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  The U.P. College of Mass Communication (UP CMC) is now accepting nominations for the annual U.P. GAWAD PLARIDEL which recognizes Filipino media practitioners who have excelled in any of the media (print, radio, film, television, and new media) and have performed with the highest level of professional integrity in the interest of public service. For 2017, the thirteenth U.P. Gawad Plaridel will be given to an outstanding TELEVISION PRACTITIONER. The award is named after Marcelo H. del Pilar (nom de plume, Plaridel), the selfless propagandist whose stewardship of the reformist…

A new professorial chair has been established at the Department of English and Comparative Literature at the University of the Philippines-Diliman in honor of one of the University’s and country’s most accomplished writers. At its 1323rd meeting last December 16, the UP Board of Regents approved the creation of the One UP-Jose Yap Dalisay Jr. Professorial Chair in Creative Writing, to be awarded once every three years to a deserving professor (an assistant professor at the minimum) who has distinguished himself or herself in creative writing and its teaching. The awardee will receive…

  Officials and staff of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will soon be trained in Mandarin language and culture by staff of the University of the Philippines Confucius Institute (CI) with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between both institutions on Jan. 11. The program, called Basic Mandarin Language and Culture Level 1-111, is a 90-hour training course comprising 80 hours of Mandarin language and 10 hours of Chinese culture. According to Institute director Prof. Lourdes Nepomuceno, “it is intended for DFA…

  Nominees: Dr. AURA C. MATIAS, Professor and former Dean, College of Engineering Dr. ROLAND B. TOLENTINO, Professor and former Dean, College of Mass Communication Dr. MICHAEL L. TAN, UP Diliman Chancellor and Professor, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy Search Activities: Presentation of Vision Papers and sectoral Fora with Nominees: January 9, 2017, 1 p.m., College of Home Economics Gusali 2 Interview of Constituent by Search Committee: Jan. 10-11, 9 a.m. to 12 nn, College of Home Economics Gusali 2. Timetable for search process PDF

Nominees: Dr. AURA C. MATIAS, Professor and former Dean, College of Engineering Dr. ROLAND B. TOLENTINO, Professor and former Dean, College of Mass Communication Dr. MICHAEL L. TAN, UP Diliman Chancellor and Professor, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy Search Activities: Presentation of Vision Papers and sectoral Fora with Nominees: January 9, 2017, 1 p.m., College of Home Economics Gusali 2 Interview of Constituent by Search Committee: Jan. 10-11, 9 a.m. to 12 nn, College of Home Economics Gusali 2.   Timetable for search process PDF

      Dr. ROLAND B. TOLENTINO Professor and former Dean, College of Mass Communication   Curriculum Vitae Vision Paper

      Dr. AURA C. MATIAS Professor and former Dean, College of Engineering   Curriculum Vitae Vision Paper

      Dr. MICHAEL L. TAN UP Diliman Chancellor and Professor, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy   Curriculum Vitae Vision Paper

  Dr. Ronahlee A. Asuncion was formally installed as the eighth dean of the School of Labor and Industrial Relations (SOLAIR) at affirmation rites on Dec. 16 at the School’s Isabelo delos Reyes Auditirium. Popularly known as George, Asuncion is the third woman to head the school.  She comes after Associate Justice Flerida Ruth Romero, who was director when the school was known as Asian Labor Education Center director (1962-1963), and Dean Marie E. Aganon (1992-1995).  Asuncion’s expertise…