Iloilo Gov. Arthur Defensor, Jr. told this year's graduates from the University of the Philippines High School in Iloilo (UPHSI) to tip the balance in favor of their academics when they reach college.

Romeo Bachoco, an alumnus of the College of Management, addressed 294 graduating students with Latin honors during the Papuri, a recognition program for Academic Year 2021-2022. The program was held at the UP Visayas Auditorium, Iloilo City Campus, on July 20, 2022.

Jesry T. Palmares, an alumnus of UP Visayas, is the newly appointed Undersecretary of the Department Agrarian Reform for Foreign-Assisted and Special Projects. 

“Proclaim the truth, stand by the truth, and die for the truth.”

The project “Safety Assessment of Food Establishments towards an Oysterrific Tourist Experience in Iloilo City” under the CHED funded program Tourism Studies on Island-Based Opportunities for Growth (TSIBOG), conducted a 2-day workshop on “Microbiological Analysis of Food” with the faculty members of the Department of Home Technology, College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Environmental Science (CAFES), Aklan State University (ASU).  The workshop was held at the SAS Microbiology Laboratory, Aklan State University, Banga, Aklan last July 6-7, 2022. 

Prof. Martin Genodepa, Director of the Office of Initiatives for Culture and the Arts, is one of the grantees of the Bagong Biswal 2022 awarded by the National Commission on Culture and the Arts – National Committee on Visual Arts, for his sculpture installation of welded steel called Memorial Park: Missing the Crowd. 

His voice cracking with emotion, School of Technology summa cum laude graduating student Mark Rudan C. Consular paid tribute to his mother, whom he considered his pillar of strength. 

Researchers from the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, UP Visayas (UPV-CFOS) visited the Western Philippines University (WPU) in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan for a collaborative project on pilot testing of green mussel “tahong” hatchery and nursery production technology. 

Two alumni of the University of the Philippines High School in Iloilo (UPHSI) will be the speakers of the 2022 UPHSI Graduation Exercises and Moving Up and Recognition Program, respectively.