generally focused on the issues of that sector. For instance, while the Agreement on Domestic Worker Recruitment signed in 2013 between the two countries is considered a labor milestone, the Agreement only had a span of five years and was terminated in 2017. According to reactor Dr. Abdul Hussein Kashim, this Agreement laid down the expectations of both the Philippines and Saudi Arabia with respect to OFWs, as well as codified the rights and privileges of every Filipino domestic worker in the Kingdom. Its importance, he said, meant that reviving the Agreement this 2019 is a necessity. “Both governments should sincerely work together to protect these people,” Kashim said. Staff members of the UP Institute of Islamic Studies welcome diverse guests to the UP School of Statistics Auditorium. Photo by Bong Arboleda, UP MPRO The forum was opened by UP ISS Dean Macrina A. Morados. According to Morados, the public lecture is one of the results of Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s state visit in 2017 to the Kingdom that strengthened bilateral relations between both countries. She also thanked the Saudi government, specifically King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, for his generosity to the Institute and support of its goals. The King, Morados noted, donated $2 million for the construction of a new IIS building, which will help the Institute to better fulfill its research and teaching mandate in the 21st century. UP Vice President for Public Affairs Elena Pernia also read a message on behalf of UP President Danilo L. Concepcion, proposing the creation of a Philippine Learning Commons in Saudi Arabia, similar to that established by UP in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 2018. Such a facility would enable OFWs to acquire training through online resources and courses, to be made possible through the UP Open University’s distance learning programs. King Abdulaziz Foundation Acting Secretary General Fahd bin Abdullah Al-Semmari arrives in UP Diliman. Photo by Bong Arboleda, UP MPRO |
https://up.edu.ph/tau-alpha-to-donate-legacy-pathway-from-main-library-to-quezon-hall/ | Tau Alpha to donate ‘legacy’ pathway from Main Library to Quezon Hall – University of the Philippines | Tau Alpha to donate ‘legacy’ pathway from Main Library to Quezon Hall Tau Alpha to donate ‘legacy’ pathway from Main Library to Quezon Hall May 17, 2019 | Written by Andre DP Encarnacion Tau Alpha Legacy Project Committee Chair Antonio Turalba accepts the great responsibility for the construction on behalf of his fraternity. Photo by Bong Arboleda, UP MPRO Officials from the University of the Philippines (UP) joined their counterparts from the Tau Alpha fraternity on May 3, 2019 at Quezon Hall in UP Diliman to sign a Memorandum of Agreement for the construction of the latter’s legacy project. Estimated at around P80 million, the project will lead to the creation of a pathway connecting Quezon Hall to the Main Library of UP Diliman. Tau Alpha, which was represented at the signing by Legacy Project Committee Chairperson Antonio Turalba and Tau Alpha Foundation President Norberto Mendoza, thanked UP President Danilo L. Concepcion for the opportunity to undertake the prestigious project. “That honor also brings with it tremendous responsibility,” Turalba added in his message, while clarifying that Tau Alpha was ready to undertake that responsibility. President Concepcion was joined in the signing by UP Vice President for Development Elvira A. Zamora as representatives of the University. Also with them at the ceremonies were UP Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs Jose Wendell P. Capili and Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs and Director of Office of Alumni Relations, Rica D. Abad. Tau Alpha’s legacy project was created to commemorate the fraternity’s 90th anniversary, which will be in 2021. In addition to the pathway, the project’s budget will cover the cost of one or two bridges (depending on the final design) along Roces Avenue, with tunnels featuring vaulted ceilings. It will also cover the cost of incidental landscaping with provision for benches and artworks across the pathway, as well as the refurbishment of the Lagoon and the possible addition of a holding pond. Construction is expected to finish in 2022. Tau Alpha officials and members pose with UP System officials led by UP President Danilo L. Concepcion. Photo by Bong Arboleda, UP MPRO Concepcion lauded the agreement as “historic,” noting that partnering with UP alumni has always been productive for the University. He said that it was his dream for UP to have a world class campus, but he always hoped to achieve it without sacrificing the open spaces, trees, and natural beauty. The current project, he clarified, was a major step towards achieving that goal. Concepcion also announced that his administration had several more major projects in the pipeline and asked for the alumni’s continued support in these endeavors. |
https://up.edu.ph/up-ateneo-host-shakespeare-traffics-tropics-conference/ | UP, Ateneo host “Shakespeare, Traffics, Tropics” conference – University of the Philippines | UP, Ateneo host “Shakespeare, Traffics, Tropics” conference UP, Ateneo host “Shakespeare, Traffics, Tropics” conference May 22, 2018 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office Shakespeare, Traffics, Tropics is the 3rd biennial conference of the Asian Shakespeare Association jointly hosted by the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Ateneo de Manila University. It features leading Shakespearean scholars and theatre practitioners from around the globe with a keen interest in Shakespeare as produced in and by Asia and a mini-festival of Shakespearean performances from Japan, Malaysia, and the Philippines. The conference is scheduled on May 28-30, 2018 at the College of Arts and Letters of UP Diliman and the Areté, the new creative hub of the Ateneo de Manila University. The conference will include plenary, panel, and seminar sessions on several aspects of Shakespearean pedagogy, publication, translation, adaptation, and theatrical histories in various Asian locations. Selected papers from the conference will be published as a special issue of Kritika Kultura, a Thomson-Reuters-indexed and Scopus-listed internationally refereed online journal on literary, language and cultural studies published by the Ateneo de Manila University. For more details of the conference, click here. |
https://up.edu.ph/up-welcomes-incoming-oblation-scholars/ | UP welcomes incoming Oblation scholars – University of the Philippines | UP welcomes incoming Oblation scholars UP welcomes incoming Oblation scholars December 13, 2018 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office UP Diliman Chancellor Michael Tan talks with a group of Oblation scholars at the beginning of the reception. (Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) UP welcomed the incoming batch of Oblation scholars with a lunch and the awarding of recognition certificates on December 8, 2018 in the Isabelo delos Reyes Auditorium, Bonifacio Hall, UP Diliman. The Oblation scholarship is awarded to the top 50 freshman qualifiers based on the UP College Admission Test (UPCAT) and University Predicted Grades (UPG). To date, 27 of the 2018 top 50 expressed their intention to enroll in UP. The 50 topped the 78,949 UPCAT examinees and 12,920 qualifiers of 2018. According to the UP Office of Admissions, they also belong to the first batch of UP freshman applicants to complete the K-12 Program. Incoming Oblation scholars up for enrolment in UP Manila, with Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs Jose Wendell Capili, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs Alyssa Peleo-Alampay, UP Manila Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Nymia Pimentel-Simbulan, UP Diliman Chancellor Michael Tan, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Richard Philip Gonzalo, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs Carla Dimalanta, and Admissions Director Aurora Corpuz-Mendoza. (Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) Aside from free tuition, the Oblation scholars are entitled to book and transportation allowances every semester, and to monthly incentive allowances. They enjoy the scholarship throughout the normal length of time required to finish their degree program (but only the first four years for those in the Intarmed Program) as long as they maintain the required 2.0 grade average. Incoming Oblation scholars up for enrolment in UP Diliman, with Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs Jose Wendell Capili, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs Alyssa Peleo-Alampay, UP Diliman Chancellor Michael Tan, UP Diliman Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Evangeline Amor, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs Carla Dimalanta, Admissions Director Aurora Corpuz-Mendoza, and Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Richard Philip Gonzalo. (Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) According to admissions figures, 70 percent of the top 50 came from public science high schools, 22 percent from private schools, and 8 percent from general public high schools. Fifty-four percent are residents of the National Capital Region; 36 percent, of the rest of Luzon; and 10 percent, of Visayas and Mindanao. The majority or 92 percent were applicants to UP Diliman, and 8 percent, to UP Manila; 60 percent to Science programs, 36 percent to Engineering programs, and 4 percent to Business programs. As Oblation scholars, however, they are entitled to choose a different undergraduate program in the UP System should they finally decide to enroll in UP. Admissions Director Aurora Corpuz-Mendoza presents a profile of the new Oblation scholars. (Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) The scholars and their family members were welcomed by University officials and representatives of UP constituent universities. Representatives from UP constituent universities present themselves to the Oblation scholars and their families. Standing is UP Los Baños Vice Chancellor for Research and Extension Rex Demafelis. (Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) “The premium factor here is not that we have no tuition. With regard to essential facilities, we’re good [but] what we have to offer you is the diversity,” said UP Diliman Chancellor Michael Tan. He then spoke of UP’s diverse degree programs, ethnic backgrounds, and multiple intelligences. Tan also spoke of new mental health programs, which would respond to the special needs of those considered to be among the best students in the country. “For the parents, I know you have nagging fears. . . . You have to trust your children to be discerning enough,” he added. Incoming Oblation scholars take souvenir photos of their batch mates. (Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs Alyssa Peleo-Alampay read the message of Vice President for Academic Affairs Cynthia Rose Bautista, which drew a comparison between Jose Rizal and Andres Bonifacio in terms of promoting both love of country and education. “In UP you become not only an iskolar ng bayan, but more importantly an iskolar para sa bayan,” the message read. “We not only encourage the deepening of a specialization, but also of holistic growth,” Bautista said. “Students appreciate their work as part of a bigger reality,” she added. (Jo. Lontoc, UP MPRO) UP College of Music students Marlee Pabico on guitar and Evette Parcon on vocals perform Philippine classical music for Oblation scholars and their families. (Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) |
https://up.edu.ph/up-abs-cbn-and-others-sign-covenant-for-elections-2019/ | UP, ABS-CBN, and others sign covenant for Elections 2019 – University of the Philippines | UP, ABS-CBN, and others sign covenant for Elections 2019 UP, ABS-CBN, and others sign covenant for Elections 2019 January 21, 2019 | Written by Jo. Florendo B. Lontoc UP Executive Vice President Teodoro Herbosa signs the covenant initiated by ABS-CBN for its partners in the campaign for peaceful, clean, and orderly elections in 2019. ABS-CBN Senior Vice President for Integrated News and Current Affairs Ma. Regina Reyes awaits the signatories for a photo opportunity while broadcaster Karen Davila calls out the names of the signatories. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP-MPRO UP is among 25 organizations that signed a covenant on January 18, 2019 with ABS-CBN for a campaign to hold peaceful, clean, and orderly national elections on May 13, 2019. Executive Vice President Teodoro Herbosa, representing the University, signed the covenant together with representatives from the Commission on Elections, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Philippine National Police, the Department of Foreign Affairs Overseas Voting Secretariat, other major universities, non-government organizations, professional and business organizations, and media and advocacy groups that have forged a partnership with ABS-CBN for its 2019 national elections coverage. ABS-CBN was represented by Chief Operating Officer Cory Vidanes and Senior Vice President for News and Current Affairs Ma. Regina Reyes. UP Executive Vice President Teodoro Herbosa (3rd from right) and Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs Rica D. Abad (rightmost) meet DZMM Station Manager Marah Faner-Capuyan (leftmost), ABS-CBN Head of Breaking News and Live Events Francis Toral (2nd from left), ABS-CBN Senior Vice President for Integrated News and Current Affairs Ma. Regina Reyes (3rd from left), and ABS-CBN broadcast journalist, Karen Davila (2nd from right), who are all UP alumni, after the ABS-CBN covenant signing for the 2019 elections. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP-MPRO The organizations swore to support programs which safeguard the credibility of the elections, inform citizens on the elections, and help them guard their votes. The text of the covenant and signed logos of covenant partners are flashed onstage. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP-MPRO On December 10, 2018, UP President Danilo Concepcion approved a partnership between ABS-CBN and UP in support of the former’s flagship campaign Bayan Mo, i-Patrol Mo (BMPM), consisting of “in-depth, balanced presentation of news and other issues about the elections, particularly of the candidates and of the electorate”. This would entail participation of UP resource persons in ABS-CBN news program platforms and BMPM-related events; and, provision of UP venues, audience, research materials, and, if available, fact-checking service. In return, the media corporation will acknowledge UP as a partner in its platforms and support UP election-related events and projects. ABS-CBN Senior Vice President for Integrated News and Current Affairs Ma. Regina Reyes welcomes the covenant partners of ABS-CBN for the 2019 national elections. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP-MPRO The signatories of the covenant for peaceful, clean, and orderly elections initiated by ABS-CBN stand on stage after the signing ceremony in ABS-CBN’s ELJ Building. In the middle are ABS-CBN Chief Operating Officer Cory Vidanes, Comelec Commissioner Socorro Inting, and ABS-CBN Senior Vice President for Integrated News and Current Affairs Ma. Regina Reyes. Behind Vidanes and Inting is UP Executive Vice President Teodoro Herbosa. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP-MPRO The signatories of the covenant for peaceful, clean, and orderly elections initiated by ABS-CBN stand on stage after the signing ceremony in ABS-CBN’s ELJ Building. In the middle are ABS-CBN Chief Operating Officer Cory Vidanes, Comelec Commissioner Socorro Inting, and ABS-CBN Senior Vice President for Integrated News and Current Affairs Ma. Regina Reyes. Behind Vidanes and Inting is UP Executive Vice President Teodoro Herbosa. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP-MPRO |
https://up.edu.ph/islamic-populism-in-indonesia-and-the-middle-east-a-roundtable-discussion-rtd-with-vedi-r-hadiz/ | Islamic Populism in Indonesia and the Middle East, a Roundtable Discussion (RTD) with Vedi R. Hadiz – University of the Philippines | Islamic Populism in Indonesia and the Middle East, a Roundtable Discussion (RTD) with Vedi R. Hadiz Islamic Populism in Indonesia and the Middle East, a Roundtable Discussion (RTD) with Vedi R. Hadiz October 13, 2017 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office The UP Center for Integrative Studies (UPCIDS) Programs on Alternative Development, and Social and Political Change, together with the UP Department of Political Science will be holding a roundtable discussion on the book “Islamic Populism in Indonesia and the Middle East,” on 21 October 2017, 10:00 a.m. onwards at the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies, Lower Ground Floor, Bahay ng Alumni, UP Diliman. The discussion is free and open to the public, but seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis. About the book and the discussion Vedi R. Hadiz. Islamic Populism in Indonesia and the Middle East. Cambridge University Press. 2017. In a novel approach to the field of Islamic politics, this provocative new study compares the evolution of Islamic populism in Indonesia, the country with the largest Muslim population in the world, to the Middle East. Utilising approaches from historical sociology and political economy, Vedi R. Hadiz argues that competing strands of Islamic politics can be understood as the product of contemporary struggles over power, material resources and the result of conflict across a variety of social and historical contexts. Drawing from detailed case studies across the Middle East and Southeast Asia, the book engages with broader theoretical questions about political change in the context of socio-economic transformations and presents an innovative, comparative framework to shed new light on the diverse trajectories of Islamic politics in the modern world. Charts the evolution of Islamic populism in Indonesia, comparing it to the Middle East Offers a novel framework to understand the diverse trajectories of Islamic politics in the modern world Engages with debates on religion, politics and social change About the speaker Vedi R. Hadiz is Professor of Asian Studies at the University of Melbourne. Previously he was Professor of Asian Societies and Politics at Murdoch University’s Asia Research Centre and Director of its Indonesia Research Programme. An Indonesian national, he was an Australian Research Council Future Fellow in 2010-2014. Professor Hadiz received his PhD at Murdoch University in 1996 where he was Research Fellow until he went to the National University of Singapore in 2000. At NUS, he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology until returning to Murdoch in 2010. His research interests revolve around political sociology and political economy issues, especially those related to the contradictions of development in Indonesia and Southeast Asia more broadly, and more recently, in the Middle East. Aside from his latest book Islamic Populism in Indonesia and the Middle East (Cambridge University Press 2017), his other books include Localising Power in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia: A Southeast Asia Perspective (Stanford University Press 2010), Workers and the State in New Order Indonesia (Routledge 1997) and (with Richard Robison) Reorganising Power in Indonesia: The Politics of Oligarchy in an Age of Markets (RoutledgeCurzon 2004,), as well as the co-edited Between Dissent and Power: The Transformation of Islamic Politics in the Middle East and Asia (Palgrave Macmillan 2014) and the edited Empire and Neoliberalism in Asia (Routledge 2004). His articles have appeared in such journals as Development and Change, New Political Economy, Democratization, Journal of Development Studies, Pacific Review, Pacific Affairs, Third World Quarterly, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Critical Asian Studies, Indonesia, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies and Historical Materialism. Professor Hadiz has been a visiting scholar in the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) in France, the International Institute of Social Studies in the Netherlands, the Centre of Southeast Asian Studies in the University of Kyoto and the Department of Sociology in the University of Indonesia, where he is also an Adjunct Professor. If you are interested in attending the event, sign up here. |
https://up.edu.ph/book-launch-and-panel-discussion-ensuring-a-square-meal-women-and-food-security-in-southeast-asia/ | Book Launch and Panel Discussion: “Ensuring a Square Meal: Women and Food Security in Southeast Asia” – University of the Philippines | Book Launch and Panel Discussion: “Ensuring a Square Meal: Women and Food Security in Southeast Asia” Book Launch and Panel Discussion: “Ensuring a Square Meal: Women and Food Security in Southeast Asia” October 9, 2018 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office The UP CIDS Program on Social and Political Change, together with World Scientific Publishing (Singapore) and the UP Department of Political Science, is co-organizing the launch of and a panel discussion on the book “Ensuring a Square Meal: Women and Food Security in Southeast Asia” on October 19, 2018 (Friday), 2:00 to 4:00 PM, at the UP CIDS Conference Hall. The panel discussants include Dr. Theresa Devasahayam (Singapore University of Social Sciences), editor of the book, and Dr. Jorge Tigno (University of the Philippines Diliman) and Dr. Thelma Paris (University of the Philippines Los Baños), authors of the book’s two chapters. To register, please contact Ms. Jesam Jimenez at pspc.cids@up.edu.ph or (02) 981-8500 locs. 4266 and 4267. The Book Research on women and food security in Southeast Asia has been limited. The collection of chapters in “Ensuring a Square Meal: Women and Food Security in Southeast Asia” is one of the first attempts at providing a lens into the linkages between women and food security at the household, community, national, and transnational levels. More broadly, the chapters examine women’s contribution in households, resource distribution to produce food, and the purchasing power to buy food. In analysing the various facets of food security in relation to gender, the analyses focus on the meanings of ‘private’ and ‘public’, and the extent to which the effects of the two spheres spill over into each other. Given women’s critical role in food production and provision, the book assesses the structural forces enabling women to access productive resources and, in turn, ensure sustainable strategies for food security; as well as it evaluates how governments might address the constraints women face in this vital role. For more information on the book, please visit https://doi.org./10.1142/10761. |
https://up.edu.ph/interpreting-pre-election-surveys-a-public-panel-discussion/ | Interpreting Pre-Election Surveys: A Public Panel Discussion – University of the Philippines | Interpreting Pre-Election Surveys: A Public Panel Discussion Interpreting Pre-Election Surveys: A Public Panel Discussion March 11, 2019 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office Pre-election surveys dominate the news cycle during election season. When they come out, candidates in the lead celebrate their results while a number of those trailing behind question their validity. Some commentators praise surveys as a means for the average citizen to influence policy while others caution that surveys are means to manipulate public opinion. How are pre-election surveys done? What do they tell us? And what should we do with that information? To find answers to this question, the UP Department of Political Science and UP sa Halalan, in partnership with the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies’ Program on Social and Political Change, present “Interpreting Pre-election Surveys,” a public panel discussion with experts from the industry and academe on March 12, 2019 (Tuesday), 1:00-4:00 PM at UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP CIDS) Conference Hall, Bahay ng Alumni. |
https://up.edu.ph/mga-pahayag-at-sabi-sabi-sa-sona-2019-a-up-roundtable-discussion/ | Mga Pahayag at Sabi-Sabi sa SONA 2019: A UP Roundtable Discussion – University of the Philippines | Mga Pahayag at Sabi-Sabi sa SONA 2019: A UP Roundtable Discussion Mga Pahayag at Sabi-Sabi sa SONA 2019: A UP Roundtable Discussion July 12, 2019 | Posted by UP Media and Public Relations Office The UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies (website: https://cids.up.edu.ph/; Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/upcids/), through the UP CIDS Program on Social and Political Change, and the UP Department of Political Science (website: https://polisci.upd.edu.ph/; Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/upd.polisci/) invite everyone to Mga Pahayag at Sabi-Sabi sa SONA 2019, a UP roundtable discussion happening on 17 July 2019, 1:00–5:00 PM, at the UP CIDS Conference Hall, Lower Ground Floor, Ang Bahay ng Alumni, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City. This event is organized in partnership with the UP CIDS Program on Alternative Development, Decolonial Studies Program, Program on Data Science for Public Policy, Program on Escaping the Middle-Income Trap: Chains for Change, Islamic Studies Program, Political Economy Program, and Strategic Studies Program. About the Event President Rodrigo Duterte’s fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) comes in the wake of the May midterm elections which saw the defeat (or unequivocal rout) of the more liberally- and democratically-minded opposition in both chambers of Congress. In three years, the Duterte administration continues to enjoy high levels of public satisfaction amid its bloody campaign against illegal drugs, the Marawi siege and martial law in Mindanao, and territorial disputes with China, among many others. In this roundtable discussion, we invite the public to join us and a group of academics and experts on political science, Islamic studies, foreign relations, constitutional law, and economics to discuss and review the achievements and challenges that the current administration face as we reach the midpoint of the Duterte presidency. Speakers PANEL ONE Themes in the Presidential Policy Rhetoric Jalton G. Taguibao, Ph.D. Co-convenor, Program on Data Science for Public Policy, UP CIDS Assistant Professor, UP Department of Political Science Labor and Social Justice Initiatives Rogelio Alicor L. Panao, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, UP Department of Political Science Constitutional Change Dante B. Gatmaytan, LLM Project Leader, Decolonial Studies Program, UP CIDS Professor, UP College of Law Foreign Policy/Relations Issues Aileen S.P. Baviera, Ph.D. President & CEO, Asia Pacific Pathways to Progress Foundation, Inc. PANEL TWO Local Governance and Decentralization in the SONAs Maria Ela L. Atienza, Ph.D. Co-convenor, Program on Social and Political Change, UP CIDS Chair & Professor, UP Department of Political Science National Defense and Security Herman Joseph S. Kraft Convenor, Strategic Studies Program, UP CIDS Associate Professor, UP Department of Political Science Threats and Challenges on the Duterte Administration in Mindanao and Sulu Archipelago Julkipli M. Wadi Project Leader, Islamic Studies Program, UP CIDS Professor, UP Institute of Islamic Studies Midway Under Duterte Emmanuel S. de Dios, Ph.D. Fellow, Program on Escaping the Middle-Income Trap: Chains for Change, UP CIDS Professor, UP School of Economics Register The roundtable discussion is free and open to the public, but registration is highly encouraged. Please register at pspc.cids@up.edu.ph. |
https://up.edu.ph/call-for-proposals-midyear-competitions-and-workshops-for-up-students/ | CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Midyear Competitions and Workshops for UP Students – University of the Philippines | CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Midyear Competitions and Workshops for UP Students CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Midyear Competitions and Workshops for UP Students July 19, 2021 | Posted by UP Media and Public Relations Office In the spirit of harnessing the creativity and critical thinking of its students, the University of the Philippines, through the Office of the Vice President for Public Affairs, is calling for proposals for competitions and workshops during the Midyear term. Intended for the engagement and participation of students in all the constituent units of the University, the proposals are expected to maximize the use of online performance arts, speech competitions, digital video competitions, online games, online trainings on wellness and mindfulness, as well as interactive games. Submissions must be made by recognized student organizations based on any of the constituent units of the University. Inter-CU collaborations are also encouraged. The project teams in these proposal activities must be UP students. The event must be doable from July to mid-September 2021. The proposals must be submitted to the Ad Hoc Committee on Student Competitions and Workshops. These must be in the form of a PowerPoint presentation which will contain the following: A narrative background explaining the nature of the project and its contribution to the creative and critical thinking of UP students, method of implementation, a project timeline (activity and proposed timeframe), and an evaluation plan Quality and suitability to the topic Audience of the project Explanation of the feasibility of the project within grant timeframe Annotated budget proposal The proposals will be presented and evaluated by the Ad Hoc Committee. Proponents of the chosen proposals will be notified by the Committee. Deadline for submission of proposals is on Monday, July 26, 2021. Please submit your proposals through tinyurl.com/uhwe9r72. |
https://up.edu.ph/from-iska-to-beauty-queen/ | From iska to beauty queen – University of the Philippines | From iska to beauty queen From iska to beauty queen March 5, 2018 | Written by J. Mikhail Solitario To say that beauty pageants are big in the Philippines would be an understatement. Year after year, millions are glued to their TV sets watching Filipinas compete on the international arena as beauty queens become heroes who dominate the national conversation. The battle, however, begins at home and two iskolars are among this year’s Binibining Pilipinas 2018 candidates, both of whom are striving to stand alongside powerful, elegant women such as Theresa Licaros, Venus Raj, Shamcey Supsup, Ariella Arida, and Catherine Untalan. Driven by dreams A native of Nasugbu, Batangas, Jerelleen A. Rodriguez, Binibini #25, is a cum laude graduate of BS Business Administration and Accountancy from UP Diliman where she teaches basic and advanced accounting as well as public accounting practice. On the same campus, she is currently taking up law in the UP College of Law. She placed sixth in the accounting board exams and after a brief stint at SGV & Co., she is now also working with small- and medium-sized enterprises to secure funding for their business. Jerelleen Rodriguez graduated BS Business Administration and Accountancy, cum laude. (Photo by Jerelleen Rodriguez) Wynonah Van Joy C. Buot, Binibini #26, hails from Cebu where she graduated from UP with a BA in Mass Communication, cum laude. She worked as an executive assistant to design superstar Kenneth Cobonpue from 2015-2017 after focusing on her modeling career which led to multiple pageant victories, such as Miss UP Cebu in 2012 and Miss Cebu in 2015. She wanted to pursue graduate studies in arts and journalism in New York, but due to constant prodding and encouragement from family and friends, she eventually tried out for Binibining Pilipinas. At 24, Wynonah wants to be able to tell herself that she was able to accomplish something. Her family has been very supportive, particularly her sister who prodded her, and her mom whom she thinks is a “frustrated beauty queen.” Her supporters keep her going every day. “They help you get up in the morning and motivate you to be someone,” she said. Wynonah Buot winning Miss Cebu in 2015 (Photo by Epic Events Photography) Joining Binibining Pilipinas had always been Jerelleen’s dream. When she finished high school, she witnessed how Theresa Licaros won the crown and competed while being a law student. Jerelleen even initially applied for the same undergraduate degree program (Broadcast Communication) that Licaros took. She eventually shifted to Accounting for practical reasons and put academics as top priority until she graduated, aced the board exams, and passed the Law Aptitude Examination. After turning 25 last year, she finally decided that it was time to pursue her dream. However, it is the vision of bringing her family together that truly drives Jerelleen to stay determined to achieve success. She grew up in a family of modest means, and when her father worked overseas to provide for them, she used this as her primary motivation. Advancing advocacy Wynonah firmly believes that advocacy should be something that a candidate carries with her naturally as her passion, and not just something forced on or demanded from a Binibini. Fortunately, as a UP student, being exposed to various discussions on social issues coupled with the expectation from people for iskos and iskas to be socially aware, she realized that she could use her background as a communicator to be involved in the peace process, focusing on terrorism and conflict in the Philippines. She feels that events in conflict areas are not as factually reported in mainstream media as they should be. She adds, “As a communicator, I can help by going to the communities, talking to stakeholders, and being a voice in providing concrete solutions.” Excellence and social responsibility are values Wynonah holds dear, both as a UP graduate and a Binibini contestant. Binibini 26 Wynonah Buot (Photo by Erwin Lim) Women empowerment has always been a key theme in beauty pageants but as a teacher, Jerelleen envisions this to be a centrepiece in education reform and instruction. “We’ve seen women become presidents, Supreme Court justices and judges, and leaders in their respective fields. These women became icons but their awakening came later on and I hope to change that by instilling this idea in little girls early on.” She laments the fact that textbooks in basic education still reinforce gender stereotypes, e.g. how men should be architects and construction workers and women should be teachers and nurses. “We should be taught that we can do anything, regardless of whether we’re men or women. Equality must be taught at an early stage,” she adds. Regardless of the outcome, Jerelleen sees the Binibining Pilipinas experience as a boost to her confidence in gaining a voice in society. As a law student, she seeks to use the platform to make use of her technical knowledge by reaching more people. As a true-blue probinsyana, she was taught by UP what it was like to be a newcomer—she was the only one from her high school who made it to Diliman. She learned how to catch up by exerting twice the effort, which she also finds herself doing in Binibini as a first timer. “Although we are sisters, this [Binibini] is still a competition. We all have to step up but I have to step up more because I’m coming from zero experience. The perseverance and persistence in my days in UP really helped,” Jerelleen recalls. Countering criticism Their advice to those considering a beauty pageant stint? For Jerelleen, it’s simple: just accept yourself, given social media and heightened “bashing.” “Think of the pageant experience as a normal school—you come to class and learn every day, you have tests here and there, and come coronation night, you graduate and become a better person.” Wynonah advises, “She must really know if she wants to be in the pageant or not.” As someone who has had extensive experience in pageants, she believes it is critical that you are “101% sure that you really want this. Ask yourself: is it really ‘do or die’ for you? Have courage, be prepared, and tiwala lang sa sarili. Laban!” Binibini 25 Jerelleen Rodriguez (Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) In last year’s Miss Universe question-and-answer portion, one of the questions asked was “What do you think is the most important social movement of our generation and why?” Wynonah thinks that her generation is trying to search for its collective identity. Older generations see millennials as people with short attention spans and fleeting ideas who settle for mediocrity. She posits, “It’s a challenge for us to prove them wrong, that we have dreams and aspirations and that we can reach them. We should stand out and be our own selves. I’m proud to be part of this generation.” On the other hand, Jerelleen believes the campaign “think before you click” is relevant today for the generation living in a time of advanced technological developments where involvement in issues is almost second nature. Because of social media, a larger portion of society is more socially and politically involved. By thinking before they click, comment, or post, people are encouraged to examine all sides before forming an opinion. The Binibining Pilipinas 2018 is set to crown its new queens on its Coronation Night, March 18, 7 pm at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. |
