As part of the public service thrust of the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), the Faculty of Information and Communication Studies (FICS) and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration (OVCFA) held the Annual UPOU Blood Donation drive on 6 April 2018 at the UPOU Oblation Hall, Los Baños. For this year, the UPOU was able to collect 67 bags of blood for the blood donation drive. This figure is 34% higher than the previous year's collection, and the highest volume of collection since it started in 2012. The blood donation drive is part of [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Multimedia Center (MC) conducted the first two sessions of the Multimedia Workshop Series on 21 March 2018 at the Training Room, UPOU Community Hub, UPOU, Los Baños, Laguna. The first session is on UPOU COMMONS, the university's online repository of UPOU-produced Open Educational Resources (OER). While the second session is a lecture-workshop on Zoom, an application for video conferencing. Dr. Joane Serrano, Director of the Multimedia Center, opened the first session with her talk on UPOU Competency Framework on OER. She discussed that OERs are educational resources that are free and publicly [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS) in partnership with the Philippine Children's Medical Center (PCMC) launched the Aruga sa Batang may Cancer (ABC) Initiative: A Web-based Pediatric Palliative Care Service Provider in the Philippines on 22 March 2018. The event was held at PCMC in Quezon City with representatives from collaborating agencies such as the Ruth Foundation for Palliative Care and Education and Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD), fellows from PCMC and other guests.In his welcome remarks, Dr. Primo G. Garcia, FMDS Dean, explained that that two-thirds of [...]

Ms. Louise Mabulo, an Associate in Arts (AA) student of the Faculty of Education, University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), received a recognition as an Outstanding Campus Ambassador in the 2018 United Nations Winter Youth Assembly held on February 14-16, 2018 at the UN Headquarters, New York City, USA. Ms. Mabulo is formerly a delegate of 2017 Winter Youth Assembly where she was awarded a Lifetime Fellowship from the Resolution Project, a global community and organization which awards outstanding youth-led social ventures. Her social venture, The Cacao Project, was chosen as one of the top five outstanding social ventures [...]

The Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS) celebrated National Women's Month with a Let's Talk It Over (LTIO) lecture on Situating Women in the Economy and Environment on 27 March 2018 to discuss the role of women in two important sectors of society: the economy and environment. The lecture followed the Women's Month theme "We Make Change Work for Women" to recognize the role of women as active drivers of positive change and their right to equally benefit from these changes. Dr. Primo G. Garcia, Dean of FMDS, opened the activity by highlighting the strong commitment of the Faculty [...]

On 26 March 2018, the Faculty of Education (FEd) of the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) conducted its 5th EDUKussion Forum titled "Social Studies for Effective Citizenship Education:Japan Perspectives" held at Centennial Center for Digital Learning (CCDL), UPOU Headquarters, Los Baños, Laguna. Prof. Tomoyuki Kobara, Professor, Faculty of Human Cultures and Sciences, Fukuyama University and Professor Emeritus, Hiroshima University, served as the resource person for the event which is attended by students and teachers from the Basic Education Sector and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) within Laguna. Dr. Joanne V. Serrano, Director of Information Office and Multimedia Center, facilitated [...]

As part of the public service thrust of the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), the Faculty of Information and Communication Studies (FICS) and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration (OVCFA) will be holding the Annual UPOU Blood Donation drive this 6 April 2018 at the UPOU Oblation Hall, Los Baños, Laguna starting 9 o'clock in the morning. This blood donation activity is now on its sixth year since it was Initiated in 2012. The blood donation drive is part of UPOU's advocacy on voluntary blood donation with the hope of helping the community on [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS), represented by Dr. Joane V. Serrano, Associate Professor under the Diploma in/Master of Environment and Natural Resources Management (MENRM) and Project Leader of the Youth for Ifugao Rice Terraces (Y4IRT), welcomed the students from Japan through the RP-Japan Forum for Kanazawa University Internship Program on 06 March 2018 at the Audio Visual Room, UPOU Headquarters, Los Baños, Laguna. A forum on the RP-Japan Internship program for Kanazawa University attended by students from Kanazawa University, University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) and research assistants from [...]

The UPOU's Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS), through its Master of Public Management (MPM) Program, joined the learning visit of the Association of Schools of Public Administration in the Philippines, Incorporated (ASPAP, Inc.) in Taiwan held on 11-18 March 2018, in collaboration with the Edu-Connect Southeast Asia Association-Kaohsiung (ECSSA-Kaohsiung). The UPOU is a member of the ASPAP which is a non-stock, non-profit national organization of academic institutions all over the Philippines offering degree programs in public management/administration/governance. Asst. Prof. Juvy Lizette M. Gervacio, Chair of the Master of Public Management (MPM) Program of FMDS and Mr. Larry N. [...]