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Ugat Raises Awareness for Environmental Welfare

On 20 June 2017, the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Cultural Committee and the UPOU Faculty of Management and Development Studies, in cooperation with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the International Wood Culture Society (IWCS), officially launched the month-long wood carving competition and exhibit titled Ugat. In her opening message, UPOU Chancellor Melinda dela Pena Bandalaria noted that UPOU is a warrior working for environmental protection and that by making the advocacies known to the rest of the world, UPOU exhibits the spirit of being genuinely for the people. Ugat features the works [...]

Ugat Raises Awareness for Environmental Welfare2019-06-17T16:46:15+08:00

FMDS Holds Closing Ceremonies for Continuing Education Program Completers

The Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS) of UP Open University recognized its course completers and top learners in the Continuing Education Program (CEP) Closing Ceremonies held on 17 June 2017 at the Centennial Center for Digital Learning (CCDL) Auditorium, UPOU Headquarters, Los Baños, Laguna. A total of 127 from 10 courses have complied with all the requirements for completion. Sixty learners received certificates for having completed their courses with distinction and high distinction. Asst. Prof. Rita C. Ramos, FMDS Secretary to the Faculty, facilitated the awarding of the certificates. Lean management expert, best-selling author, and international speaker Mike [...]

FMDS Holds Closing Ceremonies for Continuing Education Program Completers2019-06-17T16:47:33+08:00

Blended Workshop on Business Writing held for UPOU Employees

The UP Open University, through the initiative of the Information Office, conducted a Business Writing Workshop on 13-14 June 2017. The workshop was organized to enhance the skills of employees in writing effective correspondences, memos, emails and other communication collateral related to the conduct of their work at the university. Dr. Paz H. Diaz, Communications Expert, and Former Dean of the UPOU Faculty of Management and Development Studies, was the resource person for the two-day event held at the UPOU Centennial Center for Digital Learning Auditorium. Dr. Diaz started with an overview of what effective communication is and the skills [...]

Blended Workshop on Business Writing held for UPOU Employees2017-06-30T12:28:00+08:00

PLDT & UPOU produce another batch of digital literacy graduates

The 2016 PLDT Infoteach Outreach Program was concluded with the conduct of the PLDT Home/Fibr Broadband Quiz Contest on 8 June 2017 in Event Center, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila. This program aims to provide Digital Literacy Training Program to public high school teachers and students. The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) became a partner of this program in 2012. Since then, the program was able to cover 557 schools, 109 municipalities and trained a total of 18,566 individuals all over the country. In her message, Dr. Melinda dela Peña Bandalaria, UPOU Chancellor, emphasized that "We consider each of these [...]

PLDT & UPOU produce another batch of digital literacy graduates2019-06-17T16:49:55+08:00

UPOU opens call for Exchange Fellowship

UP Open University (UPOU) is offering a short-term fellowship program to three (3) faculty and students from different universities in the Philippines and abroad to provide a platform for capacity building and establishment of sustainable partnerships as well as fostering knowledge exchange on Open and Distance e-Learning (ODeL). This fellowship will carry the theme "ASEAN Education in the Era of Openness" and will run from 01 to 30 November 2017. UPOU will cover the fellows' accommodation, living expense allowance, transportation to and from the airport and within the campus. UPOU will also provide the fellow with office space with telephone [...]

UPOU opens call for Exchange Fellowship2017-06-20T15:00:00+08:00

UPOU Chancellor signs MOA for second phase of Ifugao Rice Terrace Conservation project

A Memorandum of Agreement signing was held between the University of the Philippines Open University (represented by Chancellor Melinda dP. Bandalaria) and its partners (represented by Dr. Koji Nakamura of United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability) at the Office of the Chancellor Conference Room at 2 in the afternoon last 19 May 2017. Present as witnesses (from left to right) are Dr. Rizalita Edpalina of Kanazawa University, Ms. Maripres Sarinas, Dr. Consuelo dL. Habito, and Dr. Joane V. Serrano of the Faculty of Management and Development Studies. This agreement is the second phase of the project [...]

UPOU Chancellor signs MOA for second phase of Ifugao Rice Terrace Conservation project2022-03-10T10:22:01+08:00

Research Forum features Published Researches in UPOU Journal

The three researches published in the fifth volume of UP Open University (UPOU) Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS) eJournal, Journal of Management and Development Studies (JMDS), were featured at the FMDS Research Forum on 23 May 2017 at the Audiovisual Room of UPOU in Los Baños, Laguna. These were the three of the nine researches that made it to publication after a series of top-notch peer-review process. Dr. Primo Garcia, Dean of FMDS, banked on the importance of disseminating research results as part of UPOU's tripartite function. "Research is important in solving a lot of problems in the [...]

Research Forum features Published Researches in UPOU Journal2017-05-30T14:48:00+08:00

UPOU exhibits Organic-Agriculture-Themed Artworks by Kids at Galeria Sinag

Fourteen artworks bedeck the exhibit panels of Galeria Sinag of UP Open University (UPOU). These are works of the kids aged 5 to 13 years old who participated in the Art Workshop, incorporated in the conduct of the Organic Agri (OA) Farmers' Market this 26-27 May 2017. Dubbed "Sining at Organikong Agrikultura: Pinagsama para sa Pagsasakang May Konsyensya," the UPOU Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS)-organized OA Art Workshop featured the Four Principles of Organic Agriculture shared by Prof. Raymundo M. Lucero, Course Coordinator of the UPOU Continuing Education Program (CEP) in Organic Agriculture, and lectures on Basic Drawing, [...]

UPOU exhibits Organic-Agriculture-Themed Artworks by Kids at Galeria Sinag2019-06-17T16:54:17+08:00

Wood-themed Activities at UPOU to Mark UP's 109th Founding Anniversary

The UP Open University (UPOU) has earmarked 20 June 2017, University of the Philippines' (UP')109th Founding Anniversary, to celebrate World Wood Day 2017. The UPOU Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS) is spearheading this celebration with the UPOU Cultural Committee, in cooperation with the International Wood Culture Society (IWCS), with funding from the National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCAA). Following the World Wood Day 2017's theme, "Roots (Ugat)," the celebration will be done in three parts – a tree-planting activity to start the day at 8am; the wood carving competition by carvers from Paete, Laguna, Betis and [...]

Wood-themed Activities at UPOU to Mark UP's 109th Founding Anniversary2017-05-29T14:20:00+08:00

UPOU Wood Carving Competition and Exhibit 2017

(In cooperation with the National Commission on Culture and the Arts) "Buen ebanistas" (good carvers) has been the reputation Of our Filipino craftsmen/women, generation after generation The craft is more than 2,000 years old Worldwide their works are good as gold Witness the masterpieces of our talented artists As they vie for top honors, who will score the highest? Will the winner come from Laguna's Paete; Ifugao's Hungduan Betis and Guagua in Pampanga or the Palaw'an of Palawan? Unite with the World Wood Day celebration Value our "ROOTS," our origin as a nation Boost the confidence of our gifted kinsfolk [...]

UPOU Wood Carving Competition and Exhibit 20172017-05-22T05:16:15+08:00
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