https://up.edu.ph/the-artist-as-storyteller/ | The artist as storyteller – University of the Philippines | The artist as storyteller The artist as storyteller February 6, 2018 | Written by Arlyn VCD Palisoc Romualdo Funny Komiks made Mervin Malonzo realize he could tell stories with drawings. His family had just moved into another rental house and the former occupants had left copies lying around. The future magna cum laude graduate and National Book Award winner was in the third grade then. “I don’t remember a time I wasn’t drawing. And those comics made me decide I wanted to create comics, too.” Slips and bumps It hasn’t been easy. “We weren’t rich. My father repaired watches. My mother was a housewife.” He drew on his old notebooks, and an aunt who was a teacher gave him test papers she had finished checking, the blank sides of which he used. That same aunt, who Mervin had thought was encouraging him, also told him he couldn’t make a living out of his illustrations because he “could only succeed if he was good at it.” Perhaps it was because he was an achiever in school who excelled in math and science that his aunt wanted him to go for a more lucrative career. But even if he was the eldest of five children, his parents never expected him to be the breadwinner. They just told him to “do what made him happy,” so he planned to take up Fine Arts in UP Diliman (UPD) to help him achieve his dream of making comics. Mervin’s workspace sits on one corner of his family’s bedroom. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) But Mervin didn’t make the cut. He fell short of the required UPD grade. He did qualify for his next choice: BS Chemistry at UP Los Baños. There he was, disappointed, but ready to put his dream on hold. He had already found a dorm and was set on enrolling. Until he learned that the talent determination test in the Fine Arts program could still get him in. In 2001, he entered UPD as a Painting major and all throughout, Mervin was a Pitoy Moreno scholar. It wasn’t hard for him to maintain the scholarship grade requirement. The genuine desire to learn that made him excel in his younger years persisted when he entered UP. “I didn’t struggle too much with the studying part of UP life. Finances were harder to deal with.” Love, horror, and making a living He met Princess when she was a freshman at the Asian Institute of Tourism and he was a year from graduating. A friend had given him her number in hopes of setting them up because she was in UP, too; but it was months before he did something about it. It was December 2013 and he had been living in a relative’s house without electricity for roughly a year. He was continuing to develop the story that had been brewing since he was 17—a story inspired by, but not quite similar to, the characters in Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, mixed with Philippine mythology and horror, all of which interested him greatly. Princess and Mervin laugh about how awkward he was early on in their relationship. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) “Living alone in a dark house can be scary but I fought that fear through the horror in my story. It was horror I controlled.” But loneliness was another matter, so he reached out to Princess. To his surprise, they were actually classmates in Natural Sciences 2 and were practically neighbors! They only met in person when classes resumed, and as their relationship developed, so did his story. After he graduated in 2005, he took on jobs as an in-house artist and designer for some companies. “I wanted to show people I could earn a living as a Painting graduate.” So despite his dream of creating comics, his story, Tabi Po, had to wait. Breaking free He learned how to use digital art tools for work and it didn’t take long for him to translate traditional painting practices into the new medium. In 2010, he uploaded Tabi Po online, making it freely available for anyone to read. It gained popularity and for a while, Mervin was content with simply sharing his work with the world. An incident at his workplace years later forced him to reassess his career. He was the creative head of new media who was suddenly denied entry because of the leather sandals he usually wore. It then occurred to him that success in that track meant doing things that didn’t fit his personality; so he quit shortly after. The first three issues of Tabi Po. (Photo from Mervin Malonzo’s online store, http://www.mervstore.com) He became a freelance artist who did illustration and web design jobs. He had more time to devote to Tabi Po and the clamor for a print version was increasing. In just a year, Tabi Po Isyu 1 was published and won the 2014 National Book Award for Graphic Literature. He reveals it was one of his proudest moments. “I was recognized not only as an artist but also as an author. I got an award for realizing my dream of telling a story through comics. It was better than all my academic honors combined.” He still feels bad though, that dengue prevented him from going to the awards ceremony. What followed was an offer to turn it into a live action TV series. From the time he won until Tabi Po was aired in 2017, Isyu 2 was printed, Isyu 3 was being completed, he and Princess had gotten married, and baby El was born. He had also decided, at the end of 2016, that he would just focus on comics—as a creator, illustrator, and publisher. With the full support of Princess and together with friends Aliyah Luna and Adam David, Haliya Publishing was born. One of its first releases was Tabi Po Isyu 3. A balancing act As co-founder and co-owner of Haliya, Mervin continues to learn the ropes of publishing, including production, marketing, and sales, among others. Even with added work, he and Princess continue to be hands-on parents to El. He admits with a laugh that the one-year-old is, in fact, “the boss.” When they both need to work, El is looked after by Mervin’s parents and siblings who live with them. Mervin signs a copy of Tabi Po Isyu 3. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) The balancing act hasn’t hampered his creativity. He is continuing the Tabi Po series with another story arc. Mervin the artist and storyteller is also no longer content with letting people merely read his stories and enjoy his illustrations. He has created sculptures of his Tabi Po characters. He is animating not just his work but also others published by Haliya. Based on the online reception, people can’t get enough of his creations. “I want more people to appreciate the stories of Filipino writers, through comics or graphic novels, through animation. I want to show everyone that Filipinos can do these things and do these well.” |
https://up.edu.ph/from-beauty-queen-to-iska/ | From beauty queen to iska – University of the Philippines | From beauty queen to iska From beauty queen to iska February 7, 2018 | Written by Stephanie Cabigao During the Miss Universe 2017 visit in the country with the past Miss Universe-Philippines title holders (Photo courtesy of Venus Raj) She is just as honest as she was during her final question-and-answer portion at the Miss Universe contest in 2010. But this time, eight years later, she admits that she has a major, major problem when asked why she wanted to take up a master’s degree in Community Development. “I’ll be very honest with you,” says the towering Bicolana beauty Venus Raj. “I had no idea what Community Development was at first. Someone told me to enroll in it as I was interested in going back to my roots and serving the community. Those were the selling points for me,” she continued. The Community Development department panel raised the same questions that she, too, had bombarded herself with. “Why did you come here? Of all the courses, why Community Development, and why study? They were thinking, even myself, that I already had a nice job as a television personality, model, beauty queen, so why still pursue this kind of endeavor?” With these two things in mind—going back to her roots and serving communities—the Bicol University graduate got her chance of a lifetime as the doors of UP opened to her. Medical mission in her hometown, Bato, Camarines Sur in partnership with Freedom Fest, LCC Foundation, and the community’s church (Photo courtesy of Venus Raj) One with the community “I’m telling you, life in UP is way different. Yes, I studied for four years in a university and graduated from my program in Journalism. But when I entered UP, as I said in one of my interviews then, I felt like I was sent to another beauty pageant, go there and compete!” Venus says. She is thankful to all her professors who guided her along the way. “And I think the one thing that also helped me in painstakingly coping and understanding all the jargon was my classmates,” she emphasizes. “I have been inspired by my friends, classmates and professors who are working in the various sectors, especially when they speak about empowerment and organizing communities. Then, I would think about my contribution; how do I really do community organizing?” A relocation site in Bustos, Bulacan opened her eyes to what community organizing really meant. Staying for a month there to fulfill a class requirement, Venus resided along with three other classmates in a vacant housing unit. “During the first week, residents consistently knocked on my door asking for photos with me or an autograph. Of course, from my line of work, it is automatic for me to take selfies with them. But one of the important things I have learned from my professors, when it comes to organizing, is that you should be one of them. You’re an effective organizer when they don’t see you as an outsider. When you’re one with the community, then you’re effective in what you’re doing.” Fieldwork in Bicol (Photo courtesy of Venus Raj) The star mania died down and eventually she took part in the community customs, food sharing and celebrations. “It is nice that they look at me as part of their community, a neighbor and not an outsider who just came to bring in some kind of charity to the community. It is a very fulfilling experience that gave me the realization that you can empower communities by allowing them to let them know that they can thrive on their own.” Fieldwork in Bustos, Bulacan (Photo courtesy of Venus Raj) Venus graduated in 2017, with a thesis that focused on women in disaster stress management. “Basically, the topic was looking at spirituality as a pillar in disaster-resilience, because most of the time, we know that there is physical intervention in disaster stress management. It became an interest because I grew up in Bicol where disasters happen often. So, I integrated community development, spirituality, and DRRM in the context of fisherfolk in my hometown in Lake Bato, Camarines Sur,” she added. Between work and worship Entering politics, representing an NGO, becoming a teacher, mixing community work with show business were just some career paths that most would think for her to take it to the next level. However, serving the community took on more depth and meaning when she became an active member of the Christ Commission Fellowship (CCF) in 2014, while taking her master’s program. She was quick to say with conviction, “What do I do now? Where do I put this education to good use? Is it for the glorification of God’s name? Yes.” Venus Raj with her CCF mentoring group (Photo courtesy of Venus Raj) She explains: “I think the misconception is this, when you have the Lord in your life, your life will be very easy. Your wants will be provided. That’s not true. There will always be trials, there will always be challenges; but the difference is, in those trials, in those challenges, you know that you are not alone, you know that you have someone. You know that you have the Lord to battle with you.” “In CCF, we have a lot of programs, like for example the UPLIFT program, which is a ministry. We send students to school, to college, in partnership with ALS, and create programs as well as livelihood projects for communities. From my experience, it’s really important that your heart is in what you are doing. As long as I am able to put all that I have learned from my community work and journalism courses, in church, even in life, and to reach as many people, I will never get tired of doing community work.” Looking back on her studies, struggling to balance work and worship, everything was a humbling experience, at the same time an empowering one because she realized that work is also a form of worship if done for the Lord, according to Venus. “It kept me grounded. No matter how much I have achieved in life, I know what it is like to have nothing. I have been there.” (Photo courtesy of Venus Raj) If there’s one thing that she thinks will work best for Philippine community development, it’s the bibingka approach. “The community should be allowed to decide on its own, and be consulted, while at the same time, the government takes care of enforcement. At least we have some people like my professors Judy Taguiwalo and Aleli Bawagan who are fighting for marginalized communities. We see them working on a national scale and lobbying for the people.” Venus Raj certainly proves that beyond beauty and brains, what matters in an iska is her heart. |
https://up.edu.ph/a-reverie-of-impressions/ | A reverie of impressions – University of the Philippines | A reverie of impressions A reverie of impressions April 3, 2018 | Written by Stephanie Cabigao Installation view of artworks at the Art Basel Hong Kong 2018 (Photo courtesy of Artinformal) A high ceiling and sprawling walls provide the sheer vastness required by blown-up images of mounted paintings, such as those in Zean Cabangis’s body of work. This year’s edition of the world renowned Art Basel in Hong Kong provides the grandest of spaces for about 248 premier galleries from 32 countries and territories. According to a statement of Art Basel Hong Kong, it features “both historical material and cutting-edge works by established and emerging artists”, including Cabangis who is among other selected local artists representing the Philippines. Hong Kong’s Convention and Exhibition Center displays the creativity behind utilizing such space, which is transformed into a captivatingly large tableau where Cabangis’ work becomes a reverie of impressions, of intersecting images, objects and texts. “It is a series of paintings depicting places and landscapes that actually show no actual place or, as I call it, no place,” he explains. A display of artworks by Zean Cabangis and fellow Filipino artists at the Art Basel Hong Kong 2018 (Photo courtesy of Artinformal) Cabangis continues, “About this series, I was trying to show a sense of displacement and uncertainty to one’s feeling of home and sanctuary by putting in multiple layers of familiar images. The title of the works evokes a sense of longingness and of being lost and confused to one’s provenance and direction.” In the great big world of international art, Zean Cabangis is making it big, for the country and for himself. However, he confesses that this is how he felt while doing his work for Art Basel. He draws parallels between his pieces in this latest exhibit and his personal contemplation as an artist—that he is at a crossroads in his art career with regards to technique and concept. “But in the end,” he says, “I wouldn’t know if I don’t do it and find it out myself.” He is known for using acrylic and emulsion transfer as his medium. This is a recurring process that allows him to create multiple photographic images and a sensation of accumulated layers, a style that is Cabangis’s signature, but this time, collage is incorporated to add visual depth, for all Art Basel goers to see. Musings at the Art Basel Hong Kong (Photo courtesy of Artinformal) Art as allusion and allegory Cabangis is as a trained painter whose narrative constitutes a sea of images and objects straight out of film scenes, mainstream media, architecture, nature and mostly from his bike rides. “There’s a lot from which I get the images. I just keep an open mind when I do things, especially the mundane ones, because most of the time that’s when a stream of ideas come in,” he explains. He finds long bike rides a vital routine in processing his work, of remembering and forgetting. The physical as well as mental challenge of biking allows him to meditate and connect with his ideas, concepts and techniques in art. At other times, staying indoors, mostly in his studio, he does experimentation of his work. He candidly says, “Make mistakes and make more mistakes. Eventually, you’ll get there—to the things you exactly wanted to do, and meant to say.” Cabangis at his studio, prepping up for Art Basel (Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) Cabangis works on keeping memories of things that are somehow lost, but are now found; of things controversial, now hidden; of things once prosperous, now stale, which has always been both a challenge and a struggle. “Creating, itself, is a struggle, and managing my time doing it is a challenge. It is a big responsibility to create pieces and to not just show it, but also to deliver ‘something’ to the public.” Art as life decision, profession “Aside from my father who is also a practicing artist, I made making art as my lifework because I’m too lazy to commute or go out of the house,” he frankly says. “I was able to make it to art school both at the University of Santo Tomas and UP College of Fine Arts. I chose UP because I am really not comfortable commuting. After graduation, I was hired by a company in Makati. I went to work on my first day and that was it!” he adds. The long bus commute and traffic, as well as the work environment did not suit him. At that point after his first day at work, he confesses that he sought advice from one of his professors over a drink. “My professor just asked me one question, what did I major in? And I said, painting. Then I rested my case.” “My professor just asked me one question, what did I major in? And I said, painting. Then I rested my case.” (Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) Zean Cabangis is a recipient of multiple prizes including Most Outstanding Thesis of 2006 (College of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines); Gawad Chanselor Award for Academic Achievement (Shell Student’s Art Competition, Manila, 2004); Faber Castell Painting Competition (Finalist, 2008); Artist-in-Residence at the Southeast Asia Group Exchange Program, Tenggara, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2011); Ateneo Art Awards (Shortlisted, 2013-2014 and 2017); and 13 Artists Awards of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (Awardee, 2016). Cabangis was an Isko all the way from UP Integrated School until he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting at the College of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines Diliman in 2007. He is active in both group and solo exhibitions here and abroad. Otherwise, he is somewhere out there biking. |
https://up.edu.ph/up-event-stresses-importance-of-intellectual-property-rights/ | UP event stresses importance of intellectual property rights – University of the Philippines | UP event stresses importance of intellectual property rights UP event stresses importance of intellectual property rights April 24, 2018 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office The University of the Philippines joined its partners in celebrating National IP Month at the Ang Bahay ng Alumni. (Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) Last year, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte declared April of every year as National Intellectual Property (IP) Month through Proclamation No. 190. In response, the University of the Philippines recently commemorated National IP Month with a celebration at the Ang Bahay ng Alumni with the theme, Yamang Isip: Itaguyod Tungo sa Kaunlaran. This celebration took place from April 17 to 19, 2018 and drew luminaries from the country’s legal and creative fields who are passionate about the protection and promotion of intellectual property rights. The event opened with a message by UP President Danilo L. Concepcion, who spoke on the importance of IP protection in nurturing Filipino creativity. The celebration was organized by the University in partnership with the Intellectual Property Association of the Philippines (IPAP) and the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPhil). It featured performances from the the UP Kontemporaryong Gamelan Pilipino (Kontra-GaPi), the UP Singing Ambassadors and Dr. Ramon Acoymo from the UP College of Music, among others. These were interspersed with lectures on intellectual property in the different creative disciplines by guest facilitators. The booth of Kontra-GaPi was one of several attractions during the celebration. (Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) IPAP board member and lawyer, Enrique Manuel, opened the event with a message on the overall importance of intellectual property protection. “Intellectual property is a key concern of everyone,” he stated, highlighting the fact that creative, scientific and business professionals could all stand to benefit from fostering intellectual property awareness. “The reality is,” he added, “most IP owners are not aware of their rights and thus miss the opportunities these exclusive and reserve rights can provide.” He concluded by thanking UP and the UP Alumni Association (UPAA) led by its President Ramon Maronilla for their assistance in making the event possible. Dancers from the UP College of Music joined Kontra-GaPi in helping promote the protection of intellectual property rights. (Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) The importance of UP’s involvement was echoed by IPOPhil Director General Josephine R. Santiago, who, with her team, engaged in a small campaign for IP awareness before the event proper. “With the partners that we have right now like the University,” she said, “we will be able to increase awareness not only of intellectual property, but also be able to promote creativity and innovation for the country. And as we say that, we hope the effect on the economy will soon be felt.” (Andre DP Encarnacion, UP MPRO) |
https://up.edu.ph/tales-from-up-diliman-fact-or-fiction/ | Tales from UP Diliman: Fact or Fiction? – University of the Philippines | Tales from UP Diliman: Fact or Fiction? Tales from UP Diliman: Fact or Fiction? December 13, 2017 | Written by Arlyn VCD Palisoc Romualdo We’ve heard these stories before and perhaps even helped spread them—while we hung out on corridors, walked along the network of pathways across UP Diliman (UPD), or ate at the various kiosks and canteens scattered around campus. The UP seal features a parrot. The model for the Oblation is the father of a late action star. The Diliman campus is located above a fault line. The Sunken Garden and the main library are slowly sinking every year. A student will not graduate on time, if at all, if he or she has a picture taken with the Oblation. The creek from Philcoa goes into the campus, passes through the lagoon, is split into two around the area of the Main Library, and goes along the sides of the Sunken Garden. (Source: Prof. Alfredo Mahar Francisco A. Lagmay) Upperclassmen have passed on these tales to gullible, innocent freshmen. A classmate heard it from another classmate, who then told you, and you told another. You may still be a student or you may have graduated, thinking, wondering, if there is any truth to these urban legends. Parrot on the UP seal This is probably the first myth we hear when we enter UP and it usually provokes the question “Why would a parrot be on the UP seal?” But instead of asking why, perhaps a more important question would be: Is it really a parrot? The winning seal designed by Galo B. Ocampo in 1971 was never approved for use as the official UP seal. (Photo from the UPD Archives) The answer is no. It is, in fact, an eagle. Or to be specific, an American bald eagle. UP prides itself in being the national university, the hotbed of nationalist ideas. So why do we use a symbol of the United States of America on our university seal? The answer is simple: the Americans established UP. Like it or not, it’s a fact. But behind this simplistic explanation is a history of the UP seal—a seal that has been in use since the university’s early years. The seal was approved during the 77th Board of Regents meeting on February 25, 1913. Its dimensions were re-emphasized in the Proposed Code for the University of the Philippines in 1941. On October 15, 2001, UP filed a trademark application for the UP logo with the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (then IP Philippines, now IPOPHL). Its use was nearly discontinued when former UP President Salvador P. Lopez issued a memorandum circular on November 13, 1971 opening a competition for the design of a new official seal, with the winner getting a certificate of appreciation. “The present seal dates from 1908 when the University was reorganized as an extension, and the apex, of the American educational system in the Philippines,” Lopez said. When a new seal was designed for the country in 1946, a new seal should have been designed for UP as well, he argued. That it did not happen was an oversight and should be remedied. Lopez said, “The eagle appears to be particularly inappropriate as the dominant element in the seal of a university.” The competition closed on December 10, 1971. The winning design was created by then National Museum Director Galo B. Ocampo, who also belonged to the UP School of Fine Arts Class of 1934. His logo featured an inverted equilateral red triangle in the middle of a green circle. The “revolutionary” triangle with the base on top, Ocampo said, focuses importance on “the masses of our people in the structure of Philippine society.” On each corner of the triangle is a star to represent Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Also inside the triangle is a sun that symbolizes “freedom for the individual, liberty for the nation, and independence for all.” Superimposed on the image of the sun is the Oblation, the “symbol of youth—hope of the Fatherland.” Around the green circle, where these images are emblazoned, the words “University of the Philippines” at the top and “1908” at the bottom are written in black on a background of white. Ocampo’s seal was instead used in the University’s commemoration of the Philippine Centennial in 1998. (Photo by Misael A. Bacani, UP MPRO) So why was this new design not adopted? During the 818th meeting of the Board of Regents on March 23, 1972, its fate was supposed to be decided under the agenda item, “Matters recommended by the president.” The Board action: “Deferment for further study on motion of Regent [Tomas Saguitan] Fonacier duly seconded.” Twenty-six years passed before the University used Ocampo’s logo, but not as the official seal. It was used in the celebration of UP’s 90th anniversary and the Philippine Centennial in 1998. UP commemorated these historic events with the theme, “One Hundred Years of Nationalism and 90 Years of Scholarship and Service to the Nation.” A marker of the Centennial Archival Collection on the third floor of the UPD Main Library actually has Ocampo’s logo, with the white background replaced by gold. FPJ’s father is the Oblation model “Fernando Poe, Sr.” is one of the most common names mentioned when asking about who the Oblation was modeled after. He was a UP student around the time the Oblation was being created by National Artist Guillermo Tolentino, then a professor at the UP School of Fine Arts. No one knows for sure how the rumor started, but speculation about his involvement in the creation of the prominent UP landmark remains to this day. Try a Google search and you will come across some websites and blogs that still state this as truth. Or you can simply ask older alumni. National Artist Guillermo Tolentino (middle) with Prof. Anastacio Caedo (right) and Esteban Caedo (left). Photo is reprinted with permission from Tolentino’s daughter, Dalisay Tolentino Mendez, through her son, Manuel Mendez. It first appeared in Tolentino by Prof. Rodolfo Paras Perez. Well, according to the late UP College of Fine Arts Prof. Rodolfo Paras-Perez in his book Tolentino, the Oblation was modeled after Prof. Anastacio Caedo and Virgilio Raymundo. The former was Tolentino’s student assistant then and the latter, the artist’s brother-in-law. Tolentino combined Caedo’s physique and Raymundo’s proportions, and the monument we call Oble was born. Later on, Caedo himself created the Oblation statues in UP Manila (UPM) and UP Baguio. But that’s not all. His former student, UP Professor Emeritus Grace Javier Alfonso, confirmed that she remembers him telling her to keep in mind that he was the model for the UP Oblation. Alfonso created the Oblation monuments in UP Bonifacio Global City; UP Cebu South Road Properties; UPD Extension Program in Clark, Pampanga; UPM Philippine General Hospital compound; UPM School of Health Sciences (SHS) in Baler, Aurora; UPM SHS in Koronadal, South Cotabato; UPM SHS in Palo, Leyte; and UP Open University Headquarters. She said that when she was first asked to create an Oblation statue, she kept checking and re-checking the facial features of the Oblation during casting. “It really looks like him,” she declared. Diliman disaster: a fault line runs through it This has long been going around. With talks of “The Big One” hitting Metro Manila and the recent earthquakes in the Iran-Iraq border, South Korea, Costa Rica, and New Zealand, this urban legend won’t seem to die. It is that the fault line allegedly cuts into the heart of the UPD campus, across the Academic Oval. This mysterious and fear-inducing fault, believed by many to be the West Marikina Valley Fault, is also said to be the reason the UPD Sunken Garden is, well, sunken. Enter Prof. Alfredo Mahar Francisco A. Lagmay, a widely-consulted, often-interviewed expert from the UPD National Institute of Geological Sciences. When asked about the so-called fault line, he eagerly showed a presentation to illustrate his answer—that answer being no, there is no fault line beneath the Academic Oval, and therefore, no fault line under the Sunken Garden. While a fault line is not along that location, Lagmay pointed out that there are faults running across the campus. Three of these were mapped in one of his presentation slides. None of them directly hit the Academic Oval. He also clarified that the West Marikina Valley Fault is actually between two and a half to three kilometers away from UPD. But Lagmay offered a possible explanation as to how the myth started. Geology students under Prof. Ernesto P. Sonido’s class were once tasked to survey the campus. One or more of his students, when pondering the Sunken Garden’s shape, came up with the idea that its shape could be explained by a fault line running under it. Why the idea continues to thrive cannot be explained. As to why the Sunken Garden is sunken, Lagmay suspects it is due to the campus waterway system. In another presentation slide, he pointed out that the creek from Philcoa goes into the campus, passes through the lagoon, is split into two around the area of the Main Library, and goes along the sides of the Sunken Garden. His theory is that the creek that used to cut across the Sunken Garden was filled with soil and forced the water to divert from its original flow. Three lineaments indicate possible fault lines in the UPD campus in this presentation slide by Prof. Alfredo Mahar Francisco A. Lagmay. Of the three, only the one marked “2” is a “ground verified fault,” he said. But further studies need to be conducted to determine if it is active or not. It passes behind Kamia Residence Hall and beneath Narra Residence Hall. Lagmay clarified that the other two are referred to as “lineament features” because ground or field evidence for faulting has not yet been found. (Source: Prof. Alfredo Mahar Francisco A. Lagmay) The sinking Sunken Garden Another myth intertwined with the fault line story is that the Sunken Garden, along with the UPD Main Library, continues to sink at rates varying from one to ten centimeters every year. How this urban legend started is a mystery. There are no studies to prove that the Sunken Garden and the library are in fact, sinking, relative to the rest of the campus. A more relevant fact, according to Lagmay, is that parts of Metro Manila are sinking. The maximum magnitude of subsidence is 6.1 centimeters per year, he said. Photo with Oblation, no graduation “Never have your picture taken with the Oblation while you are still a student at UP. You will not graduate on time or you will not graduate ever.” An ominous statement declared with such conviction that it echoes inside your head. The only thing missing is the lightning flash followed by a clap of thunder. But there was a flash of light and you blinked. You just had your picture taken with the Oblation. Will you be able to fight the curse? This urban legend is not actually exclusive to Diliman. After all, UP campuses across the country have Oblation monuments. Perhaps the most absurd myth on this list, this remains the most popular and most widely circulated. The origins of this superstition are unknown and why they continue to this day is truly baffling. But blaming that photo with the Oblation is perhaps the weakest excuse for failing to graduate on time, if at all. ——————- This is an updated version of the original article published in the May 2011 issue of the UP Newsletter. Email the author at upforum@up.edu.ph. |
