The iAmUPHi Alumni Group and UPAA Iloilo Chapter quickly responded to the call for help of Sara and Ajuy, Iloilo – two communities badly hit by Typhoon Agaton with its torrential rains and floods. 

• SDG 14: Life Below Water

The Institute of Fish Processing Technology (IFPT) conducted a two-week bridging program for graduating students of the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS). 

The UP Visayas Ugnayan ng Pahinungod and Sadaan Elementary School in Midsayap, North Cotabato, held an online webinar on March 30, 2022, through a Zoom platform. Faculty members from the UPV Division of Professional Education served as resource persons. Prof. Lovella S. Divinagracia spoke on “Recalibrating Pedagogical Approaches in Preparation in Face-to-Face Instructions,” and Prof. Pepito R. Fernandez, Jr. spoke on “Interventions for Bridging Learning Gaps and Intensifying Learning Gains”. 

• SDG 13: Climate Action

The University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) is collaborating with 8 Villa Beach and the Iloilo City Tourism and Development Office for the World Earth Day Celebration on April 22, 2022. 

• SDG 14: Life Below Water

Team Scallops of the Institute of Fish Processing Technology, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS-IFPT) trained local fisherfolks from Islas de Gigantes, a group of islands in the northernmost part of Carles, Province of Iloilo on value addition and good manufacturing practices for scallops on March 24, 2022.

UP Visayas (UPV) welcomed the officials from the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on March 31, 2022.

The Chancellor of the University of the Philippines Visayas will host a fellowship dinner for the alumni of the UP College of Law who are in Western Visayas. 

Chancellor Clement C. Camposano has authorized the release of P50,000.00 from UPV UPdanay for the five municipalities affected by Typhoon Agaton: Ajuy, Dueñas, Concepcion, Lemery and San Dionisio. It will be coursed through the UPV alumni from these areas.

• SDG 4: Quality Education

The outcome of nurturing research culture through partnership and collaboration will affect the future of producing knowledge in the basic education sector in the country, UP Visayas Chancellor Clement Camposano emphasized during the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) and partner Department of Education – Schools Division of Iloilo City (DepEd SDO-Iloilo City).