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. 

On the eve of her 100th birthday, a Centennial Memorial was unveiled and dedicated to the first Ilongga Supreme Court Justice, Carolina C. Griño-Aquino, at the Iloilo Hall of Justice Atrium on October 20, 2023.

The Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstract (ASFA) Partners gathered at Bangkok Holiday Inn Sukhumvit in Thailand, last October 3-6, 2023 for its first face-to-face ASFA Advisory Board Meeting after the COVID-19 pandemic. The ASFA Advisory Board Meeting is an annual meeting of ASFA Partners to discuss activities and plans for the development of ASFA.

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.

Industry leaders, experts, and students converged at the 7th International Conference on Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (ICFAS) to engage in discussions and gain new ideas and concepts on fisheries for the future. 

The "Balhag: Printing and Printmaking" exhibit opened in the Lantip Changing Exhibition Gallery 1 of the UPV Museum of Art and Cultural Heritage (MACH) on 18 October 2023, 4pm.

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

The members of the UPV Safety and Health Committee headed by its chairperson Prof. John Lorenz Belanio attended the training-workshop on “Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment, and Control” held on October 19, 2023 via Zoom. In this hybrid training, the committee members were gathered in the New Administration Building Conference Room for the workshop, while the resource person was in a remote location.

Two guests from Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada visited UP Visayas, Miagao campus on October 16, 2023 for possible curricular and research collaborations. David Parks (Project and Advancement Coordinator, International) and Lana Bos (Manager, International) were met by Chancellor Clement Camposano, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dr. Philip Ian Padilla, Vice-Chancellor for Research and Extension Dr. Harold Monteclaro, and Chair of the Division of Social Sciences Dr. Johnrev Guilaran.