Author: Padayon UP

The Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS) Research and Publication Committee (RPC) held its first online Research Forum live-streamed via the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Networks on 22 October 2020, 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM. 

The Research Forum featured selected studies of students from the different programs of UPOU FMDS. The studies cover a wide range of topics from student mobility in the ASEAN region, nursing work environment, public green spaces, health promotion, and status of research in higher education institutions (HEIs). 

This Weekly Bulletin highlights the different COVID-19 responses of the eight UP Constituent Universities and their involvement in various public service initiatives during the pandemic. It features the UP System Report on the CUs’ COVID-19 efforts from September 1 to 15.

The University of the Philippines Mindanao celebrates its 25th Anniversary in 2020. As part of the year-long activities, the School of Management (SOM) offers free webinars to the general public.

UP Mindanao hosted the online forum and consultation on “Bridging the Health Care Gaps In Mindanao” on 14 October 2020 for some 96 or more public health personnel, guests, and university constituents who attended through teleconferencing and social media platforms. The forum consultation is part of the plan to establish a UP Mindanao College of Medicine.

Sales, a faculty member at the Department of Development Communication of the Visayas State University (VSU) in Leyte, put forward art as a form of therapy that could help manage behaviors, process feelings, reduce stress and anxiety, and increase self-esteem.

The UP Junior Marketing Association (JMA) launched on Sept. 2 “IsKalinga: Pagtulong sa Panahon ng Pandemya” (IsKalinga).

IsKalinga is an online campaign that aims to “shed light on the present-day situation of the university’s maninindas, jeepney drivers, and support staff members through our online initiatives” and raise awareness on various ways on how to help them.

Despite the pandemic, TLRC continues to perform its mandate to enhance teaching and learning experiences.  

This year, TLRC launched its Virtual and Remote Assistance in Learning (VI.R.A.L) Program. This program aims at providing learning assistance to students to cope with the demands of remote learning.

In celebration of the 31st National Statistics Month, UP Cebu’s Mathematics Program of the College of Science has organized a series of Webinars on Statistics to be held on 15, 16, 19, and 27 October 2020.

The webinar series will have resource speakers from UP Diliman’s School of Statistics, and chief officers from the Community Based Monitoring System Office.

In order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 virus in the campus, UPLB mobilizes a team that has been disinfecting campus buildings and facilities since March 17.

This team is led by Dr. Sheryl Yap, together with the staff of the Institute of Weed Science, Entomology and Plant Pathology of the College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS-IWEP), where she is the director.

Two medicinal plants took the spotlight at the webinar entitled “Rummaging nature’s arsenal: botanicals versus SARS-CoV-2” on Sept. 29 because of their potentials for use against COVID-19.

Webinar speaker Dr. Lourdes B. Cardenas, a botany professor at the Institute of Biological Sciences and a curator for medicinal plants at the Museum of Natural History (MNH), presented the plants that can potentially be harnessed for their medicinal properties in treating COVID-19 patients.