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As a response to numerous calls from UP Open University (UPOU) staff members from other offices,  the UPOU Faculty of Information and Communication Studies (FICS) offered a special edition of FICS MeetUPS on 04 June 2021. Mr. Efraime Cruz, one of the project staff of FICS, served as the Resource Person and discussed “Increasing Emotional Intelligence for Meaningful Work and Quality Life.” The program started with a brief background about the FICS MeetUPs and introduction of its logo. Dr. Alexander Flor, FICS Dean and Professor, shared the beginning of extension in the university. He expressed his bliss that this public [...]

“A week before I flew to Manila, before my final defense, I received a call from my adviser. She told me ‘Your paper won’t do. We have to reschedule.’ Imagine my reaction. My three-year journey in thesis writing taught me that it won’t be easy. It will take certain turns. There will be bumps. But it’s important who I journey with. For me, it was with my adviser.“ (Arayana Fernando Kunting, 2021) True enough, the relationship with your advisor is one of the most crucial aspects when it comes to academic success. Finding the right mentor and learning [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) in collaboration with the UPOU Alumni Foundation Inc. (UPOUAFI) will be holding its first-ever Alumni Congress on 30-31 July 2021. All graduates of UPOU since 1997 are invited to take part in this momentous and historic event.  UPOU celebrated its 25th year in 2020 just before the pandemic disruption. In its 26th year, UPOU will gather its alumni in this 2-day event to strengthen the tie of the university with its alumni, as well as build a strong network among its alumni members. This way, the alumni will be able to contribute [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) recognized higher education institutions with outstanding internationalization initiatives in the monumental Awarding Ceremony of the First Philippine Higher Education Internationalization Award.  The award initiative, in collaboration with the Commission on Higher Education, bestowed tangible recognition to HEIs that implemented internationalization initiatives even during the time of major disruption in education. As stated by UPOU Chancellor Melinda dela Peña Bandalaria during the Awarding Ceremony, “The Philippine Higher Education Internationalization Award is meant to give due recognition to these HEIs that courageously and passionately threaded through unchartered water so to speak.”  Nominations were evaluated [...]