Constituent Universities’ Weekly Bulletin (Week 1)
Updates as of 24 March 2020
Category: PUBLIC SERVICE REPORTS
UP Diliman Office of the Chancellor, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Community Affairs, and FOCA UP is calling everyone to donate the following for our pets: dog/cat cages & crates bottled water plastic containers dog food/cat food/hog & chicken feed/hay/grass betadine, gloves, syringes, alcohol, gauze dog shampoo, detergent powder old towels, blankets, tarpaulins dog […]
CALL FOR DONATIONS The evacuees of the Taal Volcano eruption are in need of immediate help. The University of the Philippines Taal Response Task Force is enjoining everyone to donate the following items: drinking water, canned goods, ready-to-eat meals, beddings, hygiene and health kits, towels, and face masks. Dropoff Point: UP Padayon Public Service Office […]
The UP Padayon Public Service Office held the 3rd Colleges and Universities Public Service Conference last October 16-18, with LGUs, civil society organizations, and NGOs joining HEIs and SUCs for the first time to encourage collaboration for better public service delivery.
The College of Arts and Sciences’ (CAS) Language Instruction Towards Excellence (LITE) Program, recipient of the 2019 UPLB Outstanding Extension Award, has opened its season of hosting international students for English training with the arrival of 16 students from Tokyo University of Agriculture.
A series of lectures on responsible pet guardianship and management of community animals will be held from August to December 2019 by the UP Diliman Campus Animal Management Committee and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Community Affairs.
The Philippine General Hospital (PGH) is proud to have achieved cutting-edge technologies, with most of its departments being declared as “centers of excellence’ because of its well-trained doctors and with the funding assistance from the government and the private sector.
The UP Visayas College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences has been conducting capacity-building trainings, seminar-workshops, lectures, and other fisheries-related public service activities for the benefit of the municipality and its surrounding communities. Mr. Regalado presented research on commercial fishing activities and marine sanctuaries to stakeholders in Miagao.
Soledad S. Garibay, a University Researcher at the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS) of the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) and currently the CEO and founder of Algacon Aquafeeds Manufacturing (AAM), developed the first-ever microalgae paste in the country branded as ‘Juan Algae Paste’. The said product is a cost-effective feed for shrimp and milkfish, tilapia, and crustaceans’ hatcheries.
The Water Center is tasked to pursue holistic inter- and transdisciplinary research, development, and extension programs toward secure water resources in the country.