Ms. Pilar Butron Limin, a graduate of Diploma in Science Teaching (DST) and currently enrolled in the Doctor of Philosophy in Education (PhD) offered by the Faculty of Education, University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), has been recently awarded with an Honorary Doctoral Degree in Humanities (Honoris Causa - D. Hum.) during the 39th People's Choice - Dangal ng Bayan Awards held on 26 January 2019 at the Great Eastern Hotel, Quezon City, Philippines. The People's Choice - Dangal ng Bayan Awards aims to motivate individuals and products/companies to excel in their performance and excellence thru public recognition. Given [...]

The ARUGA Para sa Batang May Cancer (ABC), a Web-Based Palliative Care Service Provider initiative by the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS), conducted the Let's Talk It Over (LTIO) on Overview of Palliative Care and Its Role in Cancer Care Management on 18 January 2019 at the Performing Arts Hall, UP Cebu. FMDS Dean Primo G. Garcia welcomed the attendees through a video message while Asst. Prof. Queenie R. Ridulme, Program Chair of Master of Arts in Nursing (MAN) program and project staff of the ABC Initiative, delivered the opening remarks [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Research Conversations featured UPOU Professor Emeritus and former Chancellor Felix Librero, as resource person on 16 January 2019, 9:00 AM - 12:00 NN at the Sandbox, CCDL, UPOU Headquarters, Los Banos, Laguna. He presented his report on "Preliminary Assessment of Doctoral Dissertations as Reflection of UPOU Institutional Vision" where he discussed its implications to the University's operations. Dr. Librero's report included an evaluation of the dissertations undertaken by the doctoral students of UPOU deposited with the UPOU Library as of December 2017. The objective was to determine whether these outputs reflect the [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) welcomed the new Director of the Office of Academic Support and Instructional Services (OASIS), Asst. Prof. Ana Katrina Marcial. Her appointment took effect on 1 October 2018 and will end on 30 April 2019. Prior to this appointment, she also served as Program Development Associate of the same office from 1 February to October 2018. Asst. Professor Marcial, fondly known as "Kitchie" to many of her friends and colleagues, obtained her Master of Arts in Education (Language and Literacy Education) in 2012 from UPOU. She served as Assistant Faculty under the UPOU [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) lost a part of its heart on 15 January 2019 when Prof. Liza Cuevas Carascal breathed her last. She was 63 but her accomplishments and the lives she touched far exceeded the years she spent on Earth. She was one of the pioneers of UPOU. When UPOU was established in 1995, she served as the first University Registrar and established the admissions, registrations, records, graduation, exams and assignment, and electronic data processing sections. She also institutionalized the policies and procedures of the UPOU Office of the University Registrar. In 2000, she was [...]

The University of the Philippines has climbed 79 places to move into the top 100 universities from emerging markets. It is now 87th among 442 institutions from 43 countries, according to the 2019 Times Higher Education (THE) Emerging Economies University Rankings. Its overall score went up to 32.8 from 24.4. The series of positive outcomes for UP kicked off in 2017 when it surfaced for the first time in the rankings and was included in the 201-250 bracket. Last year, it cracked the upper half of the rankings as it ascended to 166th. Only countries classified as advanced emerging, secondary [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University’s (UPOU) semester/trimester starts anew. In coordination with the Information Office, the Office of the University Registrar (OUR), Library, Multimedia Center (MC), Information and Communication Technology Development Office (ICTDO), Office of Gender Concerns (OGC) and Faculty Offices, the Office of Student Affairs (OSA) spearheaded the General Orientation for New Students for the Second Semester/Trimester 2018-2019 on 12 January 2019. The event was held at the Centennial Center for Digital Learning (CCDL) Auditorium, UPOU Headquarters in Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines with about 33 students in attendance and 28 students watching via web streaming through the [...]