Program of Activities for the UP System Centennial Kick-Off

January 8, 2008, Tuesday

9:00 – 10:00 a.m.

Mass in UP Manila

10:15 – 12:00 a.m.

Celebration Program in UP Manila

12:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Motorcade from UP Manila to UP Diliman
Assembly of the celebrants at the University Ave. in UP Diliman

2:00 – 2:30 p.m.

Motorcade from UP Manila meets the other UP College [...]

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by Francis Paolo M. Quina and Bernice P. Varona
The Department of English and Comparative Literature (DECL), in cooperation with the Office of the UP President, Office of the Chancellor, and the Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Letters, successfully held the 12th Biennial Symposium on the Literatures and Cultures [...]

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by Arlyn VCD Romualdo
The University of the Philippines is set to confer the degree of Doctor of Science, honoris causa, upon Prof. David J. Gross, recipient of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics, on 9 January 2008, 10:00 a.m., at the UP Film Institute.
Following the conferment, Gross will deliver a lecture on the future of [...]

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The Board of Regents (BOR), during its 1227th meeting on November 23, 2007, noted the certificate of congratulations and commendation it received from the House of Representatives of the State of Hawaii, USA, on the occasion of UP’s Centennial celebration.
Hawaii representatives, led by Speaker of the House Calvin K.Y. Say, signed the certificate which states [...]

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Centennial kick-off Concert in Diliman
On January 8 at UP Diliman (UPD), the UP Centennial celebrations will officially start.
The day will begin with a fun run sponsored by Engineering fraternity Tau Alpha.
At 2 p.m., a motorcade cum parade will start from the University Avenue and wind around the Quezon Memorial Circle, where contingents from the constituent [...]

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The country’s top comic talents who graduated from the UP will have a show together to raise funds for the University. “Ciento Comico – 100 Years of Fun and Laughter” to be held on December 17, 7 p.m. at the UP Theater, is one way the UP Alumni Association (UPAA) is looking back at UP’s [...]

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June 18, 2007 marked the 99th founding anniversary of the University of the Philippines. President Emerlinda R. Roman kicked off the Centennial celebrations by delivering the Foundation Day lecture in UP Manila, the original site of the university, at the College of Medicine, one of the five core units that formed the nascent university.
President Roman’s [...]

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On September 5, 2005, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo issued Proclamation No. 913 which provided for the creation of the Presidential Commission for the UP Centennial. On August 15, 2006, Arroyo issued Executive Order No. 537 directing the UP President to name the members of the Commission, which will be called the UP Centennial Commission.
The Commission [...]

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