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Tanaw: Linggo ng Parangal 2023

Parangal sa Mag-aaral 2023 Chancellor’s International Reception 2023 2022 Parangal at Pagkilala para sa mga Kawani at Retirado ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Gawad Tsanselor 2023 LnP 2023 omnibus poster. Poster na gawa ni Jacelle Isha B. Bonus, UPDIO Sa pagdiriwang ng Linggo ng Parangal 2023 (LnP 2023) sa UP Diliman (UPD), kikilalanin at bibigyang-pugay ang mga pararangalang kasapi ng komunidad ng UPD. Ito ay gaganapin mula Hunyo 20 hanggang 23 sa Teatro ng Unibersidad. Ang taunang parangal ay pagkilala sa mga guro, mananaliksik, kawani, mag-aaral, programang pang-ekstensiyon, at organisasyong pangmag-aaral na naghatid ng karangalan, nagpamalas ng kahusayan, at naghandog ng mga natatanging ambag para sa kapakanan ng Unibersidad, publiko, at sambayanang Pilipino. Bibigyang-pugay rin ang internasyonal na komunidad ng UPD. Ngayong taon, ang tema ng LnP 2023 na Tanaw ay nakatungtong sa kakayahan ng mga iskolar ng bayan na mahubog ang pananaw at bisyon para sa bansa at sangkatauhan habang patuloy na sinasariwa at hindi isinasantabi ang mga karanasan. Sa darating na Hunyo 20, Martes, ika-2 n.h., pormal na bubuksan ang pagdiriwang ng LnP 2023 sa main hall ng Teatro ng Unibersidad. Kasabay ng seremonya ang Parangal sa Mag-aaral 2023 kung saan kikilalanin ang angking galing ng mga graduwado at di-graduwadong mag-aaral ng UPD. Kabilang sa mga pararangalan ang mga university scholar o ang mga mag-aaral na nakakuha ng general weighted average noong unang semestre ng Akademikong Taon 2022-2023 na hindi bababa sa 1.45 para sa mga programang di-graduwado at hindi bababa sa 1.25 para sa mga programang graduwado. Bibigyang-pagkilala rin ang mga nanguna sa bar at licensure examinations, gayundin ang mga samahang mag-aaral at mga estudyanteng nagtagumpay sa iba’t ibang kompetisyon sa loob at labas ng bansa. Ang Parangal sa Mag-aaral ay mapapanood din nang live sa mga Facebook page ng UPD (https://www.facebook.com/OfficialUPDiliman) at UPD Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (https://www.facebook.com/ovcsa.upd). Sa Hunyo 21, Miyerkules, ika-6 n.g., gaganapin ang Chancellor’s International Reception 2023 sa lobby ng Teatro ng Unibersidad bilang pagpupugay sa internasyonal na komunidad ng UPD. Pasasalamatan din ang mga kinatawan at institusyon mula sa mga bansang mayroong ugnayang pang-akademiko at pangkultural sa Unibersidad. Sa Hunyo 22, Huwebes, ika-2 n.h., gaganapin sa main hall ng Teatro ng Unibersidad ang 2022 Parangal at Pagkilala para sa mga Kawani at Retirado ng UP. Dito kikilalanin ang galing at katapatan sa paglilingkod ng yamang-tao ng UPD. Mapapanood din ito nang live sa opisyal na Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/OfficialUPDiliman) at sa YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/UniversityofthePhilippinesDilimanOfficial) ng UPD. Sa pagtatapos ng LnP 2023, idaraos ang Gawad Tsanselor 2023 sa Hunyo 23, Biyernes, ika-2…

