Industry leaders, experts, and students converged at the 7th International Conference on Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (ICFAS) to engage in discussions and gain new ideas and concepts on fisheries for the future.
The members of the UPV Safety and Health Committee headed by its chairperson Prof. John Lorenz Belanio attended the training-workshop on “Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment, and Control” held on October 19, 2023 via Zoom. In this hybrid training, the committee members were gathered in the New Administration Building Conference Room for the workshop, while the resource person was in a remote location.
The Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstract (ASFA) Partners gathered at Bangkok Holiday Inn Sukhumvit in Thailand, last October 3-6, 2023 for its first face-to-face ASFA Advisory Board Meeting after the COVID-19 pandemic. The ASFA Advisory Board Meeting is an annual meeting of ASFA Partners to discuss activities and plans for the development of ASFA.
The "Balhag: Printing and Printmaking" exhibit opened in the Lantip Changing Exhibition Gallery 1 of the UPV Museum of Art and Cultural Heritage (MACH) on 18 October 2023, 4pm.
Two guests from Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada visited UP Visayas, Miagao campus on October 16, 2023 for possible curricular and research collaborations. David Parks (Project and Advancement Coordinator, International) and Lana Bos (Manager, International) were met by Chancellor Clement Camposano, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dr. Philip Ian Padilla, Vice-Chancellor for Research and Extension Dr. Harold Monteclaro, and Chair of the Division of Social Sciences Dr. Johnrev Guilaran.
A new set of Graduate Student Council officers were elected and sworn into office at the UPV GradStart held on October 14, 2023, at the UPV Iloilo City Campus. UPV GradStart is a pioneering event initiated by the Graduate School Student Council AY 2022-2023 under the leadership of Kate Luv D. Gellangarin in partnership with the UPV Graduate School. The newly-elected GSSC officers who took their oath to serve the graduate student body for AY 2023-2024 are:
- OVCA holds dialogue with UPV offices to update trike policies
- UPV, TMCI seal agreement for Infectious and Pathological Healthcare Waste Treatment Research Project
- UP Visayas inks agreement with Victorias City to restore and protect Gawahon Eco-park
- DPSM faculty clinches second place in 3rd PSA Quiz Bee National Finals
