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What’s UP?is jointly published by the UP Diliman Information Office (UPDIO) and the Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (OICA) under the Office of the Chancellor, UP Diliman, Quezon City. Its editorial office is located at the Villamor Hall, University Theater, UP Diliman, Quezon City with telephone number 928-1928, 924-1882 telefax 920-5802 and email address <updio@up.edu.ph>. What’s UP accepts announcements of any activity on campus. Copy should not exceed 500 words, and must contain the following: title of event, description, date and time of activity, sponsoring group/organization, contact numbers and ticket prices, if applicable. Photos and images will also be accepted, provided these are in jpeg format, with 300 dpi and not exceeding 5 inches in size. Email copy and images separately to updio@up.edu.ph . Announcements should be forwarded at least one month prior to the activity’s schedule.
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At a Glance
Monochromed Memories: UP Landmarks Centennial Exhibition: In memorializing the centenary of the University of the Philippines (UP), the Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (OICA) of UP Diliman, the UP College of Fine Arts (CFA), the UP Alumni Association and the Philippine permanent delegation to UNESCO, with support of UNESCO in Paris, present the exhibition from November 4 to 14, 2008 at the Salle de Pas Perdus, Maison de l’UNESCO, 7 place de Fontenoy, Paris. Read more>> UP in Focus @ 100: In line with the celebration of 2008 as the University of the Philippines’ centennial year, the UP Jorge B. Vargas Museum (UPVM) opens UP in Focus @ 100, a photo exhibit by Gerardo O. Lucena, Assistant Professor from the Department of Art Studies, College of Arts and Letters. The exhibit runs until November 30, 2008 at The Landing Gallery of the UPVM. Read more>> CONCERT> The Dutch Carilloneur, Prof. Christiaan Winter will be giving a lecture on the Carillon at the UP College of Music Mini Hall on November 26 at 3 pm, and will be giving a Carillon Concert on Nov. 26 at 6 pm, in collaboration with the UPAA, the Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts and the UP College of Music. ANNIVERSARY >> CSSP Holds Culminating Activities for the University’s Centenary Celebrations and its 25th Year anniversary: The College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP) participates in the University’s centenary celebrations though a number of activities and in celebration of its 25th year anniversary culminating in December 2008. 9th Rafael Palma Centennial Lecture: The last of the nine Rafael Palma Centennial Lectures of the CSSP features the Department of Psychology. On November 26, Dr. Elizabeth R. Ventura delivers her lecture, entitled, “Extending the Vision: Lagmay, David, Enriquez and the Development of Psychology in the University of the Philippines” at the CSSP AVR Palma Hall 207 from 10-12 n.n. The lecture focuses on the history of the Department of Psychology as an academic discipline in the Philippines since the mid-nineteen fifties. This was the time when Lagmay returned to the country from Harvard University and shared what he had learned from the premiere international university. Ventura traces the developments of the discipline of Psychology from its beginning to the present. Ventura is Professor of Psychology with specialization on Developmental Psychology. She is the current Chairperson of the Department of Psychology of CSSP. She was the Dean of CSSP from 1998 to 2001 after being Director of the Office of Admissions. She has served as President of the Philippine Association for the Gifted, Chairperson of the Social Science Division of the National Research Council of the Philippines. Ventura received the 2008 NCRP Achievement Award for her research and publications in the areas of the development psychology, health psychology and assessment. Grand Centennial Celebration: In celebration of its 25th year anniversary, the CSSP is holding a grand centennial celebration entitled, “25k”. The 2-hour presentation is expected to highlight the history and developments in the last 25 years of all the departments of the college. The presentation showcases the evolution of the college from the time it was under the College of Liberal Arts to the College of Arts and Sciences until 8 departments and one institute formed the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy. The over-all subthemes for the presentations include poverty, diaspora and education. Each department of the college presents its history and the discipline’s theoretical and methodological contributions to the intellectual life of the university and the nation. These contributions are represented in either a short skit, dance or song number. Participating in the program are college officials, members of faculty and non-teaching staff. Some professional artists who are alumni of the college are also expected to perform in the 2-hour grand celebration. The program is on December 12 from 6 p.m. onwards at the historical first floor lobby of Palma Hall. Also lined-up to perk up the mood at the beginning of the program is a game show and performances with members of some university-based groups. Raffle will be drawn in between performances. What better way to salute our beloved UP--the mother of all Philippine Universities than the coming together of her sons and daughters all over the world to celebrate the final days of her 100 years of service? How fortunate that in our lifetime we will be able to give back in big way through this glorious affair dubbed as “The Last Hurrah! A Grand Centennial Ball”. The UP Alumni Association, Inc. (UPAA) hosts a grand centennial ball on December 16, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. in the Reception Hall of the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC). The activities feature a Grand Centennial Raffle with a Mercedes Benz and a Nissan Sedan as grand prizes (P1000/ticket); a Trade Fair and Exhibit, Dinner by Via Mare, live retro music from the country’s top ballroom bands, and surprise numbers by U.P. Alumni celebrities. Tickets are at One Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P 1,500.00) per head. A table for twelve (12) persons is sold at Eighteen Thousand Pesos (P 18,000.00). Interested parties maycontact UPAA Secretariat Bahay Alumni, Diliman QC. Telefax: (02)9206868 or send email at upalumni@yahoo.com.ph, up_alum@yahoo.com. THEATER >> Live AIDS, Ang Istoryang Dinebelop ng SAMASKOM, is an annual musical-comedy series mounted by UP SAMASKOM, a student organization based in the College of Mass Communication. With the full backing of the UP Centennial Commission, Live AIDS, billed as “Live AIDS Silver: The UP Centennial Edition”, is touted to be the grandest and most spectacular version of the yearly extravaganza on November 28, 29, and 30, 2008 at the UP Theater. As the yearly production reaches a significant milestone – that of being in existence for one quarter of UP’s 100 years of excellent history – resident and alumni members of the UP SAMASKOM will be in full force for this year’s Live AIDS Silver: The UP Centennial Edition. If only for the huge roster of well-known personalities it has produced, with the likes of TV/movie directors Lauren “Pinoy Big Brother” Dyogi, Jerry López Sineneng, and Jeffrey Jeturian, Prima Ballerina Melanie Motus, Broadcasters Tina Panganiban-Perez and “Kuya” Kim Atienza, singers Raymond Lauchengco, Miro Valera (Stonefree), Kris Gorra (Cambio) and Wency Cornejo, and top humorists Tuesday Vargas, Rene Boy “Ate Glow” Facunia, and RS (M Butterfly) Francisco and Giselle Sanchez, Live AIDS Silver is certainly posed to give a grand treat to its fans. For Ticket Sales, contact Ticket Net (632) 911-5555. NOVEMBER 18 “Living in Old Glory and other Comfort Zones, But What is the Future?”, Maria Serena I. Diokno, NISMED Auditorium, 2 p.m. Read more>> NOVEMBER 28 “Is UP the Cause for Consequences of the Country’s Weak Industry?”, Jose Magpantay, NISMED Auditorium, 2 p.m. Read more>> DECEMBER 5 “The UP and the Cultivate Filipino”, Ramón Santos, NISMED Auditorium, 2 p.m.. Read more>>
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