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Message of Chancellor Digal to continuing students

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Message of Chancellor Larry N. Digal to continuing students

Welcome back, students. I hope you were able to rest and recover from the challenges we all faced last semester. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all of us in myriad ways and brought many changes in the manner of how we traditionally do things in the academe. This pandemic upended higher education as we know it and profoundly affected educational institutions, including the University of the Philippines. The First Semester became a testing ground for the delivery of new learning ideas and methods and we all gained lessons from the experiences of the First Semester. From these lessons, we will continue to improve and develop ways and means to make this transition to remote learning as easy as possible for you. A foremost concern is your safety and protection as we go through another semester of remote learning. I would like to reiterate the commitment of the UP System to provide learning assistance to students who are in need, but let me take this opportunity to appeal for patience and understanding in any delays in receiving this assistance. There are also challenges in the delivery of these learning assistance packages due to the pandemic. The Second Semester will also usher in new ways of delivering student services through our virtual outlets with the goal of giving students a bridge of communication for any assistance that UP Mindanao can provide you. Rest assured that you are not alone in this journey. Our UP Mindanao administration, including your professors and instructors, are here to provide support and guidance. Please do not hesitate to let us know. We will be more than willing to assist you. On behalf of the UP Mindanao community, I wish you good health and a safe and productive semester.
Events in March 2021

 

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21 February - 20 March - The 2021 International Mother Language Conference and Festival is on-going until 20 March 2021. The UP Mindanao Department of Social Sciences is one of the assisting institutions. All information regarding the conference is available on the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/motherlanguageconference

01 - 31 March - The University of the Philippines Mindanao joins the country in celebrating the 2021 National Women's Month (NWM). In line with this year's campaign, "Juana Laban sa Pandemya: Kaya!", we are proud to highlight resilience during this pandemic time through this photo series. #WomenMakeChange. To learn more and participate in other NWM initiatives, visit https://pcw.gov.ph/2021-national-womens-month/

03 March - A webinar, “Maintaining positivity and building resilience during tough times,” will be given by the OSA/HRDO for employees on 03 March 2021, at 1:30 p.m. via Zoom. The resource person is Associate Professor and Licensed Psychologist Dr. Ronaldo A. Motilla, CSCLP, RPsy.

08 March - DMPCS Online Research Seminar. 08 March 2021, 2:00 PM. Register here: http://bit.ly/3kHeMe5 Seminar Title: "A tour on iterative regularization to solve inverse problems." Speaker: Assistant Professor Rommel Real (Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science) 

11 March - Townhall meeting to present UP Mindanao's updated strategic plan 2019-2023The updated plan is based on the assessment and the plans and programs made yearly by various units. The inputs will go into the UP System planning workshop on 17-19 March 2021.

16 March - Webinar on “Exploring Women’s Role in Food and Agriculture Resilience” on 16 March 2021 (Tuesday) from 1:00 PM to 4:00 p.m. Register at https://bit.ly/UPMin-SOM-Webinar4 on or before 15 March 2021. For more inquiries, contact .

17 March - 2nd Semester AY 2020-2021 Convocation. 17 March 2021, 3:00 - 5:30 p.m. to discuss academic policies, academic resources, Help Desks, and other support for faculty and students. Register using the UP email account at https://bit.ly/30JhQxc

19 March - Training for Contractors of Infra Projects on the Bidding Process of UP Mindanao,19 March 2021 (Friday), 2:00 PM, via Zoom. Zoom Meeting ID: 843 179 4292. Meeting Passcode: TrainingUP

17, 24, and 31 March - "Towards 100 Years of Resilience: From the Helm of the University Library"  A three-part online lecture series/webinar on the development of the University Library. On 17, 24, and 31 March 2021, 2:00 - 4:00 PM via Zoom Webinar. Register through the link: https://up-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TBfuBd_gTo6Ur5M0XwskfA.

