UPOU forum tackles gender-based violence issues and solutions.In lieu of the UP Open University's celebration of International Women's Month, a forum entitled "Towards Gender Equality and Justice: The Role of Men in Stopping Violence against Women" was spearheaded by the Office of Gender Concerns (OGC). This was held on 11 March 2016 at the Audio Visual Room, UP Open University Headquarters, Los Baños, Laguna. Dr. Primo Garcia, Concurrent Director of the Information Office and Multimedia Center of the UP Open University, welcomed the participants and opened the forum. He mentioned the efforts and initiatives of the university towards gender equality [...]

UPOU signals start of the construction of its international convention center in groundbreaking rites.Part of UPOU's 21st Anniversary celebration is the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the UPOU International Convention Center (UPOU ICC), which was held on 29 February 2016. UP President Alfredo Pascual and Chancellor Grace Javier Alfonso gave their messages. President Pascual highlighted the importance of ICC as a means to serve the community while Chancellor Alfonso emphasized how grateful UPOU is to all the people who were part of the planning, design and construction of the International Convention Center. She looks forward to seeing the building [...]

UPOU inks new agreements and recognizes partners.As part of UPOU's 21st Anniversary celebration held on 29 February 2016, UPOU signed agreements with new partners and recognized institutions, agencies, associations and groups that it partnered with in 2015. Led by Chancellor Grace Javier Alfonso, UPOU signed a memorandum of understanding with Geoinformetrics for the launch of the training program on the Application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Climate and Disaster Risk Management and Land Use Planning to be held on 12-13 April 2016. This collaboration aims to promote the use of GIS using open source through intensive basic GIS training [...]

Dr. Melinda dP. Bandalaria, Dean of the Faculty of Information and Communication Studies, is the fourth Chancellor of UPOU.Dr. Melinda dP. Bandalaria was appointed as the fourth Chancellor of the UP Open University at the 1314th meeting of the UP Board of Regents on 29 January 2016. Her appointment is effective 29 February 2016 to 28 February 2019. Dr. Bandalaria was appointed following the institution of a search process for the next UPOU Chancellor by the UP Office of the President in October 2015, which included a public forum with the nominees in December 2016, where Dr. Bandalaria presented her [...]

UP, UPOU, and Shu-Te University discuss potential partnerships in academic exchanges, city diplomacy, and human resource development and regional integration.UP President Alfredo E. Pascual and UPOU Chancellor Dr. Grace Javier Alfonso were in Kaohsiung, Taiwan to explore partnership with Shu-Te University (STU) in academic exchanges, city diplomacy, and human resource development and regional integration. In response to the invitation of STU President Dr. Yuan-Hsian Chu, Chancellor Alfonso and President Pascual led a group of UP academics who visited Kaohsiung City from 19 January to 22 January 2016. According to Dr. Chu, the Philippines and Taiwan "are the most valuable educational [...]