The University of the Philippines Visayas and the Local Government Unit of Pandan signed a Memorandum of Agreement for the implementation of the project “Tourism Initiatives Anchored on Local History and Culture” on September 30, 2021, at Pandan, Antique with UP Visayas Chancellor Clement Camposano and Pandan, Antique Mayor Plaridel Sanchez VI. Signing as witnesses were Sashah Dioso of the UPV Center for West Visayan Studies and Vice Mayor Raymund Nonato Gumboc.
Asst. Prof. Mary Grace Sedanza won first place in a competitive student award at the 2021 World Fisheries Congress (WFC) held in Adelaide, Australia, on September 20-24, 2021.
“I thought of retiring from UP Visayas when the pandemic hit. Then this opening of vacancy as Chief of the Supply, Property & Services Office came up. I was encouraged to apply, and I gave it a shot because, in my heart, I believe that I can still ably serve the university. So here I am.”
The three-part discussion on the nature of language, language varieties and multilingualism, and language teaching and learning in the digital age completed the three-part webinar series for language educators hosted by the University of the Philippines Visayas Language Program (UPV LP).
Prof. Reynold D. Tan has been appointed as the new Director of UP Visayas Technology Transfer and Business Development Office effective September 6, 2021.
About 40,000 trees of various species populate the sprawling 12-hundred-hectare main campus of UP Visayas in Miagao. Some of these already existed before the area became the campus, but the UPV community planted a vast number over the years. The trees have become abundant such that the Miagao LGU has declared UPV as a bird sanctuary.
