MOA Signing with BSH ‘68 Alumni
A follow-up meeting and holiday fellowship celebration between the UP College of Public Health (UP CPH) officials and members of the University of the Philippines Alumni Association in America (UPAAA) was held on 20 December 2023 in Taguig City. In the meeting, the current CPH Officials were able to meet with the members of the BS Hygiene Class of 1968 and the University of the Philippines Alumni Association in America (UPAAA).
The gathering kicked off with lively introductions from both the CPH officials and the alumni. On the meeting agenda were updates on alumni matters, including discussions on the proposed alumni forum series featuring CPH alumni, and potential collaborations between the Alumni Association and the College of Public Health. Dr. Luceli Cuasay then surprised the party by announcing her sponsorship of an additional scholarship, complementing the existing scholarships offered by UPAAA. The occasion also witnessed the continuation of these scholarships through a Memorandum of Agreement signing.
UP CPH Dean and Centre Director Dr. Fernando B. Garcia, Jr., Former Dean and Centre Director, Dr. Vicente Y. Belizario; Assistant to the Dean for Planning and Development, Dr. TJ Robinson Moncatar; Associate Dean for Research, Dr. Sharon Yvette Angelina Villanueva; College Secretary, Dr. Evalyn Roxas; Student Relations Officer, Dr. Maria Margarita Lota; and Alumni Relations Officer, Prof. Rose Abigail Duarte met with Ms. Niña Lojo and Ms. Rosalita Tan of the UPAAA, and Mr. John Paul delos Trinos during the get-together. Mr. Adriel Andonaque provided support to the event as the AR technical assistant.
Moving forward, the UP College of Public Health hopes to involve its alumni in more meaningful endeavors and initiatives, fostering strong relations between the institution and its graduates.
Source: UP Manila College of Public Health Facebook
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UPAAA past president Daisy Rodriguez meets meets with Vice President for Public Affairs Elena Pernia, AVP Wendell Capili, and OAR Director Rica Abad
UP Alumni Association in America (UPAAA) past president and California-based UP Nursing alumna Daisy Magalit Rodriguez meets with Vice President for Public Affairs Elena Pernia, AVP Wendell Capili, and OAR Director Rica Abad.
Photo by AVP Wendell Capili
U.P. Alumni Association in America, Inc. Letter of Support
Dear President Danilo Concepcion, faculty and students:
On behalf of the UP Alumni Association in America, Inc. (UPAAA, Inc.), we express our strong support for your stand in preserving the integrity and independence of the University as the bastion of academic freedom in the country. Our vision clearly articulates the values of UPAAA, Inc. as “ a strong broad-based organization of alumni of the University of the Philippines in the service and support of the Alma mater, the UP alumni, the UP system and the community in pursuit of common goals.”
Recent developments have prompted us to highlight once more what the University stands for and its role as the nation’s premier educational institution of learning. UP is a microcosm of the larger community but has a significant role in nation-building. It is, and has been, the breeding ground for progressive and creative ideas and free expression represented by the iconic statue of the Oblation. The university has produced leaders in the community and country who have contributed in a large part to the progress of our native land. Stifling academic freedom denigrates the immense promise of the youth to contribute to the future of the country.
As a foreign-based nation-wide organization of UP alumni striving to unify UP alumni in the United States and other countries, we provide the anchor upon which alumni living in foreign lands from the diaspora of the past, can look for unity and collaboration. It is therefore with alarm that we see the insidious threat to the independence and leadership of the University in promoting academic freedom in other institutions of learning all over the country. We need the UP youth to go boldly into the future to shape our nation as leaders that the country needs them to be. We need the faculty to continue molding these young minds in the tradition of our heroes of the past and become leaders of tomorrow.
We recognize that unlawful behavior is never tolerated by the university and has adhered to the observance of the laws. But it also has the obligation to protect the rights of the students, faculty and everyone within the jurisdiction of the university. When these rights are violated without due process, democracy in the country is gradually eroded. Holding the threat of punishment or fear over the heads of students and the university as a whole becomes a cloud that suppresses growth of academic vibrancy.
In pursuit of honor and excellence, UPAAA, Inc. remains truly yours,
Daisy M. Rodriguez, RN,BSN,MN,MPA
National President, UPAAA,Inc.
Dr. Jovenia Celo, MD
Executive Vice President
Courtesy call of UPAAA President to President Concepcion
University of the Philippines Alumni Association in America (UPAAA) President Daisy Magalit-Rodriguez makes a courtesy call to UP President Danilo L. Concepcion last Monday, February 10, 2020 at the Quezon Hall, UP Diliman, Quezon City.
UPAAA President Magalit-Rodriguez visits the OAR after her courtesy call to the UP President last Monday, February 10, 2020.