https://up.edu.ph/all-is-fair-in-rock-and-roll/ | All Is Fair in Rock and Roll – University of the Philippines | All Is Fair in Rock and Roll All Is Fair in Rock and Roll December 13, 2017 | Written by J. Mikhail Solitario The UP Fair 2017 in UP Diliman (Photo from the UP Diliman University Student Council) These days, a rock concert is considered a luxury a regular Isko would have to save up for. Even late-night gigs in the local music scene charge door fees for two to three musical acts plus a bottle of beer. This is why thousands of music lovers eagerly await the annual UP Fair in Diliman, the February Fair in Los Baños and their relatively younger cousin, the UP Manila (UPM) Fiesta in—you guessed it—Manila. For a small fee or even none, fairgoers are treated to local band performances in the comfort of UP campuses. Opening act The February Fair in UP Los Baños (UPLB) started as a protest fair during the martial law era in the ‘70s, according to the UPLB University Student Council (USC), which is primarily in charge of organizing the event. It was originally held in September as a way of expressing dissent against the declaration of martial law and the worsening state of the country. This week-long celebration was spearheaded by several organizations in UPLB that eventually made their way into the leadership of the Council of Student Leaders, and then, the UPLB USC. Scenes from the UP Manila Fiesta. (Photos from Shoot UP Manila) In Diliman, what started as a simple “perya-like” event, the UP Fair, has evolved into a full-blown celebration of Philippine art, music, and culture—a platform for showcasing UP Diliman’s homegrown talents. Today, it carries with it advocacies as a means of generating awareness of national issues. The UP Diliman USC heads the organizing team of the UP Fair with student organizations serving as night handlers for every UP Fair night. Every year, the UP Fair attracts more than 10,000 people from within and outside the UP community. In Padre Faura, the UP Manila Fiesta was launched by the UP Manila USC in 2014 as an attempt to make a splash on the music scene like the UP Fair and the UPLB Feb Fair. The cultural arm of the UPM USC, Ugnayan ng Nagkakaisang Artista (UNA), partnered with cultural organizations to organize the first UP Manila Fiesta featuring local talents as front acts as well as rising indie bands. With the help of the UP Manila Musicians Organization, the UP Manila Fiesta has reshaped its format and refocused its goals. Currently, members of Salinlahi, an organization of Philippine Arts majors, make up the executive team as well as volunteers of the UP Manila Fiesta. True to its roots The UPLB Feb Fair stayed true to its roots by incorporating relevant issues with pop culture, even after martial law was lifted. Program proposals, sponsorships, and event partnerships are proposed by various organizations, fraternities, sororities, alliances and formations even outside of UPLB to ensure that its audience gets the most out of this unique offering—a concert, a protest, a campout, and a celebration all at the same time (and did I mention it’s free?). To a regular fairgoer, it’s where you can have a date with your significant other, unwind by yourself, have fun with your college barkada, or come back as an alumnus to reminisce your days on campus, while calling for genuine social change. A performer during the UP Fair in Diliman (Photo from the UP Diliman University Student Council) A more intimate version of the UP Fair and UPLB Feb Fair is the weeklong UP Manila Fiesta. The goal is to rekindle the spirit of the Iskolar ng Bayan at the heart of Manila where it all began, as UP Manila is the oldest of UP campuses. The culture of resistance and persistence lives in the performances by cultural and homegrown talents, true to the mandate of dangal at husay na iniaalay sa sambayanan. This year’s UP Manila Fiesta will go back in time to highlight the horrors of the martial-law era and its growing threat during the current administration. With the theme Memory, its attendees are enjoined to oppose the wave of historical revisionism which is setting the stage for human rights violations. Seven student organizations are hosting UP Fair 2018 in February. These include four “veteran” night handlers: UP Junior Marketing Association for Cosmos, UP Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants for Elements, and UP Economics Society with UP Underground Music Society for Roots, who are joined by two newcomers celebrating their golden and silver anniversaries: UP Sigma Kappa Pi Fraternity for Rev, and UP Babaylan for Flames. The UP Advertising Core will once again join it as the UP Fair’s official promotions arm. Scenes from the UP Manila Fiesta (Photos from Shoot UP Manila) Each night handler has formed its advocacy team to ensure that each fair night will have a centerpiece campaign. In recent years, the UP Fair has raised funds for UP athletes and dormers, and this year, the primary beneficiary will be a local civic organization involved in the Marawi City rehabilitation. More than a fun night of musical performances, fairgoers may check out art and campaign installations, interactive game booths and food concessionaires. Platforms for change The UP Manila Fiesta will be UPM’s grandest event this academic year. It will also exhibit the art of graphic designers, dancers, and writers, providing a platform for Manila’s homegrown artists to be seen and heard and, ultimately, use their craft to generate genuine social change. For the UP Fair, there will be no USC-sponsored night to kick off the week because all six slots have been filled by night handlers. As early as the midyear, consultations had been held with previous night handlers and a market analysis done to produce a bigger UP Fair in 2018. All the campaigns are centered on the Marawi conflict in relation to the national context of historical revisionism, fake news, and human rights violations. To the UPD USC, the dynamic art and music productions this February are necessary platforms to spread awareness and encourage action in achieving genuine change. The UPLB Feb Fair with its Southern Tagalog Audience will banner the theme ARANGKADA as a celebration of recent victories in the movement and a protest against all anti-people policies imposed against the Filipinos. Its triumph is also a challenge to the Iskolar ng Bayan to truly serve the people. As in the past, entrance to the Feb Fair is free. It will be held in the UPLB Freedom Grounds. ——————- The author wishes to thank contributors to this article from the respective University Student Councils of each constituent unit: Isabelle Beatriz Ginez and Philippe Jefferson Galban (Diliman), Charmane Jay Maranan and John Joseph Ilagan (Los Baños), and Cid Ryan Manalo and Christiana Catu (Manila). Email the author at upforum@up.edu.ph. |
https://up.edu.ph/the-up-forum-roundtable-discussion-celebrating-the-up-spirit/ | THE UP FORUM ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: CELEBRATING THE UP SPIRIT – University of the Philippines | THE UP FORUM ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: CELEBRATING THE UP SPIRIT THE UP FORUM ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: CELEBRATING THE UP SPIRIT December 13, 2017 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office What UP traditions, festivals and celebrations do you enjoy/value most and why? Are they unique to UP or to specific campuses of UP? Are there new traditions, festivals, and celebrations in your campus which are now becoming popular among residents in your area? Prof. Eilene Antoinette G. Narvaez Department of Filipino and Philippine Literature College of Arts and Letters UP Diliman As a university that prides itself as a producer of high-caliber and holistic students, the University of the Philippines-Diliman has always believed that learning must not be confined within the four corners of the classroom. In fact, UP Diliman includes an Alternative Classroom Learning Experience (ACLE) in its academic calendar every semester. The ACLE is a one-day event wherein the organizations in UP Diliman come up with classroom-set up lectures of any topic (can be academic or not) which the students will be free to attend. It is one of those events that students look forward to as it serves as a breather for academic works and at the same time, it makes them learn something new—preferably, outside of their respective disciplines. However, for the past three years, another alternative classroom has been set up on campus. This classroom, though, is not the typical type of classroom. It is not located inside a building but on the fields where temporary tents are built. The lecturers are not teachers, but people who belong to the national minorities wherein the topics of the lecture go around their collective experiences. This “classroom” is more formally called Lakbayan, spearheaded by UP Diliman, featuring members of national minorities who march to Manila all the way from their respective provinces to call for their right to ancestral land, for peace, and for self-determination. The main objective of Lakbayan is to listen to and learn about the collective experiences of the national minorities ranging from the systemic oppression that they face up to the militarization in their supposed territories. At the moment, several members of national minorities are still residing on campus because of martial law in Mindanao. Despite being relatively new to UP Diliman as it only started three years ago, the Lakbayan is already becoming a tradition inside the campus. Students and even professors anticipate the Lakbayan because it offers first-hand experience of gaining knowledge that books and documentaries cannot wholly provide. It is a great initiative to hold such event in giving a voice and space to the national minorities because these are what have been taken away from them right in their very own homes. This tradition, therefore, is a huge step towards the mandate of UP Diliman to serve the people. |
https://up.edu.ph/the-up-forum-roundtable-discussion-celebrating-the-up-spirit-2/ | THE UP FORUM ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: CELEBRATING THE UP SPIRIT – University of the Philippines | THE UP FORUM ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: CELEBRATING THE UP SPIRIT THE UP FORUM ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: CELEBRATING THE UP SPIRIT December 13, 2017 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office What UP traditions, festivals and celebrations do you enjoy/value most and why? Are they unique to UP or to specific campuses of UP? Are there new traditions, festivals, and celebrations in your campus which are now becoming popular among residents in your area? Prof. Antonino Salvador Soria de Veyra, Director Learning Resource Center, UP Mindanao I have always wondered how it was for the first batch of students in UP Mindanao 22 years ago. In their graduation yearbook, Siugda: Pioneering Batch (2000), the editors described the overwhelming task the 86 pioneering undergraduate students took on when they first set foot on the campus: “Left on our own, we knew we would be unique from the rest of the students, even from the UP students of the [other campuses]. There were no existing organizations. No traditional events. No distinct culture. These essential elements of a university were brought into reality by our innocent hands, as it was our task to turn the University’s dream into reality.” As the first cohort of UP Mindanao students, their narrative begins with their awkward experiences during Freshmen Orientation. Their uneasiness soon turned into budding friendships as the students held their first bonfire in those first few weeks. This gathering was the precursor for what was later on called “Torch Night,” an annual event that symbolically marked the passing of the torch from the upperclassmen to the freshmen. Torch Night eventually featured a contest among the students of the different degree programs for the torch with the best design. Friendly competition also highlighted the first Freshmen Night, with some students vying to be crowned Mr. and Ms. Freshmen Night. This event in later years became the Search for the Ultimate Isko/Iska, with students from the various programs fiercely contending for the title. Other university events that continued from that first year to the present include the annual sports festival dubbed “Dula,” and the Christmas celebrations called “Kasadya.” The latter includes the “Parolan,” UP Mindanao’s version of the Lantern Parade, which draws entries from other government and non-government organizations competing for prizes and bragging rights. With these events developing into intense contests, I wonder if these practices of socialization in the university could be conceived in other ways. But then there are the annual concerts put up by the university’s resident companies—the Dance Ensemble and the Koro Kantahanay—as well as yearly events put up by the different course organizations like the senior Creative Writing majors’ culminating performance called “Sinews of Syllables” and the Dugong Anthro’s “Deviance Day” that elicits puzzled looks from the neighboring communities for the bizarrely-dressed student participants. And there is the Alpha Phi Omega-UP Mindanao chapter’s version of the Oblation Run which has gained some mileage from local media’s coverage of the event. So, from the 86 pioneering students in 1996 to the peak in student population at 1,234 in 2015, a distinct UP Mindanao culture has evolved. But over the K-12 transition years, with no incoming freshmen for two straight school years, student leaders have had to redefine the celebration of Freshmen Night and Torch Night with no freshmen around. By the first semester of 2019, with only the sophomores and incoming freshmen around, I wonder what traditional rites of passage will be kept and what new rituals will be devised by the coming batches of UP Mindanao students. |
https://up.edu.ph/the-uplb-of-their-younger-days/ | The UPLB of Their Younger Days – University of the Philippines | The UPLB of Their Younger Days The UPLB of Their Younger Days December 13, 2017 | Written by Jo. Florendo B. Lontoc A year after its founding in 1908, the University of the Philippines established its first campus outside Manila. At the foot of Mt. Makiling, on grounds freshly cleared of jungle, and near rice fields fringing Laguna de Bai, five professors and 12 students, led by a Thomasite dean, Edwin Copeland, pioneered an agricultural school. They were joined by their forestry counterparts the following year. Some forty years later, students would still see members of the first batches of students and American professors going back to the campus during Loyalty Day, UPLB’s biggest community event. The students would hold them in high regard, not only for the esteemed academic traditions established on campus, but in recognizing them for planting the seeds of a peculiar way of life for their then-small UP community. Florendo Quebral, who entered UPLB in 1951, was one of those students. He admits to have enjoyed the legacy of rodeos, horse-riding ranchers and grand floats on parade, Halloween, barn dances, and the regular Saturday square and boogie dancing. A couple of years after Quebral arrived in the College, a young Romulo Davide from Cebu would be introduced to this same social scene. All throughout the sixties, Mimi Cortez, a gregarious college freshman, would see not much difference, coming to UP from nearby San Pablo. She would dress up for the same Rodeo events as a cowgirl in a checkered blouse and balloon skirt, riding on a hay-strewn cart pulled by a tractor. There were new parties though, or names for such, as the newly-coined TGIFs at the Senior Social Garden. Also, she would spot new status symbols on campus which included Impalas and Harley Davidsons, lined outside the party venues. Mimi Cortez, escorted by Larry Yapchiongco, is declared Miss September Affair. (Photo courtesy of Prof. Mimosa Cortez-Ocampo) Dr. Mimosa Cortez-Ocampo, UPLB alumni sharing memories Thus, the UPLB social scene, like the rest of UP, continued to bustle with modernity of a distinctly imported variety. But like any foreign influence, modernity in the UPLB community had to contend with the overwhelming presence of the local living, reality, and people. UPLB was a far cry from the America where those traditions originated. And most UPLB students came from diverse Philippine regional backgrounds. For Quebral, Davide, and Cortez, the parties served purposes other and deeper than a relief from boredom or from the rigors of academia. With social events, they had a way of connecting to other and larger circles despite their isolation from family and old ways of life. New circles meant a new independence, social skills, and with it, being part of a distinguishable UPLB way of life. Davide recalls that early in the 1950s, nurses from the Philippine General Hospital and students from the Philippine Women’s University were invited to UPLB’s social balls, and he was excited to test his burgeoning dating instincts on these visitors. In those days, UPLB, particularly the College of Agriculture, had men far outnumbering the women, and competition among the males was fierce. To save for this party dress, Mimi Cortez joined students at the Women’s Dorm cooking their food for a month. (Photo courtesy of Prof. Mimosa Cortez-Ocampo) Mimi Cortez in her terno for a rigodon de honor in 1966, where she got to be partnered with Prof. Cesar Mamaril of the Department of Soils, UP College of Agriculture. (Photos courtesy of Prof. Mimosa Cortez-Ocampo) And so there was a need to prepare and dress up for the parties, and finding creative means to make good impressions on the ones they fancied. Davide uses the term “pasikatan,” which could mean sartorial, terpsichorean, and other arenas of oneupmanship. The rigodon de honor holds a special place in Cortez’s heart because, in that formal dance with professors, she got to meet esteemed professors and be treated by them as a peer. During practice, she was thrilled to have them relate to her on first-name basis. Knowing her teachers up close inspired her to achieve more academically. UPLB old campus While students from same provinces and organizations tended to party together, the administration encouraged campus-wide social gatherings, which, given that the campus was still a two-college affair, were easy to manage. Everybody got to know everybody, and once the ice was broken, ensuing parties with other groups became even more attractive. Cortez said this was a major reason there were no “rumbles” during her college days. The multisectoral party scene thrived this way. Cortez found herself at one time attending three parties in one night. But it was far from the wanton and decadent party scene of the West of the sixties. The women, most of them staying in the Women’s Dorm, had to be chaperoned by the dorm matron, who would hop from one party to another to look after her wards, bringing with her the other young wards. Moreover, social graces were part of the curriculum. In the swirl of party nights at Baker Hall, or in Copeland Heights, or the posh ACCI auditorium, non-academics exuded a special attraction. When the parties stretched well into the night, there were no jeepneys or carretelas to ride back to the dorms. Like barriofolk, the students then traveled in groups across a landscape of rough trails, forest, hills, and fields. The ladies brought a pair of chinelas to save them the agony of making the trek on high heels. And this was why when they were later sent to remote communities for extension work, the students knew how to deal with long walks late at night. Locals from surrounding barrios took the students’ laundry and washed it on the nearby creek using palo-palos. Davide blames the wooden mallets for his missing buttons. He says that dormers also needed mosquito nets to sleep for the whole four years in college. Mt. Makiling as viewed in Los Baños, Laguna There were only a few eateries near “the grove” at the Gate. And student politics during Quebral’s time was big on the alleged poor quality of food being served in the dormitories. Most dormers had to cook their own food, many learning to cook for the first time aided by their more independent mates, with produce bought from the nearest market. Cortez found this a great way to save money for her next extra-curricular activities, which on top of the socials were mostly in campus performing arts. During Quebral’s and Davide’s time, student council elections were associated with food, not just as a subject of protest. For after the announcement of results came the tradition of “the grove march” where the winners treated colleagues to a free lunch. Behind the vibrant College social scene, much was improvised. The spirit of bayanihan was much in demand. Making floats for the Loyalty Day parade entailed working from scratch—sourcing and shaping bamboo for frames before wrapping them up with paper. Campus fairs, such as the September Affair and later February Fairs, popular during Cortez’ time, had no concessionaires for the booths. Students had to produce their own wares to sell or costume themselves crazy for fun booths. Cortez remembers a particularly hilarious day with her group’s “Dungeon of Horror.” Food for grand campus occasions such as Loyalty Day, where national political figures were invited, was cooked by the students of Home Technology, who included Cortez, who would also hope to be among the few selected to serve the meals to the guests. Laguna nature became central in the students’ college lives, not for purposeless walkabouts but as inspiration. Quebral and Cortez, both coming from cities, were drawn to the campus by the environment, thinking it was perfect aid for study and meditation. Later, they would learn that it could also serve affairs of the heart. But while there was a fertility tree, there was also, at the grove, a chismis nook and a chismis tree, serving the purpose of today’s tambayan. UPLB alumni sharing memories: Dr. Florendo Quebral (left) and Dr. Romulo Davide (right) Going upstream in Molawin Creek up to the Flat Rocks and picnicking by the banks where they saw the tall, magnificent trees of Makiling became a traditional outing for students. As a plant pathologist, Quebral was naturally interested in trees, but Cortez of Home Technology, who later went into extension education, community development, and public affairs, turned tree-planting into a hobby. Without a bustling town outside, nights were relatively dark; and moon and star light shone all the more. Students celebrated the sky. Quebral’s group, with maize-studying members bringing corn to eat, climbed Higamut hill where IRRI now stands, sat in a circle on the grass, ate, talked, and sang. Usually in March, when the night sky was clear and the moon was full, students brought guitars, rode a trailer truck, and invited everyone to join them riding around campus singing songs about the moon. Davide compliments Quebral’s singing as member of “The Trailer Song Group.” And Quebral responds by singing: “I see the moon and the moon sees me The moon sees someone I want to see God bless the moon and God bless me God bless that someone I want to see…” Settling into seniority, Quebral, Davide, and Cortez (now Cortez-Ocampo) don’t know which of these traditions survive, aside from Loyalty Day to celebrate the “UPLB spirit,” but they hope their younger counterparts have as much fun in Los Baños as they did in their time. ——————- Email the author at upforum@up.edu.ph. |
https://up.edu.ph/theres-more-fun-in-up-mindanao/ | There’s More Fun in UP Mindanao – University of the Philippines | There’s More Fun in UP Mindanao There’s More Fun in UP Mindanao December 13, 2017 | Written by Celeste Ann Castillo Llaneta Compared to other UP constituent universities, UP Mindanao is relatively young, but the members of the UP Mindanao Community have already created their own traditions and events that blend elements of Mindanaoan culture. Many of the traditional annual events are organized by the UP Mindanao University Student Council (USC) and student organizations, with the support of the Office of Student Affairs. The University Convocation is organized by the administration and held at the Atrium during the first day of class, where the whole UP Mindanao community gathers to welcome freshmen, introduce the members of the administration, heads of colleges, faculty, staff and students. Student council officials are also sworn into office by the Chancellor. Torch Night is usually held some weeks after the formal opening of classes. The upperclassmen, represented by the block leaders of the earlier freshmen batch, pass on a lit torch symbolizing responsibility and privilege as iskolar ng bayan to the current freshmen batch, represented by the freshmen block leaders of each degree program. The freshmen then pledge their oath of loyalty and responsibility to the university and their fellow students. This is accompanied by a competition of group presentations among freshmen. Another yearly event is Freshmen Night, usually held a month after Torch Night, and which includes a dance competition and a pageant to search for the Ultimate UPMin Isko and Iska. The Freshmen Torch Night combines the symbolic passing on of degree presentation torches of Torch Night and the pageantry of Freshmen Night. Dula, which means “play” in Cebuano, is a university-wide sportsfest usually held in the middle of the first semester, after the college-based sportsfests—Dula-dula for the College of Science and Mathematics and School of Management, and the Hampang for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Highlight of the sportsfest is the Cheerdance Competition, which draws attention from the media and from other universities. Photo by Rene Estremera, UP Mindanao Deviance Day, a celebration of UP Mindanao’s diversity of culture and ethnicity, began as a free concert hosted by the BA Social Sciences and BA Anthropology programs. Today, Deviance Day is organized by the Department of Social Sciences, CHSS, and the Dalub-aral na may Ugnayan, Galing at Organisadong Ningas na Ginagabayan ng Antropolohiya (DUGONG-ANTRO). For the entire day, participating students, faculty and staff dress up in “not-so-everyday” attire—some donning costumes representing characters from popular culture, some coming in formal attire or cross-dressing, or for the brave few, barely dressing at all. In the evening, a program featuring talent shows, presentations of best-dressed people during the day, and free concerts featuring bands in UP Mindanao would be held. The highlight of the Christmas season in UP Mindanao is Kasadya, a Cebuano word meaning “joy” or “happiness.” The Kasadya celebration begins in December with the official lighting of the University Christmas Tree, constructed with lanterns from different student organizations. It also features the UPMin lantern parade and Pasiklaban, a skit contest for students and alumni sponsored by the UP Alumni Association-Davao. February is an especially eventful time as UP Mindanao commemorates its foundation as a constituent university. In addition, the CHSS and CSM celebrate their foundation weeks during this month with their own events, such as the Pasundayag, an annual pageant featuring the tribes and costumes of Mindanao indigenous peoples, organized by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Student Council. Photo by Rene Estremera, UP Mindanao Specific degree programs and student orgs also hold their own events, such as the BA Communication Arts program and Communicators’ Guild, and CSM Night organized by the CSM Student Council. The residents of the Elias B. Lopez Hall also celebrate their Dorm Week during February with workshops, talk shows, quiz bees, the Open House, competitions for the cleanest and best-decorated rooms, and the popular Mistress of the Dorm beauty pageant wherein cross-dressing male dormers compete for the title. Tatak UPMin is also another gender-bending beauty pageant featuring cross-dressing male and female students from the different student orgs, as well as a Battle of the Bands. The UPMin alumni also join the festivities with their annual alumni homecoming dubbed Panagtagbo, which means “gathering” in Cebuano, and features dance concerts and musical presentations by Alagad ni Oble, one of the first musical bands established in UP Mindanao. The UPMin alumni also hold “Bayanihan Para Kay Oble,” introduced by the UP Alumni Association Davao (UPAA Davao) as a “beautification” activity for the Oblation Plaza and as a venue for fellowship among the alumni. In terms of arts, music and sports, the UP Mindanao Siki ni Obli student organization has been holding the Oscar Mora Cup, an annual ladies football invitational tournament, for the last 18 years. On the other hand, the UP Mindanao Dance Ensemble, the university’s resident dance company, holds its annual full-length dance-concert on the themes of “Kilos-Pinoy,” “Daloy,” “Galaw-Indak-Sayaw,” while the UP Mindanao Koro Kantahanay, the resident chorale, holds its annual concert “Overture”. Both events used to be held in February, but were moved to other months following the academic calendar shift. “Sinews for Syllables” is an annual performance of literary works by BA English students, where the works are read in excerpt, or performed in conjunction with dance, song, and cinematic art, while “Lit-Orgy” are readings of literary works that originated with BA English students but have moved to venues outside the University. Finally, festivities in UP Mindanao are not held by the UPMin community just for the UPMin community, but for high school students as well. A number of student organizations organize events directed toward high schools as the students’ contribution in promoting UP Mindanao to prospective students: The Inter-High School Statistics Quiz Bowl, organized by the Society of Math Majors, is held once a semester, participated in by students from private and public schools. “Math Mania” inter-high school competition has been undertaken by Society of Math Majors annually for more than ten years. Photo by Rene Estremera, UP Mindanao The Dugo Mo Buhay Ko annual bloodletting is organized by OSA every February in partnership with the Philippine National Red Cross. Donors are students, employees, and nearby constituents of government agencies. Tagbo is a two-day leadership training camp organized annually by the OSA for leaders of student organizations and upholds the principles of “servant-leadership.” This was started about eight years ago with the help of the Ayala Young Leaders Congress. Speak UP is an annual regional speech competition for high schools in the Davao region. It is organized by Communicators Guild organization of BA Communication Arts students, and has branched out from solely oratorical and extemporaneous speaking to include radio script-writing. It has been held for more than ten years in Davao City and for the past five years has expanded its reach region-wide. “Tinukib”, on the other hand, is a design and scale-model workshop for high school students that has been held by the Architecture program and students for many years now. Rockeumentary is an annual “battle of the bands” organized by the Kappa Epsilon student organization, originating ten years ago as a fund-raising event. It has expanded to include literary readings. Photo by Rene Estremera, UP Mindanao Is-Spell-Eng is a spelling contest organized by Omega Alpha student organization, also for high school students. It has been held annually for more than ten years. Tagisan sa Agham Panlipunan is on its second city-wide hosting in 2017. It is organized by Dugong Anthro student organization for high schools in Davao City. It was also named UTUKAY (Patalinuhan). For the past eight years, the USC has also been organizing UP Fiesta, an umbrella event held on the first week of the February anniversary celebration. It includes guided tours throughout the university for invited high school students, talent shows, and a market fair participated by several student organizations which lasts until the following week’s Orgs Fair, which is also another event where student organizations get to promote their activities to other students and organizations. For graduating UPMin students, the Society of Agribusiness Economics holds INDORS (Industry Orientation Seminar) where industry personalities are invited to talk about their business organizations. The Department of Food Science also holds a similar event. Finally, the OSA also holds an annual Career Placement Orientation and Pre-Employment Seminar and Annual Jobs Fair for graduating students. It includes talks by alumni from different professions, sectors, and industries. That’s a lot to do outside the classroom for a CU barely out of its teens by UP standards, but UP Mindanao is making it clear that it doesn’t have to wait at the back of the line to make fun things happen down in Davao. ——————- With inputs from Rene Estremera, UP Mindanao Public Relations Officer. Email the author at upforum@up.edu.ph. |
