In a significant move to empower the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) chairpersons in the Municipality of Leon, Iloilo, the University of the Philippines (UP) Visayas Master of Management major in Public Management (MMPM) students organized a Project Development and Management Workshop on August 10, 2024. This public service was organized as a class project for the course MGT 243 (Program Development and Management) under Asst. Prof. Ma. Rhona P. Beriales of the College of Management. The workshop is anchored on the stipulations of Republic Act 10742, or the "Sangguniang Kabataan Reform (SK) Act of 2015," which highlights the importance of the SK's role as a training ground for effective local governance and administration.
The University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) officially welcomed its students to the Academic Year (AY) 2024-2025 during the UPV Opening Exercises 2024 held at the UPV Covered Court, Miagao campus, on Aug. 12.
Prof. Peter Sy, Assistant Vice President for Digital Transformation (Dx) and Dr. Manuel Ramos, Director of University Computer Center, UP Diliman conducted a consultative and exploratory meeting and site visit at the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) Miagao and Iloilo City campuses on August 6 and 7, 2024, respectively.
The University in the Philippines Visayas served as one of the testing centers for the nationwide UP College Admission Test (UPCAT) examination this year. The four venues chosen at UP Visayas are the UPV Auditorium, UPV Little Theater, Graduate and Continuing Education Building training rooms, and College of Management Building rooms. The UPCAT examination was administered on August 10 and 11, 2024 with two sessions each day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Each session lasted for about four hours consisting of four subtests: Language Proficiency, Mathematics, Science, and Reading Comprehension.
Students from the Philippine Science High School-Western Visayas Campus (PSHS-WVC) learned about fish biology for their science immersion program (SIP) at the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS), UP Visayas, Miagao.
With the University of the Philippines Visayas’ (UPV) continuous pursuit for excellence, four degree programs from the institution underwent external quality assurance (EQA) assessment last 31 July-2 August 2024.
