The Security and Safety Office (SSO) conducted a gamified training session in campus disaster preparedness for personnel of the UPLB Gender Center and Business Affairs Office on Jan. 30.
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The Security and Safety Office (SSO), formerly the University Police Force, under the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Community Affairs, conducted a 7-day capacity building program on basic disaster risk reduction management for representatives of various offices in the university.
The Learning Resource Center (LRC) conducted 12 group tutorial sessions with its resident PEER (Promoting Excellence through Educational Review) tutors, recognized student organizations of the university, and the Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics (IMSP) to help prepare students for their final examinations for the first semester AY 2022-2023.
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Community Affairs (OVCCA), in partnership with Honda Safety Driving Center (HSDC) Philippines, conducted a campus safe driving seminar for UPLB drivers to brush up their knowledge on road safety essentials.
The learning activity, held in line with the University’s commitment to maintaining a safe and secure community, was participated in by 164 UPLB drivers, including personnel who have been issued authority to drive.
Violence against women and children remains a global problem to this day. Although not all are directed at women, they bear the burden of physical, mental, and emotional abuse.
With this, the UPLB Office of Student Activities (OSA) in partnership with Eduksine, marked the 18-day Campaign to End Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) with Cine Makiling: Mga Palabas ng Panahon, during which three independent films were screened on Nov. 14, 21, and 28.
A research team of Japanese scientists and Filipino biologists from the UPLB Museum of Natural History continued its efforts to survey zoonotic diseases from bats, braving the aftermath of Typhoon Paeng (Nalgae) which recently crossed southern Luzon in the Philippines and flooded several areas of Laguna province.
The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) and DA-BAR conducted a training course on Communicating Agriculture and Fisheries for Inclusive and Sustainable Development (CAFSRISD) Program as part of the Information and Knowledge Management (IKM) Mentorship Program for the bureau staff. The training was held on 8-29 June 2022 via Zoom.
The staff of UPLB Ugnayan ng Pahinungod, together with Ms. Vanessa Tayaba of Gasan Municipal Agriculture Office, conducted a focus group discussion (FGD) in Gasan, Marinduque on July 28, 2022, to assess the specific needs of the community.
The UPLB Environmental Stewardship Committee and UPLB Housing Office of OVCCA collaborated on this effort as part of UPLB’s campaign for proper waste management among university housing beneficiaries, personnel, and nearby communities.
Almost a ton of e-wastes included computers, television monitors, mobile phones, compact disks, ink cartridges, wired items, household batteries, and other electronic accessories.
True to its commitment to promoting waste-at-source segregation (WASS) on campus, the UPLB Environmental Stewardship Committee (ESC) led the fifth installment of the “WASS UP, LB!” webinar series on Aug. 18.
