What better way to salute our beloved UP–the mother of all Philippine Universities than the coming together of her sons and daughters all over the world to celebrate the final days of her 100 years of service? How fortunate that in our lifetime we will be able to give back in big way through this glorious affair dubbed as “The Last Hurrah! A Grand Centennial Ball”.

The UP Alumni Association, Inc. (UPAA) hosts a grand centennial ball on December 16, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. in the Reception Hall of the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC). The activities feature a Grand Centennial Raffle with a Mercedes Benz and a Nissan Sedan as grand prizes (P1000/ticket); a Trade Fair and Exhibit, Dinner by Via Mare, live retro music from the country’s top ballroom bands, and surprise numbers by U.P. Alumni celebrities.

Tickets are at One Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P 1,500.00) per head. A table for twelve (12) persons is sold at Eighteen Thousand Pesos (P 18,000.00). Interested parties maycontact UPAA Secretariat Bahay Alumni, Diliman QC. Telefax: (02)9206868 or send email at upalumni@yahoo.com.ph, up_alum@yahoo.com.

Economic Development Specialist-II

The successful candidate shall be based at the Multimedia Division of the Development Information Staff. The MD handles publications, audiovisual and new media services that cater to internal and external clients.
Minimum Qualifications:
Relevant Bachelor’s Degree, one year experience
Applicants must pass the NEDA Technical Examination

Salary:
PhP19,059 a month
Other benefits and bonuses (year-end bonus, productivity, CNA benefits, etc)

Application Requirements:
Accomplished Personal Data Sheet
Transcript of Records, original and photocopied
Civil Service Eligibility, original and photocopied
Residence Certificate
3 2×2 size photos
3 documentary stamps

Submit the requirements with cover letter and resume to Sharon Managbanag (MD), Celine de Castro (PRD) or Anton Esguerra (MD and PRD) by November 12. For inquiries, call NEDA-DIS at (02) 631-3757/631-3282 or e-mail spmanagbanag[at]neda[dot]gov[dot]ph / crdecastro[at]neda[dot]gov[dot]ph  / aaesguerra[at]neda[dot]gov[dot]ph.

Qualifications

• Graduate of Journalism, DevCom and other related courses such as Economics and Agriculture (fresh grads are welcome)
• Possesses versatile writing interests and styles, and excellent analytical skills
• Very efficient researcher
• Can work independently and has the will to take initiatives in assigned tasks
• Computer proficient

Responsibilities

• Write and edit speeches, talk points and souvenir program messages for the Secretary and other DA officials
• Write and edit press releases about DA Directorate Programs and other projects
• Attend to other writing/research requirements of the DA-OSEC.

Please submit CV to nreyes@da.gov.ph and biengarcia@gmail.com, or call 9266426 or 928.8741 loc. 2216 for additional details.

The School of Urban and Regional Planning will hold its Grand Alumni Homecoming, dubbed “U.P. SURP – 43@100″, on October 24, 2008 , 6:00 – 11:00 pm at the Grand Terrace, Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City. Registration ticket for alumni and guests is PhP1,000.00.

For details and inquiries, you can contact the UP SURP Administrative Office at telephone numbers: (02) 9206854/9206853 or through email address: surpalumni@yahoo.com.

The UP Alumni Association will hold a Jubilarians’ meeting on September 18, 2009, 2:00 p.m. at the UPAA Board Room, Ang Bahay ng Alumni. Two 2009 Jubilarian representatives per college are encouraged to attend.

The UPAA is enjoining all UPAA Chapters to send to the UPAA a list of Chapter members (with home and business address, email address, and contact numbers) who graduated in 1949, 1959, 1969, and 1984)

RSVP: must confirm
attendance with Shirley Bilbao at 920-6871; 920-6875; and 920-6868; or through
email, upalum@yahoo.com.ph

The Office of Alumni Relations
University of the Philippines System
Rms. 109-110, Fonacier Hall (Alumni Center)
Magsaysay Avenue, UP Campus, Diliman
Quezon City 1101, Philippines
Telefax (02) 929-8226, oar@up.edu.ph

Taga-UP ka ba? You have 100 days to showcase and share your stories by joining the UP Centennial SMART MMS Photo Competition!

