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posted Mar 13, 2011 10:34 PM by Juan Realidad
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updated Mar 13, 2011 10:36 PM
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Fifteen out of an initial thirty-nine (30) students completed the free Korean Language and Culture Appreciation Class held at the College of Arts and Sciences from December 8, 2010 until March 2, 2011. The weekly free class was administered by Ms. Lim Na-Mi, a Korean national who teaches English in an international school. She is also affiliated with the Korean Trade Agency (Kotra). Dean Reynaldo Imperial attended the last session last March 2, wherein he joined students in thanking Ms. Lim in freely sharing her time to teach Filipino students. Ms. Lim likewise expressed her gratitude to the College and the students for appreciating Korean language and culture by attending the 10-session course. |
posted Jun 21, 2010 9:55 PM by Juan Realidad
Jose Mateo Dela Cruz, BA Philippine Arts student, joins other youth leaders from the country in the interim Board of Trustees of Youth Advocates for the United Nations (YA-UN) during its 4th National Millennium Development Goals Summit for Young Leaders with the theme, “Tayo, tayo pa rin sa 2015: Be Accountable,” held May 27-29, 2010 at UP Diliman.
YA-UN is an association of youth leaders in various sectors of the society and it aims to promote human rights and the UN Millennium Development Goals. Membership to the interim Board of Trustees--YA-UN’s highest policy-making body-- is conducted by
YA-UN National President Joewell Saba and YA-UN Board of Advisers
Chairperson, Mrs. Evangeline Arcilla Ang.
Dela Cruz, whose appointment is effective until 2012, also won Silver medal in the essay writing competition held on the second day of the event.
The summit featured speakers Dr. Leonor Briones, former National Treasurer; Dr. Alex Brillantes, Dean of NCPAG; Ms. Emili Lei Albano, UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Youth Advocate; and, Mr. Renuard Meyer, UN Development Programme (UNDP) Country Coordinator.
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posted Mar 18, 2010 8:19 PM by Juan Realidad
Mark Timothy Rodriguez, BA Political Science major, donated trash bins to the College last March 11, 2010, in support of the CAS Waste Management Project.
Dr Jocelyn Del Mundo, Associate Dean for Planning and Development, and Ms Carlota Surat, Administrative Officer, received the four trash bins for the College.
(Photo courtesy of CPSurat)
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posted Feb 2, 2010 2:59 AM by Ricky Bulalakaw
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updated Feb 7, 2010 6:11 PM by Juan Realidad
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Four students from the College of Arts and Sciences were awarded grants to implement projects promoting citizenship in their communities in a project grant competition hosted by the Philippine Center for Civic Education and Democracy (PCCED) and Ortigas Foundation Inc.
Jose Mateo "Joey" Dela Cruz and Marikris "MK" De Guzman, representing the National Union of Students of the Philippines-National Capital Region Chapter (NUSP-NCR), in partnership with Wika ng Kultura at Agham Kabataan (WIKA Kabataan), bagged 2nd place which earned the project Php 50,000, while Johann Joseph "Jay" Del Rosario and Erika Bucog, representing Karatula won 3rd place, worth Php 30,000.
Dela Cruz and De Guzman's project, "Pagbabago Now Na," is a project aiming to form a youth agenda in 2010 through a series of discussions on the upcoming election.
"Pagbabago" will use leadership training seminars and alternative classroom learning experience (ACLE)-like intervention programs which at the end are expected to inculcate among the participants civic knowledge, civic skills and civic dispositions. As a culminating activity, there will be a youth summit where the students and youth will craft the Philippine Youth Agenda
The project also hopes to submit the results to the Office of the President.
Del Rosario and Bulog's project, "Sining Eskuwela: Palihan sa Sining at Demokrasya," on the other hand, aims to gather the youth not just to participate in the upcoming election but to convince the youth to join the continuing movement towards social development.
The primary strategy is the formation and activation of balangay, or chapters. The function of the chapters is to empower the youth with knowledge and awareness about social issues through use of arts and literary forms, so that they can take active role in social transformation.
"Sining Eskuwela" hopes to use the Internet to improve effectiveness of advocacy efforts among the youth, whom PCCED has observed to be apathetic with social issues.
With report from Mr Jose Mateo Dela Cruz, NUSP-NCR & WIKA Kabataan
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