• SDG 13: Climate Action

UP Tacloban’s Leyte Samar Heritage Center (LSHC) has launched Hisgut Kalibungan, a seven-part monthly online discussion series on urgent environmental issues and concerns in Eastern Visayas and beyond. The series aims to assist in articulating informed policy initiatives for environmental conservation, management, and sustainable development in Region 8 by fostering dialogue and cooperation among concerned institutions and communities.

The ongoing pandemic did not deter the organizers of the UP Iloilo Alumni Homecoming from conducting the event that kicked off with a virtual motorcade and tour on August 27, 2021. 

Ms. Jane Bernadette Sansolis was hired as Administrative Aide IV, effective 29 July 2021.  She is a graduate of Bachelor of Elementary Education major in Preschool Education at University of San Agustin in 2013. She earned units in Masters in Special Education, and Masters in Public Administration (on-going) at Guimaras State College.

• SDG 4: Quality Education

Three incoming fourth-year BS in Economics students from the College of Arts and Sciences in UP Visayas presented their paper in the recently concluded 3rd Asia Conference on Business and Economics Studies (ACBES). 

• SDG 4: Quality Education

The College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, UP Visayas (UPV-CFOS) held a Student Summit via Zoom to mark the culmination of the remote practicum of BS Fisheries undergraduate students on August 20, 2021.

Professor Jose R. Taton, Jr. of the U.P. High School in Iloilo was awarded the Second Best Presentation for the PASEA Student Awards in the recently concluded 6th Symposium of the International Council for Traditional Music Study Group on Performing Arts of Southeast Asia (ICTM-PASEA) virtually hosted by the Tainan National University of the Arts (Taiwan) last July 29, 2021, until August 5, 2021.

The UP Visayas Alumni 2021 Zoomcoming featured online concerts that entertained its alumni despite the current pandemic. The UP Hamili Brotherhood and UP Hamilia Sisterhood held featured performances of its members on August 27, 2021. 

• SDG 13: Climate Action

Ban on single-use plastics and best practices in seafood processing during the Covid-19 pandemic were highlighted in a webinar organized by the Institute of Fish Processing Technology, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS-IFPT) on August 18, 2021.

Chancellor Clement Camposano was Commencement Speaker of the 41st and 42nd Commencement Exercises of the University of the Philippines Visayas. The momentous event was also the day of his investiture as the 11th Chancellor of the University of the Philippines Visayas, which premiered on August 6, 2021, at 5:00 p.m.