UP ISSI conducted a seminar for the National Center for Mental Health (NCMH) at the First Pacific Leadership Academy in Antipolo City, last January 30-31, 2023. Thirty-four participants joined the program which was handled by the program team from the Training and Entrepreneurship Education Division composed of the program manager, Ms. Sendy delos Reyes and program coordinator, Mr. Romy Estrella.
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.
The state-of-the-art facility will equip dental health professionals with advanced training, in-depth research, and provide comprehensive multi-disciplinary services to patients. The COH is realized with the generous support of the LT Group, Inc. and Jaime V. Ongpin Foundation, Inc., through the stewardship of UPCD immediate past Dean Dr. Danilo L. Magtanong and the initiatives of Assistant Professor Dr. Arnon L. Rivera as the Project Proponent.
The UPV Action Research Project (UPV ARP), in collaboration with the Department of Education – Schools Division of Silay City (DepEd – SDO Silay City), conducted an Orientation-Workshop on Assessment Strategies, Innovation and Research Development among Junior High School (JHS) teachers teaching Science, Mathematics, Araling Panlipunan, and Technology and Livelihood Education subjects on 12-13 January 2023 at Natures Village Resort, Talisay City, Negros Occidental.
UP Visayas (UPV) put a smile on the faces of calamity-affected families from the coastal barangays of the Municipality of Miagao during the launching of “PasKOOPerasyon,” a collaborative Christmas gift-giving program, held last December 17, 2022 at the new administration building ground, UPV Miagao campus.
The University of the Philippines Visayas, through the Gender and Development Program (GDP) together with the Ugsad Regional Gender Resource Network, joined the observance of the 2022 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women (EVAW) from November 25 to December 12. Various activities were initiated within the campaign period in line with the theme, “UNiTEd for a VAW-free Philippines.”
The Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS) of the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) in collaboration with PUNLA, a people’s organization in Los Banos, held a Youth Leadership Capacity Building on 19 November 2022 at the UPOU CCDL-Sandbox, Los Baños, Laguna.
The UP Visayas Office of Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (OICA) introduced the UPV Museum of Art and Cultural Heritage (UPV MACH) to tour operators and guides from Iloilo, Ilocos, Cordillera, and Batanes to promote the facility as an educational and tourist destination.
The Asian Society of Labour Law (AsianSLL) held a Special Conference in Manila last 16-17 December 2022, with the theme “Labour Rights in the New Normal”. The Conference was organized in cooperation with the Workers and Employees Program (WEP), University of the Philippines College of Law/Law Center. Labour law practitioners, academics, experts, and law students from all over Asia attended physically in the Malcolm Theater and Bocobo Hall, both in the UP Law Complex, Diliman, Quezon City, and virtually via Zoom Webinar.
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.