https://up.edu.ph/is-this-man-the-father-of-up/ | Is this man the “Father of UP”? – University of the Philippines | Is this man the “Father of UP”? Is this man the “Father of UP”? December 14, 2017 | Written by Andre DP Encarnacion Most Filipinos can at least acknowledge the influence of UP as a producer of trailblazers. The University’s own institutional history has given us cursory knowledge of the great personages who were some of the “firsts”, “fathers”, or “mothers” of their colleges, areas of study, or other organizations of national importance. For the most part, these trailblazing figures ring a bell. Many graduates, for example, recognize the American pastor Murray Bartlett to be the first President of UP, while his successor Ignacio Villamor was the first Filipino to hold the position. Similarly, Guillermo Tolentino is known as the sculptor of UP’s most iconic symbol, The Oblation (which was not, for the record, modeled on Fernando Poe, Sr.’s physique). These and other figures are recognized for their pivotal role in UP’s history. None of them, however, is considered the “Father of UP.” The fact that the term is so rarely, if ever, used can lead one to the impression that UP is indeed a “parent-less” institution—sprouting like Athena from the nation’s cranium to guide a people beginning to find their legs. Philippine Studies scholar and Pangasinan expert, Dr. Maria Crisanta Nelmida-Flores, however, disagrees. Her studies into the history of the nation and her home province have led her to a figure that she says might be considered worthy of the title. His name is Juan Alvear. Oil portrait found at the Pangasinan Governors Gallery, Capitol Building, Lingayen, Pangasinan. (Photo from Ms. Joy Napolitano, Provincial Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office, Pangasinan) Who exactly was Juan Alvear? Very few people, even in UP, really know. Flores herself, who happens to be a kababayan of Alvear from Pangasinan, first got wind of his connection with UP when asked in a graduate class by UP Diliman Chancellor Michael Tan the question: who really was the “Father of UP”? Some of Tan’s clues were that he was a famous espiritista and a former Pangasinan congressman. Bells began ringing in her head, and Flores’s answer not only gained her Tan’s attention, but also sparked a growing interest in a historical figure who seems to defy easy classification. “Based on my research, which was almost a decade ago, he was from San Fabian, Pangasinan,” Flores says of Alvear. “He has a statue there. As what? Well, for one he was a member of the Malolos Congress. He was also the founder of the School of Arts and Trades in Lingayen. There were a lot of schools that were founded by him.” Traces of Juan Alvear as a member of the provincial elite can be found in selected histories of the province. The book Pangasinan, 1901-1986: A Political, Socioeconomic and Cultural History by Rosario M. Cortes, for instance, mentions Alvear’s rise to prominence. Once a Philippine revolutionary, Alvear became a member of the Partido Nacionalista together with the first Filipino governor of Pangasinan, Perfecto Sison, and other provincial elites. Sison had been appointed governor in 1901 in the Dagupan Assembly by William Howard Taft and his peers as part of the Taft Commission’s effort to organize provincial governments under the sovereignty of the United States. Sison, however, was considered too nationalistic by American policymakers, and was defeated in subsequent elections by non-resident members under the Federal Party banner. The latter, Cortes says, was a party organized to advocate the annexation of the Philippines as an official state of the United States and was a dominant entity during the early period of American colonization. The newly-formed Partido Nacional, on the other hand, advocated absolute independence. It was with this party that Juan Alvear, together with all of his fellow candidates from Pangasinan, won a seat as a delegate in the First Philippine Assembly in 1907 as representative of Pangasinan’s third district. As a member of the Lower House, Alvear would make higher education history. “In fact,” Flores says, “many people do not know that Juan Alvear—because the Philippine Assembly was in 1907 and UP came into being in 1908—that he was the first one to propose that there should be a ‘national university.’ And my memory is a bit hazy, but the first (idea) before that was the need for a Philippine General Hospital. So the idea for both a national university and a national hospital came from Juan Alvear.” The result of these proposals would eventually become Act No. 1688, passed in 1907, and Act No. 1870, passed a year after. These acts would respectively appropriate the sum of P780,000 for the construction of the PGH and establish the University of the Philippines—an institution to provide “advanced instruction in literature, philosophy, the sciences and arts, and to give professional and technical training.” The seeds of what we now know as the University of the Philippines System had been planted. After his tenure in the House, Juan Alvear ran for the post of provincial governor and won in 1909. Details of his life after the governorship are sparse, and sources indicate he passed away in 1918. Today, he is remembered (if at all) as a major figure in Philippine Spiritism for having founded the first Spiritist Center in 1901 in San Fabian, and becoming a pivotal player in uniting spiritists nationwide through the Union Espiritista Cristiana de Filipinas, Inc. in 1909. His role as a patriot and an advocate of higher education, however, has been, for the most part, forgotten. “(Chancellor Tan) actually said that he has a bust in UP Manila that is now beside the brooms and mops,” Flores says. Ironically, in spite of his role, Alvear is now a forgotten man. Resources about his life are sparse, and many of Flores’ own resources were lost during the Faculty Center of 2016. As to why his memory has faded so dramatically, she has the following opinion: “I think it’s because we mostly operate on written history, and focus on the institution once it is already existing. Let’s say, UP had already been established, so who was the first head? And so on. But what happened pre-establishment, we haven’t gone much into that.” Only more research might solve this most seminal of UP mysteries. Flores herself said that she once attempted to dig deeper into his life before UP’s Centennial in 2008, but had limited success. “I had mentioned previously in our meetings that maybe it’s time someone looked into Juan Alvear as the Father of UP. I hope we can now.” ——————- Email the author at upforum@up.edu.ph. |
https://up.edu.ph/history-sports-and-arts-in-up-visayas/ | History, Sports, and Arts in UP Visayas – University of the Philippines | History, Sports, and Arts in UP Visayas History, Sports, and Arts in UP Visayas December 14, 2017 | Written by Celeste Ann Castillo Llaneta During the UP Visayas’ celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the UP Presence in Iloilo held in February 20-24, 2017 (Photo from the UP Visayas Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/U.P.Visayas) For UP Visayas, the celebration of its history is at the core of some of its most revered traditional events. One of these is the week-long celebration of the Anniversary of the UP Presence in Iloilo. On December 18, 1947, responding to the desire of Ilonggos to have a UP education, the municipal board of Iloilo authorized a resolution for the opening of a branch of UP in Iloilo City on the site of what was then the Iloilo City Hall. In July 1947, the UP Iloilo College opened its doors, starting with a Lower Division for 3rd and 4th year high school students and an Upper Division for 1st and 2nd year college students. By 1954, the UP IloIlo College attained full-fledged college status and was renamed the UP College Iloilo, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs, including a complete high school. This year, 2017, is the 70th Anniversary of the UP Presence in Iloilo, with the celebration held on February 20 at the UP Visayas Iloilo Campus, in front of the main entrance of the historic building that nurtured the fledgling UP Iloilo College and witnessed its growth into the three-campus-strong UP Visayas of today. Also to commemorate the anniversary this year, the UP Alumni Association-Iloilo Chapter, in cooperation with the UP Silak and Silab alumni, held the biggest “Run UP” ever in August 2017—a “UP 2 UP” Marathon that ran from UP Visayas in Miagao, Iloilo, to UP Visayas’ Iloilo City campus. The TUKLAD trail run organized by Pretty Farm Boys in partnership with the Miagao LGU, the UPAA-lloilo Chapter, and the UPV held on April 30, 2017 inside UPV’s scenic Miagao campus. A scene from the Pasundayag 2017 held on February 24, 2017 in UPV Miagao The flagship campus of UP Visayas, a 1.294-hectare slice of verdant paradise with a spectacular view of the sea on one side and a majestic line of mountains on the other, is located in the 278-year-old municipality of Miagao, Iloilo. To celebrate the partnership and spirit of cooperation between UP and the local government of Miagao, the UPV and Miagao Friendship Day has been held at the end of May since 2011—May because the UP Board of Regents (BOR) during its 114th meeting approved the establishment of an autonomous UP in the Visayas on May 31, 1979. The development of the UPV Miagao campus was made possible through the Sixth Educational Loan of the Philippine Government approved by the World Bank in January 1980, and on February 29 of that same year, the groundbreaking of the UPV Miagao campus was held. Executive Order No. 628 issued by President Ferdinand Marcos on October 30, 1980 operationalized UP Visayas, with its main campus in Miagao, and with the College of Fisheries as its flagship college. The UPV and Miagao Friendship Day has become an annual event during which the creativity and team-building of both institutions—UP Visayas and the Miagao local government—are showcased through ballgames, parlor games, dance performances, and so on. A scene from the first day of the UPVTC Sportsfest 2014 Rocking the night away during the UPVTC Org Fair 2014 Other traditional UP Visayas events center around sports, such as the Annual Pahampang or Sporstfest, which includes the popular and most anticipated Cheering Competition. The Cheering Competition shows off the diversity of UPV students’ lives, interests, and creativity as they make their own songs and yells as well as conceptualize their presentation and design their own costumes. Culture and the arts are also celebrated through various literary-musical contests and talent shows. And of course, beauty, good humor, and good sportsmanship are also highlighted through another much-anticipated event, HASA, an annual beauty pageant hosted and sponsored by the Validus Amicitia Brotherhood, and usually held before the Pahampang. The beauty pageant features straight men wearing gowns and skimpy bikinis in a comical fashion. For the UP Visayas Tacloban College, the UPVTC Student Council and other student organizations hold an annual Organizations’ Fair at the UP Tacloban Arts and Sciences (AS) Grounds. The Organizations’ Fair serves as an avenue for the different student organizations, fraternities, and sororities in the UPV Tacloban College to showcase their traditions, activities, accomplishments, and fields of interest, among others. The fair aims to foster unity among the various organizations, fraternities, sororities, and institutions, to reach out to the general public to work together towards progressive societal change, and to embody the UPV Tacloban community’s vision to work as a strong united body in shaping the community and nation’s future. To ensure the holistic development of the UPVTC’s students beyond the classroom and academia, the UPVTC Student Council also holds an annual sportsfest, and has also recently pioneered the UPVTC-wide Lantern Parade around downtown Tacloban, complete with a competition for Best Hand-held Lanterns, Best Float, and Liveliest Group Award, and Christmas party featuring different local bands, a choral competition, and fireworks display. ——————- With inputs from Lyncen M. Fernandez, UP Visayas Information and Publications Office. Email the author at upforum@up.edu.ph. |
https://up.edu.ph/office-of-admissions-calls-on-public-to-patiently-wait-for-upca-results/ | Office of Admissions calls on public to patiently wait for UPCA results – University of the Philippines | Office of Admissions calls on public to patiently wait for UPCA results Office of Admissions calls on public to patiently wait for UPCA results March 9, 2022 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office The Office of Admissions of the University of the Philippines calls upon the public to wait patiently for updates on the results of applications for admissions for Academic Year 2022-2023. The Office is currently processing the documentary requirements of over 100,000 applicants for admission to the University. The Office will issue an update on the applications as soon as possible. Thank you very much. |
https://up.edu.ph/office-of-admissions-to-release-upca-2022-results-on-may-31/ | Office of Admissions to release UPCA 2022 results on May 31 – University of the Philippines | Office of Admissions to release UPCA 2022 results on May 31 Office of Admissions to release UPCA 2022 results on May 31 May 26, 2022 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office For questions and clarifications, please contact the Office of Admissions by sending them an email message via this address: upcollegeapplications.oadms@up.edu.ph. Messages can also be sent to their Office via their official Facebook page. This announcement was originally posted on the Office of Admissions Facebook page. |
https://up.edu.ph/up-mindanao-alumni-bands-to-hold-free-reunion-concert/ | UP Mindanao alumni bands to hold free reunion concert – University of the Philippines | UP Mindanao alumni bands to hold free reunion concert UP Mindanao alumni bands to hold free reunion concert January 28, 2020 | Written by Rene Estremera Two alumni bands of the University of the Philippines (UP) Mindanao, Alagad in Oble and Early Morning, will hold a back-to-back reunion concert entitled “25 Songs for 25 Years” on 30 January 2020, 5PM, at the Atrium of the UP Mindanao Administration Building in Mintal, Davao City as an initial offering to usher in the 25th founding anniversary of the university in February. The concert is free and open to the public. Alagad ni Oble was formed in 1998 and is considered to be the pioneering rock band in UP Mindanao. The band is composed of UP Mindanao alumni Roosevelt Itom (BS Biology 2002), Ian Cayunda (BS Biology 2002), Arthur Gonzales (BA Economics 2002), Milos Dagohoy (BS Food Technology 2003), and Wardy Puyod (BA Social Science 2000). According to rhythm guitarist Puyod, “Our long lasting bond as music aficionados keeps the band together. This time, we want to play to a new crowd who also appreciate music from the 90s.” The band members are now professionals in business, banking, and agriculture. The band has been performing every year in the campus and has popularized a rock version of the university’s anthem “UP Naming Mahal.” Early Morning is also a UP Mindanao alumni band fronted by Jet Israel (BA Communication Arts 2016) and Paulo Rizal (BA Communication Arts 2016), Aaron Jude Manalang (BS Architecture 2019), Ryan Laguna (BS Computer Science 2018), and Christian June Villadolid. “The name Early Morning comes from the idea of ‘capturing uncertainty,’ a metaphor for beginnings and endings, for storytelling that is hopeful yet haunting” says the band’s bio-note. The bands will play cover versions of contemporary Filipino pop-rock songs and original compositions. “We connected the bands to the university to come up with this concert as an opening salvo to the anniversary events,” said UP Mindanao Alumni Association president Krishna Balaga (BS Computer Science 2006). This musical offering is a pre-anniversary activity before UP Mindanao officially kicks off its yearlong celebration with the theme “25 Years in Mindanao, for Mindanao and Beyond” on 20 February 2020. ### Contact: Mr. Rene Estremera Public Relations Officer UP Mindanao Tel. 293-0310 Email: pro.upmindanao@up.edu.ph |
https://up.edu.ph/de-vera-now-ched-chair/ | De Vera now CHED chair – University of the Philippines | De Vera now CHED chair De Vera now CHED chair October 22, 2018 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office Dr. J. Prospero de Vera III has been appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as chairman of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) until 21 July 2022, the agency announced on October 15. Prior to this, De Vera had been designated by the president as CHED officer-in charge beginning 24 January 2018. Accordingly, he assumed chairmanship of the governing boards of all state universities and colleges, including UP. De Vera is a professor at the UP Diliman National College of Public Administration and Governance, where he has been teaching since 1992. He was vice president for public affairs of the UP System from 2011 until he was appointed CHED commissioner and adviser to the government negotiating panel with the National Democratic Front/Communist Party of the Philippines/New People’s Army in 2016. He is an alumnus of the University, having earned his Bachelor of Arts, major in History with a minor in Political Science, and his Doctor of Public Administration degrees from UP Diliman. He has a Master of Arts degree, major in Social Sciences with a minor in Political Science, from De La Salle University. De Vera took Special Studies in Government and Politics at the California Studies Center, California State University-Sacramento and was a Fulbright-Hays visiting scholar at the Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California (USC). At the USC, he specialized in higher education administration as well as higher education policy and organization. He later went to Johns Hopkins University as a senior Fulbright visiting professor at the Center for Communication Programs. His curriculum vitae as of September 2016 can be viewed here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8U4LJEpWMfxUngtTUhiOXJyWTg/view. |
https://up.edu.ph/osfa-memorandum-no-rag-2020-44-extension-of-period-of-application-for-student-financial-and-learning-assistance/ | OSFA Memorandum No. RAG 2020-44: Extension of Period of Application for Student Financial and Learning Assistance – University of the Philippines | OSFA Memorandum No. RAG 2020-44: Extension of Period of Application for Student Financial and Learning Assistance OSFA Memorandum No. RAG 2020-44: Extension of Period of Application for Student Financial and Learning Assistance November 16, 2020 | Posted by UP Media and Public Relations Office To accommodate students who could not submit SLAS Online applications due to Typhoon Ulysses, the 4th round of application will be extended to 17 November 2020. The new application period is as follows: Learning Assistance Application Until 17 November 2020 Release of Results 18 November 2020 Submission of Appeals 18-22 November 2020 Undergraduate students, including Juris Doctor and Doctor of Medicine students, may file applications during this period. Students applying for assistance through the SLAS Online must use their respective UP Email (@up.edu.ph email). For your guidance. |
https://up.edu.ph/osfa-memorandum-no-rag-2020-49-5th-round-of-student-learning-assistance-system-applications/ | OSFA Memorandum No. RAG 2020-49: 5th Round of Student Learning Assistance System Applications – University of the Philippines | OSFA Memorandum No. RAG 2020-49: 5th Round of Student Learning Assistance System Applications OSFA Memorandum No. RAG 2020-49: 5th Round of Student Learning Assistance System Applications December 1, 2020 | Posted by UP Media and Public Relations Office The UP Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA) received reports that some UP students were not able to submit SLAS application requirements due to the intermittent power supply and Internet in their area. Given this, SLAS Online will accept applications beginning 28 November 2020 to accommodate eligible students who need financial assistance in AY 2020-2021. Details of the 5th round of applications for financial and learning assistance is as follows: Learning Assistance Application: 28 November 2020 – 3 December 2020 Release of Results: 4 December 2020 Submission of Appeals: 4 – 9 December 2020 Undergraduate students, including Juris Doctor and Doctor of Medicine students, may file applications during this period. Applicants who wish to appeal or have not completed their application may do so on the schedule provided. Students applying for assistance through the SLAS Online must use their respective UP Email (@up.edu.ph email). CU Heads of Student Affairs Units are requested to disseminate the information to eligible students to allow the timely processing of financial and learning assistance. For your guidance. To apply online and for more information, visit slasonline.up.edu.ph. Read the memo here: UPOSFA_OM_2020-49_26Nov2020 |
https://up.edu.ph/student-learning-assistance-online-applications-for-continuing-students/ | Student Learning Assistance Online Applications for Continuing Students – University of the Philippines | Student Learning Assistance Online Applications for Continuing Students Student Learning Assistance Online Applications for Continuing Students September 6, 2022 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office The Office of Student Development Services will open the Student Learning Assistance Online (SLAS Online) to accommodate UP students who require learning assistance in AY 2022-2023. The SLAS Online is a web-based program that serves as a portal for applicants who wish to apply to student financial assistance programs of the University. Undergraduate students, including Juris Doctor and Doctor of Medicine students, may file applications for the UP Grants-In-Aid Program (GIAP) and Remote Learning Assistance through the SLAS Online. Beneficiaries of Free Higher Education (RA 10931) may also apply for remote learning assistance. The SLAS Online will accept applications from continuing students (2nd year and up) beginning 5 September 2022. Applicants must log in using their respective UP Email (@up.edu.ph). Details of the 1st round of applications for student learning assistance are as follows: Learning Assistance Application Period 5-10 September 2022 Release of Results 11 September 2022 Submission of Appeals 11-15 September 2022 The Office will open the 2nd round of SLAS Online applications in mid-September for freshies and continuing students who could not apply in the 1st round. Heads of CU Student Affairs Units are requested to disseminate the information to eligible students. Students may contact the SFA Helpdesk of their campus should they encounter issues when filing applications to the SLAS Online. For your guidance. |
https://up.edu.ph/a-conversation-with-mr-c-national-artist/ | A Conversation with Mr. C, National Artist – University of the Philippines | A Conversation with Mr. C, National Artist A Conversation with Mr. C, National Artist January 14, 2019 | Written by Celeste Ann Castillo Llaneta Ryan Cayabyab sits for a spell with the UP Forum. (Photo by Celeste Castilio, UP MPRO) His music is ubiquitous. From pop hits that serve as the theme songs of many a love story to the soundtracks of commercial and indie films; from massive works of musical theatre, neo-opera, and sacred music to commercial jingles and opening themes to TV specials—there isn’t a Filipino alive who hasn’t heard, thrilled to, or jammed along with his music. He has helped shape the Philippine music industry today, crossing the line between “serious” and pop music with ease, and mentoring some of the country’s most gifted musicians. He is known as The Maestro, or simply as Mr. C. This October, UP College of Music alumnus and former professor Raymundo Cipriano “Ryan” Pujante Cayabyab received another title, that of National Artist. One morning before his newest award of recognition, Mr. C sat down for an interview with UP Forum, during which he shared some of his memories of UP; his views on UP’s impact on Philippine music; and a bit of inspiration for anyone seeking their path in life. What was your childhood in UP like? When my mother was teaching [at the UP College of Music], we lived inside UP. I grew up inside the UP Campus, in Area 1, went to UP Elementary School and UP High School, graduating in 1970. My first course was Business Administration, then I went to the UP College of Music, and I graduated around 10 years after I got into the UP College of Music. Noong bata kami, lumalabas kami ng bahay sa December or January, at kapag nagsasalita kami, may usok yung bibig namin. Ganon kaginaw. Nagtatawanan na kami. “Oy, para tayong nagsi-sigarilyo.” Iba naman yung usok na nalalanghap namin kapag may umiikot na DDT truck. Siguro every week or every two weeks, umiikot ang DDT truck na bumubuga ng DDT. Lahat ng bata sa campus, nandoon, lalabas na, hahabulin yung truck. Sobrang kapal ng smoke na binubuga, para kaming nasa alapaap. Ang feeling namin, kaya kami lahat may topak dahil doon, eh. [laughs] What do you think makes you unique among the musicians in the country? Lagi kong sinasabi, maraming mas magaling sa aking gumawa ng kanta sa Philippine music industry. Ang dami diyang mas magaling gumawa ng hit songs. The only reason napapahiwalay ako sa kanila is, ako lang ang merong diploma. Ako lang ang merong degree na binigay ng isang unibersidad. That’s it. Pero for me, it’s a big deal. Not because of the degree, but because of what I learned in the College of Music through the years. What has been the impact of your UP education on you? How has UP contributed to Philippine music as a whole? My first teacher was Eliseo Pajaro, in Composition. My second teacher was Lucio San Pedro, National Artist. My third teacher was Ramon Santos, National Artist. My fourth teacher was Francisco Feliciano, National Artist. I’ve been influenced by all of them. Not that I have discarded their ideas; their ideas remain. I picked up a lot of things from my teachers, but do I sound like any of them? Not really. I sound like me. But that’s also exactly what they taught us. UP’s contribution is huge. The UP College of Music is known for compositional theory and research. Composition also means the training of new music composers. Ang dami nila; even in the choral world, the names that come out are from UP. So sa larangan ng music composition, malaki ang contribution ng UP. And then research. Wow, ang research ng UPCM, beginning with the huge work of Dr. Jose Maceda, National Artist. In terms of performance, we have the best choirs. The Philippine Madrigal Singers, they’re basically UP-trained, and UP si [Madz founder] Prof. Andrea Veneracion, National Artist. And we have the UP Singing Ambassadors, the UP Concert Chorus—sterling ang choral tradition na galing sa UP. That’s why maraming UP composers ang nagsusulat ng choral music, because magagaling yung choirs. How can UP help in promoting greater appreciation of OPMs among our audiences? It is our responsibility to win them over. I believe in time, makikita nila…that there are other ways to express authentic feelings, which is why the indie movement is alive, even in music. Nagbago na ang business platform [due to technology]. Technology has created an open field. Anyone who has a smartphone can record, can shoot, put it on YouTube for everybody to see. Maganda kasi open, democratic, kaya pagalingan. Uso na rin ang informal education, pero iba pa rin yung may institutional blessing. May stamp, and hindi sa biased ako, pero ang UP talaga ang most coveted stamp. So how can that stamp help us? Actually, yung people yan. Yung UP alumni ang nagpapalaganap. Kasi alam mo kung sino ang nagpo-promote ng music? Mga UP alumni. Marami kasi end up as heads of institutions na nagpo-promote ng music. They understand; malawak ang kanilang pananaw. Naintindihan nila ang value ng music. The reason you first took Business Administration was to be true to your mother’s deathbed wish for none of her children to have a career in music. This changed when then Senator Salvador Laurel noticed your talent when you were playing piano for his son, Cocoy Laurel, and gave you a scholarship to the College of Music. Is there an alternate universe in which you became Mr. Ryan Cayabyab, Accountant, instead? A friend told me, kahit naman daw hindi nangyari yung nangyari sa akin—for example, hindi ko na-meet sina Senator Laurel—eventually I would find my way into it, because naniniwala ako na yun ang destined place ko. [laughs] A while back I was saying, kahit ano ang mga balakid yung humarap sa iyo papunta dun sa gusto mo, eventually dun ka rin pupunta kasi that is your destined path. Naniniwala ako don. I really think sinundan ko lang yung nararamdaman ko na kailangan kong sundan. Napunta ako sa music kasi yun ang ikinasasaya ng kaluluwa ko, yung every time na ganon ang ginagawa ko, hanggang ngayon, masaya ako. Somebody else also told me: Napili na ng Diyos ang landas mo. Pakinggan mo lang. (Photo from Ryan Cayabyab) |
https://up.edu.ph/musics-non-music-man/ | Music’s “Non-Music” Man – University of the Philippines | Music’s “Non-Music” Man Music’s “Non-Music” Man January 14, 2019 | Written by Arlyn VCD Palisoc Romualdo I call it ‘non-music’ because it doesn’t fit the idea of what music is,” says National Artist for Music, composer, ethnomusicologist, and UP Professor Emeritus Ramon Pagayon Santos. “It” is his area of research: non-Western indigenous expressive traditions that are part of the genre called “ethnic music.” Because “music,” he explains, is a Western concept defined by elements such as structure, counterpoint, harmony, texture, and form, among others, “it is not really music—not in the strictest sense.” National Artist for Music Ramon Pagayon Santos at the UP Center for Ethnomusicology (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) It was an incident at a Philippine music festival he organized as dean of the College of Music that prompted him to question why those ethnic forms of expression were considered music. “I had invited three guitarists and a dancer from Batangas to participate. Imagine my surprise when two jeepney loads of people arrived!” During the performance, the others acted as bystanders who would react loudly and throw money at the performers. “That type of ‘music’ wasn’t meant for just listening because it wouldn’t have the intended effect. It needed the participation of the community. There was an experiential condition.” There’s also the playing of the kwintangankayu of the Yakan, the bayok of the Maranao, and the badiw of the Ibaloi which are similarly experiential and dependent on the occasions during which they are played. Cultural expressions such as these “don’t follow what conventionally defines music.” Knowing the rules and breaking them As an ethnomusicologist, Santos has been challenging the use of the term “music” to describe these forms of expression since the 1980s. But as a composer, Santos has been pushing against tradition for far longer—as early as his undergraduate days in the early 1960s. He grew up with classical music around him. His mother and grandmother were pianists, so he learned solfège and how to play the piano. High school for Santos was in a seminary, where he “fell in love with schola cantorum.” He wrote poetry and literature inspired his passion for music, even prompting him to create music for Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poems. Like his brother, Santos also painted. His parents even thought he would study painting in college, but he didn’t. He earned a degree in Composition and Conducting from UP instead. He formed the Immaculate Conception Choir in Pasig before he even graduated, writing choir music and a whole Mass, and leading the choir in presenting operettas. He also joined the symphonic ode category of the Bonifacio Centennial National Composition Contest, where he was the only declared winner at second place. No first or third. “The first honorable mention was my teacher,” he recounts with a sheepish smile. In UP, Santos discovered Edgard Varèse, a French composer recognized for using sound outside the confines of musical tradition. He was amazed by Jose Maceda, a visionary composer and member of the UP faculty who pioneered avant-garde music in the country and was later named National Artist for Music. Santos credits Maceda, his “greatest idol in composition,” for inspiring him because his ideas were deeply rooted in Philippine culture and how “we feel and experience music.” Dissonances then became part of Santos’ work. “I think my teacher thought it wouldn’t get me anywhere.” But his leanings toward unconventional compositions mixed with his interest in non-Western cultural expressions allowed him to forge a path in contemporary Philippine music. His groundbreaking body of work—both in composition and in ethnomusicology—earned him the rank of National Artist in 2016. Santos is quite happy that the number of composer-ethnomusicologists is increasing, although he admits that genuine Philippine music still has a long way to go. “We always need to be conscious of the fact that we are not Westerners, that we should not merely follow Western trends. Our experiences are different. Our sentiments are different. Our culture is different. I hope that we can eventually have a name for what I call ‘non-music.’” |
https://up.edu.ph/up-writers-night-2019/ | UP Writers Night 2019 – University of the Philippines | UP Writers Night 2019 UP Writers Night 2019 November 19, 2019 | Posted by UP Media and Public Relations Office As part of its 41st anniversary, the LIKHAAN: UP Institute of Creative Writing (ICW) will be holding the UP Writers Night celebration, a yearly gathering that pays homage to both the country’s established and up-and-coming writers. The grand homecoming will feature three major events, all taking place on November 22, 2019 at the new UP College of Fine Arts Building, University of Philippines Diliman. The celebration will begin with the awarding ceremony for the 19th Madrigal-Gonzalez Best First Book Award (MGBFBA), to be held from 2:30-4:00 PM at the Plenary Hall. The finalists for this year are: Francis Paolo Quina for Field of Play and Other Fictions; Marichelle Roque-Lutz for Keeping It Together; Christine Lao for Musical Chairs; Manuel Lahoz for Of Tyrants and Martyrs; Jude Ortega for Seeker of Spirits; Sarah Lumba for The Shoemaker’s Daughter; Glenn Diaz for The Quiet Ones; and Johanna Marie Lim for What Distance Tells Us. The judges are Charlson Ong, Marne Kilates, and Rica Bolipata-Santos. Registration is at 4:30 p.m.. This will be followed by the launch of Likhaan Journal 13, the annual journal of contemporary Philippine literature published by the UP ICW. This year’s issue editor is Vladimeir Gonzales. The Writers Night Homecoming program will feature recollections by former ICW directors and workshop alumni, as well as special performances by Baihana, Bayang Barrios, and Plagpul. Books and zines from different publishers and individuals will also be sold at the event. Admission is free and everyone is invited, with special limited edition items to be given away to our guests. Friends from media are invited and encouraged to participate, and provide coverage, if possible. For more information about the event, please e-mail, uplikhaan@gmail.com or check the Facebook event page. |
https://up.edu.ph/upd-hosts-lecture-on-rules-based-order/ | UPD hosts lecture on “rules-based order” – University of the Philippines | UPD hosts lecture on “rules-based order” UPD hosts lecture on “rules-based order” December 7, 2017 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office “Will Australia defend the rules-based order?” At a public lecture held at Palma Hall of the University of the Philippines Diliman on October 20, 2017, Professor Benjamin Schreer addressed this question as he discussed the “rules-based order” in the Asia-Pacific in relation to the rise of China as a global power. Schreer, the head of the Security and Strategic Studies department of Macquarie University in Australia, presented several scenarios and challenges in preserving the “rules-based order”, which he said is a key policy objective of the Australian government. Photo by Bong Arboleda, UP MPRO Schreer is an expert on Asia-Pacific strategic trends and Australian defense policy. He is also a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London and a member of the editorial board of the Journal for Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism (JPICT) and of the Australian Journal of International Affairs. The lecture was sponsored by the Department of Political Science, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, UP Diliman, and the Program for Strategic Studies of the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP CIDS). (Fred Dabu, UP MPRO) Click here for more photos of the event. |
