On August 29, 2023, during Metrobank’s 61st Anniversary celebration at the Grand Hyatt Manila, Metrobank Foundation and GT Foundation, Inc. handed over development grants worth PHP 40 Million to 32 partner organizations including UPERDFI and the UP College of Engineering. UPERDFI ED Tito Aliga and UPCOE Dean Tonette Tanchuling attended Read more…
The family of our much esteemed Adviser, Roger Murga, hosted a dinner party at the Celebrity Sports Club on August 19, 2023 on the occasion of his 89th birthday. The event was well-organized by his three sons and their families. Mesmerizing the crowd, Roger recounted the challenges and solutions that Read more…
We congratulate alumni who were cited in the August 19, 2023 Grand UP Alumni Reunion at the Bahay Alumni in UP Diliman! The following have linkages with UPERDFI: Distinguished Alumni Award for Education and Societal Development – Filomena Magno Cantoria. She is a retired faculty member of the College of Read more…
The UPERDFI Board of Trustees held its 179th Regular Meeting on August 16, 2023 at the UP National Engineering Center and via Zoom. The Board, led by Chairman Alex Sy, discussed pertinent matters concerning the Foundation. In attendance were President Winnie Torres-Ordoñez, Vice President Lito Bermudo, Corporate Secretary Fred Chua, Read more…
In the culminating event for GBF’s 30th year held on August 17 at The Westin Manila, the GBF President Lance Gokongwei and Executive Director Grace Colet presented the renewed thrust in implementing its purpose – ‘Building the future through education’. This was espoused by the patriarch, Mr. John Gokongwei, Jr. Read more…
UPERDFI-NISMED Meeting with (L-R) Chicho Mantaring, Dr. Grace Gomez, Alex Sy, Dr. Sheryl Monterola, Lito Bermudo, Dr. Monalisa Sasing, Norika Ishikawa and Tito Aliga. UPERDFI officers met with the University of the Philippines National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education Development (UP NISMED) officials on August 9, 2023 to explore Read more…
With heavy hearts, we gather to pay tribute to a distinguished member, who left behind a legacy of unwavering commitment and invaluable contributions to UP College of Engineering and to our Foundation. He set up RN Ferrer & Associates, a leading design and engineering firm in the field of electrical Read more…
DOD Signing with (L-R) UPERDFI Executive Director Tito Aliga, JAAF Executive Director Diane Romero, COE Dean Tonette Tanchuling, COE Assoc. Dean for Student Affairs Kate Tungpalan The J. Amado Araneta Foundation, Inc. (JAAF) signed the Deed of Donation with UPERDFI and the UP College of Engineering for the Thesis Support Read more…
The UP College of Engineering held the Recognition Rites on August 1, 2023 at the Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay City. The guest speaker was UPERDFI Member Mamerto “Mert” E. Tangonan from the BS Civil Engineering Class of 1984. Mert is the Deputy Governor of the Payments and Currency Management Sector of Read more…