With the approaching end of the terms of the Deans of the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Faculty of Information and Communication Studies (FICS) and Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS), UPOU has released a call for the search for the new deans of the Faculty Offices. On 25 January 2019, Memorandum No. CMDPB 2019-05 was released for the "Search and Consultation Process and Call for Nomination for the next Dean of the Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS) and the Faculty of Information and Communication Studies (FICS)." Based on the guidelines attached to the memo, [...]

Ms. Pilar Butron Limin, a graduate of Diploma in Science Teaching (DST) and currently enrolled in the Doctor of Philosophy in Education (PhD) offered by the Faculty of Education, University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), has been recently awarded with an Honorary Doctoral Degree in Humanities (Honoris Causa - D. Hum.) during the 39th People's Choice - Dangal ng Bayan Awards held on 26 January 2019 at the Great Eastern Hotel, Quezon City, Philippines. The People's Choice - Dangal ng Bayan Awards aims to motivate individuals and products/companies to excel in their performance and excellence thru public recognition. Given [...]

The ARUGA Para sa Batang May Cancer (ABC), a Web-Based Palliative Care Service Provider initiative by the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS), conducted the Let's Talk It Over (LTIO) on Overview of Palliative Care and Its Role in Cancer Care Management on 18 January 2019 at the Performing Arts Hall, UP Cebu. FMDS Dean Primo G. Garcia welcomed the attendees through a video message while Asst. Prof. Queenie R. Ridulme, Program Chair of Master of Arts in Nursing (MAN) program and project staff of the ABC Initiative, delivered the opening remarks [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Research Conversations featured UPOU Professor Emeritus and former Chancellor Felix Librero, as resource person on 16 January 2019, 9:00 AM - 12:00 NN at the Sandbox, CCDL, UPOU Headquarters, Los Banos, Laguna. He presented his report on "Preliminary Assessment of Doctoral Dissertations as Reflection of UPOU Institutional Vision" where he discussed its implications to the University's operations. Dr. Librero's report included an evaluation of the dissertations undertaken by the doctoral students of UPOU deposited with the UPOU Library as of December 2017. The objective was to determine whether these outputs reflect the [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) welcomed the new Director of the Office of Academic Support and Instructional Services (OASIS), Asst. Prof. Ana Katrina Marcial. Her appointment took effect on 1 October 2018 and will end on 30 April 2019. Prior to this appointment, she also served as Program Development Associate of the same office from 1 February to October 2018. Asst. Professor Marcial, fondly known as "Kitchie" to many of her friends and colleagues, obtained her Master of Arts in Education (Language and Literacy Education) in 2012 from UPOU. She served as Assistant Faculty under the UPOU [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) lost a part of its heart on 15 January 2019 when Prof. Liza Cuevas Carascal breathed her last. She was 63 but her accomplishments and the lives she touched far exceeded the years she spent on Earth. She was one of the pioneers of UPOU. When UPOU was established in 1995, she served as the first University Registrar and established the admissions, registrations, records, graduation, exams and assignment, and electronic data processing sections. She also institutionalized the policies and procedures of the UPOU Office of the University Registrar. In 2000, she was [...]