https://up.edu.ph/fighting-maroons-beat-down-upon-growling-tigers/ | Fighting Maroons beat down upon Growling Tigers – University of the Philippines | Fighting Maroons beat down upon Growling Tigers Fighting Maroons beat down upon Growling Tigers October 20, 2019 | Written by Jo. Florendo B. Lontoc Jun Manzo makes a hook shot in danger of being blocked by Zach Huang. Photo by Bong Arboleda, UP MPRO. UP and UST exchanged leads 17 times, before the Fighting Maroons succumbed to the Growling Tigers’ defense and stunning perimeter scoring in their second UAAP Season 82 match-up on October 16 at the Mall of Asia Arena. UP lost to UST again, 78-84, for a 6-4 win-loss record and, still, solo second standing after Ateneo de Manila University. UST scored their first 15 points with three consecutive and two consecutive three-pointers by CJ Cansino and Sherwin Concepcion, respectively—a barrage overcome nonetheless by Kobe Paras, Jun Manzo, and David Murrell, who also succeeded in their three-pointers, and by Bright Akhuetie scoring inside. But UP’s 19-15 lead was wiped out by double three-pointers by Concepcion and Zac Huang. The first quarter ended at 22-23 in favor of UST. Jun Manzo makes a successful lay-up past Brent Paraiso’s guarding. Photo by Bong Arboleda, UP MPRO. Bright Akhuetie makes a basket. Photo by Bong Arboleda, UP MPRO. UST began padding its lead early in the second quarter. It was almost midway through the quarter and the score was 27-36, the Tigers’ biggest lead, when Paras hurt his right shoulder from landing full-impact near the UP baseline after his drive was blocked by Soulemane Chabi Yo. Around a minute later, UST’s Mark Nonoy twisted his ankle after stepping on Juan Gomez de Liaño’s foot upon landing from a three-point attempt. Paras and Nonoy had to be sent to the dugout for medical attention, but both managed to return in the second half. Kobe Paras is assisted toward the dugout after hurting his shoulder in a collision with Soulemane Chabi Yo. Photo by Jo. Lontoc, UP MPRO. The rest of the second quarter was highlighted by Ricci Rivero scoring eight points for UP, the last six from two consecutive treys that countered the three-pointers by UST’s Renzo Subido and Concepcion. But it was not enough to conquer the lead. The quarter ended at 41-48. David Murrell tries to get a shot past Soulemane Chabi Yo. Photo by Bong Arboleda, UP MPRO. Ricci Rivero makes a hook shot to evade Zach Huang. Photo by Bong Arboleda, UP MPRO. The third quarter was an uphill but gainful offense for the Maroons as they scored 16 points over the Tigers’ 12. At the end, UST’s lead was down to three, 57-60. Kobe Paras sinks his charity. Photo by Bong Arboleda, UP MPRO. Ricci Rivero makes a basket. Photo by Bong Arboleda, UP MPRO. The last quarter saw lead changes all over again. UP’s Javi Gomez de Liaño and UST’s Subido made the only three pointers halfway through the quarter, with the latter giving UST a four-point lead, 66-70. Paras answered with a basket, then Javi Gomez de Liaño sank a trey to give the Fighting Maroons a one-point lead at the turn of the last four minutes. After four more lead changes, Paras’ three got the UP crowd on their feet, pushing the earlier one-point Maroon lead from Juan Gomez de Liaño’s inside shot. The score was 78-74 with a minute and forty left in the game. The UP crowd rises on their feet as the Fighting Maroons gain a decisive lead. Photo by Bong Arboleda, UP MPRO. Enthusiastic Fighting Maroons supporters near the bleachers. Photo by Jo. Lontoc, UP MPRO. The celebration was short-lived, however, as a foul was called on Manzo, who was behind Subido when the latter slipped while crossing the half court to the UST side. Subido completed his charities. A three-pointer by UST’s Brent Paraiso followed a few seconds after the turn of the last minute, snatching the lead back for UST, 78-79. UP failed to convert on their ball possession, giving Subido the chance to deliver a coup de grace via another three-pointer with 26 seconds left in the game. With the score at 78-82, UP went for a three-pointer to close the gap but the play did not pan out as Paras’ ball skimmed the rim. The Maroons were left in defense, fouling on Chabi Yo and Paraiso, who made one of two free throws each and ended the game at 78-84. The Fighting Maroons in a huddle before their second match-up with the Growling Tigers. Photo by Jo. Lontoc, UP MPRO. |
https://up.edu.ph/maroons-prey-on-falcons-yet-again/ | Maroons prey on Falcons yet again – University of the Philippines | Maroons prey on Falcons yet again Maroons prey on Falcons yet again October 22, 2019 | Written by Arlyn VCD Palisoc Romualdo UP center Bright Akhuetie and Adamson University forward Jerrick Ahanmisi comfort Adamson one-and-done player Val Chauca, after the Fighting Maroons shot down the Soaring Falcons again this season. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) They were down by 12 twice in the first three minutes of the fourth quarter. And then it happened. That re-energized Fighting Maroon spirit emerged, eager to bounce back from a previous game’s defeat. That hunger for victory powerfully played out in a 21-5 run in the last seven minutes of the game. Team above all: the UP Fighting Maroons pre-game huddle (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) For the second time this season, the UP Fighting Maroons clipped the Adamson University Soaring Falcons, 81-77. The UP crowd is on its feet after Jun Manzo’s basket gives UP the lead going into the last two minutes, 76-74. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) Adamson started the game aggressively, gaining first possession and pummeling UP with an 11-2 run three minutes in. The Falcons were driven to sink their claws into the Maroons, who have had no success against the UP dribblers since last season’s semifinals, when the Maroons blanked their twice-to-beat advantage and secured the finals berth. That drive to defeat UP ended the first quarter with Adamson up by eight, 19-11. Javi Gomez de Liaño goes for the jumper, coming from Bright Akhuetie’s long pass off Ricci Rivero’s block of Jerrick Ahanmisi. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) The Fighting Maroons shook off their sluggish start and worked harder, making 25 points in the second quarter against the Soaring Falcons’ 18. Jun Manzo started with a putback from his own miss, less than a minute into the quarter. Kobe Paras went from zero in the first quarter to nine in the second. Juan Gomez de Liaño made eight. Bright Akhuetie added six. Rally for the lead in the second quarter: Bright Akhuetie intercepts Adamson ball. Jun Manzo catches it, passes to Juan Gomez de Liaño, who sets up this flawless jam by Kobe Paras. UP gets its first lead in the game, 29-28. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) On the Falcons side, Val Chauca continued his assault in the second quarter, contributing six more to his 11 in the first. But even with Jerrick Ahanmisi, Vince Magbuhos, Egie Mojica, and Joshua Yerro putting in the points to try and pad the Adamson lead, the San Marcelino squad only managed to step away with a one-point advantage over the Diliman team at the end of the first half, 37-36. A display of mid-air grace and agility as Bright Akhuetie drives to the basket against Lenda Douanga. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) Adamson knew it had to stretch its lead going into the second half, as UP has been known to rally and catch up. Similar to their performance in the first quarter, the Falcons proved to be the tougher team in the third. Despite only three triples to counter five from the Maroons, the Falcons banked ten two-pointers versus the Maroons’ three, raking in 29 points against 21. Free throw shooting was nil in the third quarter for both teams and in the end, Adamson led by nine, 66-57. Simon says go, but Bright says no. Bright Akhuetie stops Simon Camacho’s shot in the paint. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) The Fighting Maroons knew they were not done yet and pushed to close the 12-point distance from the Soaring Falcons. Three treys courtesy of Gomez de Liaño, Ricci Rivero, and Manzo; three twos from Gomez de Liaño and Manzo again, with another from Paras; and two from the line from Noah Webb and Rivero, put the game in a deadlock at 74 with 3:27 remaining. We got threes for you. Jun Manzo (left), Juan Gomez de Liaño (middle), and Kobe Paras (right) take and make the treys. All in all, Manzo made three shots from beyond the arc; Gomez de Liaño sank three; Paras got two; Ricci Rivero made two; and Jaydee Tungcab scored one. UP scored 11 three-pointers against Adamson’s nine. (Photos by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) And just like UP’s kick-off to the second quarter, Manzo again pushed his offensive game, delivering a putback from his own miss and claiming a two-point lead for the Maroons. But quick-eyed Falcon Jeron Lastimosa saw an opening and got away from Gomez de Liaño, sinking a three-point basket with the game clock at 1:47 and taking back the Adamson lead, 77-76. Six seconds later, Gomez de Liaño crossed the half court, passed the ball to Bright Akhuetie, who gave it to Paras standing beyond the arc. He only gave it a second’s thought before letting the ball fly and sinking the three for a two-point UP lead,79-77, with 1:25 left in the game. Steal the ball, run with it, and score the easy two. Jun Manzo knows the sequence and gets ready to fly for the clean layup. He was named Player of the Game with 17 points, seven rebounds, three assists, one steal, and one block. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) It was Rivero’s big steal of the Adamson ball from the inbound pass of Ahanmisi to Chauca that sealed the deal for UP. Maroon possession saw Manzo receiving the ball from Rivero and passing it to Akhuetie who drove to the paint, getting a foul from Ahanmisi. Making his two charities, Akhuetie pushed the UP lead to four. The Maroons upped their defense, leaving the Falcons no other choice but to force difficult shots. With eight seconds remaining, an offensive foul was called on Lastimosa when the Falcon stuck his foot out taking a three-point jumper against Paras. While UP wasn’t able to add more points to its score, the buzzer ended the game with a Maroon win. The Fighting Maroons tightened its hold on the second spot in the UAAP men’s basketball tournament with seven wins and four losses. All cheers, no jeers. The Maroon crowd celebrates the UP victory. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) |
https://up.edu.ph/fighting-maroons-escape-bulldogs/ | Fighting Maroons escape Bulldogs – University of the Philippines | Fighting Maroons escape Bulldogs Fighting Maroons escape Bulldogs October 25, 2019 | Written by Jo. Florendo B. Lontoc Kobe Paras on his way to being UP’s highest pointer once again. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO The UP Fighting Maroons gained enough lead in the first half to buffer itself from an NU Bulldogs barrage in the second, managing an 80-77 win in their UAAP second round match-up on October 23 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. UP inched closer to the Final Four as it solidified its second-place ranking after the Ateneo Blue Eagles. Kobe Paras, Bright Akhuetie, Jun Manzo, and Juan Gomez de Liaño all scored in double digits: 19, 16, 14, and 11, but were collectively eclipsed by NU’s 24, 20, 12, and 10 courtesy of Dave Ildefonso, JV Gallego, Migs Oczon, and Shaun Ildefonso, respectively. Jun Manzo’s fades away sideways. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO Kobe Paras shoots from the inside. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO Although UP proved to have the more rounded team, with Ricci Rivero, Noah Webb, Javi Gomez de Llano, and Jerson Prado chipping in 8, 5, 4, and 3, respectively; as against the rest of the Bulldogs who only managed to add 11 points to the team score. UP’s biggest lead came early in the second quarter with a three-pointer by Juan Gomez de Liaño bringing UP’s score up to 26 over NU’s 12. From the audience, cheers for the Fighting Maroons. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO A Pep Squad flyer in a half-time performance. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO Bo Perasol and UP assistant coaches huddle with the team. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO The Bulldogs prevailed in the third quarter. Oczon exploded with three straight threes, followed by Dave Ildefonso’s steal and shoot combo plus another basket. Ildefonso tied the game at 56 with another three-point shot early in the fourth quarter. UP responded with two treys from Manzo and inside baskets from Akhuetie, Javi Gomez de Liaño, and Rivero, bringing UP up by seven, 74-67. Team Captain Noah Webb does a lay-up. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO Bright Akhuetie makes a basket. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO But the Bulldogs bit back harder. Gallego sank two baskets and Dave Ildefonso shot a three and a charity to make eight points that kept NU alive despite another Maroon trey from Paras. NU was only down by three with less than a minute left, 75-77. Javi Gomez de Liaño delivers the ball to the hoop. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO Ricci Rivero shoots the ball from the backboard. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO The last 15 seconds saw alternating trips to the line. Manzo was first and went two for two. Then it was Shaun Ildefonso, who also made both charities. And it was back to Manzo again, who only sank one of two to bring the score to 80-77, with less than 10 seconds left. Gallego brought the ball to the NU court, where John Lloyd Clemente and Shaun Ildefonso were both positioned beyond the arc, but the latter just managed to bounce the ball off the rim. Kobe Paras makes a shot from beyond the arc. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO Shaun Ildefonso and James Spencer, and the rest of line-up of the two schools show sportsmanship at the end of the game. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO Coach Bo Perasol: “For me, we just have to align ourselves, not because we’re lacking in cohesion or chemistry, but because… mabilis makahabol din sa amin. We need to address that.” Kobe Paras: “To be able to stay in the number two spot, we have to go all out in our last two games.” UP is going up against the DLSU Green Archers and the Ateneo Blue Eagles. Jun Manzo: “Masaya kami sa panalo ngayon pero ‘yung goal kasi namin ay pumasok sa Final Four and makuha uli ang kampyonato this season.” Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO Video by KIM Quilinguing, UP Media and Public Relations Office |
https://up.edu.ph/maroons-secure-second-seed-advantage-with-win-over-archers/ | Maroons secure second seed advantage with win over Archers – University of the Philippines | Maroons secure second seed advantage with win over Archers Maroons secure second seed advantage with win over Archers October 29, 2019 | Written by Jo. Lontoc The maroon-wearing crowd is on fire from the get-go. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO The UP Fighting Maroons prevailed once again over the DLSU Green Archers, 71-68, on October 27 at the Ynares Sports Center, Antipolo, Rizal, in their second round matchup for the UAAP Season 82 Men’s Basketball elimination rounds. The Maroons were thus assured of the second seed and its twice-to-beat advantage in the semifinal with a 9-4 win-loss record. Noah Webb scores. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO The feat looked easy in the beginning with UP gaining its biggest lead, 16 points, at 27-11, early in the second quarter. But this was followed by a 21-0 rally by the Archers in the same quarter, which rendered the Maroons visibly rattled: Bright Akhuetie committed a three-second violation, and Juan Gomez de Liaño badly missed a three-pointer. Archer Brandon Bates was unguarded when he gave his team the lead, 29-27, through a layup, with 1:38 left in the quarter. This was followed by him emphatically blocking a Rivero one-hand dunk; then by Aljun Melecio sinking a three-pointer, giving the Archers their biggest lead at 32-27. The Maroons laser-focus on the game. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO UP got its bearings back with Akhuetie breaking the Archer rally at the 0:54 mark, then sinking a charity and promptly following these up with a basket to tie the game at 32. The quarter ended with UP getting back the lead, 35-34, with a Jun Manzo three-pointer at 0:11. Jaydee Tungcab gives UP its biggest lead with his lone goal. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO UP ended the third quarter with a 10-point lead, 55-45. But La Salle made a come-back in the fourth with a 9-0 run from its 57-62 deficit, beginning with two charities by Justine Baltazar and a basket by Encho Serrano. La Salle made a steal after Serrano’s failed charity, which Melecio tried to convert to a three-pointer, at which point he was fouled by Paras. Melecio sank all three on the line, giving La Salle a two-point advantage over UP, 64-62. He extended the lead to four with a bucket from the edge of the perimeter with 2:54 remaining in the game. Ricci Rivero blind-passes to Noah Webb. Photos by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO UP responded with Manzo taking advantage of the Archers’ focus on Akhuetie, cutting to the shaded lane from the arc, and making a layup from Akhuetie’s assist. Akhuetie would tip the ball in from a shot by Rivero to lock the game again at 66, at the turn of the last two minutes. DLSU answered back with a Serrano basket making it through the much taller Paras, with 1:35 left in the fourth. Ricci Rivero retaliates with a fast-break dunk. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO But UP was quick to convert on their next possession, tying the score again, 68 all, courtesy of Akhuetie. Regaining the ball back from a passing error by La Salle, UP secured the crucial lead, 70-68, with Paras driving the hammer down on a dunk assisted by Manzo, at 0:54, to the relief and jubilation of the Maroon-jampacked crowd. Bright Akhuetie falls after a bucket. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO With the tight defense of UP at the perimeter, Melecio shot from beyond the arc but went short. This was followed by a frenzied exchange of possessions ending up in misses. DLSU was left with no other option but to foul on UP after UP’s rebound with just 11 seconds left, first on Manzo, then on Javi Gomez de Liaño, then on Akhuetie, finally earning penalty shots for Manzo on the fourth, at the 0:02 mark. Manzo would split his charities, giving UP the winning three-point lead. The two seconds gave a window for a Bates rebound, a pass to Baltazar then to Serrano, who was hard pressed on a clutch three-point attempt that was a tad too strong. The UP community cheers Jun Manzo on for his last free throw in the game. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO The victorious Maroons run over to the court in jubilation. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO With the 6-7 win-loss record, the Archers were left out of contention in the playoffs, handing the berth over to UST with its 8-6. UP will be going up against the Ateneo Blue Eagles in their last game in the eliminations, the results of which would make the difference between a regular final four or a stepladder final four. The playing of the UP Hymn restrains the emotions of the UP community for the moment. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO The Maroon crowd bursts into cheers. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO |
https://up.edu.ph/up-closes-elims-with-loss-to-ateneo/ | UP closes elims with loss to Ateneo – University of the Philippines | UP closes elims with loss to Ateneo UP closes elims with loss to Ateneo November 7, 2019 | Written by Arlyn VCD Palisoc Romualdo Blue Eagle Thirdy Ravena stops Bright Akhuetie’s bucket attempt. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) The UP Fighting Maroons failed to snatch a win against the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the elimination rounds of UAAP Season 82’s men’s basketball tournament. The score was 86-64 in favor of Ateneo in the last game of the second round on October 30 at the Mall of Asia Arena. Despite the loss, UP had already secured the number two spot with a twice-to-beat advantage in the semifinals by winning against De La Salle University in its previous outing. Bright Akhuetie, three! The Season 81 MVP goes for and makes his first trey in Season 82. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) UP led at the end of the first quarter, 21-20. It started out as a back-and-forth of field goals between the Maroons and Eagles, with a pair of twos and a couple of threes from UP, and four twos and a trey from Ateneo. After 6.63 minutes of play, Blue only had a point over Maroon, 11-10. But UP had already incurred four fouls against Ateneo’s one. Everyone is on the lookout for Ricci Rivero’s shot, which eventually falls through the net. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) Ateneo’s Mike Nieto goes for Javi Gomez de Liaño’s hand. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) While UP continued sinking baskets from the field, adding nine points plus two from charities, it also raked in more fouls in the last 3.37 minutes. Ateneo sank all of its nine from the line, which made up the rest of its 20 points for the quarter. Flying Maroon. Ricci Rivero takes to the air for the basket as Blue Eagle Gian Mamuyac matches his flight to go for the block. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) No dancers, just drummers, but still much love from the Maroon crowd. The UP Pep Squad beat makers take to center court during half time. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) The Blue Eagles stretched their lead to 13 at the end of the first half, 45-32, courtesy of 4-0, 7-0, and 12-0 runs, punctuated by a two with 27 seconds remaining. The Fighting Maroons’ 11 points in the second quarter were from Janjan Jaboneta’s basket and two free throws, David Murrell’s save in the paint, Kobe Paras’s three from Jun Manzo’s long inbound pass, and Bright Akhuetie’s inside bucket at 0:39.0 on the quarter clock. Going up in the air without a care. The Fighting Maroons may be down by 15 points four minutes into the third quarter, but that doesn’t stop Kobe Paras from the highlight slam off a quick pass from Janjan Jaboneta, who earlier intercepted the ball between Troy Mallillin and Thirdy Ravena. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) Juan for two. Juan Gomez de Liaño about to score UP’s first basket in the fourth quarter. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) Ateneo started the second half again keeping UP at bay, adding 20 points and limiting the Maroons to 12. Of those UP points, six were courtesy of Akhuetie’s two field goals and two free throws, a basket and charity by Paras, and Juan Gomez de Liaño’s trey. The third quarter ended with the Blue Eagles up by 23, 65-44. No contest. Ateneo Center Isaac Go puts his hands up as Maroon captain Noah Webb lays it in. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) No guard for this guard. Jun Manzo had all the space he needed to make this shot off an assist by Kobe Paras, who received the long pass from Juan Gomez de Liaño, from his brother Javi’s inbound. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) The Fighting Maroons got their first-quarter-field-goal-making groove back in the last quarter, this time sending only one Blue Eagle to the line. Albeit late in the game, UP’s fourth quarter hustle went toe-to-toe with Ateneo’s, banking 20 Maroon points against 21 Blue points. UP made eight two-pointers while Ateneo made seven, plus two triples. Ateneo also sent UP on six trips to the stripe for two technical fouls, a three-point play, and three regular fouls. The Maroons banked four of nine. It was not enough, however, to make up for their mid-game slump from the second to the third quarters. Leading, tied, down by a single digit, or even by double digits—the UP crowd continues to cheer for their Fighting Maroons. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) UP will face UST in the semifinals on Sunday, November 10, 4:00pm, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Watch the game’s highlights here: Video by KIM Quilinguing, UP Media and Public Relations Office |
https://up.edu.ph/up-mens-basketball-team-off-to-a-do-or-die-vs-ust/ | UP Men’s Basketball Team off to a do-or-die vs UST – University of the Philippines | UP Men’s Basketball Team off to a do-or-die vs UST UP Men’s Basketball Team off to a do-or-die vs UST November 13, 2019 | Written by Jo. Florendo B. Lontoc Ricci Rivero is scoreless at the first half. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO The UP Fighting Maroons and the UST Growling Tigers are now on equal footing as both are one win away from securing the remaining UAAP Season 82 Men’s Basketball finals berth, after UST’s 89-69 win over UP in the first stepladder semifinals game on November 10 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. UP, swallowing a three-game sweep by UST of their matches this season and losing their twice-to-beat advantage as second seed, was left with one last chance to beat UST on November 13 at the Mall of Asia Arena, for the best-of-three finals slot against the undefeated Ateneo de Manila Blue Eagles. UP gets first ball possession. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO Team captain Noah Webb displays intensity. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO Last Sunday UP never took the lead, and in the first quarter only managed to keep UST’s lead from going double-digit. The game’s last deadlock happened early in the first quarter at seven points apiece. Ricci Rivero tries to score. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO Kobe Paras tries to save the basket for the fallen Bright Akhuetie. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO Juan Gomez de Liaño took the cudgels for the Maroons, scoring 20, his season’s best. Bright Akhuetie remained a top-scorer with 19; but season top-scorer Kobe Paras was reduced to a low nine, and point guard Jun Manzo, to zero. Ricci Rivero was within his average at 12 points, making half of these in the last two minutes, when he returned to play after being substituted for scrapes on his right hand. Jerson Prado is subbed for an injury early in the first quarter. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO Bright Akhuetie gets a free hand. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO UST’s Rhenz Abando, Soulemane Chabi Yo, Mark Nonoy, Sherwin Concepcion, and CJ Cansino all scored double-digit. Abando, Nonoy, and Concepcion sank half of their three-point attempts for a total 27 points of the team’s 33 from outside the perimeter, as against UP’s total of nine, all from Gomez de Liaño. Ricci Rivero is guarded by Zach Huang. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO Bright Akhuetie lays the ball up past Dave Ando. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO UST led by 19 twice in the third quarter, 50-31 and 52-33. UP was able to cut the gap to just nine, three times in the last quarter, the last of which was at 72-63 with 3:12 left in the game. But UST hammered its way to a bigger lead with two consecutive treys by Concepcion, a block of Akhuetie, and a basket by Chabi Yo at the turn of the last two minutes, raising their lead to 80-63. Soulemane Chabi Yo won’t let Kobe Paras’s shot through. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO Juan Gomez de Liaño is 3/4 on the line. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO Chabi Yo made three more baskets and Nonoy chipped in another three-pointer, rendering Rivero’s six points in the last two minutes for naught. The Maroon crowd moments before the game. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO The UP Pep Squad’s most applauded formation in their half-time performance. Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO UP head coach Bo Perasol offered no excuses during the post-game press conference.” The way we played in most of the quarters, there was just no way we could win against UST,” he said. “We couldn’t bring that kind of game to any team. We have to be a lot better.” |
https://up.edu.ph/upmbt-bags-uaap-bronze/ | UPMBT bags UAAP bronze – University of the Philippines | UPMBT bags UAAP bronze UPMBT bags UAAP bronze November 27, 2019 | Written by Arlyn VCD Palisoc Romualdo #TeamAboveAll: The UP Fighting Maroons huddle before their second game against the UST Growling Tigers in the UAAP stepladder semifinals. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) The UP Fighting Maroons closed the men’s basketball tournament of UAAP Season 82 with a podium finish at third place. This after the UST Growling Tigers tore through UP’s second-seed twice-to-beat advantage in the stepladder semifinals to nab the finals berth. In its last UAAP match on November 13 at the MOA Arena, the Diliman squad lost to the team from España by three, 65-68. Jun Manzo takes the three. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) UST started and held the lead, even by as much as 12, until UP’s Jun Manzo tied the game at 57, with less than six minutes left in the last quarter. The Fighting Maroons got its first lead, courtesy of Juan Gomez de Liaño’s basket. That lead was taken two points further by Ricci Rivero’s free throws, 61-57. Juan Gomez de Liaño goes for the jumper against CJ Cansino. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) Then alternating fouls and baskets seesawed the UP lead from four to two to four. As the clock was approaching the last two minutes, Maroon captain Noah Webb fell to floor clutching his left knee after chasing down Mark Nonoy who had ball possession from across the court. No whistle was blown and the ball was still in play. He forced himself to get up and hopped on his right leg to get to the ball which was again in Nonoy’s hands. Webb was called for an unsportsmanlike foul, which Nonoy successfully converted, cutting down the UP lead to two, 63-61. The game is stopped after an unsportsmanlike foul was called on an injured Noah Webb. Kobe Paras and Juan Gomez de Liaño react to the situation as staff from the Maroon bench and medics check on Webb. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) Kobe Paras slashes and slams through the double defense of Rhenz Abando and Dave Ando. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) Seconds later, Kobe Paras smashed the rim with a highlight off a pass from Javi Gomez de Liaño, to put the UP lead back up to four, 65-61. This was later pushed down to two again through Rhenz Abando’s layup with 1:15 left. Jun Manzo is devastated after fouling out of the game. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) The Maroon crowd during Soulemane Chabi Yo’s free throw attempts in the dying seconds of the last quarter. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) But it was Tiger Renzo Subido’s three-pointer at the 24-second mark that turned back the Maroon lead, giving UST a narrow edge as the game clock winded down, 66-65. Two charities by Soulemane Chabi Yo at 4.4 seconds remaining clinched a three-point lead for UST, all the way to victory. Jaybie Mantilla and Juan Gomez de Liaño deal with UP’s loss with bowed heads as Kobe Paras looks at the UST team singing its University Hymn. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) James Spencer and David Murrell console Juan Gomez de Liaño after UP lost to UST. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) Season 82 marks the Fighting Maroons’ back-to-back final four appearances. They were at number three last year, going into the semifinal round, where they had to win against the second ranked Adamson Falcons twice. And win they did—snatching the finals spot, battling with the Ateneo Blue Eagles, and closing Season 81 with a silver finish. Since the final four format was introduced in the UAAP in 1993, UP has only made two other appearances before last year: 1996 and 1997. Jun Manzo and Jaydee Tungcab shed tears after their last game as UP Fighting Maroons. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) Fighting Maroons who have played their last UAAP season for UP are Janjan Jaboneta, Pio Longa, Jaybie Mantilla, Jun Manzo, Jerson Prado, and Jaydee Tungcab. Prado and Manzo have signed on to play in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League with Iloilo United Royals and Zamboanga Family’s Brand Sardines, respectively. Paras, meanwhile, was included in the UAAP men’s basketball tournament Mythical Five, the awarding of which was held on November 20 at the MOA Arena. Jaydee Tungcab and David Murrell carry Noah Webb off the court, with teammates Pio Longa, Janjan Jaboneta and James Spencer. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) As for Webb’s injury, he was later diagnosed with a meniscus tear. A torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) was initially suspected. “I’ll still need surgery but recovery time is only two to three months compared to [recovery from] an ACL tear, which is six to eight months,” he told this writer. |
https://up.edu.ph/up-community-invited-to-be-part-of-the-asean-ittp-covid19/ | UP community invited to be part of the ASEAN ITTP-COVID19 – University of the Philippines | UP community invited to be part of the ASEAN ITTP-COVID19 UP community invited to be part of the ASEAN ITTP-COVID19 August 5, 2021 | Written by Celeste Ann Castillo Llaneta The University of the Philippines is one of the 27 partner-universities participating in the International Teleconference on Technology and Policy for Supporting Implementation of COVID-19 Response and Recovery Plan in Southeast Asia (ITTP-COVID19) Conference Opening Ceremony and the subsequent seminars that will take place during the three-day teleconference, slated on August 6 to 8, 2021. The ITTP-COVID19 is hosted by the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). As ITTP-COVID19 General Chairman, Prof. Dr. –Ing. Eko Supriyanto said in his welcome message: “ITTP-COVID19 activities consist of ASEAN leaders sharing, parallel paper presentation, policy group discussion, product exhibition, and ASEAN tourism and culture exposure, which will be conducted virtually from 6th – 8th August 2021. It is organized by 27 top universities in Southeast Asia in collaboration with the ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN University Network, government agencies, industries, and associations with the same objective of ensuring the success of COVID-19 response and recovery efforts in the Southeast Asian region. … ITTP-COVID19 provides a platform for academicians, governments, industry players, and non-governmental organizations to discuss research findings, research proposals, and experience in managing COVID-19 response and recovery plan in Southeast Asia.” For the Opening Ceremony, the keynote speakers will be ASEAN Secretary-General Dato Lim Jock Hoi, Malaysian Prime Minister YAB Tan Sri Dato’ Haji Mahiaddin bin Haji Md Yasin, and Indonesian President Ir. H. Joko Widodo, while the welcoming address will be given by ASEAN University Network Executive Director Dr. Choltis Dhirathiti. The papers and products to be featured over the next three days fall under health and wellness, health and social sciences, tourism, education, technology and electronics, and other fields. UP students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to participate in the ITTP-COVID19 teleconference. To register, click on the QR code in the poster or visit the ITTP-COVID19 website. For more details, download the event brochure. [Download brochure] |
https://up.edu.ph/ncpag-alumna-wins-best-paper-award-in-hawaii/ | NCPAG alumna wins Best Paper Award in Hawai’i – University of the Philippines | NCPAG alumna wins Best Paper Award in Hawai’i NCPAG alumna wins Best Paper Award in Hawai’i November 8, 2017 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office Maria Margarita R. Lavides, an alumna of the UP National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG), bagged the Best Paper Award during the First International Conference on Multidisciplinary Filipino Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) at Hilo on 27-28 October 2017. Lavides is working on her PhD in Public Policy as a New Zealand ASEAN Scholar at the Auckland University of Technology (AUT). Her winning paper, entitled “The Exercise of Rights of Biracial Children in Angeles City, Philippines”, bested papers from U.S. and foreign universities. Maria Margarita R. Lavides, an alumna of the UP National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG) She was a Lee Kuan Yew (LKY) Scholar at the National University of Singapore, where she earned her Master in Public Policy degree in 2006. She was Executive Director of Pearl S. Buck Foundation-Philippines, Inc. (PSBP) from 2012 to 2015. Lavides earned her Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration (BAPA) degree, cum laude, from UP Diliman in 2001. She was ranked first among that year’s batch of 113 BAPA graduates. The First International Conference on Multidisciplinary Filipino Studies was organized by UH Hilo Department of Languages Chair Dr. Rodney C. Jubilado and Dr. Norman Q. Arancon from UH Hilo’s College of Agriculture, Forestry & Natural Resource Management (CAFNRM), under the auspices of UH Hilo’s Filipino Studies Program. According to Jubilado, the conference aims “to provide an excellent venue for the exchange and sharing of ideas, researches, studies, experiences, and other academic pursuits, endeavors and interests related to Filipinos and the Philippines.” UP System Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs and UP Diliman College of Arts and Letters (CAL) Professor Jose Wendell P. Capili delivered the inaugural conference keynote address. UH Hilo CAFNRM Dean Bruce Matthews was plenary speaker. (MPRO) |
