Student Life

Libreng Sakay

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The University administration provided Libreng Sakay to university personnel, students, and their parents on February 20-24, 2023. This service was sponsored by alumni and provided by the regular UP Ikot multicabs. Libreng Sakay was available from the highway to campus at the start and end of class hours, and within the campus in between. Libreng Sakay was further extended from February 27 to March 2, 2023. The service extension period was sponsored by UPMin's BS Biology and former faculty members.

Libreng Sakay is among the welfare services which the alumni are supporting. Adopt-A-Scholar is another program that seeks donors for meals, transportation, and housing support for students.

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Transport operators, UPMin sign MOA

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University of the Philippines Mindanao (UPMin) Chancellor Lyre Murao met Mintal transport operators and the barangay chairperson on February 27, 2023, for an agreement on transportation fares to and from the UP Mindanao campus. The standard fares were contained in a memorandum of agreement which was signed by transport association heads in the presence of Bgy. Mintal Chairperson Rey Amador Bargamento and University Student Council Vice-Chairperson Raphael John Dimalanta. 

The standard fares will be in effect for a year, though open for review as needed, and is applicable for UPMin personnel, students, and their parents. The minimum fare from Mintal highway to the campus is P15 for trips with 3-4 passengers, and P20 to the Davao City-UP Sports Complex for 3-4 passengers.        

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The agreement was the product of discussions among the tricycle and motorcab operators and the UPMin transport committee, formed by Vice-Chancellor for Administration Leo Manuel Estana and chaired by Asst. Prof. Angelo Regalado. Manuel Chiong Jr. signed for the UP Tricycle Operators & Drivers Association (UP-TODA) and Alexander Cabillo for the New United Motorcab Drivers Association of Mintal (NUMODA). 

Chairperson Bargamento told the drivers that the agreement would be a benefit to them, considering UPMin’s student population.

“This is a first for us, wherein UPMin entered into an agreement with our transport operators for the welfare of our UPMin constituents,” said Chancellor Murao.

[Top photo] Asst. Prof. Angelo Regalado (most right), UPMin's Transportation Committee chairperson, opens the ceremony before (seated, left-right) Bgy. Mintal's Rey Amador Bargamento, UPMin's Lyre Anni Murao, and UP-TODA's Manuel Chiong Jr. to the members of Committee and members of UP-TODA and NUMODA.

[Second photo] Bgy. Mintal Chair. Bargamento and UP-TODA's Manuel Chiong sign the MOA

[Third photo] NUMODA's Alexander Cabillo signs the MOA

[Bottom image] The fare matrix

Scholarship Fair, 2023

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 Asst. Prof. Kim Dianne Ligue (left) and Chancellor Lyre Anni Murao cut the ribbon to open the Scholarship Fair
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 Asst. Prof. Ligue receives her certificate of appreciation from OSA director Maria Stella Salazar (right) 

The Office of Student Affairs opened its Scholarship Fair for students on February 22, 2023. Chancellor Lyre Anni Murao and Asst. Prof. Kim Dianne Ligue cut the ribbon to open the Fair. Chancellor Murao invited the students to read up and avail of the scholarship programs available. She said the benefits of scholarships will relieve part of the student's burden of making ends meet. "You know very well the challenges of being a student. There are many students who are having difficulty and we want them to continue studying. The university is continuing to find ways and opportunities to help students meet their daily needs and so be able to focus on their studies," she said.        

Asst. Prof. Ligue, a UPMin alumna and current faculty member of the Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science, was the guest speaker. "When I entered UP Mindanao," she said, "it became soon evident that I needed assistance to continue my education.I hunted for scholarships, almost literally, to save my life."

She related her challenges in applying for and acquiring scholarships from the CHED, Oplan Kaalam, and the DOST until she completed her studies and graduated.

"I felt privileged in the way I had acquired my education. So personally, I did take it to the extreme a little bit and declared to myself that I will spend the rest of my life contributing back to our country using the education I acquired from all these scholarships," she said.

"I am sure you will be awarded the scholarships that you apply for. And when you do, I hope that every once in a while, like when you’re in the shower or on a long jeepney ride, you would try to imagine the ways that you can express your gratitude by contributing to our country," she said.

 Student Affairs Director Ma. Stella Salazar said the Fair also introduces the Adopt-a-Student program and the Bahay Kubo student kitchen. "We also seek donors for the Adopt-a-Scholar program to provide meals, housing, and transportation allowances," she said. "The Bahay Kubo project will create a kitchen and a vegetable garden for the students' sustainable food source," she said.  

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