In a zoom meeting hosted by Dean Ferdie Manegdeg on June 4, CleanTech Global Renewables President Salvador Antonio “Aboy” Castro, Jr.,ChE ’92, signified the company’s desire to enhance its participation in the various efforts of the College. CleanTech is in the business of renewable energy, with solar and wind farms. Read more…
From the May 19 General Membership Meeting electing new Trustees, and the Board of Trustees meeting that ensued, President Val Reyes promptly started his term on June 1. A special BoT meeting was convened on June 2, to itemize ongoing projects and formally turn over from the outgoing president Ferdz Read more…
I am stealing with pride the catch phrase of a boyhood ad about vegetables which stuck in my mind over the years – GO, GROW AND GLOW. This basically captures our intentions for the year — move into action with measurable results in our key initiatives; boost our membership engagement and Read more…
Our independent auditor, SGV & Co, submitted the final report of the audit of 2020 on May 31, 2021. This firmed up the provisional financial report that we submitted to the Bureau of Internal Revenue on April 15, 2021, to meet tax filing deadlines. The results showed a contraction of Read more…
Our longtime donor of Thesis Support Grants, Atty. Ma. Elena C. Ramiro, signed the deed of donation for the Dr. Mariano P. Ramiro Professorial Chair in Materials Engineering on June 1, celebrating the first day of Pres Val Reyes’ term! A UP Law graduate with a BS Math degree, Ms. Marilen Read more…
The Management Committee convened on May 12 to prepare for the annual General Membership Meeting and Board of Trustees Meeting on May 19. The UPERDFI President, Executive Director and Treasurer, and the UPCOE Dean will deliver their annual reports to keep members in touch with the Foundation’s activities. The Research Read more…
The Resource Generation Committee, headed by President Ferdz de la Cruz, met on May 7 to discuss future plans. Tito Aliga cited the feedback from sampled members re Insured Donation product that has been co-developed with Insular Life. Vic shared his plans to craft a presentation on legacy planning in Read more…
The Policy Review Ad Hoc Team, led by Trustee Val Reyes, met online on May 7 to finalize the policies based on the comments from the April 9 meeting (and April 20 for the Fundraising Policy). Five policies were presented and discussed – 1) Fundraising, 2) Investments, 3) Project Governance, Read more…
In a two-part zoom meeting on April 21 and April 28, UPERDFI Adviser Chato Calderon (from San Francisco USA) and ED Tito Aliga took part in discussions on how to commercialize VISSER, the Science Lab in a Box. This is the result of a UP-DOST project that started in 2012-13, headed Read more…
On April 28, Committee Chairman Chicho Mantaring and Val Reyes convened the Expert Panel to hear the presentations/pitches of eight UP projects that have been pre-assessed for potential UPERDFI support in moving them to market presence. Six of candidate eight projects (all being assisted by UPSCALE and UP TTBDO) were Read more…