https://up.edu.ph/nowhere-to-go-but-up/ | Nowhere To Go But UP – University of the Philippines | Nowhere To Go But UP Nowhere To Go But UP November 29, 2018 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office Our boys finally did it. But the biggest battle has just begun. For many years now, the UP Fighting Maroons and their losing record had been at the receiving end of lengthy sports analyses and even self-deprecating humor from the UP faithful. But prior to Season 81, the team had been improving its win-loss record despite being unable to climb to the top of the rankings in University Athletic Association of the Philippines’ (UAAP) men’s basketball tournament. Season 81, however, has been a different story. Propelled by the unwavering faith of its fans from Baguio to Mindanao, alumni backing in funding and equipment, as well as the support of the UP administration, the UP Men’s Basketball Team finally scored some well-deserved victories against equally competitive opponents. While the current season started slow for the Fighting Maroons with a three-game losing streak in the first round, Coach Bo Perasol remained positive and saw the defeats as learning experiences for the players. The second round of eliminations proved to be more fruitful for the Maroons as they clinched critical wins against UST, FEU, and DLSU to secure a third berth in the Final Four, the first since 1997. Bright Akhuetie was also awarded MVP honors, also a first since 1986. After a nerve-wracking showdown with second-seed Adamson University, the underdog UP overcame the latter’s twice-to-beat advantage with conviction and composure emerging triumphant in two games, one in overtime. This is UP’s first UAAP Men’s Basketball Finals appearance in 32 years. The boys are now up against defending champions Ateneo Blue Eagles. Decades after shouting “UP Fight” from the sidelines, our team has slowly but surely heeded our call. It is time for us to return the favor and intensify the support for the upcoming games. Game 1 of the UAAP Finals will be held on Saturday, December 1 at the Mall of Asia Arena. We encourage everyone to cheer our UP Fighting Maroons live in their valiant campaign to make history. #UPFight! #AtinTo! (J. Mikhail Solitario, UP MPRO) |
https://up.edu.ph/osfa-to-accept-2nd-round-of-learning-assistance-applications-on-september-2/ | OSFA to accept 2nd round of learning assistance applications on September 2 – University of the Philippines | OSFA to accept 2nd round of learning assistance applications on September 2 OSFA to accept 2nd round of learning assistance applications on September 2 August 31, 2021 | Posted by UP Media and Public Relations Office The Office of Student Financial Assistance has announced the 2nd round of applications for learning assistance in Academic Year 2021-2022. The Student Learning Assistance System Online will accept applications for the UP Grants-in-aid Program (GIAP) from the university’s bonafide students. These include undergraduate students, including those enrolled in Juris Doctor and Doctor of Medicine. Beneficiaries of the Free Higher Education Act (RA 10931) may also file their applications. Applicants must have UP mail accounts. For more information on the application process, please click this link: https://slasonline.up.edu.ph/#application For questions and clarifications on the requirements and the application process, please contact the Student Financial Assistance Helpdesk in your campus. UP Diliman Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Student Affairs Telephone Numbers: (+632) 8981.8500 local 4504, 4505, 4506 Email: sts.diliman@up.edu.ph; osg.upd@up.edu.ph UP Diliman-Pampanga Telephone Number:(045) 499-9970/ (+6345) 599.6037 Email: epp.upd@up.edu.ph; armas.eppo@up.edu.ph UP Los Baños Office of Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Telephone Number: (+6349) 536.3209; 63 9992272816 Email: sts.losbanos@up.edu.ph; learningassistance_osg.uplb@up.edu.ph UP Manila Office of Student Affairs Telephone Number: 8814-1250 / 8814-1251 Email: sts.manila@up.edu.ph UP Visayas – Iloilo & Miagao Office of Student Affairs Telephone Number: (+6333) 513.7019; 337-6582 Email: sts.visayas@up.edu.ph UP Visayas – Tacloban Telephone Number: (+6353) 832.3045 Email: osa.tac.upvisayas@up.edu.ph UP Baguio Office of the Director for Student Affairs Telephone Number: (+6374) 446.5230 Email: osfa.upbaguio@up.edu.ph UP Mindanao Office of Student Affairs Telephone Number: (+6382) 293.1353 or or 09189184934 (smart) Email: osa.upmindanao@up.edu.ph UP Cebu Office of Student Affairs Telephone Number: (+6332) 232.8185 local 115 Email: sts.cebu@up.edu.ph UP Open University Office of Student Affairs Telephone Number: (+6349) 536.6001 to 6006 local 344 Email: scholarships@upou.edu.ph |
https://up.edu.ph/for-the-3rd-time-osfa-to-accept-learning-assistance-applications-on-september-20/ | For the 3rd time: OSFA to accept learning assistance applications on September 20 – University of the Philippines | For the 3rd time: OSFA to accept learning assistance applications on September 20 For the 3rd time: OSFA to accept learning assistance applications on September 20 September 10, 2021 | Posted by UP Media and Public Relations Office The Office of Student Financial Assistance will begin accepting applications for learning assistance on September 20. This is the third time that the office will entertain submitting applications for the first semester of Academic Year 2021-2022. Applications from undergraduate students and those enrolled in Juris Doctor and Medicine may be filed for the UP Grants-in-aid Program (GIAP). Beneficiaries of the Free Higher Education Act (RA 10931) may also file their applications. First-year students who have yet to acquire their UP mail accounts may also file applications through the SLAS Online website. They can log in using the same email address or username and password issued to them by the University for the UP College Admission portal. Applicants must have UP mail accounts. For more information on the application process, please click this link: https://slasonline.up.edu.ph/#application For questions and clarifications on the requirements and the application process, please contact the Student Financial Assistance Helpdesk in your campus. UP Diliman Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Student Affairs Telephone Numbers: (+632) 8981.8500 local 4504, 4505, 4506 Email: sts.diliman@up.edu.ph; osg.upd@up.edu.ph UP Diliman-Pampanga Telephone Number:(045) 499-9970/ (+6345) 599.6037 Email: epp.upd@up.edu.ph; armas.eppo@up.edu.ph UP Los Baños Office of Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Telephone Number: (+6349) 536.3209; 63 9992272816 Email: sts.losbanos@up.edu.ph; learningassistance_osg.uplb@up.edu.ph UP Manila Office of Student Affairs Telephone Number: 8814-1250 / 8814-1251 Email: sts.manila@up.edu.ph UP Visayas – Iloilo & Miagao Office of Student Affairs Telephone Number: (+6333) 513.7019; 337-6582 Email: sts.visayas@up.edu.ph UP Visayas – Tacloban Telephone Number: (+6353) 832.3045 Email: osa.tac.upvisayas@up.edu.ph UP Baguio Office of the Director for Student Affairs Telephone Number: (+6374) 446.5230 Email: osfa.upbaguio@up.edu.ph UP Mindanao Office of Student Affairs Telephone Number: (+6382) 293.1353 or or 09189184934 (smart) Email: osa.upmindanao@up.edu.ph UP Cebu Office of Student Affairs Telephone Number: (+6332) 232.8185 local 115 Email: sts.cebu@up.edu.ph UP Open University Office of Student Affairs Telephone Number: (+6349) 536.6001 to 6006 local 344 Email: scholarships@upou.edu.ph |
https://up.edu.ph/okada-manila-donates-p15m-to-up-pgh/ | Okada Manila donates P15M to UP-PGH – University of the Philippines | Okada Manila donates P15M to UP-PGH Okada Manila donates P15M to UP-PGH August 15, 2018 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office UP Executive Vice President Teodoro Herbosa (third from left) receives the P15-million check donation to the UP-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) from Okada Manila, represented by its board chairman, Justice Manuel Lazaro. With them are (from left) Dr. Rodney Dofitas, UP-PGH coordinator for linkages; Dr. Nelson Cabaluna, chairman of the UP-PGH Department of Surgery; and Okada Manila officials: President Kenji Sugiyama, Vice President for Corporate Planning Naoshi Nema, Vice President for Legal and Compliance Joemer Perez, Director for Corporate Management and Administration Sumire Kamura, and Corporate Secretary and board member Michelle Lazaro. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) New diagnostic equipment and advanced training for surgeons—these are in store for the UP-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH), following the P15-million donation from Okada Manila on August 8. The amount provides for the purchase of a fluorescein reading device. According to Dr. Nelson Cabaluna, chairman of the UP-PGH Department of Surgery, this piece of equipment can be used in a wide range of procedures in various medical subspecialties. The donation also includes grants for UP-PGH surgeons to go to Japan or Hungary and undergo further training in fluorescein-guided operations. The funds will also allow experts from the International University of Health and Welfare in Tokyo, Japan and the Japanese Society for Fluorescence-Guided Surgery to conduct training programs in the Philippines. In his message, Justice Manuel Lazaro, board chairman of Okada Manila, revealed that the idea of donating to UP-PGH stemmed from one of his conversations with Hajime Tokuda, managing director and board member of Okada Manila, who said he wanted to “contribute to the health and welfare of the Filipino people.” It was then that Lazaro informed him about the University and UP-PGH. Justice Manuel Lazaro, Okada Manila board chairman (left) and Okada Manila President Kenji Sugiyama (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) Okada Manila President Kenji Sugiyama added that the donation was a gesture of gratitude to the Philippines. “We were given the opportunity to [do] business [here] as foreigners, so we must contribute and give something in return.” UP Executive Vice President Teodoro Herbosa, Cabaluna, and Dr. Rodney Dofitas, UP-PGH coordinator for linkages, received the check from Okada Manila. They expressed the University’s gratitude and confidence that the donation can only yield positive results for medical practice and health care in the country. (Arlyn VCD Palisoc Romualdo, UP MPRO) |
https://up.edu.ph/first-science-technology-society-month-launched-in-upd/ | First Science, Technology, & Society Month launched in UPD – University of the Philippines | First Science, Technology, & Society Month launched in UPD First Science, Technology, & Society Month launched in UPD October 9, 2018 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office The first Science, Technology, and Society Month of UP Diliman opens with a ceremonial pouring of tapuy into a communal jar. Taking their turn are Prof. Alonzo Gabriel of the College of Home Economics, Prof. Perry Ong of the College of Science, and UP Executive Vice President Teodoro Herbosa, after Undersecretary Rowena Guevara of the Department of Science and Technology and UP Diliman Chancellor Michael Tan have theirs. (Photo by Jun Madrid, MPRO) UP Diliman launched the first Science, Technology, and Society (STS) Month with the theme, “Bodies, Science, and Philippine Society”, on October 4, 2018 at the Palma Hall Lobby. According to the organizer, the UP Diliman Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (UPD-OICA), the theme arose from UP Diliman’s Festival of Culture and the Arts last February, where the body was identified as an important device in knowledge production. “This time, the Philippine body is explored as a scientific concept grounded in a socio-historical milieu,” OICA said. Science, Technology and Society (STS) is a course in the University that explores how the sciences and society interact. According to Prof. Giovanni Tapang of the National Institute of Physics, who was the master of ceremonies of the opening program, the STS Month would celebrate the oneness of the natural and social sciences and the arts, as represented by UP Diliman’s former College of Arts and Sciences, which broke up to form three colleges 35 years ago. These are the College of Science, the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, and the College of Arts and Letters. UP Diliman Vice Chancellor for Research and Development Fidel Nemenzo. (Photo by Jun Madrid, MPRO) “We want to celebrate the opposite of the break-up. . . . These disciplines connect in many ways,” stressed UPD Vice Chancellor for Research and Development Fidel Nemenzo. UPD Chancellor Michael Tan, citing the Indonesian concept of mata hati, said the University aspires to produce graduates who are able to understand society because they see through the heart. The images of an eye and a heart are prominent in the Manansala mural titled “Arts and Sciences” at the Palma Hall lobby. UPD-OICA Director Cecilia de la Paz said the month-long celebration aims for science to be immersed in society, giving, and with imagination for shaping the country’s future. UP Diliman Chancellor Michael Tan and UP Diliman Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts Director Cecilia dela Paz. (Photos by Jun Madrid, MPRO) The launch of the STS Month also saw the opening of “Agham para sa Bayan: An Exhibition of UPD S&T Achievements,” featuring 10 projects in UPD that can improve society. Exhibited are: the Philippine Microsatellite Diwata 1 & 2 Project; Gitara ni Juan, the use of indigenous wood for guitar-making; Visser, instrumentation for science education and research; Fish-I, using camera and video software for fish census; Automated Rapid Reef Assessment System, using physical video capture and stitching software; Learning English Application for Pinoys, software for senior high school students; Weather Manila, pinpointing local weather information; DREAM Phil-LiDAR, providing value-adding data for flood modeling and hazard maps; Community-led Integrated Non-cyanide, Non-mercury Gold Extraction Method; and, Mapa ng Loob, developing a Filipino personality inventory. The exhibit booth of the PHL Microsat Project features replicas of Diwatas 1 & 2 and a demonstration of their capabilities, including communications with a station at the Advanced Science and Technology Institute. The UP Guitar Orchestra plays on guitars made from indigenous woods under the Gitara ni Juan Project. (Photos by Jun Madrid, MPRO) Many activities have been lined up for the month: an international food science and nutrition symposium; a visual arts exhibition on the science of genetics; a colloquium on HIV/AIDS in Southeast Asia; a forum celebrating the bicentenary of Frankenstein; and, the many activities of the College of Science for its 35th anniversary. (View full program here) Prof. Prospero Naval of UP Department of Computer Science’s Computer Vision and Machine Intelligence Group explains the Fish-I Project. The framework for its video-capture machines is at right. (Photos by Jun Madrid, MPRO) The STS Month opening was also attended by Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Undersecretary Rowena Guevara and DOST Advanced Science and Technology Institute Director Joel Joseph Marciano Jr., UP Executive Vice President Teodoro Herbosa and Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs Jose Wendell Capili, other UP Diliman officials, and deans and representatives of UPD colleges led by the dean of the host college, Maria Bernadette Abrera of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy. (Jo. Lontoc, UP MPRO) Prof. Joel Joseph Marciano Jr. of UP Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute and the DOST Advanced Science and Technology Institute gives a brief on microsatellites built by UP scholars in partnership with Japanese universities to UP Executive Vice President Teodoro Herbosa and Prof. Alonzo Gabriel of the College of Home Economics. (Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) |
https://up.edu.ph/statement-from-dr-jose-v-abueva-former-president-of-the-university-of-the-philippines-and-founder-and-former-president-of-kalayaan-college/ | Statement from Dr. Jose V. Abueva, former President of the University of the Philippines and founder and former President of Kalayaan College – University of the Philippines | Statement from Dr. Jose V. Abueva, former President of the University of the Philippines and founder and former President of Kalayaan College Statement from Dr. Jose V. Abueva, former President of the University of the Philippines and founder and former President of Kalayaan College January 20, 2021 | Posted by UP Media and Public Relations Office Former Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos and I had great respect for each other and for the institutions we represented. We had a deep understanding between us about the inalienable rights to freedom, democracy, justice and peace that lasted beyond our respective presidencies. There was a deep, mutual understanding of the need to uphold this agreement and do everything for the good of UP and the rights of its students, faculty and staff. This understanding was rooted in mutual trust, and mutual respect. I am appalled and dismayed about this unilateral abrogation. |
https://up.edu.ph/puso-and-up-cebu/ | Pusô and UP Cebu – University of the Philippines | Pusô and UP Cebu Pusô and UP Cebu October 18, 2017 | Written by Celeste Ann Castillo Llaneta The short video makes its metaphor clear: Education is like pusô, an iconic Cebuano street food consisting of rice boiled in packets of woven coconut leaves. In the video, the values of hard work, perseverance, strength, faith and experience helps a young man earn his degree from UP Cebu, while his mother provides him support and pusô. Titled “Puso 2 – University of the Philippines Cebu”, the video is itself a symbol of the spirit of UP Cebu—steeped in the culture of the region, full of UP Cebu’s heart and sense of community, and showing a mastery of both technology and art. The video won the Most Creative Corporate Institution Video Award – Gold Prize during the 5th QS-Maple Professional Leaders in Education Conference and Exhibit in Doha, Qatar in May 2015. The win “puts UP Cebu on the map of academic institutions that lead in creative and persuasive visual communication,” says Prof. Gregg Lloren, the video’s creative director and assistant professor at the UP Cebu Arts and Humanities cluster (now the College of Communication, Art, and Design). Then UP Cebu Dean and now Chancellor Liza Corro was executive producer. The school that lived UP Cebu is no stranger to change or to struggle. In fact, in a PowerPoint presentation based on an article on UP Cebu’s history, author and UP Cebu history professor Dr. Madrileña de la Cerna includes a photo of Cebu College taken around the late ‘40s with the caption “The School that Refused to Die.” When it comes to perseverance, resilience and sheer tenacity, UP Cebu knows what’s up. An old photo of Cebu College, UP, taken from Dr. de la Cerna’s presentation. The Junior College of Liberal Arts in Cebu City was established on May 3, 1918, with classes at Warwick Barracks in front of Leon Kilat Street in Ermita District, near where Carbon market is now. The fledgling college soon faced challenges such as the lack of a permanent home, the effects of a global economic crisis, and opposition in Manila against the further expansion and continued existence of the college. But the will of the Cebuano people and the UP Cebu community prevailed, and the Junior College of Liberal Arts in Cebu City was granted a 13-hectare site in Lahug plus yearly funds by the Cebu Provincial Board. In 1927, Prof. Teofilo Reyes of the UP College of Engineering finalized plans for the Lahug campus and oversaw the completion of a two-story building, which was inaugurated by UP President Rafael Palma in 1929. In 1936, the Junior College became a permanent branch of UP through Act No. 4244, enabling it to expand its role in the province by offering more courses leading to degrees in Commerce, Education, General Preparatory Law and Preparatory Medicine. When war broke out, the College was forced to close on December 13, 1941. Its main building was used as an internment camp for American and British civilians and later as a stockade for condemned prisoners by Japanese forces. In 1945, the campus was returned to UP, and classes were held at the buildings the Americans had built. The main building and athletic field, which were damaged during the war, were repaired through funds from the War Damage Commission. A few years later, in 1950, the College was closed again when UP students protesting the actions of powerful Cebuano politicians and their armed goons during the presidential elections angered a Cebuano Senate President. As Dr. De la Cerna wrote: “Only the students of UP Cebu dared to lampoon these politicians in the editorial cartoons of their campus paper, The Junior Collegian, getting the ire of the powerful political lords of Cebu.” After UP alumni campaigned for it, the College was reopened in 1963. The next decades saw turmoil within the College, followed by changes in 1986-1987 that placed UP Cebu under the UP in the Visayas. In 1990-1991, the entire collegial organization was restructured, with academic programs clustered into five disciplines, namely Management, Humanities, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Social Sciences, and the High School. In 2010, the UP Cebu College was granted autonomy by the BOR. Then in 2011, UP Cebu grew again as construction began for its new campus in a five-hectare lot of Cebu City’s South Road Properties, which is now home to the UP Professional Schools, offering degree programs such as Master of Business Administration, Master of Science in Computer Science, Master of Education and Master of Science in Environmental Studies. Finally, on the 27th of October 2016, the UP Cebu was elevated as the 8th constituent university with the installation of the former Dean to Chancellor, Atty. Liza D. Corro. Not bad for a tiny junior college that started out with 28 students and two faculty members. The UP Cebu Library (Photo by Bong Arboleda) The school of reinvention UP Cebu has gone through war and upheavals, political and administrative opposition, uncertainty and tension, and has risen above it all. It has mastered the art of rebirth and reinvention, changing its name eleven times throughout its almost 100-year history—from the Junior College of Liberal Arts in 1918, to Cebu College in UP in 1947, to the UP Graduate School in Cebu in 1963, to the UP Visayas Cebu College in 1987, to the UP Cebu College in 2010, and finally to UP Cebu. As the UP constituent unit born in the Queen City of the South, the campus wears both its history and the culture of the Central Visayas region proudly on its sleeve—most clearly evident in the campus’ iconic landmark, the Administration Building, in front of which the Oblation stands. The Administration Building was declared a historical landmark on December 2, 2010 by the National Historical Commission. The building is also featured prominently on UP Cebu’s logo, symbolizing both UP Cebu’s significance as the oldest campus outside Luzon and its resilient character, said Lloren. As if reflecting UP Cebu’s spirit of resilience and reinvention, the campus has evolved through the years. Other buildings were constructed during the ‘70s and ‘80s, and infrastructure development escalated further since the first decade of the 21st century. The campus today is a green, tree-lined haven featuring buildings with modern architectural designs such as the Arts and Science Building, and modern facilities such as the UP Cebu Library, which served as the media center during the Visayas leg of 2016 Presidential Debate; the Performing Art Hall on top of the Library, which served as the venue of the historic presidential debate of 2016; the Open Field where sporting events and the annual UP Cebu Cookout are held, and which now includes a Jogger’s Path; benches and gazebos that serve as student tambayans; sculptures and art installations scattered everywhere; and the site often featured in photographs of UP Cebu, the UP Cebu signage and seal in front of the Oblation and Administration Building. UP Cebu campus grounds (Photo by Bong Arboleda, UP MPRO) The school that looks forward With its history at its heart, UP’s youngest constituent unit has embraced the modern, the artistic and the high-tech, as befits its role as one of the country’s centers of excellence in design and information technology. For example, the Department of Trade and Industry inaugurated the first Fabrication Laboratory (FabLab) in Cebu last year under the UP Cebu’s College of Communication, Art and Design. The Fablab is a service facility established for UP Cebu’s Fine Arts program. It aims to give arts and design students, professionals, entrepreneurs and the public access to advance prototyping, printing and related equipment, as well as training and workshop facilities. Through the Cebu Business Incubator in IT (CeBuinIT), UP Cebu and the DOST aim to create an environment that would help startup tech enterprises become sustainable and commercially successful. UP Cebu is also one of the implementing agencies for the DOST’s PHIL LiDAR 2 program, which aims to produce high-resolution maps and data to be used for ongoing government development programs. The UP Cebu SRP campus is a model of modernity and environmental awareness, featuring a circular e-Library with 53 computer units and green building design. And as proof of UP Cebu’s strength in creative design and IT, the Shu-Te University of Taiwan will begin offering a Master of Arts in Applied Arts and Design (MAAAD) program for interested graduates or professionals in arts and design through UP Cebu this year. As for the spirit of UP Cebu, Lloren says: “The campus is very much attached to its Cebuano heritage. Thus, we are proud to use the pusô to embody our ideals of resilience, hard work, nurturing spirit, and sharing. Our motto: Nurtured to Create, Inspired to Innovate, Destined to Serve. The first line represents our design thrust. The second represents IT. The third speaks of our mandate to serve the region and the country.” UP Cebu has thrived despite the odds with the support of the UP community and the Cebuano people. And like the young man in Lloren’s video, UP Cebu stands at a height, looking outward and forward to the future. ——————– Email the author at upforum@up.edu.ph. |
https://up.edu.ph/cookouts-and-cosplay-in-up-cebu/ | Cookouts and Cosplay in UP Cebu – University of the Philippines | Cookouts and Cosplay in UP Cebu Cookouts and Cosplay in UP Cebu December 14, 2017 | Written by Celeste Ann Castillo Llaneta Jive Monterozo, UPC-USC Chairperson, takes the lead for the UP Cebu University Student Council’s segment as they raise the call for this year’s UP Cookout. (Photos from the UP Cookout Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/UPCebuCookout/) Many traditions across the UP constituent universities started out as a form of protest, and the UP Cebu Cookout is one such tradition. In 1987, the students of the then UP Cebu College gathered together on the campus grounds to protest against a repressive dean, and they literally cooked food as they discussed the issues that affected the university and the country. The UP Cebu Cookout became a popular yearly activity produced by the BA Mass Communication students, with the University Student Council as executive producer. The cookout, which begins in the evening and ends at 6:00 a.m. the next day, serves to showcase the talents of UP students and Cebu-based bands and performers through four segments—dance (sayawan), song (kantahan), band performances (bandahan), and creative modeling (rampahan), as well as other art forms. The #UPCookout2017 crowd last November 10–over 3,700 strong More importantly, the UP Cebu Cookout serves to highlight specific issues affecting the university and the country. In 2014, for example, the issue was UP’s academic calendar shift; in 2015, the national elections; and in 2016, it was responsible social media usage. In 2017, the UP Cookout, held last November 10 at the UP Cebu grounds, carried the theme “Guns N Roses: Will you pull the trigger?” as it tackled the spreading violence in Philippine society. The Cookout is not the only highly popular and much-anticipated event in UP Cebu. The UP Otakufest has become Cebu’s largest cosplay and hobbies convention, where fans of all hobbies, sci-fi and fantasy shows, cartoons, books, movies, games and so on—but mainly Japanese manga and anime—gather together to show their love for their fandoms, showcase their talents, and hobnob with fellow fans. Organized by the UP Nichibunken, the UP Otakufest celebrated its tenth installment in February this year. Some signature activities held during the UP Otakufest include the Otakufest Cosplay Competition, an Asian Pop Dance Competition, Japanese Singing Contest, a mini-quiz show dubbed Quizbattle Royale as well as online gaming tournaments as a new addition to the lineup of activities. Other traditional or yearly events organized by UP Cebu student orgs include the Mental Health Activities month (usually October) spearheaded by the UP Psychological Majors Association; the annual Statistics Month and Math Week, with its Inter-High School Math Olympiad as centerpiece, organized by the UP Math Majors’ Circle; and the Science Month celebration in April conducted by the UP Cebu Ecological Society. The UP Cebu Office of Student Affairs also conducts an annual Leadership Training Seminar during the month of September or October, after the students have elected their leaders for both academic-based/co-curricular and non-academic-based/extracurricular activities-based student orgs. The OSA also comes up with an annual Open House to entice more high school students to study in UP Cebu, participated in by student organizations, usually in the last week of September or first week of October. For advocacy work, the UP Cebu Gender and Development Office/SIDLAK, spearhead the celebration of Valentine’s Day in February, during which student orgs can put up booths or sell flowers and heart-shaped sweets that students can give to their significant others. With the help of the UP Cebu He for She and UP Pride the GDO, together with LGU and NGO partners, also commemorate One Billion Rising and March as women’s month, to fight discrimination and violence against women and children. UP Cebu’s One Billion Rising As a breather from all the academic and mental pressures of university life, UP Cebu also holds annual intramural games. The intramurals are organized by the PE Coordinator and Student Council leaders. For culture, on the other hand, the Arts and Culture Committee holds the annual celebration of “Gabii sa Kabilin” (A Night of Heritage), which showcases the history of UP Cebu and encourages people to visit museums, schools, and churches and other partners of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. For the artistically inclined, UP Cebu holds the Jose Joya Arts Awards, an annual arts competition participated in by the Fine Arts Programme students, organized by the Fine Arts Students Organization. The annual competition is held in honor of National Artist and former UP College of Fine Arts Dean Jose Joya, who helped establish the oldest Fine Arts programme outside Luzon in UP Cebu. Finally, during the Christmas season and after the first semester’s finals, UP Cebu holds the traditional “Pasko sa UP” with a lantern parade, participated in by the entire UP Cebu community. The “Pasko sa UP” signifies the season of unity and hope and sends out the message that whatever challenges may come, people from UP Cebu are resilient and ready to change for the better. ——————- With inputs from Prof. Ellen Grace M. Funesto, coordinator of the UP Cebu Office of Student Affairs. Email the author at upforum@up.edu.ph. |
https://up.edu.ph/up-cebu-affirms-artistic-relevance-through-exhibit/ | UP Cebu affirms artistic relevance through exhibit – University of the Philippines | UP Cebu affirms artistic relevance through exhibit UP Cebu affirms artistic relevance through exhibit May 9, 2018 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office UP Cebu Chancellor Liza Corro and College of Communication, Art, and Design Dean Juanito Karl Roque cut the ribbon to the “Sentenaryo” art exhibit, with guests of honor Charlie Co and Manny Montelibano. (Photo by Bong Arboleda, UP MPRO) UP Cebu, which has found a niche in the arts and creative design, showcases the visual art talent it has nurtured through the years and its contribution to the development of Visayan art and culture through an exhibit called “Sentenaryo: 100 Artworks by 100 Artists Celebrating 100 Years of Academic Excellence and Public Service”. Participating artists in the “Sentenaryo” art exhibit from the pioneer batch of the UP Cebu Fine Arts Program with UP Cebu Chancellor Liza Corro, College of Communication, Art, and Design Dean Juanito Karl Roque, and guests of honor Charlie Co and Manny Montelibano. (Photo by Bong Arboleda, UP MPRO) Participating artists in the “Sentenaryo” art exhibit from a younger batch of the UP Cebu Fine Arts Program with UP Cebu Chancellor Liza Corro, College of Communication, Art, and Design Dean Juanito Karl Roque, and guests of honor Charlie Co and Manny Montelibano. (Photo by Bong Arboleda, UP MPRO) Curated by Prof. Jay Nathan Jore with the Fine Arts Program of the UP Cebu College of Communication, Art, and Design (CCAD) and the Jose T. Joya Gallery, the exhibit was launched on May 2, 2018, the eve of UP Cebu’s centennial day. The gallery was jampacked with the featured Fine Arts Program graduates, including the pioneering 1975 batch, and faculty members, joined by guests of honor Charlie Co and Manny Montelibano, both Bacolod-based visual artists making great contributions to the arts outside Metro Manila. The participating artists in UP Cebu’s “Sentenaryo” art exhibit. (Photo by Bong Arboleda, UP MPRO) Bacolod-based artist Charlie Co delivers an inspirational message during the launch of UP Cebu’s “Sentenaryo” art exhibit. (Photo by Bong Arboleda, UP MPRO) “The displayed works illustrate the breadth and depth of the Bisaya creative spirit: of Bisaya Realism that captures the luminance of the everyday, of portraitures that express the story of familiar and strange faces, of modernism that articulates hope and freedom, and of postmodernism that examines the present by looking at lessons of the past and looking forward to the possibilities of tomorrow,” the curatorial note stated. Guests view the artworks featured in UP Cebu’s “Sentenaryo” art exhibit at the Jose T. Joya Gallery. (Photo by Bong Arboleda, UP MPRO) “As UP Cebu’s story continues, UP Cebu Fine Arts reaffirms its role to be a keeper of dreams and a custodian of artistic imagination,” it adds. With the guests of honor, UP Cebu Chancellor Corro and CCAD Dean Juanito Karl Roque cut the ribbon to the exhibit. A fellowship dinner of the artists and their friends followed. (Jo. Lontoc, UP MPRO) |
