Regular position available at AQA

The Academic Quality Assurance Office is in need of a Quality Assurance Officer. Interested internal applicants and referrals may contact Izzy Paterno at [email protected] for the vacancy details and application procedure.

Deadline for applications is January 24 (Tuesday).

SMN Workshop on Advanced Empirical Methods for Research

The School of Management (SMN) cordially invites the UA&P faculty, managers, supervisors, and administrative staff to “A Workshop on Advanced Empirical Methods for Research” on January 25, February 8, February 22, and March 8 (Wednesdays).

This four-session workshop will provide a conceptual understanding of the application of two widely used Structural Equation Model (SEM) approaches prevalent in the academic literature and businesses doing research. The workshop will focus on the understanding, interpretation, and analysis of the theoretical output and shall rely on the R software to do the heavy lifting on the statistical and computational part of the methodology.

The lecturer is Dr. Robert Roque, Assistant Professor and the Executive Director of the Center for Family Business Excellence of SMN.

Those who wish to attend may register here. 

For inquiries, kindly email [email protected]. 

Retirement of Mr. Daniel Rodrigo D. Reyes

We wish to announce the retirement of Mr. Daniel Rodrigo “Danny” D. Reyes from the University of Asia and the Pacific effective December 31, 2022, in order to pursue interests outside of the University.

We thank Danny for over 8 years of service to the University, which he served in various capacities, the most recent being the Vice President for Business Development and Alumni Affairs (VPBD) and President of the Center for Research and Communication Foundation, Inc. (CRCFI), concurrent with his roles as Managing Director of the Corporate Planning and Review Unit (CPR), Executive Director of the Center for Research and Communication (CRC), and, subsequently, the Vice Chair of the Research and Extension (R&E) Cluster Operations Committee. His invaluable service and leadership have contributed to the University’s strategic institutional development, particularly in our expansion and innovation efforts, financial and operational stability, capability-building for research and extension, proactive and rationalized admissions marketing, and revival of alumni engagement. We wish him success and the best in his future endeavors.

His replacement as the VPBD will be announced shortly but, in the meantime, to assure the uninterrupted delivery of services of the units formerly under him, ManCom members have been assigned to cover their continuing operational needs. The temporary redistribution of the VPBD portfolios is as follows: corporate communications and marketing (CCO) and corporate planning and review (CPR-BPA) will be with Dr. Amado P. Saquido, and the rest will be under Dr. Winston B. Padojinog.

Concerns involving the units above may be referred to the temporary ManCom-designates.

We enjoin everyone to extend their support to the units and ManCom members during this transition period.

Creation of the University Research Office (URO)

The Management Committee is pleased to announce the creation of the University Research Office (URO). The URO will be the university’s principal exponent of multiple disciplinary (multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary) research. It shall support researchers affiliated to the University who carry out investigations in research clusters whether part of a research center/institute or not.

Below are the main functions of the URO:

• Promote the University Research Agenda;
• Organize activities that foster research excellence and productivity;
• Create systems and programs to develop and support the individual researchers (single-disciplinary) and research groups within the university;
• Help strengthen an institutional research culture through seminars, academic conferences and panel discussions, and colloquia; and
• Establish linkages with other institutions to promote multiple disciplinary research.

For more details about the URO's mission and functions, you may browse through the document linked here.

The URO will be headed by its first executive director, Dr. Grace Liza Y. Concepcion. We enjoin the entire university community to render their full support to this new office.

New composition of the Operations Committee of the College of Arts and Sciences

The Management Committee is pleased to announce the new composition of the Operations Committee (OpCom) of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS):

Dean: Dr. Maria Asuncion D. Magsino
Vice-Dean for Faculty Affairs: Dr. Ma. Concepcion R. Lagos
Vice-Dean for Academic Affairs and Student Affairs: Dr. Philip Samuel Z. Peckson
Secretary: Ms. Agnes Clarizza S. Enriquez

The ManCom would like to thank Dr. Grace Liza Y. Concepcion for her dedicated service and invaluable contributions to the College as Vice-Dean for Research.