The AUN-QA team, identified through the blue and red logo on their jacket, with the UPMin officials and programs faculty

UP Mindanao's BS Biology and BS Computer Science programs were assessed at the 392nd ASEAN Universities Network-Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) Program Level Assessment from June 11 to 13, 2024. Simultaneously, UP Visayas also had two programs assessed. 

UP Mindanao Chancellor Prof. Lyre Anni Murao, together with Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Prof. Annabelle Novero, Vice Chancellor for Administration a/Prof. Leo Manuel Estaña and Dean Prof. Cleto Nañola of the College of Science and Mathematics welcomed the AUN-QA Secretariat and Assessors at the university atrium.

The assessment officially commenced with a brief program at the Lorenzo Hall, UP Mindanao.

Assoc. Prof. Salazar, Prof. Novero, Exec. Dir. Sebastian and PM Babaran, after the MOA-signing

UP Mindanao (UPMin) and the Move To Change (M2C) Foundation Inc. entered into a memorandum of agreement to implement the M2C's Changemakers Scholarship Program at UPMin. UPMin Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs Prof. Annabelle U. Novero and Office of Student Affairs Director Assoc. Prof. Maria Stella Salazar received M2C Executive Director Asuncion Sebastian and Prime Mover Mark Lee Babaran for the June 13, 2024, signing ceremony.

M2C Foundation, the scholarship provider, is a non-stock, non-profit organization based in San Juan City, Metro Manila, which aims to create a learning community of change-makers among the youth, bringing about positive change and sustainable development. 

UP TO HOLD ITS FIRST LINGGO NG UNIBERSIDAD FROM JUNE 10 TO 20
June 6, 2024 | Written by KIM G Quilinguing

The University of the Philippines (UP) will hold the first Linggo ng Unibersidad from June 10 to 20, 2024. Themed Hayag: Pagpugay sa Lingkod Bayan, the week will recognize and celebrate the efforts of its faculty, students, and workers in continuing the university's traditions of honor and excellence and commitment to public service.

The week-long celebration will be kicked off with a UP System-wide synchronized flag raising ceremony on June 10, Monday, 8:00 a.m. The event, which will be primarily-held in Quezon Hall, UP Diliman, will be attended by officials of the UP System, as well as the Chancellors of the constituent universities from UP Baguio in the north, UP Mindanao in the south, and the only virtual university in the country, UP Open University.

The event will also showcase the talents of several cultural groups in the university, namely: the UP Manila Belle, the UPLB Sandayaw Cultural Group, the UPV Babaylan Dance, as well as the UP Mindanao Dance Ensemble.

College of Humanities and Social Sciences Dean Prof. Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz's appointment as UP Artist I was renewed for 2022-2024 by the UP Board of Regents in its 1390th BOR meeting on May 31, 2024. The appointment covers her artistic productivity from January 2019 to December 2021, which includes her memoir "Abi Nako, Or So I Thought" (2020) and the "Tingle Anthology of Pinay Lesbian Writing" (2021), among others. Prof. Cruz is the sole appointee from UP Mindanao and one of three in UPMin history.