https://up.edu.ph/up-cebu-celebrates-centennial-day/ | UP Cebu celebrates centennial day – University of the Philippines | UP Cebu celebrates centennial day UP Cebu celebrates centennial day May 22, 2018 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office New UP Cebu Oblation with former UP President Alfredo Pascual and university officials May 3, 2018 was the culmination of UP Cebu’s centennial celebrations, which carried the theme “Unang Siglo: Halad sa Katawhan, of Academic Excellence and Public Service”. The day saw the unveiling of a “gratitude wall” for UP Cebu donors, the inauguration of the UP Presidents’ markers at the new Oblation Square, awarding ceremonies for constituents, and a grand centennial “cookout” out in the open. UP Cebu unveiled the stone markers for all UP Presidents with former UP Presidents or their representatives attending. They were Presidents Alfredo Pascual, Francisco Nemenzo, and Engr. Jose Paolo Soriano for his father Emmanuel Soriano. Presidents Edgardo Angara and Emil Javier sent messages. Performances making use of multimedia and dinner in the Performing Arts Auditorium and Lobby, and the awarding of the Centennial Gawad Chancellor to outstanding constituents also marked the event. UP Law Class ‘86, first donors to UP Cebu centennial fundraising, assist Chancellor Liza Corro in unveiling the gratitude wall. Earlier in the day, UP Cebu Chancellor Liza Corro unveiled the Gratitude Wall in the Administration Building, with UP Law Class ’86–the first to respond to the centennial fund-raising with a P1-million donation–assisting the chancellor. The program had Grace Javier Alfonso delivering an artist talk on her design of the newly installed Guillermo Tolentino’s Oblation. Likewise installed was a small amphitheater to replace the old plaza in front of the Administration Building. The day ended with a grand centennial cookout out in the open, where UP Cebu officials and constituents enjoyed a picnic, concerts, fireworks, and an Oblation Run with their guests. Faculty Regent Patricia Arinto, Regent Frederick Mikhail Farolan, Vice President for Administration Nestor Yunque, Vice President for Public Affairs Jose Dalisay Jr., UP Open University (UPOU) Chancellor Melinda Bandalaria, former UPOU Chancellor Grace Javier Alfonso, UP Los Baños Chancellor Fernando Sanchez, and former Assistant Vice President for Development Jaime Caro attended the day’s celebrations; as did Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III and his wife Jobelle, Mandaue City Vice Mayor Carlo Fortuna, and Cebu City Councilor Margot Osmeña. They were joined by officers and members of the UP Cebu Alumni Association led by Atty. Ria Espina, and the UP College of Law Batch ’86. Cultural multimedia performance led by UP Cebu Professor Ligaya Rabago-Visaya. It has been 100 years since UP Cebu’s founding as a regional unit of UP Diliman on May 3, 1918, in the Warwick Barracks built for the American military at the port area of the then town of Cebu. It is thus the oldest UP campus outside Luzon. It was closed down a few times and then became part of UP Visayas. In 2008, it was the venue of the signing of the new UP Charter or RA 9500 by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. UP Cebu was granted full autonomous status and converted into a constituent university (CU) on October 27, 2016, making it the youngest of the eight CUs of UP. “It might be providential that the conversion of UP Cebu to a full CU had to happen at the eve of our centenary. We did not mind the waiting, considering all the generous support we were blessed with in recent years, consisting of both infrastructure and non-infrastructure, like the substantial and continuing research funding from different government agencies for the past five years, foremost of which comes from the Department of Science and Technology,” Liza Corro, UP Cebu College’s last dean and UP Cebu’s first chancellor, said. “There is a lot of construction still ongoing.” She said the support inspires the CU to do better living up to a vision as lead university in research, creative design, ICT-driven innovations, responsible governance, and community service in Cebu and “the global world”. UP Cebu high school students welcome guests to the evening events at UP Cebu performing arts auditorium UP is a current Commission on Higher Education Center of Excellence for Information Technology and Center of Development for Environmental Sciences. It is also home to the Central Visayas Studies Center, a Lidar workstation, a creative digital media production facility, a fabrication laboratory, a technology business incubator, and entrepreneurial co-working spaces and resource center. In the month before the culmination day, UP Cebu held centennial celebration activities in its Lahug and South Road campuses, conducted the Centennial Faculty Research Forum and an academe-industry forum on innovation in digital age, launched a roster of new government-funded research and development centers and projects in a new building, mounted a grand alumni homecoming, and opened an exhibit of 100 art works by UP Cebu alumni artists and friends at its Jose T. Joya Gallery. The Centennial Gawad Chancellor Awardees More photos of the centennial day can be viewed at https://www.up.edu.ph/index.php/in-photos-up-cebu-unang-siglo-celebration/. Related stories are at https://www.up.edu.ph/index.php/up-cebu-inaugurates-new-rd-centers-and-projects/ and https://www.up.edu.ph/index.php/up-cebu-affirms-artistic-relevance-through-exhibit/. (Jo. Lontoc, UP MPRO) |
https://up.edu.ph/up-cebu-inaugurates-new-rd-centers-and-projects/ | UP Cebu inaugurates new R&D centers and projects – University of the Philippines | UP Cebu inaugurates new R&D centers and projects UP Cebu inaugurates new R&D centers and projects May 9, 2018 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office The newly-inaugurated Technology Innovation Center of UP Cebu. (Photo by Bong Arboleda, UP MPRO) UP Cebu continues to elevate its research, development, and public service with the launch of new centers and projects, and of the new building to house them. The launch on April 27, 2018, attended by Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Fortunato dela Peña and Undersecretary for Research and Development Rowena Cristina Guevara, was part of the centennial celebrations of the campus, which was founded on May 3, 1918. The UP Store on the ground floor of the new Technology Innovation Center of UP Cebu. (Photo by Bong Arboleda, UP MPRO) The new centers are: the Central Visayas Center for Environmental Informatics; the Center for Molecular Diagnostics and Research; the Cybersecurity Research, and Extension Center; and, the Students’ Teachers’ Innovation, Incubation for Technologies and Commercialization Hub (STiiTCH). STiiTCH is UP Cebu’s initiative to support and encourage the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the region by unifying the different shared services facilities of the campus, such as: the Fabrication Laboratory (Fablab); the Technology Transfer and Business Development Office; the Creative Digital Media Production Center; the Co-Working Space; and, the Go-Negosyo Center. The R&D projects consist: of Firecheck, an urban fire hazard mapping and fire spread modeling and geomapping; and, nutrient analysis of wild edible plants as food alternatives in disaster-prone areas in the Central and Eastern Visayas regions. Department of Science and Technology Secretary Fortunato dela Peña and UP Cebu Chancellor Liza Corro cut the ribbon to inaugurate the new DOST- and other government-funded research and development centers and projects of UP Cebu housed in the new Technology Innovation Center. Assisting them are DOST Undersecretary for Research and Development Rowena Cristina Guevara, UP Regent Angelo Jimenez, and UP Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs Jose Wendell Capili. (Photo by UP MPRO) The new centers and projects are housed in the new three-storey Technology Innovation Center (TIC) building, which also features a store of UP Cebu fabrications. The DOST, Commission on Higher Education (CHED), and the UP System provided funds for the establishment of the centers and projects. “We are quite lucky because UP Cebu’s culture and environment matches the thrust of these DOST-granted researches from environment to cybersecurity. As a Center for Excellence in Information Technology and a Center for Development in Environmental Studies, the strength of UP Cebu will be highlighted,” Chancellor Liza Corro said during the launch. “A lot more research projects of our faculty, students and staff will be accommodated in this building, in the near future,” she added. Department of Science and Technology Fortunato dela Peña and Undersecretary for Research and Development Rowena Cristina Guevara, UP Cebu Chancellor Liza Corro, and UP Regent Angelo Jimenez unveil the logos of new research and development centers and projects located in the new Technology Innovation Center of UP Cebu. (Photo by UP MPRO) “We believe that these granted to us, are not just aimed to be science for the people but a science for change to provide sustainable and inclusive growth for the majority of our people,” Corro said, reiterating UP Cebu’s tagline: “Nurtured to Create, Inspired to Innovate and Destined to Serve”. (Jo. Lontoc, UP MPRO) |
https://up.edu.ph/up-cebu-graduates-405/ | IN PHOTOS: UP Cebu graduates 405 – University of the Philippines | IN PHOTOS: UP Cebu graduates 405 IN PHOTOS: UP Cebu graduates 405 June 29, 2018 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office UP Cebu holds its 81st commencement exercises at its Lahug campus open grounds on June 27, 2018, capping a centennial year as it graduates 405 students, 344 with a bachelor’s degree, 11 magna cum laude, and 74 cum laude. Chancellor Liza Corro expresses confidence in the batch’s eagerness to “pay it forward,” ahead of any return service requirement. Former Senate President and property magnate Manuel Villar Jr., commencement speaker, argues the case for entrepreneurship, which he says should be tried at least once, is an art form, and is key to attaining dignity for the self and for the country. Valedictorian Sean Lojoya Policarpio (BS Biology) talks about dreams being “cries for change” and having one of his biggest dreams fulfilled in the University. “The lives of the Filipino people also hinge on our dreams,” he says. (Jo. Lontoc, UP MPRO) The UP Cebu faculty members (Photo by Jonathan Madrid, UP MPRO) UP Cebu Deans Juanito Karl Roque, Ma. Rowena Mende, and Tiffany Adelaine Tan. (Photo by Jonathan Madrid, UP MPRO) The UP System Executive Staff is represented by Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs Jose Wendell Capili, Vice President for Development Elvira Zamora, and Executive Vice President Teodoro Herbosa. (Photo by Jonathan Madrid, UP MPRO) The UP Board of Regents members present are Staff Regent Analiza Fulvadora, Student Regent Ma. Shari Niña Oliquino, Frederick Mikhail Farolan, Angelo Jimenez, and Francis Laurel. (Photo by Jonathan Madrid, UP MPRO) The UP Cebu Mace is carried by Registrar May Christina Bugash. (Photo by Jonathan Madrid, UP MPRO) UP Cebu Chancellor Liza Corro precedes the University Mace carried by Secretary of the University Roberto Lara, followed by UP President Danilo L. Concepcion, Commission on Higher Education OIC and UP Board of Regents Chair J. Prospero de Vera, and commencement speaker Manuel Villar Jr. (Photo by Jonathan Madrid, UP MPRO) UP System officials, UP Cebu officials, commencement speaker Manuel Villar Jr., and company face the candidates for graduation while anticipating the start of ceremonies. (Photo by Jonathan Madrid, UP MPRO) Manuel Villar Jr. talks about his journey from selling fish to studying in UP to being an employee to founding his own company. (Photo by Jonathan Madrid, UP MPRO) Emphasizing the point of entrepreneurship not being all about money, Manuel Villar Jr. says those without it are the “perfect” ones to start up. (Photo by Jonathan Madrid, UP MPRO) Manuel Villar Jr. receives a laser-cut miniature of the historic UP Cebu administration building from UP Cebu Chancellor Liza Corro and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Ritchelita Galapate. (Photo by Jonathan Madrid, UP MPRO) Sean Lojoya Policarpio, BS Biology magna cum laude, receives a special award and prize from Manuel Villar Jr. having attained the highest general weighted average among the UP Cebu graduates, to the loud cheering and applause of his batch. (Photo by Jonathan Madrid, UP MPRO) The graduates joyously shift their “sablay” from right shoulder to left symbolizing the conferment of their degrees and titles. (Photo by Jonathan Madrid, UP MPRO) Sean Lojoya Policarpio, 2018 class valedictorian, says a scholar of the nation earns honor in serving the nation with excellence. (Photo by Jonathan Madrid, UP MPRO) UP Cebu graduates pledge loyalty to the University. (Photo by Jonathan Madrid, UP MPRO) UP Cebu graduates sing the University Hymn. (Photo by Jonathan Madrid, UP MPRO) The traditional lightning rally in UP commencement exercises caps UP Cebu’s 81st. (Photo by Jonathan Madrid, UP MPRO) |
https://up.edu.ph/start-up-carves-a-niche-in-human-resource-solutions/ | Start-up carves a niche in human resource solutions – University of the Philippines | Start-up carves a niche in human resource solutions Start-up carves a niche in human resource solutions September 26, 2018 | Written by Jo. Florendo B. Lontoc There’s always a great value added to customized products and services. “Customized” sounds good to the buyer—but not so if it costs an arm and a leg. Or the client can choose from ready-made boxes most suitable for his or her needs, which is convenient for the provider as well, but often results in pain when the box inevitably doesn’t quite fit. Or the two parties can listen to each other in crafting a product or service that could more fully satisfy both. The makers of Payruler, “a fully customized as well as a comprehensive set of human resources (HR) software,” have sorted out this potential mess. Sounding like “payroll” as a marketing peg, “Payruler tailor-fits HR process automation for Philippine businesses,” says Jojo de Jesus. Together with his daughter, a young Computer Science graduate of UP Cebu, de Jesus heads Genii Hut Technologies, a start-up scaling up from incubation at the UP Cebu Business Incubator for Information Technology (UPCeBuInIT). ‘We got you covered,’ Payruler posters say, ‘from applicant pooling, 360 performance evaluation, automated government-mandated forms, to last pay computation.’ Genii Hut, with Payruler as its banner product, set out to create technologies that would fit clients’ process automation needs, sparing the clients from making major process adjustments just so they could make use of limited automation technologies pervasive in the market. “We build software that is not boxed, that the client has to fit in the box. We actually fit the box to the client,” De Jesus reiterates. “Whenever we have a demo, we ask, what’s your pain point right now?” Then they make necessary tweaks. “For our competitors, oh, that’s already a big deal,” De Jesus observes. “We capture that peculiarity of the business process that the clients want to automate. That has become second nature to us.” Payruler has customizable modules for recruitment and human resources information, which includes assessment for regularization, and asset and training tracking. Its timekeeping allows for multiple job shifts and tracking of overtimes and leaves. Its payroll technology automates benefits and deductions. A module for reporting makes the information ready any time. A mobile app for IOS and Android allows employers to keep track of employees, approve leaves, and sign off on business matters while on the go. Through an Employee Self Service mobile app, employees can also time in during field work, check their payslips, leaves, loans, and others. Jojo de Jesus receiving an award for Payruler during the StartUp Project Ph Pitch Challenge. (Photo from UP CeBuInIT Facebook) “We sell, rent, and do the system. We sell it to big companies for them to use it themselves. For MSMEs, which can’t buy a million- or two million-peso system, they just rent monthly. For those really small, such as those with five to 10 employees, we actually do the payroll for them. They just send the time sheets to us. We do everything including reporting,” De Jesus said. Payruler, the upstart-startup from UP Cebu, has been challenging established brands such as Oracle, SAP, Quickbooks, Sprout, Magellan, Titanium and a lot of big names in Manila and began making a dent in this market immediately after launching. Case in point: the Philippine Stock Exchange, which acquired Payruler in 2015, after a tedious selection process. Presenting the product at Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Center, Singapore. (Photo from Payruler Facebook) The company was established in 2014 with five people. It moved in to UP CeBuInIT a year after, where they hired two more and had their first three clients, including PSE. They initially had a cubicle and ended up using the whole room. By word of mouth of its customized solutions, Payruler’s users have grown to around 51 since, including, to mention a few, Sky Logistics Group, a ground handler for airlines; Negros Navigation-ATS; Executive Boutique, a call center; and, TBWA, a global advertising company. From a small cubicle at the UP CeBuInIT, the Payruler staff began sorting out the human resources of much bigger companies. (Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) UP Cebu has seen Genii hut grow and prove its business sense. Being in UP Cebu also looped it into the culture of cutting-edge research and development of the academe. In handling human resources—and wages and benefits already reaching more than P9 billion—the system is recipient to a huge amount of data, which is huge scientific grist. This makes the start-up not only a business incubatee, but a possible partner of UP in finding what is best for human resources in the country. This facet of research and development for the country also makes perfect business sense. New knowledge, especially where it was produced, is always a lead advantage in the industry. Last year, Genii hut received a grant from the Department of Science and Technology for predictive analytics. Big data will be utilized to identify flags or indicators, such as those which can be used for hires, retention, training, and costs and asset management. Payruler founder Jojo De Jesus and chief operations officer Timmy de Jesus with Science and Technology Secretary Fortunato de La Peña during the 1st Philippine TBI Summit. (Photo from UP CeBuInIT Facebook) “Opportunities just actually poured in when we located here,” says De Jesus. He also talks about being able to connect to networks of start-ups and organizations that support them, including the Asian Institute of Management, now the start-up’s cross-incubator. Genii hut’s collaboration with UP Cebu also resulted in a fellowship at the Royal Academy of Engineering for UP CeBuInIT. With the DOST grant, the company is set to increase its 15-person staff, hopefully with researchers from the University. Currently, three of the 15 are from UP Cebu. They hold strategic positions and carry with them expertise in management, computer science, and mass communication. Timmy De Jesus, Payruler chief operations officer, narrates the Payruler story during the First Philippine Technology Business Incubator Summit held in Cebu. (Photo from Payruler Facebook) “We are a group of people from different fields. So, it was just a good mix of people coming together,” De Jesus, an industrial engineer, says. It also helped that their first two clients were large manpower and manpower logistics companies. De Jesus dreads the thought of his team being composed of all engineers. He himself did not know anything about HR. “We engineers are bound to just out-compute each other,” he jokes. But to be open to and embrace peculiarities and differences is something which is probably not new to De Jesus, having come from 30 years of working in several capacities in the business circles of Cebu. Now, this is his team’s key to finding solutions. |
https://up.edu.ph/pahayag-ukol-sa-pagkamatay-ng-up-student-na-si-kis-tryvl-ramos/ | Pahayag ukol sa Pagkamatay ng UP student na si Kis Tryvl Ramos – University of the Philippines | Pahayag ukol sa Pagkamatay ng UP student na si Kis Tryvl Ramos Pahayag ukol sa Pagkamatay ng UP student na si Kis Tryvl Ramos April 12, 2019 | Posted by UP Media and Public Relations Office Pahayag ukol sa Pagkamatay ng UP student na si Kis Tryvl Ramos Labis na ikinalulungkot ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas ang balita ukol sa malagim na pagkamatay ng isa sa mga mag-aaral ng UP Cebu na si Kis Tryvl Ramos. Si Kis ay magtatapos na sana sa kanyang kurso nang mabaril siya noong Miyerkules ng gabi sa lugar na kanyang pinagtatrabahuan sa Cebu. Kasama niyang nasawi sa insidente ang isa sa kanyang mga employer na si John Michael Hermoso. Hanggang ngayon ay di pa rin natutukoy kung sino ang mga salarin. Lubos ang aming pagdadalamhati sa pagkawala ng kanilang mga buhay… buhay na puno sana ng pangako at pangarap. Mariin naming tinututulan at kinokondena ang trahedyang ito. Patuloy kaming umaasa sa paggaling at paghilom ng sugat ng iba pang mga biktima. Nakikiisa ang Unibersidad ng Pilipinas sa panawagan ng UP Cebu para sa katarungan. Ang buong Unibersidad ay hindi lamang nagluluksa, bagkus nananawagan ng hustisya para kay Kis at sa lahat ng mga biktima ng isang karumaldumal at walang kabuluhang pagpatay. Pamunuan ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Abril 12, 2019 A Statement on the Death of UP Student, Kis Tryvl Ramos We received tragic news that one of our graduating students in UP Cebu, Kis Tryvl Ramos, died in a shooting incident Wednesday evening at her place of work in Cebu City. She and one of her employers, John Michael Hermoso, perished at the hands of still unidentified persons. We mourn the loss of these young lives that were full of promise. We condemn to the highest degree the violence that caused this tragedy. And we hope that those injured may recover and heal. The University rallies behind UP Cebu’s call for justice. The whole UP community demands justice for Kis and all the victims of such a senseless and vicious act. University of the Philippines Administration April 12, 2019 |
https://up.edu.ph/got-ideas-to-promote-mental-health-in-up-join-the-sandigan-sandalan-project-competition/ | Got ideas to promote mental health in UP? Join the “Sandigan, Sandalan” Project competition – University of the Philippines | Got ideas to promote mental health in UP? Join the “Sandigan, Sandalan” Project competition Got ideas to promote mental health in UP? Join the “Sandigan, Sandalan” Project competition August 4, 2021 | Posted by UP Media and Public Relations Office Recognizing the urgent need to promote mental health in the University of the Philippines (UP), the UP Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Office of Student Financial Assistance (OVPAA-OSFA) initiated several Mental Health Promotion Programs in 2021. The project is entitled “Sandigan, Sandalan Training and Advocacy Programs for Mental Health”. One of the component projects of the “Sandigan, Sandalan” initiative is the Search for UP Student Mental Health Advocacy Projects. The program is a UP System-wide search for innovative Mental Health Promotion ideas from eligible student organizations and groups. The Project is a venue to involve students in Mental Health Promotion by featuring student-led programs that other groups can replicate. The search shall accept entries from accredited student organizations and recognized student groups about mental health promotion initiatives they implement in AY 2020-2021. Submissions will be in the form of a short video (less than 8 minutes) featuring the organization’s or group’s mental health promotion initiative, along with an accomplished official entry form with a description of the initiative featured in the video (not exceeding 1,000 words), a one-page profile about the student organization or group, and an accomplished certificate of originality. Deadline for submission of entries is September 1, 2021. For more information, please download this flyer. [Sandigan, Sandalan Program Mechanics] The top ten (10) entries will receive a cash incentive to support their advocacy and will be featured by UP in October 2021 to support the National Mental Health Week. Interested groups and organizations may submit entries to the Office of Student Affairs (OSA) or the Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Student Affairs (OVCSA) on their UP campus. For inquiries, please contact your respective Office of Student Affairs or email wellness.osfa@up.edu.ph. |
https://up.edu.ph/romanian-ambassador-keen-on-academic-ties-with-up/ | Romanian ambassador keen on academic ties with UP – University of the Philippines | Romanian ambassador keen on academic ties with UP Romanian ambassador keen on academic ties with UP May 31, 2022 | Written by Jo. Florendo B. Lontoc Romanian Ambassador to the Philippines Raduta Dana Matache (4th from right) and Minister-Counsellor William Korbl (2nd from left) visited UP to meet with UP President Danilo L. Concepcion (3rd from left) and other UP officials: Office of International Linkages Deputy Director Noel Christian Moratilla (extreme left), Vice President for Academic Affairs Cynthia Rose Bautista (3rd from right), Vice President for Public Affairs Elena Pernia (2nd from right), and Professor Emeritus and TVUP Director Grace Alfonso (extreme right). Photo by Misael Bacani (UP MPRO). Romanian Ambassador to the Philippines Raduta Dana Matache and Minister-Counsellor William Korbl met with UP officials on May 24, 2022, in the Office of the UP President, Quezon Hall, UP Diliman, to express her country’s interest in establishing academic ties with the University. The Romanian delegation talked with UP President Danilo Concepcion, Vice President for Academic Affairs Cynthia Rose Bautista, Vice President for Public Affairs Elena Pernia, Office of International Linkages Deputy Director Noel Christian Moratilla, and Professor Emeritus Grace Alfonso. Matache earlier visited UP Los Baños to explore Philippine-Romanian interests in agriculture. She presented her credentials as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Romania to the Philippines on December 15, 2021, to President Rodrigo Duterte. The ambassador spoke of specific proposals for collaboration made by the Politechnica University of Bucharest, including facilitating a partnership with other Romanian universities. She and the UP officials broached cooperation in cyber-security, film, music, nuclear science, and zoonoses. Matache pointed out that academic exchange with Romania is pragmatic for Philippine counterparts due to cheaper costs but the same quality of life in Romania relative to other European countries. She said she wanted to arrange a visit by Concepcion to Romania in October when universities open. Concepcion hopes to formalize collaborations between UP and Romanian educational institutions before his term ends in February 2023. |
https://up.edu.ph/the-trees-that-line-up-memories/ | The trees that line UP memories – University of the Philippines | The trees that line UP memories The trees that line UP memories October 13, 2017 | Written by Jo. Florendo B. Lontoc For an old campus such as UP Los Baños, established in 1909, an iconic tree could simply be any one of those trees that have survived the years since. Even at its busy academic center, it is not lacking in trees that have been there since any one could remember: the “Fertility Tree” standing like a mother among its brood of acacias at the Freedom Park; or the royal palm trees that still tower over the street from the Carabao Park to Palma Bridge; or the pili trees after which the tree-lined avenue was named; or even perhaps the dao tree before the Student Union building. The fire trees lane of UP Diliman. (Photo by Jo. Lontoc, UP MPRO) Likewise, UP Visayas, having a pre-war building which used to be a city hall until it was converted for use by the university, could choose among those that have survived the transition. UP Baguio is perhaps defined by what defines the city in general, the Benguet pine. For other, perhaps newer, campuses, the choice could be more aspirational; that is, a tree to represent their future. We could ask the campus chancellors to name the iconic trees of their campus, given these options. But the choice is not really as simple. UP campuses are known tree havens. The system-wide master development plan has special provisions for trees and which trees. Going by the term, iconic trees could be as numerous as the different experiences or associations of constituents with trees on campus. And that entails a survey of all UP constituents who have ever lived. We ended up asking for that tree which simply stood out in individual memory. A tree of inspiration “At the top of my head, it is the ubiquitous tambis fruit trees that I would like to honor in our campus with distinction,” writes Chancellor Liza Corro of UP Cebu. There are two planted on both sides of the UP Cebu administration building. One is right outside the chancellor’s front window. “These trees had been immortalized already in a lot of paintings and photographs,” she says. “Likewise, a poem had been written about the tambis trees and their fruits by a member of Tinta, a UP Cebu organization which is into writing poems and poem readings. This poem was read in one of UP Cebu’s celebrations of the Buwan ng Wika, which the administrative staff enjoyed and was really able to relate to.” The tambis fruits. Photo by By Billie bb (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons The two tambis trees at the UP Cebu administration building. (Photo by Bong Arboleda, UP MPRO) According to Corro, “When in season, the tambis fruits are scattered in front of the building, and the ground is colored with red fruits splattered on the grounds. Janitors patiently sweep the ground to clean up these fruits, which otherwise would be a feast for the ants and the birds.” “Currently, on the right side of the Admin building is the billboard with the tarp bearing UP Cebu’s tagline: ‘Nurtured to Create, Inspired to Innovate and Destined to Serve.’ It had to be moved a little bit to ensure that the tambis trees are not covered.” Corro realizes that the tambis trees and their fruits reflect the tagline. “Maintenance people nurture these trees, in the same manner they nurture UP Cebu’s staff who enjoy the juicy fruits when they are in season, some of whom would dare climb up the trees to gather the red juicy, scratch-free fruits.” Established in 1918, UP Cebu stands alongside UPLB as one of UP’s oldest campuses. “UP Cebu’s tambis trees had long been witnesses to the unwavering service and protest rallies of UP Cebu constituents happening in the Oblation park,” Corro, the campus’s first chancellor, says. Trees complete the facade with UP Los Baños’ Oblation by National Artist Napoleon Abueva. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) A tree for preservation Chancellor Carmencita Padilla of UP Manila, UP’s birthplace, chose a tree unknown to many UP Manila constituents although it has been there from the beginning. The tree had not been in plain sight. “The hundred-year-old dita tree stood between two old buildings: the Science Centrum and the Sports and Wellness Center, both now demolished, behind the two-storey 100-year-old National Institutes of Health (NIH) building,” she says. “It became the center of attraction when we started planning for the new NIH building.” At an estimated P1 billion, the new NIH building is one of UP’s biggest infrastructure projects. “The tree stood in the middle of the 4,000-square meter lot assigned to the building. The first thought was to cut it because we were informed that it would be costly to preserve the tree in the background of a building around it. But to our surprise, it was declared a Heritage Tree one year before we started working on the design,” she explains. “Other thoughts entered our mind. Maybe it was a sick tree and needed to be cut. UP Los Baños Forestry retired professor Jose Sargento, a silviculturist, was consulted and he told us that it was a healthy tree and was good for another four decades with proper care and attention.’” According to studies, the roots and branches need at least 20 meters around it to breathe. For the tree to survive the construction, technical and scientific expertise had to be provided to the design contractor. “The thought of the life and death of a tree became a discussion point with the architects,” Padilla adds. “After several meetings, we included in our terms of reference for bidders for this NIH building the item that the dita tree was part of the design package and that the contractor would be fined if the tree dies. The approved design has the dita tree fronting the lobby of the 18-story building, expected to be completed by the end of 2019.” Padilla hopes the tree will be an icon for urban ecology, “where nature and humanity are harmonized.” Trees for the senses “My favorite trees before I became chancellor was a kapok tree in one corner of the AS Parking lot, and a row of fire trees on the street next to it,” UP Diliman Chancellor Michael Tan says. A towering kapok tree beside the AS Parking Lot. (Photo by Jo. Lontoc, UP MPRO) “As the summer set in around April, the kapok tree would bloom, its pods releasing cotton-like balls that look almost like snow when they fall to the ground. When the fire trees bloomed, it was a sight to behold as well, the street turning crimson. Together, the kapok and fire trees signaled, in the past, the end of the school year. In the new academic calendar, it remains a marker of the end of the second semester.” He adds that there was “Just one drawback with the kapok: I suspect I share with others an allergy to the kapok, so it is indeed a sight to behold…and to sneeze at.” Tan, whose previous columns on a national daily show his interest in trees, took the time to check if another tree he loved still existed: “I actually was able to confirm the other tree that I loved. It’s kalingag or cinnamon, scientific name Cinnamomum mercadoi. It’s on the hill near the pond in front of AS 101. If you rub the leaves hard, or scratch the bark you’ll catch a faint whiff of cinnamon. The kalingag tree by the Rizal park at AS. (Photo by Jo. Lontoc, UP MPRO) “I thought it would have been iconic because it has been there for years, and AS being such a hub for all students, it must have seen many generations of UP students, and all the activities in AS, from frat rumbles to rallies to the Oblation Run and to everyday lives of UP students,” he says. The trees of becoming For UP Mindanao’s Rene Estremera, the relatively young campus’s icons are in the process of becoming. “Being located at the foothills of Mt. Talomo and Mt. Apo mountain range, the campus is blessed with the heritage of an upland forest environment populated with boulders and trees, making the selection of a particular tree elusive,” he says. According to Assistant Professors Cyrose Millado and Aileen Delima, both of the Department of Biological Sciences and Environmental Studies, the 22-year-old UP Mindanao “may not yet have heritage trees but we have heritage boulders. Yes, huge boulders that have provided solace to students in moments of solitude or fellowship.” Estremera mentions the rubia trees that line the one-kilometer Maguindanao Road leading to the College of Science and Mathematics, and a row of star-apple trees and a giant rambutan tree located by the main campus entrance, which “have provided fruits for picking or for very cheap prices” for students since the campus pioneer days. “In the early years of campus development, when the University Avenue and Oblation Plaza were laid out, royal palms were brought in and planted in a circle around the Plaza. These palms have stood for almost twenty years. However, it is feared that they may expire soon, not being endemic to the Philippines and subject to disease.” In contrast, the sago palm is indigenous. In 2006, UP Mindanao kicked off the UP Centennial celebration by planting this choice bio-resource. It is still being planted by researchers who are committed to continuing the sago research project, one of the first in UP Mindanao to be recognized nationally. UP Mindanao’s Oblation Plaza is surrounded by royal palms, with to-og trees planted to replace them in the future. (Photo from Rene Estremera, UP Mindanao) “In February 2013, Dean Reynaldo Abad pioneered the planting of Philippine rosewood or to-og seedlings along the University Avenue, the University Infirmary, the Kalimudan Student Center, the Administration Building complex, and the College of Science and Mathematics grounds,” Estremera reports. “The rosewood trees are expected to replace the role of the royal palms in endowing prestige to the University Avenue and Oblation Plaza.” “The tree is an indigenous species abundant in the eastern half of Mindanao and is expected to be a very tall tree once they are fully grown,” Estremera says. ——————– Email the author at upforum@up.edu.ph. |
