Three projects assisted by CAS COP-BIDANI were presented at the 4th Colleges, and Universities Public Service Conference (CUPSCon 4) held last October 21-22, 2021, via Zoom. The projects are ACTI(on) Research Project (Assistance, Collaboration, Training, and Other Interventions on [ACTIon] Research Project), the Municipal Health System Strengthening Program, and the TEACH DRR Project (Bridge Phase). 

• SDG 13: Climate Action

Asst. Prof. Jessica Dator-Bercilla, a faculty member of the Institute of Fisheries Policy and Development Studies, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, UPV Visayas participated in the two-day European Union (EU)–Indo Pacific High Level Virtual Conference: Cooperating towards a successful outcome at COP 26  on October 7-8, 2021.   

• SDG 4: Quality Education

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. 

• SDG 4: Quality Education

In relation to its continued webinars and upskilling programs for faculty members on the use of the Learning Management System, last August 19, 2021, TLRC conducted “sana oL May high Score” training that delved into the utilization of the LMS gradebook in order for teachers to provide an efficient and systematic feedback system for assignments and other requirements of students.

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. 

• SDG 4: Quality Education

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.

• SDG 4: Quality Education

To enrich the remote learning environment in UP Visayas, the Teaching and Learning Resource Center facilitated training for three non-consecutive days on online teaching principles and applications under its Teach S.M.A.R.T. (Strategies, Methods, Approaches, Rudiments, and Theories) program.

• SDG 4: Quality Education

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.