April - May 2008
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The 97th General Commencement Exercises

  

   The 97th General Commence-ment Exercises is a date with history as it happens during the Centenary Year of the University. Dubbed as the Centennial Commencement Exercises, it unfolds on April 27, 2008 at the University Amphitheater with the theme: 100 Years of Excellence, Leadership and Service.  Read more>>

Schedule of College Recognition Rites 2008

Do you love UP?

   Have your name inscribed in limited edition commemorative tiles surrounding the Academic Oval.. read more>>

Campus Services

Venues
A list of theaters, auditoria, museums, galleries, accomodations and where to eat on campus.. click here  

  view Centennial activities schedule

At a Glance

Centennial Lecture Series>>

Centennial Lecture Series: Secular Morality and the University, Prof. Emmanuel de Dios, May 7, NISMED Auditorium, 2 p.m.: Prof. Emmanuel S. De Dios is the current dean of the UP School of Economics (SE).
Prior to his appointment as dean of SE, he was chair of the SE Department of Economics for the periods November 1989 to March 1991; June 1995 to May 1997; June 1998 to May 2000; December 2006 to April 2007 and May to August 2007. read more

Thematic Lecture: Anthropogenic Global Warming, Prof. Perry Ong, May 14 , NISMED Auditorium, 2 p.m.: Prof. Perry S. Ong is a professor in wildlife biology and is the current director of Institute of Biology, College of Science.
Ong is currently the president of the Wildlife Conservation Society of the Philippines and of the Earth Rights, People’s Rights Inc. He also sits as a member of the board of trustees of Philippine Tropical Forest Conservation Inc.read more

View from the Outside Lecture: Ramon del Rosario, May 21, NISMED Auditorium, 2 p.m.: Ramón R. del Rosario Jr. is the President of Philippine Investment Management (PHINMA), Inc. and Bacnotan Consolidated Industries, Inc., two affiliated companies with investments in housing, education, energy, financial services and steel roofing. He is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AB Capital and Investment Corporation, a full-service investment bank and Chairman of Microtel Inns and Suites (Pilipinas), Inc.read more

 


In UPD, The general commencement exercises continues to be held at the University Amphitheater, at the back of Quezon Hall, since the rite were first held in the venue in 1950. The choice could not have been more appropriate since the Oblation in the front of Quezon Hall is the first one the incoming freshman sees upon entering the Diliman campus, while the Amphitheater marks the last stop in his stay in the University