 

Chancellor Larry Digal's Message at the 26th Anniversary, 2021

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2021 022221 LND 01 RESIZE 33President Danilo L. Concepcion, Executive Vice President Ted Herbosa, former chancellor Sylvia “Beng” Concepcion, Chancellor “Dong” Camacho of UPLB, Atty. Marie Dinah Tolentino-Fuentes, president of UP Mindanao Foundation, Atty. Marie Glenn Sorila, UP Mindanao officials, faculty members, staff, our students, awardees, alumni, friends, guests, ladies and gentlemen, good morning and welcome to UP Mindanao’s 26th-anniversary celebration!

A few decades ago, having a UP campus here in Mindanao was only a dream. Bright and promising Mindanaoan students then had to go to Luzon or the Visayas to acquire a UP education. Because of the perceived inequity then, Mindanaoan UP alumni clamored for the creation of a UP campus here in Mindanao to provide equitable access for poor and deserving Mindanaoan students to affordable and quality UP education. After years of relentless lobbying, Republic Act 7889, otherwise known as the University of the Philippines in Mindanao Act, was finally enacted 26 years ago, on February 20, 1995. For those of you who do not know this, especially the younger generation, UP Mindanao is the only campus in the entire UP System created through special national legislation.

Since the start of my administration, we have seriously reviewed the reason and purpose for our existence as a constituent unit of the UP System articulated in our charter. We have reframed our vision to become an internationally competitive graduate research and public service university in Mindanao, leading in the study of arts, cultures, and sustainable biosystems. With the mission to provide distinctive interdisciplinary education, research and development, and public engagement that are responsive and relevant to the diverse sectors in Mindanao. And to sustain Mindanao heritage and biodiversity through innovative, sustainable systems and technologies.

We have articulated our ambitious plan for expansion from 2019 to 2023 and mobilized the support of our allies and partners for the implementation of our programs that include, first, expanding UP Mindanao’s academic program offerings to effectively fulfill its mandate in Mindanao. We are targeting 16 new programs under three new colleges. Second, supporting the implementation of the Mindanao Sports Development program that includes the establishment of the College of Human Kinetics and the completion of the Davao City-UP Sports Complex. Third, establishing the UP Mindanao Botanical Garden and Park to support agro-eco-cultural tourism. Fourth, strengthening the research, development, and engagement of UP Mindanao on Sustainable Agri- and Bio-systems. Fifth, establishing the Knowledge, Innovation, Science and Technology Park in the UP Mindanao campus to accelerate innovation and investments. Sixth, establishing a UP College of Medicine in Davao City, in partnership with UP Manila, to respond to the medical needs of the island. And seventh, responding to Mindanao’s graduate program needs through joint programs with other UP campuses.

I would like to thank here Chancellor “Mechit” [Carmencita Padilla of UP Manila] and EVP Herbosa for helping us with the College of Medicine, “Chancy Dong” [Chancellor Jose Camacho of UPLB] for the MS Environmental Science and the Joint PhD by Research, as well as the MS Agri Economics, and “Chancy” Fidel Nemenzo [Chancellor, UP Diliman] for helping us with the College of Human Kinetics, and, of course, our President and his vice presidents and team for their strong support in this expansion program.

These plans and programs I mentioned are the resolutions we passed in the Regional Alumni Institute Assembly in 2019. These are the plans that we disseminated and discussed with some Cabinet secretaries during the roadshow, together with our prominent alumni like Angie [Sebastian] Angliongto, John Gaisano, and Atty. Dinah Tolentino-Fuentes. Today, I’m happy to announce UP Mindanao's first doctoral program offering, the PhD by Research program under our School of Management. Consistent with our vision, we aim to offer more programs in the coming years, at least three are targeted this year.

With this expansion program we were able get 12 new faculty items, and new infrastructure projects, thus far. We hope to get more, particularly in regularizing our UP contractual faculty and staff, as we offer new programs. Our alumni have been backing us up with our request with the DBM or Department of Budget and Management for these new items.

