Three Diploma in Midwifery (DM) graduates from the ̽̽ Manila School of Health Sciences (̽̽M-SHS) were among the top ten passers of the April 2024 Licensure Examination for Midwives, as announced by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on May 6. Samantha May Aglit Torcuan, who belongs to DM Batch 11 of ̽̽M-SHS Baler, Aurora, […]
Author: Arlyn VCD Palisoc Romualdo
“Sayang naman.” Imagine hearing that as a response to “I want to be a doctor.” Unusual, right? Now imagine that comment coming from an educator interviewing a ̽̽ student who was about to earn his Biology degree, magna cum laude, and was being considered as the “Most Outstanding Graduate. Surprising, but perhaps a little less […]
“By locating our cultural heritage, we ascertain our origins and future,” Anna Razel Limoso Ramirez stated emphatically. The ̽̽ Visayas (̽̽V) publications officer is the overall co-project leader of the Cultural Mapping of Panay and Guimaras (CMPG), along with Director Anthea Redison of the ̽̽V Center for West Visayan Studies. Formally launched in December […]
The University is at second place for the general championship at the halfway mark of the University Athletics Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 86, with 172 points. The University of Santo Tomas (UST) is first with 202 points and the Ateneo de Manila University is third with 167 points. “̽̽ Fight! Isang Pagdiwang […]
Representatives from state universities and colleges, local government units, and other sectors across Central Visayas gathered online and onsite in ̽̽ Cebu on January 19 for “Open Data for Social Innovation: SUCs and LGUs Regional Forum.” Organized by ̽̽ Cebu together with the ̽̽ Open Data Committee, the event showcased open data initiatives, discussed […]
“The therapy work with PsycServ is one of the best things that happened to me.” That’s what Mileen Jan “MJ” Natividad had to say about the impact of the ̽̽ Diliman (̽̽D) program on their life. They had first heard about PsycServ, short for ̽̽D Psychosocial Services, as a BS Psychology freshman back in 2018. […]
“Your mentors are here to guide you, not for you to follow their paths, but for you to create your own,” ̽̽ President Angelo Jimenez (PAJ) told the first batch of mentees in the Alumni Mentoring Program of the ̽̽ Alumni Association of San Francisco (̽̽AASF). The program was established in partnership with the […]
Biosurveillance, cybersecurity, and resilience. These were the possible areas of collaboration mentioned by ̽̽ President Angelo Jimenez (PAJ) to University of Ottawa (uOttawa) President and Vice Chancellor Jacques Frémont in their meeting on November 6. PAJ took his cue from Frémont’s overview of uOttawa and his discussion of some of its leading programs. It was […]
Immense relief from the mental and emotional toll of thinking about money for internship expenses. Less worrying about how to get extra income to cover financial requirements of field work. Money for food, transportation, and other personal needs that would otherwise be taken out of an already stretched family budget. These are […]
More resources, human and financial, are needed to strengthen ̽̽’s mental health initiatives. This was the bottom-line of the recommendations presented by representatives of the University’s various sectors—students, faculty, staff, and mental health practitioners—during the ̽̽ System Mental Health and Wellbeing Conference (MHWC) on October 11-12 in ̽̽ Los Baños. They pushed for the […]