UPD hosts 1st refugee film fest

UP Diliman (UPD) honored and shed a light on the plight of refugees worldwide with the Philippines’ first ever refugee film festival. In celebration of World Refugee Day on June 20, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees Philippines office (UNHCR) will hold the Philippines’ Refugee Film Festival with the theme, Hope Away From Home. (From left) Sevilla, Valdeavilla-Gallardo, Araullo, Luna, and Dongeto. Photo by Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO According to the UNHCR, six films “featuring the extraordinary stories of the forcibly displaced” will be screened free of charge in partnership with the UPD Asian Center (AC) and the Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) from June 20 to 22 at the Cine Adarna of the Film Institute of the UPD College of Mass Communication. Opening the festival is Quezon’s Game on June 20. A film by Matthew Rosen, this follows the story of Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon and the rescue of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi persecution in 1938. Other films set to screen on the week of the film festival are Flee by Jonas Poher Rasmussen; Wandering, A Rohingya Story by Mélanie Carrier and Olivier Higgins; Captains of Zaatari by Ali El Arabi; A House in Pieces by Jean Claire Dy and Manuel Domes; and The Swimmers by Sally El Hosaini. AC Dean Henelito Sevilla Jr. said while the Philippines has a long tradition of providing safety to refugees, there is a need to raise awareness about what he calls a “mounting global humanitarian crisis.” “I hope that through this film festival, we are able to raise awareness about the stories and more importantly, how we can work together to give them hope even while we are far away from home,” he said. To get free tickets to the festival, visit https://www.unhcr.org/ph/refugeefilmfestival or by scanning the QR code below: In a related development, the UNHCR re-appointed journalist and UPD alumnus Alfonso Tomas “Atom” Araullo as National Goodwill Ambassador for the fourth straight year in a ceremony on May 30 at the AC Seminar Room. Araullo began advocating for people forced to flee as a supporter in 2017 and was appointed the UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador in 2019. He joined the UNHCR field missions and protection monitoring work for internally displaced persons in Mindanao and visited refugee camps in Azraq, Jordan and Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh, where he contributed to the efforts of drawing attention to the Syrian and Rohingya refugee crises, respectively. “We are grateful that Atom continues to lend his storytelling expertise to shine a light on the plight of refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced, and those who are stateless and at risk of statelessness,” said the UNHCR Philippines Head of National…

CEd alum among educ licensure topnotchers

A UP Diliman (UPD) College of Education (CEd) graduate was among the topnotchers in the March 2023 Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers (LEPT). Mikaela Andrea Bonador was among the six individuals who topped the elementary level of the examination with a 92.2 percent rating. Also included in the top 10 is Mikaela Isabel Almalvez, who ranked eighth with a 90.8 percent rating. Bonador. Photo from Bonador’s Facebook account Together they lead the seven examinees who passed the LEPT, giving UPD an 87.5 percent passing rate for this category. A native of Occidental Mindoro, Bonador graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree (elementary education) in 2020. In a video interview with GMA Integrated News, Bonador said she intends to stay in the country to practice her profession. “Naniniwala po kasi ako sa power ng education at sa importance po ng paniniwala sa mga bata, sa students. Tulong-tulong po na mas ma-improve po nila ang society natin,” she said. For the secondary level, UPD landed sixth among the top-performing schools, with a 94.23 percent passing rate. The Professional Regulation Commission and Board for Professional Teachers define a top-performing school as one that fielded more than 50 examinees and achieved at least 80 percent passing rate. Both garnering a 91 percent rating, Joy Charisse Bulan and Joan Ivy Garcia are among the 20 who ranked 10th in the examination.

