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.
The CLSBP aimed to equip fresh graduates and graduating students under the BS Chemistry and BS Agricultural Chemistry degree programs with essential laboratory skills, competencies, and techniques that students failed to attain after March 2020 with the shift to remote teaching-learning mode.
Staying true to its commitment of upholding the social betterment of Masbate through rendering socio-civic and extension services to their fellow, the UPLB Masbateños, in partnership with the UPLB Ugnayan ng Pahinungód and MoveUp is conducting the Academic Enhancement Program (AEP) for incoming senior high school and college students.
The Security and Safety Office (SSO) under the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Community Affairs paid a courtesy visit to Cynthia N. Quintans, chief of the Los Baños Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (LB MDRRMO) on July 8.
The meeting sought to coordinate activities for National Disaster Resilience Month that would strengthen the disaster resilience and future-proofing initiatives of UPLB.
