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On 24 January 2022, the University of the Philippines Open University  (UPOU) Provisional Committee (ProvComm) had its first meeting with UPOU Chancellor Melinda dela Peña Bandalaria. Present during the meeting were five ProvComm members led by the ProvComm Chairperson Isaiah Crisanto, Office of Public Affairs (OPA) Director Joane Serrano, Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS) Dean Primo Garcia, and UP Student Regent Renee Louise Co. The ProvComm took this opportunity to share the results of the recently concluded student survey with the Chancellor. The survey which was answered by 244 students showed a shift in the demographics and needs [...]

Ann Michelle S. Medina, a UP Open University (UPOU) student of the Master of Distance Education (MDE) program, bagged the Outstanding High School Teacher Award in the DepEd Schools Division Office (SDO) of Rizal’s 2021 Gawad Kampilan held last 16 December 2021. Medina is a secondary school teacher and ICT coordinator from Tagumpay National High School (TNHS) located at Rodriguez, Rizal. Gawad Kampilan is an annual program that recognizes the efforts and contributions of both teaching and non-teaching personnel that delivered commendable service to the organization amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the first time that the host presented the Outstanding [...]

Assistant Professor Charisse T. Reyes, a regular faculty (on study leave) at the UPOU Faculty of Education and currently a third year PhD student at the School of Chemistry, Monash University, participated in 2021 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Pacifichem Congress 2021, conducted in Hawai’i, USA. This event was held both virtually and face to face on 16-20 December 2021, primarily hosted by The Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) with the representatives from the seven joint sponsors of the event. Pacifichem was founded in 1984 and this year’s congress is the eighth in the series of successful co-sponsored [...]

Some of the attendees in the FEd Virtual Recognition and Fellowship organized to honor and recognize the FEd graduating class of 2021. The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Faculty of Education (FEd) held the Virtual Recognition & Fellowship for its graduating class of 2021 on 18 December 2021, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 NN via Zoom.  Asst. Prof. Louanne Mae Calipayan, FEd faculty member, and Dr. Juliet Aleta R. Villanueva, FEd Secretary and Program Chair of the Diploma in Social Studies Education and Master of Arts in Social Studies Education, served as the hosts of the [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS) held its Online Recognition and Fellowship Program last 18 December 2021. The recognition program was held to commemorate and honor the FMDS graduating  class of 2021.  The program opened with  warm greetings from the FMDS Dean, Dr. Primo G. Garcia. Dean Garcia proudly congratulated the FMDS Class of 2021 for their hard work and perseverance during their stay in the university. His advice to the graduates is to keep an open perspective as they make a difference and shape the world.  The FMDS Class of [...]

The Faculty of Information and Communication Studies (FICS) of the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) held its virtual recognition and thanksgiving for the graduating class of 2020-2021, and 2019 on 18 December 2021, from 9:30 AM to 12:00 NN via Zoom.  Asst. Prof.  Emely Amoloza served as the program’s host. The ceremony was hosted  by Asst. Prof.  Emely Amoloza and the invocation was graced by Fr. Rojohn Ramirez, a current Doctor of Communication (DComm) student of  UPOU.  Dr. Alexander G. Flor, Dean of the FICS, welcomed the graduates, officials, and faculty members with  informative welcome remarks.  [...]

The UP Open University (UPOU )Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS), through its Research and Publication Committee (RPC) held the 2021 FMDS Research Forum which was live-streamed via the official FMDS Facebook Page on 07 December 2021 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM.  The Research Forum featured seven studies of students from the different graduate programs of FMDS. The research studies were grouped into three themes, the first theme features three studies on “Societal Issues in a Developing Country”, the second theme focuses on two studies related to “Leadership and Administration in Healthcare”, and the third theme highlights two [...]

The UP Open University (UPOU) Open Talk Episode 18 featured a discussion on experiences and learnings of faculty members engaged in their doctoral research during the pandemic. The resource speakers who shared their journeys and challenges were Dr. Jonathan Cagas from the College of Human Kinetics, University of the Philippines Diliman, and Dr. Finaflor Taylan from the  Faculty of Management Development Studies, UPOU. The episode was moderated by Dr. J. Aleta Villanueva of the UPOU Faculty of Education. The Open Talk Episode 18 was held on 16 December 2021.  In this time of the pandemic, many activities were disrupted, especially [...]

The Gawad Pangulo certificate was awarded to the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) for being one of the winners in the 4th edition of the prestigious competition. The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) emerged as one of the winners in the 4th Gawad Pangulo: Award for Excellence in Public Service. UPOU’s winning initiative, #OpenFight, was one of the 15 awardees from eight University of the Philippines (UP) constituent units (CU).  The 4th Gawad Pangulo was organized by the University of the Philippines Office of the President through the Office of the Vice President for [...]