The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (OVCAA) and the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) Quality Assurance Committee held a three-day in-house training on Asean University Network-Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) Program Assessment (Tier 1) from 25-27 October 2023 at Hotel del Rio, Molo, Iloilo City.

The editorial staff of the different University of the Philippines (UP) Visayas student publications engaged with various sectors during a press conference dubbed “Bugtaw,” held in observance of the Indigenous Peoples (IP) and Peasant Month this October.

Over 530 plus students enrolled in the NSTP course this 1st semester of AY 2023-2024 combed through the coastline of the UP Visayas Miagao campus and beyond for a coastal clean-up on October 21, 2023. Prior to event, the students were oriented to bring gloves, masks, caps, extra shirt, and wear sunblock. They were also instructed to use comfortable footwear and may opt to use picking stick. 

Team Fifth of Ace of the University of the Philippines High School in Iloilo (UPHSI) attended the DOST-PCIEERD 6th Young Innovators Program Forum and Memorandum of Agreement Signing at the Philippine International Convention Center, PICC Forum Tent, Pasay City on October 27, 2023.

Jonathan Jurilla’s “Love Child” clinched the 1st prize in Dulang Pampelikula Category at the 71st Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature. He will receive the award in a formal ceremony to be held at the Philippine International Convention Center on November 27, 2023.

Asst. Prof. Jose R. Taton Jr. presented a paper titled “Danuk-Danukay Agong: Locating The Limug (Voice) of Agong Instruments in Western Visayan Cultural Communities” at the Center for West Visayan Studies (CWVS) on October 23, 2023. The lecture is in commemoration of the Indigenous Peoples Month celebration.

The UP Visayas Appraisal and Disposal Committee (ADC) turned over various office and academic equipment to four elementary schools in Miagao last October 26, 2023. 

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and UP Visayas asked members of the Iloilo media to help with information dissemination on initiatives for the fisheries sector. 

“It’s about time to not only re-read but to also rethink and revisit.”