In celebration of History Month, the Center for West Visayan Studies (CWVS) held the highly-anticipated lecture of Dr. Karl Ian Uy Cheng Chua titled “The Afterlives of Art: Problematising the Anti-War Message,” last 30th of August at the office of the CWVS, in the UPV Main Building, Iloilo City.
Vice-Chancellor for Administration John Lorenz R. Belanio, in collaboration with the Human Resources Development Office (HRDO) and the Digital Innovation Center (Visayas), organized a series of in-person training workshops on Alternative Video Conferencing Tools at UPV Miagao and Iloilo City Campuses. This is in preparation for the shift of UP to other alternative tools for online meetings and events in case Zoom will not renew its contract. The workshop series was conducted every Wednesday (August 2, 9, 16, and 23).
The UP Visayas Cultural Mapping of Antique (CMA) team conducted a two-day activity titled "Antique's Rootedness: A Training Workshop on Mapping the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Province" last August 22-23, 2023 at Eagle's Hotel in San Jose de Buenavista, Antique.
Asst. Prof. Jonevee Amparo, Coordinator of the UPV Sentro ng Wikang Filipino, and Asst. Prof. Jose R. Taton, Jr., faculty of the U.P. High School in Iloilo, served as resource speakers for the training titled, "Magdodokumento ng Enaeta na Lengwahe at Serkansas," last July 26-28, 2023.
In pursuit of mental health awareness and well-being, two UP Visayas students were triumphant in clinching a Php 100,000 grant for their policy initiative, Project Huna-Una, jointly awarded by YouthLed PH, The Asia Foundation, USAID, and the Gerry Roxas Foundation.
To welcome the new and continuing students to the new academic year, the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS) held an Opening Exercises for AY 2023-2024 at the AV Hall, Pidlaoan Building, UP Visayas, Miagao on August 24, 2023.
