The University of the Philippines Visayas received the members of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) headed by Regional Director Anna Liza Umpar of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) at the UPV Miagao Campus on October 29, 2021. 

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The University of the Philippines Visayas conducted the Graduate Orientation Program for AY 2021-2022 on October 23, 2021, via the Zoom platform to formally start the opening of classes for the various masters’ degree programs.

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Fisheries graduates of the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, UP Visayas (UPV-CFOS) topped the October 2021 Fisheries Technologist Board Exam.

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Six (6) student leaders of the University are among the 33 management trainees of the 18th Markprof Sales and Marketing Bootcamp. 

Feared by most people, revered in some cultures, snakes are seen as fascinating and fearsome creatures. In the sprawling, forested campus of UP Visayas in Miagao, snake sightings are a common experience, along with sightings of monitor lizards, geckos, and all sorts of wildlife.

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Geraldin Mae Daguplo Olaer, 3rd placer (84.25%), Jeremiah Inventor Diaz, 4th placer (84.00%), Mary Gold Rio David, 7th placer (83.25%), and Pearlyn Tanate Cambronero, 8th placer (83.00%) made their Alma Mater proud by making it to the Top 10 of the Fisheries Technologist Licensure Exam given this month of October 2021. 

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A coordination meeting among UPV and LGU officials, donors, Office of Deputy Speaker Legarda, UP Pandan-based Alumni, and other stakeholders was conducted in Pandan, Antique, on October 27, 2021. This was done to establish a strong collaborative partnership with the host municipality and discuss plans for the UPV Extension Campus in Antique. A Memorandum of Agreement was proposed to institutionalize the collaboration between these participating entities. 

UP Visayas endorsed One Hundred Thousand Pesos (P100,000.00) to the University of the Philippines Baguio and another Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00) to Cagayan Valley Disaster Relief Operations. These donations can help the disaster response efforts geared toward many families and communities in Northern Luzon, especially areas in Baguio and Cagayan Valley severely affected by Typhoon Maring (Kompasu). 

October is the month for Mental Health Awareness, and as the push for mental health grows ever larger, the University of the Philippines has held a university-wide search for projects that promote the advocacy for mental health entitled: “Sandigan, Sandalan: Search for UP Student Mental Health Advocacy Projects.” last September 2021. The two entries from UP Visayas secured a place in the Top 10, earning cash prize incentives. One of the entries is a project from socio-civic political organization Partido sang Mainuswagon nga Bumulutho (PMB), who forwarded their initiatives, Isip Mo Sagip Ko and Bookmark This: You Matter.