With the full support of the UP System, we are now laying the groundwork for the establishment of the College of Medicine, which is part of our Mindanao Health Initiative program, to include the establishment of the Davao City Hospital within our campus, and the Mindanao Research and Innovation Center for One Health. Last Wednesday [17 February 2021], UP, led by our supportive President Danilo Concepcion, and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte met to discuss the forging of a Memorandum of Agreement for the establishment of the proposed hospital, which is envisioned to be a tertiary-level teaching hospital to complement our planned College of Medicine. These plans are now in the pipeline and expected to be realized within the next two years.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our plans and operations, it has also taught us to reflect as an academic institution, and to rethink our strategies, to continue to be relevant and faithful to our mandate, even as we have stepped up efforts to respond to the challenges brought about by the crisis, such as offering the expertise of the Philippine Genome Center Mindanao to build the capacity of several medical health facilities in various parts of Mindanao on RT PCR testing. As we celebrate UP Mindanao’s 26th founding anniversary today, let us all muster our Bayanihan spirit as a community to work together in realizing our anniversary theme of “Transcending towards a resilient recovery in the new normal.”

Finally, let me share with you a personal story that I think is appropriate to what is happening now here in UP Mindanao. Every morning since the start of the pandemic, I spend time in my mom’s garden. When she got sick, the garden was not as beautiful as when she had the energy to attend to it every day. I was so busy with my work, especially when I became your chancellor, that I wasn’t there to help her in her garden. She passed away last January 2 of 2020. Until now I still think and feel that I never had enough time to grieve with all the responsibilities in my shoulder. But the pandemic brought me back to her garden. That helps me in my grieving and in my healing. Now her garden is beautiful again. In the middle of her garden stands a big letter C, the letter of her name Carmen, curled with bougainvilleas with a bed of roses behind it. I work hard every morning since the start of the pandemic because I was inspired by her love and hard work to bring back the beauty of her garden that we all enjoyed.

UP Mindanao to me is like my mom’s garden. I put in it my commitment and hard work so it will grow and I’m happy that we continue to grow. It is growing because there are people who are helping us to grow it. The faculty and staff, including those who have retired, our current and previous administrators‒some of them are here‒our students, our partners in the government and private sectors, particularly the alumni, they have invested their commitment and hard work too, so that we can make a bigger impact to the community we serve. On behalf of UP Mindanao, I would like to sincerely thank all of them.

Happy 26th anniversary to UP Mindanao! And congratulations to our service awardees, and to our pinakamahusay na faculty and admin staff! Maayong buntag kanatong tanan!

UP President Danilo Concepcion's Message at the 26th Anniversary, 2021

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Chancellor Digal, the faculty, administrative staff, students, alumni, and friends, I am happy to join you on this wonderful occasion, the 26th Anniversary celebration of UP Mindanao.

I hope everybody is doing well amid our observance of basic health protocols like physical distancing, wearing of face masks, and regular sanitation of hands. By now we have become accustomed to these health practices along with distance education and our especially customized work from home arrangements. We recognize this as part of our new normal to help us cope with the global crisis.

It has been more than a year since the world frantically searched for ways to prevent the spread of what was then a new and dreaded coronavirus. Now we all know it today as the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic. We know how it spreads and how we can best protect ourselves. More importantly, we know that it can be beaten.

Our health frontliners, scientists, and educators here and abroad have bravely spearheaded the fight to test, isolate and treat those who have been afflicted by the virus and all the illnesses associated with it. These frontliners continue to heal and save lives with the help of everyone else, no doubt including many of us who are from UP. From north to south, our constituent universities have linked with national and local government units and governmental organizations, business groups, and other organizations with the shared goal of healing as one nation and rising up again. We regularly publish information and resources on COVID-19 in our online COVID portal.

While most of UP's accomplishments and advisories can be read via our main website, UP Mindanao no doubt plays a crucial role in our fight against COVID-19, with members of the UP Mindanao community stepping up to lead in teaching, research and extension efforts in southern Philippines. Allow me to mention and commend some of your most recent accomplishments.

I am pleased and inspired by the Philippine Genome Center Mindanao for assisting the Department of Health in training frontliners from the Ramiro Medical Center in Ozamiz City, the frontliners from the Philippine Red Cross Misamis Oriental Cagayan De Oro chapter and the frontliners from the Adela Ty Memorial Medical Center in Tandag City. I understand that personnel from the new Police Regional Office COVID 19 testing laboratory will also be trained by PGC Mindanao in biosafety and molecular diagnostics. The lab can be an extension laboratory by the UP PGC for research and development collaboration to study and mitigate the spread of infectious diseases in the southern Philippines. This is the newest addition to the network of COVID-19 Labs in Tagum City and Davao de Oro province.