The Gardineros of Sitio Lamut

Amey Takod Num-A (Let’s Go to the Garden) by Precious Angelica A. Echague of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Social Sciences and Philosophy tells the story of Kankanaey cut-flower farmers. It is also an examination of cut-flower farming in Sitio Lamut as a local knowledge system alternative to formal education. Echague said the knowledge systems in her study are the different ways of knowing surrounding cut-flower farming. Title card with Echague (inset). Screenshot of the online colloquium “I also probed both shared and personal knowledge and how these information and practices are generated, shared, and negotiated,” she said. Sitio Lamut is located in barangay Beckel in La Trinidad, Benguet. Most residents there engage in the cut-flower farming industry or gardening, as the locals refer to it. It is a floriculture business where farmers or gardineros plant flowers and then cut them from their stems to be sold and used for decorative purposes. Echague shared that a 2016 study of the sitio found that some of the students who dropped out of school pursued cut-flower farming. “And many of the cut-flower farmers or gardineros I met dropped out of school. One of them, who I will call Tita Maria, carried on to become a full-time gardinero after finishing elementary school to help their mother provide for the family and send her six younger siblings to school. So, many Filipino youth share the same story as Tita Maria, and in Barangay Beckel alone where Sitio Lamut is located, 93.64 percent of the 194 residents, ages seven to 21 are recorded to be out of school. And this does not include the number of high school graduates who were not able to continue their education to the tertiary level and other adults who also stopped schooling,” Echague said. Although Echague admitted that her study of the Sitio Lamut gardineros and cut-flower farming is limited and does not reflect the entirety of the experiences and processes of the cut-flower industry in the sitio, it nonetheless provided an insight into another learning pathway present in the sitio. Echague said most of the gardineros she interviewed were not able to graduate from high school or college because of various reasons such as financial constraints, lack of motivation, and early marriage. They then went on to become gardineros and work in the cut-flower farming industry. Cut-flower farming then became an alternative to formal education. “According to one gardinero that I talked to, sabi niya gardening is a blessing because despite not finishing his degree, he is able to make a living by cultivating flowers. And interestingly, even those who were able to finish college still work in the flower farming industry, and others even leave their jobs because of how profitable the industry is. To illustrate, one gardinero told…

BSID students give back

For the seventh time, a group of senior interior design (ID) students from the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Home Economics (CHE) Department of Clothing, Textiles, and Interior Design (DCTID) helped renovate and revitalize the interiors of a center for street children in Quezon City as part of a special projects class. The BS (interior design / BSID) Class of 2023 are 29 student-designers composed of Johncis Quiambao, Daphne Quelapio, Ally Antonio, Mabea Malana, Glenn Cultura, Frances Dandan, Crystal Babst, Lee Villarama, Rain Alqaseer-Del Rosario, Yuki Añonuevo, Joh Carreon, Ja-ne Calinawan, Nikkei Castillo, Nikki Bedia, Ysai Castro, Law Competente, Annie Dela Cruz, Ria Escultura, Erika Feliciano, Kirsten Joloyohoy, Vea Magpantay, Paskee Manumbas, Annika Miguel, Joyce Orda, Ian Patarata, Kaye Picazo, Christine Roa, Loren Santos, and Rowell Villafuerte. The BSID Class of 2023. Photo from the BSID Class of 2023 Facebook page As the capstone coursework of their ID179 subject (Special Project in ID) under Joseph Taluban, an assistant professor at the CTID, the students created Project Akbay: Disenyong Gabay Tungo sa Pangarap at Pag-asa (Project Akbay). Project Akbay is an initiative to renovate Kuya Center for Street Children (KCSC), a Cubao-based temporary shelter providing food, shelter, and education for runaways, orphans, and children from low-income families aged 8 to15 years old who are unable to afford public schooling. According to the project’s online primer, the center “hopes to re-establish their self-esteem and help them adjust their lives, so that they may successfully undertake rehabilitation, reconciliation, and redirection to becoming responsible family members in society once again.” Starting October 2022, the class conducted fundraising projects to raise the P2.1 million needed to design, renovate, and revitalize KCSC’s interior spaces. The students conducted art and digital modeling workshops; a two-day benefit concert and drag show; a raffle; staycation packages; as well as partnerships with various small businesses and a badminton center as fundraising activities. In addition, there were the various sponsors that aided the group: Arksmith Furniture Design & Manufacturing, Boysen Paints Philippines, Felport International Marketing, AllHome, Focus Global Inc., Landlite Lighting Solutions, SOGO Home & Office Center, Pots for Plants, Carlo Guison, the Antonio Family, V&C Masterbuilders Corporation, and Mrs. Honey Castro. After months of work and effort, the group held a turnover ceremony on Feb. 27 at the center, attended by stakeholders. The renovated KCSC activity area. Photo from the BSID Class of 2023 Facebook page The areas that the group designed are the exteriors (Cultura), the activity area (Competente, Dandan, Quiambao, Quelapio, Añonuevo, and Lee), the educational room (Castro, Dela Cruz, Antonio, Bedia), administration office and filing room (Miguel, Babst, Castillo, Malana, Joloyhoy, Carreon, and Santos), kitchen (Magpantay, Picazo, Escultura, Villafuerte, Feliciano, and Roa), and laundry area…

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