A memorial service for former UP Diliman (UPD) College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD) dean Evelina Asuncion Pangalangan gathered former students, colleagues at the CSWCD, colleagues from National Association for Social Work Education, Inc. Philippines (NASWEI), and members of her family at the college’s Bulwagang Tandang Sora recently. CSWCD Dean Lenore Polotan-dela Cruz […]

A personal account of a social worker as a volunteer is the core of the book, The True Taste of Water: A Social Worker’s Lived Experience of Volunteerism (The True Taste of Water). In the book, Angelito B. Meneses, DSD, an associate professor at the Department of Social Work (DSW) of the UP Diliman (UPD) […]

UP Diliman (UPD) bids goodbye to five of its faculty members, three of whom passed away on the same day.

Pinarangalan kamakailan ng Lungsod Quezon si Judy M. Taguiwalo, PhD sa kaniyang makabuluhang kontribusyon sa pagsusulong ng karapatan ng mga kababaihan, mga manggagawa, at mga maralita ng bayan. Isang retiradong propesor ng UP Diliman Kolehiyo ng Gawaing Panlipunan at Pagpapaunlad ng Pamayanan (College of Social Work and Community Development / CSWCD), at dating kalihim ng […]

The UP Diliman (UPD) College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD) opened its college week on Feb. 26 with a double celebration. The three-hour ceremony celebrated the 35th year of the Department of Women and Development Studies (DWDS) and the 15th year of the Doctor of Social Development (DSD) program. The opening featured live […]

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) named UP Diliman (UPD) as one of the top-performing schools in the September 2023 Licensure Examination for Social Workers. The University was recognized at the social workers’ oath-taking on Nov. 17 at the Tent City of the Manila Hotel. All 30 examinees fielded by the UPD College of Social Work […]

All 30 first-time examinees from the Department of Social Work (DSW) of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD) passed the September 2023 Licensure Examination for Social Workers (LESW), with three of them landing in the first, second, and fourth spots of successful examinees. Leading the examinees is Patricia Marie […]

The book Organizing in the Transformative Social Work Practice: Philippine Context (Organizing) was hailed as a life-changing work by the whole UP Diliman (UPD) College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD). For author Gil “Jake” I. Espenido, it is a book largely inspired by living and working with the masses. “Ang may-akda [ng libro] […]

UP Diliman (UPD) graduates topped most of the licensure examinations in 2022, becoming a new source of inspiration for the University. The UPD Information Office (UPDIO) conducted an online interview with the topnotchers to know their reactions about topping their exams, the impact of their ranking on their job applications, and their current status in […]

Ms. Carmel A. Eubra, a municipal social welfare and development officer (MSWDO) of Viga, Catanduanes was killed by riding in tandem in Virac, Catanduanes last May 24, 2022. She was shot twice while driving her car inside a subdivision. It is obvious that her killers had subjected our colleague to a surveillance and decided that […]