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In its eleventh year, the UPOU annual blood donation drive was held last 04 April 2023 at the UPOU Oblation Hall, Los Baños, Laguna.  It was organized by the UPOU Faculty of Information and Communication Studies (FICS) in partnership with the Philippine Red Cross - Laguna Chapter and the UPOU Office of the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration. It has been the University’s tradition to organize a blood-letting activity anchored in its mission of extending public service and its high hopes of saving lives. An hour before its official start, donors turned up at the Oblation Hall, willingly [...]

International Academic Partnership. UP Open University (UPOU), headed by Chancellor Melinda dela Peña Bandalaria, together with Vice Chancellor for  Academic Affairs, Dr. Primo G. Garcia, and Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration, Dr. Jean A. Saludadez, sealed its partnership with the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in a virtual Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Signing Ceremony on 22 June 2022. The UPOU Program Development Associate for International Linkages, Ms. Margaret Jarmin-Suarez, was also present to host the event at the UPOU Office of the Chancellor Conference Room at its headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna. Also present are the officials from Universiti Sains [...]

The International Council for Open and Distance Learning (ICDE) Global Advocacy Campaign (GAC) for Open and Flexible Distance Learning (OFDL) Task Force for Asia convened for its first meeting on 10 May 2022. University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Chancellor, Dr. Melinda dela Pena Bandalaria participated in the meeting as the co-chair of the GACOFDL Task Force for Asia.  First Meeting of the ICDE GACOFDL Task Force for Asia was held on 10 May 2022. Image  from Dr. Bandalaria’s Facebook Page The meeting was held online and started with the welcome of the ICDE Secretary-General, Torunn Gjelsvik. [...]

The Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University (DMMMSU) held a benchmarking activity with the University of the Philippines Open University on 12 May 2022. Their visit to UPOU’s head quarters in Los Baños, Laguna is for the CHED-funded Research, Development, and Extension on Adults Education   The research team was led by the Chancellor of DMMMSU South La Union Campus, Dr. Joanne C. Rivera; With here are Executive Director of DMMMSU Open University System, Dr. Cristita C. Guerra, staff members, Claudia Denise P. Barbadillo, Christine Joy Ugay, Manny Sobrepena, and Aries Ugay.  The team probed into the current status, trends, framework, [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), in collaboration with the Worldwide Teach-in (WWTI) Philippines and Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability, conducted the Climate Justice Teach-in Webinar titled #MakeClimateAConversation on 2 April 2022.   Ms. Faith Caubang, a  UPOU Bachelor of Education Studies (BES) student and Team Leader of WWTI Philippines, and Mr. Karl Alex Laurito, a member of the WWTI Philippines, served as the hosts.  Dr. Joane V. Serrano, Dean of the UPOU Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS), spearheaded the event. Dr. Serrano delivered the opening remarks and welcomed the participants.  She shared that UPOU’s collaboration [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) has partnered with the UP Los Baños for the conduct of a webinar series titled “Revitalizing Socioecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS).” This webinar series aims to boost awareness, conservation, and sustainable utilization of SEPLS through experts on the Satoyama landscape in the Philippines. In the first episode of the Revitalizing SEPLS webinar series, Ms. Anne Frances V. Buhay, a Project Assistant at the UP Open University (UPOU), presented her paper entitled Socioecological Production Landscapes in the Philippines: Status, Problems and Future Directions. This was held on 31 March 2022. Ms. Buhay [...]

As part of its public service tradition, the UP Open University (UPOU) holds annual blood donation drives. Now in its tenth year, the UPOU Blood Donation Drive was held on 6 April 2022 at the UPOU Community Hub in Los Baños, Laguna. This year, 60 blood bags were collected, surpassing the 2019 UPOU Blood Donation Drive’s total number of successful donors. Eighty (80) volunteers attended the drive with 20 deferrals due to low hemoglobin levels, hypertension, and other medical conditions.  The medical team advised proper hydration, consuming iron-rich foods and supplements, and making the necessary preparations before the blood donation [...]