Six (6) names are added to the list of outstanding personnel of the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, UP Visayas (CFOS-UPV), after being chosen as the recipients of the 2021 UPV Chancellor’s Awards for Outstanding Performance and Achievement.
“When opportunity comes your way, don’t forget to invite if for dinner,” says Dr. Philip Ian Padilla, Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs, during his opening remarks for the Career Talk 2021 last February 23, 2021. Career Talk is an annual program of the Office of Student Affairs that aims to equip the university's graduating students with skills and advice for their journeys after graduation. With the advent of the current pandemic and increasing unemployment rates, the university opened the program to all who might need it through remote platforms.
The Office of Student Affairs held a two-day seminar-workshop on the office's role in establishing a quality assurance system in UPV using the ASEAN University Network-Quality Assurance (AUN-QA). Prof. Steve P. Janagap, Chair of the UPV Academic Assessment and Development Committee, served as the speaker, while Ms. Roeyna May A. Famisaran acted as facilitator. The seminar was conducted last March 10 and 17, 2021, at the Audio-Visual Room of the Teaching and Learning Resource Center of the College of Arts and Sciences in UPV Miagao Campus. Attendee’s adhered to IATF protocols, while UPV Tacloban Campus joined through remote platforms.
“We may be physically apart due to COVID-19, but we are grateful for the technology that allows us to be together…… there is so much to be grateful for even in this time of the pandemic,” was the upbeat and encouraging opening statement of UPV Chancellor Clement C. Camposano during the Graduate Orientation Program held on 27 March 2021 via Zoom. He then proceeded to share his 5-point agenda and his vision for UP Visayas. His agenda includes 1) building on strengths in teaching, research, and public service; 2) deepening engagement with our communities; 3) leaning towards meaningful change in education; 4) defending and promoting diversity and inclusion in our campuses, and 5) reinvigorating democratic governance in the university. Chancellor Camposano also introduced his management team, which is composed of Dr. Philip Ian Padilla (Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs), Dr. Harold M. Monteclaro (Vice Chancellor for Research and Extension). Dr. Rhodella Ibabao (Vice Chancellor for Planning and Development) and Prof. John Lorenz Belanio (Vice Chancellor for Administration).
Despite the global health crisis, the University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College (UPVTC), through the Division of Humanities (DH) and its student organization, the UP Ideopraxist, pushed through with the celebration of the National Arts Month with AGHAT ARTE: Panuratan ngan Pasalida para han Katilingban. The month-long series of activities aspired to not only underscore the enduring quality of art-making and scholarly endeavors in the humanities but also to use the power of creative productions to boost the morale of art practitioners and enthusiasts of the region, as well as to heal the community at large with a variety of artistic works.
The UPV Healthy Lifestyle and Wellness Committee continues its advocacy to encourage UPV employees to pursue and practice a lifestyle of good health and wellness. The Committee readily agreed to organize two wellness events for the week-long 74th Anniversary of the UP Presence in Iloilo (March 22-26, 2021).
