The 2023 Graduation Rites will be held at the Plenary Hall of PICC on August 26 (Saturday) from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. In line with this, the Graduation Committee requests all faculty and staff to fill out this survey form on or before July 28 (Friday).
The Fund Development Office is in need of a Fund Development Officer (Marketing and Communications).
Interested internal applicants and referrals may contact Izzy Paterno at [email protected] for the vacancy details and application procedure.
Deadline for applications is July 27 (Thursday).
On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I am pleased to announce the conferment of the rank of Associate Professor on Joachim Emilio B. Antonio, Ph.D., effective 15 June 2023.
Dr. Antonio is an award-winning playwright and published children's author. He won eight Don Carlos Palanca Awards: The Domestic Problems of Good King George (formerly entitled Gabrielle) for One-Act Play in English in 2006, Ang Ampalaya sa Pinggan ni Peepo (The Bitter Gourd on Peepo’s Plate) for Short Story for Children in Filipino in 2007, Newspaper Dance for One-Act Play in English in 2008, Sa Tapat ng Tindahan ni Mang Teban (In Front of Mang Teban’s Store) for Short Story for Children in Filipino in 2011, The Dust in Your Place for One-Act Play in English in 2012, The Last Filipino for Full-length Play in English in 2014, The Floret Road for Full-length Play in English in 2016, and exesanonymous.com for Full-length Play in English in 2017.
He was also recognized as Best Playwright in Short + Sweet Manila 2014 for his entry, Death in Ten Minutes, winning Best Play and topping the Audience Poll for Week 1. Short+Sweet is the world's largest short play festival. His plays have been staged in different high schools and universities locally and abroad. He also founded Compact Shakespeare, which fuses his compact theatre philosophy with Bard's works. In 2021, his award-winning play, The Dust in Your Place, was adapted into a short film by David Olson and his team at Cutaway Productions. The film made it one of the 13 finalists in Cinemalaya 17. In 2022, Dr. Antonio was a fellow in the 61st UP National Writers Workshop for his poetry collection, Coffeeshop Nomads and Other Poems.
Dr. Antonio obtained his AB and MA in Humanities (with specialization in History) degrees from the University of Asia and the Pacific in 2005. He received his PhD in Creative Writing from the University of the Philippines Diliman in 2012. Shortly after finishing his master’s degree, he began teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in the Department of Literature and the Humanities Program of the College of Arts and Sciences. He also served as the MA Humanities Program Director from January 2018 to July 2021.
Aside from teaching at the University, he regularly conducts through www.storywritingschool.com online writing workshops of his own design to participants of varied age groups. His style of delivery is distinct from both the “great-writers” approach (which relies on the teacher heavily criticizing the students’ work) and the “therapeutic” approach (which focuses merely on proliferation). He believes in “writing by design,” wherein the writer is trained to anticipate and predict a reader’s probable response to the text based on the writer’s understanding of reality and language. The goal of his workshop is for the student writer to gain the ability to put ideas onto paper and see how language choice and organization fulfill the writer’s objective.
Please join me in congratulating Dr. Joachim Emilio B. Antonio on his promotion and in supporting him as he assumes the duties and responsibilities of Associate Professor of UA&P.
Dr. Winston Conrad B. Padojinog
President
University of Asia and the Pacific
The Center for Research and Communication Foundation, Inc. (CRCFI) is pleased to announce the research proposals that were chosen by the Selection Committee for the AY 2023-2024 run of the Research Fund:
1. "Pilot Testing the Institutionalization of Service Contracting Towards the Establishment of A Public Transit Authority in LGUs as a Viable Catalyst for Transport Sector Reform" by Dr. Enrique Ligot of SSE/SEMRI together with Dr. Nicomedes Alviar and Mr. Garry Perez of SLG, Dr. George Manzano and Mr. Paul Argamosa of SEC, and Dr. Varsolo Sunio of SSE/SEMRI/SMN.
The study will look at the possibilities for LGUs in Bataan, Batangas, and Quirino Provinces to develop LGU-based Public Transport Authorities and adopt a service contracting model for buses or jeepneys in their locations.
2. "Decomposing Crowding Out Effect in the Philippines: Leveraging Fiscal Policy to Drive Inclusive Growth" by Ms. Mary Grace Agner, Ms. Viory Janeo, Ms. Alyssamae Nunez, Dr. John Paolo R. Rivera, and Mr. John Angelo F. Cristobal of SEC.
The study will look at whether components of government spending crowd out private consumption and investment spending, and, if yes, will then develop policy frameworks to mitigate crowding-out effects.
3. "Ang Paglalakbay nina Horace, Longinus, at Plotinus tungong Filipinas: Proyektong Pagsasalin ng mga piling Tekstong Griyego" by Dr. Moreal Camba and Mr. Louise Vincent Amante together with Dr. Leodivico Lacsamana and Mr. John Errol Velasco of CAS.
The study will be a collaboration between the UA&P CAS Filipino Department and the UST Sentro ng Salin at Araling Salin, to translate "Ars Poetica" (Horace), On the Sublime (Longinus), and "On Intellectual Beauty" (Plotinus) from English to Filipino.
4. "Analysis of the Implementation of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) in Pasig City" by Dr. Noemi Barcial Torre together with Ms. Angelica Camacho and Ms. Karen Aragoncillo of SSE.
The study will look at the primary, secondary, and tertiary factors as to why jeepney drivers in Pasig City are hesitant to participate in the jeepney modernization program, and will determine possible policies to address limiting factors cited by the respondents.
CRCFI will coordinate with these project teams for the implementation of the Selection Committee's recommendations and revisions, and for the next steps of this undertaking.
CRCFI would like to thank all the members of the Research Fund Selection Committee and all the faculty members who submitted their full proposals.