The Center for West Visayan Studies (CWVS), the Indigenous People’s Resource Center (IPRC), and the Visayan Studies 101 class held a webinar entitled “Dunang Kinaaram: A Webinar on Indigenous Knowledge, Cultural Identity, and Resource Conservation” last October 19, 2022, from 8:30 to 11:30 in the morning. The webinar was done via zoom and was streamed live on the UP Visayas official Facebook page. The event was initiated in line with the university’s celebration of National Indigenous Peoples Month.

Seventeen local government units (LGUs) from Western Visayas graduated from the Municipal Leadership and Governance Program (MLGP) Cycle 3 of the Department of Health Western Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH-6) in partnership with the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV). 

Dr. Philip Ian Padilla, UP Visayas Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, along with Professors Josephine Firmase, Melanie Sartorio, and Johnrev Guilaran served as facilitators for Civil Society Organization representatives in the Local Development Councils of Oton, New Lucena, and Pavia from 10-11 Oct. 2022, at Goldberry Hotel, Iloilo City.

It was a fine Saturday morning on October 22, 2022, when 262 UP Visayas students enrolled in the National Service Training Program planted a variety of trees close to the area identified as the proposed camping ground in the Miagao campus. 

UP Visayas (UPV) posted a 100 percent passing rate in the October 2022 Licensure Exam for Fisheries Professionals, with 10 alumni in the Top 10.

The University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) and the UP Validus Amicitia Brotherhood (UPVAB) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the establishment of an eco-trail project in the UPV Miagao campus on Oct. 12. 

Newly elected University of the Philippines Alumni Association Iloilo Chapter (UPAAIC) President, Atty. Rene John V. Nuñez called on all the alumni to work closely together, strengthen alumni relationships, and set aside differences in academic groups or organizations to better serve the University and its constituents during the Oathtaking Ceremony of the 2022-2023 UPAAIC Board of Directors.

Prof. Jonevee B. Amparo was appointed Overall-Coordinator of the UP Visayas Sentro ng Wikang Filipino effective Oct. 1, 2022 until January 31, 2024.

The University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) and the Iloilo City Government will showcase the works of regional filmmakers at the first “CineMapadayon” film festival slated this Oct. 17 to 21.