The 2019 UP Alumni & Faculty Homecoming was made festive despite the gloomy weather because of the hundreds of graduates who returned to the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) for the 3-day activities. The different batches gathered to celebrate their class jubilee during the last night with a Homecoming Dinner and Awards Night held at Diversion 21 Hotel, Iloilo City last August 25, 2019.

Anna Razel Ramirez, current director of the Information and Publications Office participated in the  Indigenous People’s Education Conference  organized by the Commission on Higher Education and the University of the Philippines Baguio at the Discovery Suites, Pasig City, Metro Manila on August 28, 2019.

In response to the Republic Act RA 11036 or Mental Health Act, members of the UPV community convened in a 2-day workshop for the creation of the UPV-wide Mental Health Program on July 8 and 9, 2019.

The Center for West Visayan Studies (CWVS) director, Dr. Randy M. Madrid, participated in the 2nd Nueva-Ecija-Cavite National Conference of Philippine History, which was held in Central Luzon State University, Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija on September 11-13, 2019.

The Guidance and Counseling Services Unit headed by Prof. Agustin G. Huyong rendered public service to 26 Elementary Guidance Designates in the District of San Dionisio.

The University of the Philippines Visayas commemorated the declaration of Martial Law during the day of Remembrance on September 20, 2019.

Prof. Randy M. Madrid, PhD is the new Director of Center for West Visayan Studies effective August 1, 2019 to July 31, 2022. He is currently Assistant Professor 4 of the Division of Professional Education, College of Arts and Sciences, UP Visayas, Iloilo City.  Madrid also served as University Research Associate of CWVS for 20 years (1997-2017).

The Office of Student Affairs conducted an orientation program for first-year students, transferees and their parents at the UPV Auditorium and the UPV Covered Court on July 27, July 30-31, and August 1, 2019. The psychological testing was simultaneously done with the activity.

Dr. Rex B. Sadaba, biology professor at UP Visayas was recently awarded the 2019 Distinguished Alumnus Award in Environmental Rehabilitation and Management during the 2019 UP Alumni Homecoming at UP Diliman, Quezon City on August 24, 2019.