To communicate life-saving information and inspiring stories, various departments and several professors have been hosting webinars and radio documentaries such as the Radyo Iskolar to raise public awareness about dealing with COVID-19, about effects of vaccination, and how to access psychosocial support programs.

In cooperation with the revived Pahinungod, the UP Mindanao Pahinungod organized volunteers for psychological first aid and delivered a psychological first aid webinar last December 2020. Our faculty members helped strengthen linkages with LGUs, secondary schools, and corporations through joint projects and forums.

They were also able to publish peer-reviewed researches in reputable international journals while promoting international linkages and internationalization.

The virtual Kasadya 2020, UP Mindanao’s Christmas celebration for students and staff pushed through with a very appropriate theme on service and compassion.

UP Mindanao also beefed up efforts in information dissemination, capability-building, and initiatives for livelihood training for their constituents.

It is true that difficulties also bring us valuable lessons and opportunities for growth. While each one of us is doing his or her best, we should keep an open mind for others who might be having difficulty in adjusting to the new normal. Reaching out gives us a sense of unity and hope that can help us get through the uncertainties.

It is encouraging to hear from the Chancellor that despite the disruptions, you have persevered and have accomplished even more compared to what you did the previous year. Let me commend you for developing the Mindanao Health Initiative program that will give birth to the Davao City-UP hospital, the Mindanao Center for Infectious Diseases, and most of all, the UP Mindanao College of Medicine.

Another pleasant surprise is UP Mindanao’s higher enrollment this year. Your undergraduate enrollment increased by 33% while your graduate enrollment went up by about 23%. I am equally pleased to hear from Chancellor Digal that you have hurdled the challenges in migrating to remote learning. This means more students will receive the Tatak-UP quality of education. On top of this, I am happy to learn that you have started implementing our plans to establish three new colleges, namely the College of Human Kinetics, the College of Engineering, and the College of Medicine.

Let me also commend you for engaging in policy discussions and in assisting micro-, small, and medium enterprises in their efforts to recover. I appreciate your hard work and optimism in fulfilling the mandate of our University by using the best available scientific knowledge in responding to a crisis of this magnitude. Right now, some economists believe that the level of economic contraction is approximating the post-World War II years. If true, this means a huge part of our nation’s growth and human resources has suffered a big setback, and we have to work hard together to put our economic trajectory back on track as a developing nation.

We shall continue to overcome the challenges, such as the devastating effects on many of our finances, work and social lives, and even on our mental and physical health. Every sector of UP community exemplifies remarkable courage, resourcefulness, intelligence, resilience, and compassion. We continue to highlight the fact that UP scientists and health practitioners are our nation’s best resources to deliver the best results in the fight against COVID-19.

Our faculty continue to come up with innovative platforms for teaching. Even though campuses remain closed, our administrators and staff are keeping our University running. Even our students, alumni and campus residents are doing what they can to help ease peoples burdens.

We need to adopt the principle of Disaster Risk Reduction, not to equate resilience with merely surviving or expecting vulnerable sectors to be able to cope with crisis after crisis all by themselves. Borrowing this concept from the UP Resilience Institute, we need all stakeholders to collaborate. Government, academe, businesses, civil society, and media, to utilize the best available interdisciplinary science in forming and guiding efforts in the fight against COVID-19. Creating or arriving at the new normal is no longer enough. We need to think about a better new normal that can present solutions to old problems as well as new ones. Information must be made accessible, accurate, reliable, and relevant for the scientific, academic, and health sectors to provide them the best guidance in steering the nation to recovery from the impact of this crisis.

With the accomplishments of UP Mindanao, we can proudly say “tunay kayong maaasahan.” You are indeed an inspiration. It is in this spirit that we will continue to harness the expertise of the country’s premier community of scholars to make timely and relevant recommendations and decisions. These outputs will serve as a springboard to help us recover from the hardships, adapt to the changing times, and regain the momentum to move our University into a resilient university of the future. Maraming salamat sa inyong matapat na paglilingkod! Happy anniversary, UP Mindanao! Mabuhay!

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