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Libreng Sakay

Written by Rene Estremera on 02 March 2023. Posted in Madayaw News

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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

Written by Rene Estremera on 28 February 2023. Posted in Madayaw News

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

UNDP's ISIP in UPMin

Written by Rene Estremera on 28 February 2023. Posted in Madayaw News

Executive Dialogue UP Mindanao is one of the Higher Education Institution (HEI) partners of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Innovation for Social Impact Partnership Project (ISIP Project). As such, it is one of the Universities to undergo a Visiting Professor Program organized by ISIP. The objectives of the Visiting Professor Program are to further capacitate HEIs as strategic hubs for innovation and social impact and to support the growth and improvement of University-based startup enterprises with a clear social impact.

The Visiting Professor Program is an online engagement organized by ISIP. Asst. Prof. Miguel Guillermo is UPMin's faculty focal person. The 2-week engagement, on Feb. 27 to March 3, and March 13 to 17, will feature activities such as dialogues, teaching clinics, and workshops for students and the TBI staff. Activities are from Monday to Friday from 8-11 am for the 2 weeks.

For February 28, 2023, the Visiting Professor is Dr. Esther Obonyo. She will gather insights into UPMin's strategic direction towards Innovation and Social Impact.

Dr. Obonyo's CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rWiQBF14UTeCD8I_qeFF5iaJLbjhdfa8/view?usp=share_link

Download the UPMin StrategicPlan: https://bit.ly/3WbH02s

Prof. Alviola is PIDS Associate Editor

Written by Rene Estremera on 23 February 2023. Posted in Madayaw News

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Prof. Pedro "Pete" A. Alviola IV of the School of Management was appointed to the Editorial Board of the Philippine Journal of Development, the journal of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS). Prof. Alviola was appointed as an Associate Editor for 2022-2026.

PIDS is the Philippines' source of policy research and advice for the formulation of development plans and policies and to enable informed public discourse in the country.

"I'm pleased with this appointment as the Journal is one of the top policy journals in SE Asia," said Prof. Alviola. "Also, being in a position, albeit small, to impact the quality and rigor of papers that will likely drive policymaking in our country is also another plus factor that I look forward to doing," he said.

Vegetable Juice Beverage, 2023

Written by Rene Estremera on 23 February 2023. Posted in Madayaw News

The Technology Transfer & Business Development Office (TTBDO) hosted a demonstration on February 6, 2023, by Ms. Diane Rose G. Castillon (in photo below) and Dr. Dann Marie N. Del Mundo (Dept. of Food Science & Chemistry) for a technology developed for a juice beverage (not from concentrate) with the use of nutritious vegetables that are locally available in the Philippines. According to the demonstrators, this juice product could offer a more affordable option with the same benefit as that of juice blends in the market, making it more acceptable to the local market. 

"We are excited by the possibilities that this research could bring," said TTBDO head Lynda Buenobra. At the conclusion of the demonstration, the team identified several opportunities to further improve the quality of the product. "We aim that this research will be successful in delivering a more accessible and nutritious beverage option to the local market," said Prof. Del Mundo.

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