Helping UPCOE Students COPE, SUCCEED and EXCEL! Seeing the convergence of our goals, the Alvarez Foundation has set up a Scholarship Program effective AY 2021-22. They will provide benefits to two students for a 2-year support. UPERDFI will provide fund administration, with the Associate Dean for Student Affairs doing the Read more…
Following the online reunion of the ME alumni hosted by Dean Ferdinand Manegdeg on June 6, the Class of 1980 decided to pool their resources to set up The ME Class of 1980 Professorial Chair in Mechanical Engineering, to be offered starting AY 2021-22. The convenor is Jomie Francisco. The Read more…
From the 30 projects from all the two Institutes and six Departments, 10 finalists were selected by the Undergraduate Project Competition Committee led by Prof. Gerald Denoga. These were included in the final judging held online on July 14. The judges were medical doctor Dr. Beatrice Ang, former UP Professor Read more…
In a hybrid meeting held at his office on July 12, UP President Danilo Concepcion explained his plan of landscaping the southeast corner of the Engineering Complex to provide a welcoming sight to the public view from the CP Garcia Avenue, upon entering UP at the Velasquez Gate. He cited Read more…
After approval of the Investment Policy Review recommendations (led by Reviewer Riza Mantaring) during the special June Board of Trustees meeting, the Finance Committee started a series of online discussions with our fund managers. Aside from receiving a situationer on the economy and financial market prospects, the FinComm members, headed Read more…
Source: DOST Philippines Department of Science and Technology Secretary Fortunato de la Peña presented to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development the country’s key research and development programs. These initiatives contributed to the Philippines’ ranking as the 2nd Overperformer, next to India, in terms of frontier technologies readiness Read more…
We share the news with pride that UPERDFI Treasurer and former UP College of Engineering Dean Edgardo Atanacio has been appointed by the UP Foundation, Inc. (UPFI) Board of Trustees to serve as its Executive Director effective July 1, 2021. Prior to this, Dean Ega has served as Treasurer with Read more…
The University of the Philippines Diliman, led by Chancellor Fidel Nemenzo, recognized UPERDFI’s contribution in mobilizing support during the pandemic. The award was presented during the opening ceremony of the Linggo ng Parangal on June 21. Source: UP Diliman Information Office Under the leadership of past presidents Rico Trinidad and Ferdz de Read more…
The Management Committee for 2021-22, led by Pres Val Reyes, convened on June 16 to level-off on the objectives, processes and expectations of the members. The purpose of the ManCom was summarized into four: target-setting and resourcing initiatives, reviewing operations and projects, problem-solving, and decision-making. Membership Committee chairman Dante Briones Read more…
To firm up the High Performance Computing Facility Project, we have mobilized our resources to put in place our Project Governance Process, in accordance with Project Governance Policies and Guidelines. UPERDFI, UPCOE and ePLDT Services officials met on June 11 to discuss four hosting options and undertake a rigorous analytical Read more…