UP means and symbolizes many things for many different people who are a part or have been a part of the venerable learning institution. Show us what being part of UP means to you! Capture and share your most striking photographs by sending them via the easy and affordable SMART MMS service. Those great images can land you in the newspapers and win you exciting prizes!

As part of the university’s Centennial celebration, SMART partners with the UP Diliman College of Mass Communications to launch the UPiktyuran Na! with SMART: UP Centennial SMART MMS Photo Competition. The photo contest urges all UP students, alumni, faculty and employees to share their own stories about their experiences in the university, not through words but via images taken using a camera phone and submitted through SMART’s MMS service.

Grab this opportunity to showcase your school spirit. Snap and send your eye-catching images and get a chance to make it to the front page. The Top Ten outstanding photos win a SMART Bro Prepaid Plug-it each! With SMART Bro’s nationwidest coverage, you’re sure to have affordable broadband internet access anytime and anywhere you need it.

Tell your UP story by sending in photos that contain elements symbolic of or clearly attributed or connected to the University of the Philippines. The convenience and imaging capabilities of mobile phones have made all this easy. So no matter what UP campus you come from or where you are in the world — makipag-UPiktyuran ka na!

Join the UPiktyuran Na! with SMART, UP Centennial SMART MMS Photo Competition now. The competition runs from June 22 to September 29, 2008.

We hope to list at least 100 alumni and 100 student bloggers in time for the UP Centennial.

UPAA DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDS & SPECIAL RECOGNITION 2008

MOST DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS
Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno, BSJ’62; LLB ‘62

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDEES
Dr. Belinda A. Aquino, AB ‘57
Dr. Natividad Crame-Rogers, PhB’49
Justice Leonor Ines-Luciano, LLB ‘41

ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP
Dr. Amefil M. Agbayani, AB ‘63
Ms. Felicisima M. de los Angeles-Bautista, BSFLCD’79
Dr. Cayetano C. Pomares, MS’83
Dr. Teresita V. Ramos, BSE 52 cl

CHAMPIONING JUSTICE/JUDICIARY
Justice Romeo A. Brawner, AA ‘59; LLB ‘59
Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales, AB ‘64; LLB’68
Justice Magdangal M. de Leon, BSFS ‘68; LLB ‘72

COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION
Ms. Jessica A. Soho, ABC ‘88

COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT/SERVICE
Ms. Florencia G. Casanova Dorotan, BSCN’80
Dr. Lily Cenizal-Fojas, BS ‘33; MD ‘38
Dr. Jose Antonio U. Socrates, Jr., BS’70; MD’74

RESPONSIBLE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Engr. Jose Martin O. Aliling, BSCE ‘69

CULTURE AND ARTS
Prof. Ruperta R. Asuncion, MEd ‘82
Ms. Edita M. Carolino-Garcia, AB ‘82
Ms. Ofelia Gelvezon-Tequi, BFA ‘64; AB’66
Dr. Edsel H. Moscoso, BFA ‘74

ENTREPRENEURSHIP/EMPLOYMENT GENERATION
Mr. Orlando B. Vea, AB’69 cl

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Dr. Perry S. Ong, BS’83; MS’88
Atty. Antonio A. Oposa, Jr., LLB ‘82

GENDER EQUALITY/WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
Amb. Rosario Gonzalez-Manalo, BSJ’57; LLB’58; MPA’61

GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Atty. Loida M. Nicolas-Lewis, LLB ‘67 cl

HEALTH
Dr. Benjamin D. Adapon, MD ‘58
Dr. Manuel M. Dayrit, MD ‘76
Dr. Bernadette J. Madrid, BS’79 cl

