The UP High School in Iloilo highlighted the essence of togetherness and family in this year’s Paskua celebration and Lantern Parade held at the UPV Iloilo City Campus Grounds on December 19, 2023.

Despite the hectic schedule of the UPV community as it prepares for the Lantern Parade on Dec 20, 2023, the faculty and students having exams, and personnel rushing to finish various reports, closing of cash advances and the likes, the Christmas Fun Run pushed through on December 15, 2023 at the UPV covered court. 

UP Silak & UP Silab Alumni Association organized another lunch treat for the retirees. It was held last December 2, 2023 at the UPV Performing Arts Hall.

Effective 01 January 2024, the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) will welcome an all-female lineup of Vice Chancellors after the UP Board of Regents gave the approval during its 1385th meeting held last 30 November 2023 at the UP Los Baños Office of the Chancellor Conference Room in Laguna. Taking their posts as Vice Chancellors are Dr. Alice Joan G. Ferrer (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs), Prof. Encarnacion Emilia S. Yap (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Extension), and Dr. Farisal U. Bagsit (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Administration).

As a part of the 2023 National Science, Technology, and Innovation Week Celebration, several professors and staff from the University of the Philippines Visayas School of Technology (UPV SOTECH) participated and got certified for the ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification Course held on November 25-26, 2023, at the Iloilo Convention Center and Department of Science and Technology VI, La Paz, Iloilo City. 

The Cultural Mapping of Panay and Guimaras (CMPG) Project officially commenced through a  Project Launch and Ceremonial Signing of the Memorandum of Agreement at the UPV LittleTheater on December 14, 2023. 

The University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) lantern parade, an iconic annual tradition of the University spanning several decades, once again brought together UPV constituents in a colorful showcase of creativity and ingenuity on 20 December 2023, Miagao campus. 

“How Eating Right Affects our Physical & Mental Well-being” was the topic of a lecture-forum that featured Dr. Marie Piodena-Tupas, FPCP, as resource person held via Zoom on December 6, 2023 at 9:00 AM.

The Division of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) of UP Visayas (UPV) completed its three-day External Quality Assessment (EQA) last 08 December 2023 with a closing program where assessors gave their brief initial assessments using the UP EQA instrument adopted from the ASEAN University Network-Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) framework.