UP Newsletter June 2011

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UP Law Website Relaunched In celebration of its centennial, the UP College of Law has redesigned their website at http://law.upd.edu.ph. The newly launched site boasts easier navigation for users. It also features a special section dedicated to the College’s centennial celebration.

University of the Philippines Community Newspaper VOLUME X X XII NUMBER 6

DILIMAN, QUEZON CITY

JUNE 2011

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UP tops PHL universities in QS rankings despite non-participation Jo. Florendo B. Lontoc

Despite its non-par ticipation, the University of the Philippines regained its standing as the number one university in the Philippines in the annual Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) ranking of Asian universities. UP placed 62nd in the 2011 Asian University Rankings’ Top 200. Only three other Philippine universities m a d e it to the top 200. Ateneo de Manila University ranked 65th; University of Santo Tomas, 104th; and De La Salle University, 107th. In the previous QS ranking of

Asian universities, Ateneo was ranked 58th, beating UP which was in 78th place. UST at that time placed 101st; and La Salle, 106th. QS started its world university rankings in 2004, then in partnership with the Times Higher Education Supplement (THES). At the end of October 2009, THES decided it would no longer use data provided by QS due to criticisms against the latter’s methodology. According to the QS website (http://www.topuniversities.com),

UP students, staff select new regents

Photos by Jun Madrid

Two n e w members of the UP Board of Regents (BOR), the rankings are based on “Academic the highest policyPe e r Re v i e w ( 4 0 % ) , E m p l oy e r / making body of Recr uiter Review (10%), Student- UP, were elected Faculty Ratio (20%), Citations per by students and Faculty (20%), and Inter national staff in separate Factors (Faculty and Students) 5% elections last April. UP Law student N e w l y e l e c te d U P each.” Maria Kristina C. Staff Regent Jossel In 2008, UP expressed reservations Ebesate Conti was elected about agreeing to a proposal by QS to student regent during the General Assembly spend around $48,930 or around P2 of Student Councils (GASC) held in UP million to promote UP at QS’s Top Mindanao from April 4 to 5. Conti will join Universities publication and fair. the BOR for AY 2011-2012, taking over for The current UP administration, Jaqueline Joy Eroles. (Continued on page 5 Meanwhile, student leaders Rainier Astin Sindayen and Fermina Agudo were selected as second and third nominees, respectively. They shall assume the position of student regent in the event that Conti, for whatever reason, vacates the position, as mandated by Article IX, Section 7 of the Codified Rules for Student Regent Selection. Jossel Ebesate, chief nurse at the Philippine General Hospital, was elected last April 13 by UP rank-and-file employees in the different constituent universities (CUs) as staff regent. He succeeds Clodualdo Cabrera, the first staff regent elected in 2009. About 56 percent or 4,862 out of 8,686 qualified administrative staff and research, extension and professional staff (REPS) exercised their right to vote. Both Conti and Ebesate began their respective terms last June 3 when they attended their first BOR meeting and took their oath of office.

Preventive suspension of UP Cebu College dean, 2 others

Clockwise from left top picture: UP President Alfredo E. Pascual; The UP Staff Chorale; Mrs. Adelaida Escober-Lopez, wife of former UP President SP Lopez; UP Vice-President for Academic Affairs Gisela Concepcion viewing photos of former UP President SP Lopez.

UP celebrates SP Lopez’s birth centennial

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UPD has new vice-chancellors Camille Dela Rosa

UPD Chancellor Caesar Saloma formally swore in five new vice-chancellors (VCs) last May 9 at Quezon Hall. The new VCs are Dr. Ronald Banzon of the College of Science as VC for Academic Affairs, Dr. Benito

Pacheco of the College of Engineering as VC for Research and Development, Prof. Virginia Yap of the UP Extension Prog ram in Pampang a as VC for Administration, Prof. Ma. Corazon Tan of the College of Social Work and

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Mothers of missing UP students file charges vs. Palparan et. al.

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Pascual calls for prudence in spending

UP Cebu College (UPCC) Dean Enrique Avila, Alsidry Sharif and Ernesto Pineda are preventively suspended from office for 90 days. They will be further investigated under Administrative Disciplinary Tribunal (ADT) Case Number 2011-001 for gross negligence, grave misconduct and gross neglect of duty. UPCC Associate Dean Richelita Galapate has been designated as OIC. The ADT which is tasked to conduct an investigation of the case is composed of Atty. Rosario Rodrigo Larracas (chair), Prof. Alden Lauzon and Dr. J. Prospero De Vera III. Larracas (Office of Student Affairs) is from UP Manila while Lauzon (College of Arts and Letters) and De Vera (National College of Public Administration and Governance) are from UP Diliman. For a background on the issue, please read the article in the UP Newsletter (April 2011, page 1) titled “Ouster of UP Cebu dean demanded” (http://www.up.edu.ph/upnewsletter.php?i=1 412&archive=yes&yr=2011&mn=4).

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CSSP, OCD conduct disaster preparedness training in UPD


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