HUMAN RIGHTS
Ms. Ma. Socorro I. Diokno, AB’77 cl

POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Dr. Teofilo T. Bangayan, MD ‘58
Ms. Deanna Lorenzana-Gregorio, BSHE ‘59
Mr. Juan Y. Solomon, BSA ‘54

PUBLIC SERVICE AND GOOD GOVERNANCE
Amb. Lilia R. Bautista, LLB’57; MBA’69
Dr. Carolina Galicia-Hernandez, BSFS’61 cl
Amb. Rora H. Navarro-Tolentino, BSFS’67; LLB’73

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Dr. Priscilla Chinte-Sanchez, BSA’57; MS’65
Dr. Francisco C. Dimayuga II, BSMetE’78 cl
Dr. Hernani G. Golez, BSA ‘72; MS ‘81; PhD’86
Dr. Gisela Padilla-Concepcion, BSChem’75 cl; MS’82; PhD’95

UPAA INTERNATIONAL ALUMNI ACHIEVERS
Dr. Jorge G. Camara, BS”72; MD’76 cl
Mr. Jose Duddley D. Diaz, BFA’83
Ms. Luzviminda N. Sapin-Micabalo, BSN’58
U.P. Madrigal Singers

PRESIDENTIAL AWARDEES FOR SERVICE TO UPAA
Amb. Edgardo B. Espiritu, ROTC’56; LLB’58
Mr. Danilo A. Gozo, AB’68
Regent Nelia Teodoro-Gonzalez, BSA’44; CGM’77

UPAA PRESIDENTIAL AWARDEE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
(INTERNATIONAL CATEGORY)
Sen. Judith Paulette Guthertz, AB’68; MA’72; MPA’74; DPubAd’80

Along with a group of UP bloggers, we have come up with a special project for the UP Centennial Month this coming June. It’s called “UP@100: Capturing 100 UP Moments“ – It is a Music Video Project which will compile 100 photos and videos from participants consisting UP alumni and students. It aims to capture 100 unique UP moments from 100 different points of view in the past 100 years of the University’s existence.

We are inviting YOU to join us in this endeavor.

Mechanics: How to submit an entry

I. Who can participate:

1. Any University of the Philippines Alumni.
2. Any University of the Philippines student.

II. How to submit your photo or video:

1. A participant can submit at most two pictures of himself/herself (alone or otherwise) taken in UP or during a UP event OR a 15-sec video of the participant taken in UP or during a UP event.
2. Each entry should have the the following information:
   • Name
   • Student Number
   • Degree and Course
   • Two to five words describing the event (include the year the photo/video was taken)
   • If it’s a group photo, please indicate your position in the picture.
3. Entries could be submitted by doing at least one of the following:
   • Sending them with file (photo/video) attachments to up100[at]googlegroups[dot]com or ederic[at]upalumni[dot]net.
   • Posting the photos on their blogs and leaving the URL as a comment on any of the official UP@100 posts.
   • Uploading the video on a file sharing site and leaving the download link as a comment on any of the official UP@100 posts.
4. Only ONE of the entries submitted per participant will be selected.
5. The deadline for submissions is on June 19, 2008. A day after the UP Centennial Anniversary (so that photos from the centennial celebration could be included).
6. The launch of the video will be on June 26, 2008 on all the organizers’ blogs.
7. A microsite will be created for the project where all (part of the 100 or not) the submitted photos & videos will be posted in sync with the video launch.

IMPORTANT: Remember that we are including 100 UNIQUE UP moments in the video. So rare finds will be the most likely to be chosen. (But I’m sure all our UP experiences are different so send lang ng send. Hehe.)

Here are more UP@100 coordinators: Coy, Juned, Benj, Fritz, Ederic, Poyt, Gino, Karla, Kevin and AJ.

We are very excited in this project and I hope many of you can join! Looking forward to your great UP moments!

DISCLAIMER: The UP@100 Project is in no way related or connected to the official Centennial Activities of the University of the Philippines.