Category: LOS BAÑOS

The UPLB School of Environmental Science and Management (UPLB SESAM), through its Continuing Education and Training Division (CETD), launched a new seminar series called “SESAM ExChanges: Environmental Challenges and Solutions.” 

The program, held on Sept 30 via video conferencing and Facebook live streaming, also served as a venue to launch another capacity building program of CETD that intends to attract greater public participation to promote environmental awareness and advocacy in the country. 

3,975 University of the Philippines Los Baños employees, which is 90% of the total workforce, have already been given COVID-19 vaccines as part of the University’s commitment to help protect its employees and promote a safe and healthy work environment.

With museums taking a hit amidst restrictions regarding public spaces in the pandemic, the Museum of Natural History (MNH) highlighted ensuing challenges and opportunities as they celebrated their 45th anniversary online on Sept. 30, with the theme “Museums in the New Normal: Their Role in Education, Research, and Extension.”

Among their anniversary highlights were the launching of three digital projects, namely the MNH virtual reality tour, the Quicentennial Commemoration Virtual Exhibit, and the MNH digitized herbarium collection.

TheUPLB Office of Scholarships and Grants under the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (OVCSA) hosted ASSIST: Aid and Scholarship Services Informational Support to STudents via online on Sept. 6-7.

OSG personnel presented the portfolio of scholarships, financial assistance, and educational resources that the University could provide to UPLBs students at this virtual event.

The webinar series, entitled 2nd UPLB Career Convention and has for its theme, “Career Pivoting in the Better Normal,” is part of the career development and placement services that OVCSA provides to students.

Aside from topics regarding preparing for employment and thriving and surviving in one’s career, the Career Convention also includes topics on establishing a startup, freelancing, and networking as alternative career paths.

The UPLB Learning Resource Center and the UPLB College of Economics and Management worked together to help 107 freshies take on the special online math bridge program in preparation for their Math 25 (Fundamental Calculus) subject.

The Learning Resource Center (LRC), together with the College of Economics and Management (CEM), implemented a special online math bridge program (BP) for 107 incoming CEM freshies.

The special BP, held from Aug. 23 to Sept. 3, was apart from the regular BP for selected students of UPLB. It is also the second special BP held online since 2020.

Student developers from the University of the Philippines win big in the global Google Developer Student Clubs’ (DSC) 2021 Solution Challenge for their application called “Project Island Response and Intervention for Systematic Evacuation (i-RISE)” which aims to bridge the information gap between local government units, disaster risk management offices, and the island communities of Tubigon, Bohol using Google products.

Eighty-eight new freshies completed the UPLB Bridge Program (BP), an annual skills enhancement activity for mathematics and English aimed at bridging the gap between students’ high school exit skills and entry requirements in UP.

Held for three weeks, from Aug. 16 to Sept. 3, this is the second time for the BP to be conducted online by the Learning Resource Center (LRC), which also implemented the in-person program before the pandemic.

UP Los Baños and the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) will be leading a regional hub for the integration of halal in health knowledge development and management of livestock and ecosystems.