UP Mindanao was named as one of the Top 10 National Government Agencies/Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations/ Local Government Units for the taxable year 2023 of the Bureau of Internal Revenue's Revenue District Office No. 113A-West Davao City who has significantly contributed to the BIR's continuing effort to collect taxes for nation building. 

UP Mindanao's Chief Accountant Zenaida G. Calatrava, CPA,. (fourth from left in the photo above) received the Certificate of Appreciation on behalf of the University in the ceremony "Tax Campaign Kick-Off," held on March 12, 2024, at the SM City Davao Activity Center. She is accompanied on stage by (left-right) Revenue District Officer Eliezer O. Deligero, Assistant Regional Director Carmen Grace Linga-Comoda, and Regional Director Esmeralda M. Tabule. 

The ceremony and recognition served to instill awareness and encourage timely and accurate submission of Annual Income Tax Returns for taxable year 2023.       

State Auditors Joyz Albert, Helena Valdez, and Rosette Reyno

UP Mindanao unit heads and representatives and the COA auditors

UP Mindanao officials and the resident Commission on Audit team met on March 11, 2024, at the UP Mindanao Gaisano Room for an annual COA Exit Conference. The Exit Conference is held between the COA and its auditee institution at the end of every fiscal year to discuss audit observations and recommendations. The COA panel was led by State Auditor V Helena L. Valdez, Regional Supervising Auditor, and supported by State Auditor III Rosette G. Reyno, OIC Audit Team Leader, and State Auditor II Joyz Emarie S. Albert, Audit Team Member, and UPMin COA Office Staff Arnel Narisma.

The UP Mindanao delegation was composed of unit heads and representatives led by VC for Administration Leo Manuel Estana and Michelle Panis, Supply & Property Management Office's Brenda Acuna and Hazel Montecalvo, Accounting Office's Zenaida Calatrava and Jennifer Nonod, Cash Office's Emma Ruth Caalaman, Phil. Genome Center's Marian Luayon, Human Resources' Lynda Buenaobra, Campus Planning's Jean Marie Juanga and Oliver Telmo, Student Affairs' Maria Stella Salazar, and Office of Research's May Anne Mata. 

The COA team gave observations and advice on 2023 transactions, to which the UPMin team intermittently asked for clarifications and gave some explanations.           

UP Mindanao Chancellor Lyre Anni Murao welcomes the delegates.

Participants from various Higher Education Institutions engage in workshop exercises.

UP Mindanao Office of Extension and Community Service, Ugnayan ng Pahinungod, in collaboration with Ugnayan ng Pahinungod Cebu and Visayas, recently organized a seminar-workshop on Service Learning: Concepts, Contexts, and Challenges on February 28, 2024, at the Blue Lotus Hotel in Davao City.

Educators from various higher education institutions across Mindanao actively participated in this workshop. Aligned with the Knowledge Fair, this seminar-workshop was a vital component of the UPMin 29th Founding Anniversary celebrations.