https://up.edu.ph/the-up-forum-roundtable-discussion-pride-of-place/ | THE UP FORUM ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: PRIDE OF PLACE – University of the Philippines | THE UP FORUM ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: PRIDE OF PLACE THE UP FORUM ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: PRIDE OF PLACE October 18, 2017 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office What is or was your favorite place to hang out in UP (whether your own campus or elsewhere) and why? On your campus, what place would you recommend for your visitors to see or to experience, and why? What kind of place, facility or service would you like to see (or see more of) in your campus? Prof. Maureen Anne Araneta College of Architecture UP Diliman The park-like ambience of UP Diliman, as a veritable oasis in a busy metropolis—with its trees, distinctive buildings, green open spaces and numerous artwork—is a blessing that we cherish. However, it is also an ever-present reminder that something so precious is constantly under threat of despoliation. What we hope as the institutional permanence of the University partly stands on how well we can preserve the park-like qualities of the campus. I am not being noncommittal when I say I have no single favorite place in UP Diliman. It is the totality of the campus environs which I find most meaningful. With this, all the more do I feel that we have the inherent responsibility to preserve its essential character while responding to the dynamic milieu that it serves for the rest of Quezon City. This is evidently a formidable task that only proper planning and dogged commitment can hope to fulfill. We must seek the help of our experts (which luckily the University has many of), we must engage the community (which is comprised of generations of faculty, staff and service personnel) and we must adhere to a proper campus plan which incorporates art and cultural resources, ecological diversity, proper land use, thorough maintenance and social well-being. The meaningfulness of the campus environs that I speak of is best experienced by walking. I suggest starting the walk in the quiet circuit of the UPCA Complex, PAUW and the OUR-OA, onward along Velasquez Street to merge with the hidden pedestrian paths through the National Science Complex (with a momentary breather spent at the NSC Amphitheater), upwards along Regidor Street to walk past the Pagasa Observatory, CHE and Benitez Hall, and finally beneath the trees of the Academic Oval to end the walk at the Oblation Plaza in Quezon Hall. A long trek indeed, but it is well worth taking the time and foot power to experience first-hand the ambience that is unequivocally UP Diliman. |
https://up.edu.ph/the-up-forum-roundtable-discussion-pride-of-place-2/ | THE UP FORUM ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION PRIDE OF PLACE – University of the Philippines | THE UP FORUM ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION PRIDE OF PLACE THE UP FORUM ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION PRIDE OF PLACE October 18, 2017 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office What is or was your favorite place to hang out in UP (whether your own campus or elsewhere) and why? On your campus, what place would you recommend for your visitors to see or to experience, and why? What kind of place, facility or service would you like to see (or see more of) in your campus? Prof. Crina Escabarte-Tañongon College of Communication, Art and Design UP Cebu My favorite hangout while an undergrad student in UP Diliman was in our org’s tambayan, the UP Journalism Club (UPJC) in the College of Mass Communication. The tambayan served as a refuge for a naive freshman like me who was transitioning to a UP culture. Coming from the province, my adjustment was as hard as my effort to speak the Tagalog way. Adding up to my language anxiety were my doubts over my intellectual capacity when compared to those of my classmates in GE classes from Pisay (Philippine Science High Schools) which for me was “above sea level.” Like a migrant to a new place seeking a better life, I needed to cope with the demands of UP life to stay longer and finish on time. Surviving would have been more difficult without a support group in the form of an organization whose members shared the same goals and interests. I felt that my adjustment became smoother when I met and converged with people with whom I shared my joy and fears. In the UPJC’s tambayan, we would vent our frustrations over the flood of red ink in our Journ 101 papers under Prof. Rachel Khan. We would run to and relieve ourselves in the tambayan after our tiptoeing and overwhelming silence in the class of Dean Luis Teodoro. The tambayan was the venue for our cutesy discourse on issues about women after attending the Women’s Studies Center class of Dr. Albina Fernandez. It was also in our tambayan where we expressed our collective kilig over our long-haired Film 100 professor, Dr. Roland Tolentino. Subsumed under the UP culture was the unique “subculture” we constructed and reconstructed through our constant interactions with one another. This org culture would be modified when a new generation of members came in to construct their own culture out of their unique experience and identity as a batch. This formation of a unique subculture among journalism majors took place because UP recognized the need of its students to congregate and be in contact with one another. Through our undergraduate years, our constant congregations and exchanges of ideas grounded in our tambayan were very meaningful to us, so much so that we feel nostalgic when reminded by this vivid image of the past. For our visitors, I will show them one testament of Cebu’s vibrant creative culture: UP Cebu’s Jose Joya Little Art Gallery and Fablab. The Jose Joya Little Art Gallery in UP Cebu is accessible through a leisurely walk through the College of Communication, Art, and Design (CCAD) office and classrooms. It was named after National Artist Jose Joya who helped the institution of a Fine Arts program in UP Cebu. Every day, I see beauty in all forms on the college walls: canvases bursting with colors, images textured in pain, human follies captured in mixed media. Unveiled in August 2016, the gallery had long been the venue of Fine Arts students and professors for their artworks where conversations from the artistic process to audience reception and to a more serious one about art’s place and role in our culture is a common affair. A conversation like this is a rarity in the larger public sphere where K-Pop craze and DIY eyebrow trimming are common staples. Such a phenomenon can be explained by our lack of public art spaces, so that the youth, no matter how remote and far their place is to the center or even if they are not in museums and the academe, can hang out with and access their friends’ narratives of our culture through different forms of artistic expression. As the UP Cebu gallery is part of the school’s environment, students, teachers and employees have lived with it, and created and shared the meaning of its content. This place has undoubtedly created a dynamic art culture in UP Cebu since the founding of its program in 1975. A few steps from the gallery is the UP Cebu Fablab (fabrication laboratory) which has also done its part in strengthening the creative culture not only in the school but also in Cebu’s creative industries. This is an urgent response to the need of creative people for a space to incubate their ideas and to mingle and learn with the like-minded. UP Cebu Fablab is an incubator-like, technology-based laboratory which is open to design students, entrepreneurs, and innovators in the Cebu community who want to transform their ideas into concrete forms through advanced prototyping using 3D printers, laser cutters, printers and cutters, and milling machines among others. Cebu, named as the country’s creative capital by the British Council, needs to sustain and keep the creative tradition going by supporting the conditions necessary for its stability. Through the fablab, designers are able to exercise their creative prowess, which ultimately will give them a sense of purpose and achieve their potential. In a highly technological world in which human skills and labor have slowly been taken over by machines, we need to think of what will be left of us humans when technology becomes dominant in our lives. Creativity keeps the human soul whole. I believe that we must cultivate, and institutionalize creativity as it is the very source of our humanity. UP, being a dynamic institution upholding the culture of service, must respond proactively to external forces, not only those in relation to economic, social, cultural challenges, but also to environmental ones. A number of universities abroad have long started building low carbon emission structures, redesigning the old ones to minimize their carbon impact and energy use, making more green spaces, trying out urban gardening, revising their academic curricula to integrate sustainability in teaching and actively involving themselves in sustainable development campaigns. While we have long known that climate change is real and that we are one of the countries identified as most vulnerable to it, we must remain calm but not keep on doing things in the same “business as usual” way. In building projects for example, solar-paneled roofs, two-way water filtration systems, rain catchment tanks and cisterns, more window openings and other eco-efficiency indicators do not appear in our blueprints. It seems that this urgent concern has not been recognized as a collective one, thus relegating it to environment science programs to do the worrying for us. As a government institution, we have not yet created a caring culture for the very life support system that sustains us: our planet. The relevance of a culture to the community that created it lies in its responsiveness to the challenges of time. Culture is not static. It undergoes transformation as it responds to the need of the times. As the call for ‘change of mindset’ on resource consumption and production is most pressing, UP has to respond by developing sustainable infrastructure and greening not only its spaces but also its policies and academic curricula. It would be a beautiful experience then to walk through the gallery of artworks and see prototypes of creative ideas in the incubation lab knowing that the infrastructure holding them is one that is eco-efficient. |
https://up.edu.ph/the-up-forum-roundtable-discussion-pride-of-place-4/ | THE UP FORUM ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION PRIDE OF PLACE – University of the Philippines | THE UP FORUM ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION PRIDE OF PLACE THE UP FORUM ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION PRIDE OF PLACE October 18, 2017 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office What is or was your favorite place to hang out in UP (whether your own campus or elsewhere) and why? On your campus, what place would you recommend for your visitors to see or to experience, and why? What kind of place, facility or service would you like to see (or see more of) in your campus? John Nico De Leon Computer Programmer Office of the College Secretary College of Arts and Sciences UP Manila Being one of the fortunate members of UP Family, I really consider UP my second home. Aside from having my favorite spot—my workstation—I also love hanging out in the UP Diliman campus, and to walk and jog around the academic oval, which always gives me the opportunity to reduce stress, meet new friends, appreciate the natural beauty of UP, its wonderful academic structures, its amazing century-old trees, and most especially the open spaces that allow me to have the clearest view of the sky. Every time I am in UP Diliman, I have the chance to be with all the people who, like me, love a place bursting with activity and new discoveries in a place of beauty. In UP Manila, there are many places I can recommend for visitors to see or experience. In the College of Arts and Sciences, the best place to visit is the UP Manila Theater, which is the best venue for orientations, discussions, and seminars, with its comfortable chairs, well-lit stage and good sound and ventilation system. In my entire stay in UP as an employee and student, I have always hoped that someday this century-old health and science center will be one of the campuses that are globally competitive, with cutting-edge technology and service rendered in a very modernized /digitized way such as efficient online transactions with its clients (students in particular). This technological advance will certainly be convenient for both the staff and students. I would also like to recommend a more-advanced information system at the lobby where students can digitally access class schedules, inquire about certain procedures, or simply ask for information aided by a system-generated data bank. It would also be best if offices assigned to records keeping, such as the Office of the College Secretary, would have an archiving machine to digitally store student records. This will provide easier access to everyone. |
https://up.edu.ph/the-up-forum-roundtable-discussion-pride-of-place-3/ | THE UP FORUM ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION PRIDE OF PLACE – University of the Philippines | THE UP FORUM ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION PRIDE OF PLACE THE UP FORUM ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION PRIDE OF PLACE October 18, 2017 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office What is or was your favorite place to hang out in UP (whether your own campus or elsewhere) and why? On your campus, what place would you recommend for your visitors to see or to experience, and why? What kind of place, facility or service would you like to see (or see more of) in your campus? Luz Emano Administrative Assistant Office of the College Secretary College of Arts and Sciences UP Manila My favorite hangout place is the Department of Behavioral Sciences. Its bright green walls radiate positive energy and provide a pleasant and welcoming ambience. The smell of freshly brewed coffee usually fills the room and awakens the senses. There is also a simple but fun activity corner that helps us loosen up a bit, like the Smile Bowl which asks what made you smile today. There is also Momo, the unicorn stuffed toy that comforts us with its soft and warm embrace. The differences in the personalities of individual faculty members and staff members who inhabit the place enliven everyone, but respect for each individual’s political, religious or even gender orientation or status in life is a revered norm. For our visitors, I would recommend visiting and taking a photo of the College of Arts and Sciences Oblation Garden, a small but well maintained garden where the CAS oblation stands tall in the middle. I would like to see healthier food choices in the student canteen, especially fresh salads and fresh fruits, fruit juices and fruit shakes. Health-conscious individuals or those with health problems either bring their own packed lunch or snack because most of the time, the food served at the canteen is not among the healthiest. Healthier meals on campus would obviously benefit the CAS community. A regular serving of healthier lunches such as healthier sandwiches, vegetables, and fish would also be great. I would also like to see a student and faculty lounge. In CAS, it’s normal to see students sleeping in the hallways. The Rizal Hall lobby and hallways are usually occupied by students sitting on the floor studying, doing their group work or project, or just hanging around with their friends. We know that the lobby and hallways are not conducive places to study or take a short nap in, but students are left with no option but to hang out in these places. An air-conditioned student lounge with comfortable furniture would help our students and faculty gather, relax, and study in-between classes. A computer center and shop for school supplies would also be a welcome addition. Currently, we have one photocopying station in CAS. But it is just limited to copying and printing. Since it caters to the whole CAS, the queue is almost always so long that students or faculty have to go outside the campus, cross Taft Avenue or PGH and look for a copy station. I hope CAS will have a computer center that offers computer rental services, as well as printing, copying, binding, while also selling school supplies such as the “UP blue book,” bond paper, pens, notebooks, to name a few so we don’t have to go outside the campus to buy these needed school supplies. Wellness activities for CAS faculty and staff will surely make a lot of difference in our everyday routine. I hope the CAS administration together with the Department of Physical Education will offer free and regular sessions of aerobics, zumba, or yoga classes exclusively for CAS faculty and staff during official hours. A sportfest would also be great. |
https://up.edu.ph/the-up-forum-roundtable-discussion-pride-of-place-5/ | THE UP FORUM ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION PRIDE OF PLACE – University of the Philippines | THE UP FORUM ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION PRIDE OF PLACE THE UP FORUM ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION PRIDE OF PLACE October 18, 2017 | Written by UP Media and Public Relations Office What is or was your favorite place to hang out in UP (whether your own campus or elsewhere) and why? On your campus, what place would you recommend for your visitors to see or to experience, and why? What kind of place, facility or service would you like to see (or see more of) in your campus? Juan Paolo A. Aquino University Extension Associate Media Liaison, Events & Visitors Program Office of Public Relations UP Los Baños The DL Umali Freedom Park, or simply Freedom Park, is my favorite place in UPLB. It is a vast green field in the heart of the campus that serves as an open recreational field for UPLB constituents, residents of nearby communities, and visitors. Many people say that it is UPLB’s version of the Sunken Garden in UP Diliman, although Freedom Park is narrower and longer. When I was still a student, after a long day of classes and extracurricular activities, my classmates and I would lie down on the park’s clean grass during night time to rest and relax. The open field of the Freedom Park is a perfect venue for stargazing. At day time, the park is an ideal place for sports and outdoor activities like football, ultimate, jogging, and zumba dancing. Families and friends also hold picnics at the park. The benches that have been installed around the park in recent years also serve as ideal spots for chatting with friends or reading a book. Freedom Park, aside from its leisure value, also symbolizes two important events in a UPLB student’s life. It is because the park is the venue of the annual “February Fair” and the UPLB Commencement Exercises. As the UPLB’s visitor program coordinator for three years now, I have seen how visiting students, and others have been fascinated with the Museum of Natural History (MNH). This 41-year old museum has a diverse collection of preserved animals, plants, and microorganisms. Its creative, colorful, and interactive exhibits also showcase our bio-diverse environment. I encourage future UPLB visitors, regardless of their age, to also experience the educational science tour at the MNH. From the UPLB campus proper, they would have to drive to what we call the Upper Campus. It can be reached a few meters after the welcome arch of the College of Forestry and Natural Resources. The Museum is within the vicinity of Mount Makiling Forest Reserve, a magnificent ecotourism destination in UPLB. In fact, after the visitors have toured the Museum, they can roam nearby and enjoy the fresh cool air of the area while walking underneath the century-old trees around. Everyone is excited with the opening of the one-stop shop facility of UPLB that is being built. This is the most requested service by the majority of our visitors. Most of the visitors so value their visit to UPLB, they want to bring home something like a souvenir or a product of UPLB. Personally, I also would like to see a place where UPLB visitors can be welcomed and given a bird’s-eyeview tour of UPLB showing the remarkable places in and the University as an academic community. One of the highlights of the museum would be a light and sound museum showing the events leading up to the Los Baños Raid and the Los Baños Raid itself. Not many people know that UPLB was the site of the historical liberation of an internment camp set up in this very campus in World War II. It would be an opportunity to tell visitors about this little-known event in WW II, about our people’s heroism and courage, and about what has been said as “one of the most daring military rescues of all time.” |
https://up.edu.ph/saving-pieces-of-up-history/ | Saving Pieces of UP History – University of the Philippines | Saving Pieces of UP History Saving Pieces of UP History October 18, 2017 | Written by Arlyn VCD Palisoc Romualdo Old, dark, and musty. These characteristics come to mind when we think of archives. And the impression we have of the UP Diliman University Archives is no different. Who would even want to go there when going online would be much more convenient? But tucked away in boxes, filed in folders and envelopes, are treasures that line rows upon rows of shelves at the top levels of Gonzalez Hall, the UPD Main Library. The Archives do not only contain printed matter, but memorabilia as well. There are things you won’t ever find online and for serious researchers, history buffs, or the just plain curious, archival materials are like manna from heaven. Tangible memories, priceless value The University Archives protect permanent University records, theses, dissertations, procedural documents, scholarly works, personal papers, UP publications, photographs, and items from UP personalities like medals, trophies, togas, artworks, and even furniture. The University Archives section usually visited by researchers. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) “I can’t put a monetary value on what we have here,” said University Archives Head Librarian Eimee Lagrama. “We’re talking about institutional memory and it’s not something we can simply put a price tag on.” Materials at the Archives are tangible records of memory, documenting the history of a University community, recording UP’s development not just as an institution but capturing the intellectual ferment UP is known for. For those who want to know if there are confidential materials, the answer is yes. And if you happen to be faced with such, the best course of action would be to consult the University’s legal office. Ideal vs. real Keeping priceless materials requires a lot of care in their preservation, maintenance, and management. In an ideal situation, Lagrama said that archives should be temperature-controlled, humidity-controlled, and secured in a structure that can withstand natural and man-made disasters. In addition, archivists should be armed with conservation skills and have “intellectual control over the collection,” which means knowing each material “down to the last item.” She cited the British Library and the Getty Research Institute as having some of the best archives in the world. “They’re well-funded.” Locally, Lagrama said Ateneo de Manila University and De La Salle University are doing a good job of maintaining their archives because of the resources that are being poured into their upkeep. A visit to the UPD University Archives will show that its conditions are far from ideal—tarpaulins covering shelves to shield them from leaking ceilings, cramped spaces, no protection from dust, and no humidity or temperature control—but its people clearly do the best they can. “We just do passive preservation, so we try to keep the materials in a stable condition. Changes in temperature and humidity are bad for paper, which means it’s better to have no airconditioning at all than to have it turned on during office hours and turned off at the end of the workday.” One of the storage areas where records are protected from leaks by plastic covers. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) Its house, Gonzalez Hall, also leaves much to be desired. It’s looking its age, being one of the earliest structures erected in UPD from war reparation funds in the late 1940s. Lagrama revealed it “failed all the tests for structural integrity” and is now “the number one fire hazard building” on campus. She said that because of the sensitive structure, they have been moving heavy furniture to the lower levels and making use only of light materials for storage. Despite its current state, Lagrama expressed hope that things will improve for the University Archives. Future plans and wishes Gonzalez Hall is due for a makeover and there are plans for this to be done in the coming years. Because it failed structural integrity tests, however, renovation would have to give way to retrofitting first, which means additional expense and a bigger budget. “Before President Alfredo Pascual left office, he earmarked more than P200 million for renovation. We’ve also gotten commitments from Chancellor Michael Tan and President Danilo Concepcion. I hope things will get started by 2019 and completed after five or six years.” More than fixing the existing physical structure, Lagrama also hopes that the University Archives will someday get its own building. “The Library and the Archives are growing entities and both need ample space.” University Archives Head Librarian Eimee Lagrama. (Photo by Misael Bacani, UP MPRO) Additional human resources wouldn’t hurt either. “For now, our staff complement is better because we’ve grown from a staff of six to fourteen. But more manpower is always welcome.” As for the staff’s development, Lagrama said she always encourages them to pursue graduate studies or take advanced training in conservation. She added that Prof. Chito Angeles, the University Librarian, is also looking into partnerships with foreign institutions for internship programs. “I look forward to the day our archives become the ideal in the country—that we have the infrastructure, facilities, and resources to keep these materials safely and properly preserved, and available for future generations to see and learn from.” For Lagrama and those who recognize the value of the University Archives, there is no better time than now to begin ensuring the kind of protection these treasures deserve—one that befits the national university of this country, whose history and life are inextricable from the development of the Filipino nation. ——————– Email the author at upforum@up.edu.ph. |
https://up.edu.ph/time-space-and-up-manila/ | Time, Space and UP Manila – University of the Philippines | Time, Space and UP Manila Time, Space and UP Manila October 18, 2017 | Written by Celeste Ann Castillo Llaneta In some places, relics of the past are often relegated to certain sites and visited from time to time. But for UP Manila, history and heritage are literally carved into the walls of its campus, which stands unique among UP’s 17 existing campuses in the way it blends past and present, academic excellence and public service, in one dynamic, seamless whole. As Dr. Arlene A. Samaniego, UP Manila Vice-Chancellor for Administration, puts it, “The architectural and landscape designs of most heritage buildings of UP Manila indeed reflect distinct periods in the history of the University and of the City of Manila. As the original birthplace and cradle of UP, the Padre Faura campus is home to heritage buildings and artifacts that date back to the early 1900s and were witnesses to its early struggles and formative years.” The Nurses Home. (Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) Quoting the coffee-table book U.P. Manila: 100 Years of Heritage, Culture and Arts (2009): “The physical evolution of the original campus of the State University is a story that has two major layers—that of the new civic architecture introduced by Americans but eventually designed and built wholly by Filipinos, and that of education as a tool for economic and political growth. Both layers meld together to create what was and still is a key district of central Manila.” A living history Many of the buildings in UP Manila are the products of the first generation of modern Filipino architects who were trained in the US. The first buildings were designed by William Parsons in 1908. He completed the planning of the campus and melded it with the original Burnham master plan for Manila in 1905. Parsons also designed the buildings of the College of Medicine, the University Hall (now the Supreme Court), and the Philippine General Hospital (PGH). Students, faculty, staff, and patients walk daily through heritage buildings such as Rizal Hall; the College of Medicine; the PGH with its two heritage structures, the Cancer Institute and Nurses Home; the College of Public Health; the National Institutes of Health; and the Museum of a History of Ideas (formerly the old Infirmary and later occupied by the College of Dentistry, which moved to its own building in 2002). Dr. Rizal’s “Triumph of Science Over Death standing in front of the UP College of Medicine’s Calderon Hall. (Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) The heritage buildings are not the only treasures within the campus. There are works of art scattered about, such as the concrete replica of Dr. Jose Rizal’s Triumph of Science Over Death, known colloquially as Triumph or Lady Med; the sculpture titled “Celebration of Life” by National Artist Napoleon Abueva; the murals of National Artist Carlos “Botong” Francisco in the PGH lobby, depicting the history of Philippine medicine; the mural titled History of Medicine by Jose Blanco at the PGH Lobby, created to commemorate the PGH’s 100th anniversary; and the mural at the NIH lobby by Salvador Juban of Angono, Rizal, portraying UP Manila scientists/researchers who have contributed to the advancement of Philippine medicine. But by far the heart and soul of UP Manila, occupying 10 of the campus’ 14 hectares, is the PGH itself. As the country’s biggest modern tertiary hospital, the PGH serves more than half a million patients a year and trains thousands of health students and workers. The hospital is also a distinct landmark in the City of Manila, standing out with its classical and neo-classical design, history, and significance. Three of National Artist Botong Francisco’s murals in the front lobby of the PGH. (Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) Most of UP Manila’s heritage buildings were designed to resemble the PGH—huge pillars, high open ceilings, airy windows, graceful lines and curves, long corridors and open spaces that provide a contrast to the suffocating aura of illness and a welcome breathing space for the patients and their caregivers. Taking up space The UP Manila campus today is undeniably different from the other UP campuses. The city has grown all around it, and it is admittedly smaller, more cramped, and has fewer amenities and facilities than the other, bigger UP campuses. It is even often eclipsed by the PGH and the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals and the Department of Justice that are occupying some of its old buildings. National Artist Napoleon Abueva’s “Celebration of Life”. (Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) Space management is a challenge for the smallest UP campus, which is why there are few available places on campus left for social and cultural activities. In fact, a long-standing joke is that the nearby Robinsons Place Manila mall serves as the de facto canteen and student center for UP Manila constituents. Within the campus, though, some venues stand out, such as the Tipunan sa UP Manila; the PGH grounds and Oblation Plaza, the PGH Atrium, the UP Manila Social Hall; the student tambayans at the back of the college buildings; the tambayans of the student organizations; the newly renovated UP Manila Theater at the Rizal Hall; and the UP Manila Museum of a History of Ideas. The ongoing infrastructure and facilities development project will provide more areas for people to get together, including the new 18-story NIH building and the CPH building. The latter two facilities will have more and bigger spaces for faculty lounges and conference rooms, auditoriums, and other areas where members can formally and informally interact and indulge in social, artistic, and cultural activities. The UP College of Arts and Sciences’ Rizal Hall. (Photo by Jun Madrid, UP MPRO) But the true beauty of UP Manila lies not in what it looks like, but in what it does. As UP’s health sciences center, UP Manila is the only constituent university that offers degree programs in medicine, dentistry, public health, nursing, pharmacy, allied health sciences, health professions education, and the only one of its kind in the world the ladderized curriculum in the health sciences from the School of Health Sciences in three campuses in Palo, Baler, and Koronadal. All research and community service done by its constituents are focused on health-related activities and advocacies. The impact of UP Manila on the health, policy, scientific and academic development of the country is immeasurable. When asked a light-hearted question—if the campus of UP Manila were a single person, what kind of person would it be—Samaniego says: “If isko and iska represent the students to whom much is given and much is also expected, and Oble refers to all of us in the University who are thirsty to learn and give back, then UP Manila is the scientist-scholar, the health professional, and leader serving and contributing to the health and well-being of the communities, the nation, and the world.” ——————– Email the author at upforum@up.edu.ph. |
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