The UPOU Faculty of Education are is looking for one (1) Project Staff who will be part of the Faculty of Education's extension team for three (3) months. Interested and qualified applicants may submit their application on or before 18 July 2022 at the Faculty of Education, TLH Building, UPOU Headquarters, Los Baños, Laguna or email at [email protected]. Deadline for the submission of application is on 18 July 2022. #UPOpenUniversity
The Faculty of Management and Development Studies, in partnership with the Office of Gender Concerns, invites you to the Let's Talk It Over Seminar on "Establishing Civil Society Organizations (CSO) as Platforms for Engagements on Local Governance and Gender Development". This seminar will be held on 19 July 2022 (Tuesday) at Sandbox, UP Open University, Los Banos, Laguna, from 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM and will be available online via Zoom. Mr. Arturo Guerrero Trance Liñan, Program Coordinator at the Center for Agrarian Reform, Empowerment and Transformation (CARET) will join us as our Resource Speaker. Please register here if you are interested to [...]
Student representatives of the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Provisional Committee (ProvComm) met with the UPOU Chancellor, Dr. Melinda dela Peña Bandalaria, along with UPOU Deans and Directors, and other members of the UPOU staff and administration. The dialogue was held on 30 June 2022 at the UPOU Headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna, to discuss and formally submit the newly Ratified Student Constitution following the Article 434 of the U.P. System Code. Present on-site during the dialogue were Dr. Joane V. Serrano, Dean of the Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS); Dr. Ria Mae Borromeo, the [...]
The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Provisional Committee (ProvComm), established by the UPOU Office of Student Affairs (OSA), in collaboration with the UP Office of the Student Regent (OSR), successfully conducted the official university-wide referendum to ratify the drafted Student Constitution. This was held from 18 - 22nd April 2022 and extended until 30th April through the newly established student hub—Tagpuan. The new platform was created solely for student affairs in partnership with the UPOU Information and Communication Technology Development Office (ICTDO) and will be managed jointly with the University Student Council. The referendum serves as the flagship [...]
"A good laugh is a sunshine in the house." - William Thackeray As part of the Stress Reduction Technique Series program of the Ugnayan ng Pahinungod UPOU, we will be having a workshop webinar on Laughter Yoga. This will be facilitated by Bro. Billy Tan, a Laughter Yoga Teacher and Laughter Ambassador. This will be on 29 July 2022, 3-4:30PM. You can join us via Zoom by signing up to this link: https://tinyurl.com/bdzkfvkc This will also be live-streamed through the UPOU and Pahinungod facebook pages. So.. ready to laugh yet? For inquiries, kindly message us on [email protected]. [...]
Envisioning a world where there are more licensed environmental planners to aid in mitigating adverse impacts of development projects in the environment and promoting sustainability, the Philippine Institute for Environmental Planners (PIEP) in cooperation with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Qatar Chapters hosted a webinar entitled “Build a Career in Environmental Planning: Upgrading Competencies” on 24 June 2022. This event, which was conducted via Zoom and live streamed through Facebook, aimed to urge aspiring Environmental Planners (EnPs) to pursue formal education in land use planning and consequently obtain eligibility to take the EnP licensure examination. EnP Jeanette E. Cruz, OIC-Director [...]
Please be informed that the UPOU Chatbot (https://askou.upou.edu.ph/) will undergo maintenance work and will not be accessible from 29 July 2022, 8:30 AM until further notice. We appreciate your patience and understanding for any inconvenience that this downtime may cause. For inquiries and concerns, you may email us at [email protected] or visit the UPOU website (https://www.upou.edu.ph/home/) and UPOU Helpdesk (https://helpdesk.upou.edu.ph). #UPOpenUniversity
Revitalizing Socioecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS) Webinar Series is an online activity by Project 1 of the Emerging Interdisciplinary Research (EIDR), Building Climate Smart Communities (bSMART) Program implemented by UP Open University and UP Los Baños. This Webinar aims to raise awareness of the conservation and sustainable use of SEPLS, anchored by the Satoyama-Satoumi principle of "Living in harmony with nature", through a series of online talks from speakers and experts on sustainable landscapes/seascapes management approaches. Project 1 of the EIDR bSMART Program invites you to the upcoming webinar on 28 July 2022 (Thursday) at 10:00 AM PST via Zoom. Our [...]
The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) has been elected as President once again by 24 member-agencies of the Los Baños Science Community Foundation, Inc. (LBSCFI). Los Baños Science Community Foundation, Inc. (LBSCFI) met for its Second Quarter Steering Committee Meeting at the UP Open University Headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna. Dr. Melinda dela Peña Bandalaria, UPOU Chancellor and current President of LBSCFI, presided over the meeting. The LBSCFI held the election for its new Board of Trustees members and UP Open University has been elected as President once again. UPOU will serve another term to lead LBSCFI from [...]
Last June 15 to 25, 2022, the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Office of Gender Concerns (OGC) held a Pride Month Photo Contest entitled “Ikaw Ang Tahanan Ko” for all the members of LGBTQIA+ community. The contest is about sharing a photograph or an artwork with corresponding captions that were asked from contest participants that show the people or things they consider home that helped them in their journey towards achieving more respectful relationships and better quality of life. Through having proper social support systems both at the personal and societal levels, the messages and journeys that were [...]
