Professor Jose R. Taton, Jr. of the U.P. High School in Iloilo was awarded the Second Best Presentation for the PASEA Student Awards in the recently concluded 6th Symposium of the International Council for Traditional Music Study Group on Performing Arts of Southeast Asia (ICTM-PASEA) virtually hosted by the Tainan National University of the Arts (Taiwan) last July 29, 2021, until August 5, 2021.

Chancellor Clement Camposano was Commencement Speaker of the 41st and 42nd Commencement Exercises of the University of the Philippines Visayas. The momentous event was also the day of his investiture as the 11th Chancellor of the University of the Philippines Visayas, which premiered on August 6, 2021, at 5:00 p.m.

Four hundred seventy undergraduate and graduate students were conferred their degrees through the 1st virtual commencement ceremony held by the University of the Philippines Visayas on August 6, 2021, via YouTube and Facebook Live. 

The University of the Philippines Visayas – Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (UPV-OVCAA) has partnered with the UP National Engineering Center (NEC) to conduct the online Administrative Staff Program towards Institutional Resiliency and Excellence (ASPIRE) for UPV’s administrative staff. 

Commencement activities of UP Visayas are going to be held online for the first time, after the postponement of graduation ceremonies of the previous academic year due to the pandemic. 

The Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Undergraduate Leaders’ Program (ULP) is now accepting applications. With the theme, “Sahaya: Science and Arts Harnessing the Youth’s Advocacies”, this year’s ULP will be hosted by the University of the Philippines (https://www.up.edu.ph) from 18 - 29 October 2021.