EM alumnus and Northstar CEO Anthony Ng visits UA&P

Mr. Anthony Ng, founder, chairman, and CEO of NorthStar Meat Merchants Inc., visited UA&P last July 11, 2023. Mr. Ng is a BS Entrepreneurial Management graduate (batch 2001) of UA&P. He received the Alumni Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship during the HELM Awards last December 2022 organized by the UA&P School of Management to recognize alumni achievers.

In 1999, NorthStar started out as Mr. Ng’s undergraduate New Business Venture under the Entrepreneurial Management (EM) Program of UA&P. In 2021, NorthStar had a total of 260 stores nationwide and was able to rake in P9.3 billion pesos based on their 2021 sales. NorthStar has trained and developed more than 2,000 experienced butchers nationwide by utilizing its meat cutting facility and its meat shops as actual training grounds for its butchers. Currently, its stores and plants nationwide are manned by a total of 2,240 highly skilled butchers. 

During his visit to the campus, Mr. Ng met with UA&P President Dr. Winston Conrad B. Padojinog and some UA&P officials who apprised him of the various programs and projects of the University. Mr. Ng shared his experiences in the agribusiness industry to Mr. Senen Reyes, who currently heads the UA&P Center for Food and Agribusiness (CFA). For several years, the CFA has been successfully running the Agribusiness Executives’ Program (AEP), a 6-month Certificate Program designed to develop the managerial, analytical, and strategic thinking skills of executives and managers.

On top of further expanding NorthStar, Mr. Ng aspires to make a dent in the high-end restaurant industry with his newly opened restaurants in Katipunan, Quezon City: Fukui Omakase and William Watson Steak Room.

EM alumnus Mr. Anthony Ng (fourth from right) with (L-R) CORE Vice Director Dr. Ferdinand Pingul, Fund Development Office Managing Director Dr. Imelda Estillore, School of Management (SMN) Dean Dr. Anna Maria Mendoza, UA&P Vice President for Business Development and Alumni Affairs Dr. Roberto Roque, UA&P co-founder Dr. Bernardo Villegas, UA&P President Dr. Winston Padojinog, EM Program Director and SMN Vice Dean Dr. Eli Santos, CFA Deputy Director Mr. Senen Reyes, and Office of Alumni Affairs Managing Director Ms. Carlee Estanislao.

CAS Benchmarking visit with Sunway University, Malaysia

A delegation from the UA&P College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) conducted a benchmarking activity with the Sunway University (SU) School of Arts in Malaysia on July 7, 2023. 

Sunway University, relatively young by global standards, is one of Malaysia’s leading private universities. During the visit, the two teams held a roundtable discussion to get to know each other’s academic institutions and learn about SU's best practices in the academic and administrative sides of operations including institutional workflows and procedures. Possible avenues of collaboration and partnership were also discussed.

The UA&P-CAS delegation sends its heartfelt gratitude to SU’s School of Arts Team for their warm welcome and generous sharing of notes of experiences.

Photo shows CAS representatives headed by CAS Dean Dr. Marion Magsino and CAS OpCom Secretary Ms. Agnes Clarizza Enriquez (standing, 4th and 2nd from right, back row) and SU representatives (standing, 3rd from left) Associate Professor Dr. Padma Priya Pillai, Department of Communication; (4th from left) Prof. Maslisa Sainuddin, Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Arts, Design, and Media; (5th from left)  Associate Prof. Dr. Mayco Axel Santaella, Associate Dean (International); and (standing, rightmost) Prof. Matthew Marshall, Professor of Music, and Dean of the School of Arts. 

AFM Advisory: General services schedules

Please be informed of the following schedules of services:

Driving services

• Available every Thursday and Friday
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FMR Advisory: Closing of CRCFI's books of accounts

The year-end closing of the books of accounts of the Center for Research and Communication Foundation, Inc. (CRCFI) will be on July 31, 2023 (Monday). All disbursements related to operations, research projects, publications, and other accounting transactions to be charged to the accounting period August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023 must meet the following requirements:

1. Sales invoices, delivery receipts, official receipts, and other documents in support for requests for payments/reimbursements and liquidation of cash advances must be dated July 31, 2023, or prior.
2. Requests for purchase orders (PO) for office supplies and related items must be submitted before July 31, 2023. Purchase requisitions that will be submitted after July 31, 2023, will be charged to the next accounting period (2023-2024).
3. CAPEX (if any) to be booked/recorded for SY 2022-23 must be completed and/or delivered not later than July 31, 2023.

The last day for the submission of requests for payments/reimbursements and liquidation of cash advances related to transactions for the accounting period 2022-2023 is July 31, 2023. No disbursement to be charged to the accounting period 2022-2023 will be accepted after July 31, 2023.

FMR Advisory:  Closing of UA&P’s books of accounts for AY 2022-23

The year-end closing of UA&P’s books of accounts will be on July 31, 2023 (Monday). All disbursements to be charged to the Academic Year 2022-23 should meet the following requirements:

1. Sales invoices, delivery receipts, official receipts, and other documents in support for requests for payments/reimbursements and liquidation of cash advances must be dated July 31, 2023 or prior.
2. Liquidation of advances, including FREs, should be submitted no later than August 5, 2023 (Saturday).

The last day for the submission of requests for payments/reimbursements is July 31, 2023. No disbursement to be charged to AY 2022-23 will be accepted after July 31, 2023.

All submissions may still be online to facilitate the processing of the payment and the recording of the corresponding expenses. However, the hard copies are required to be submitted to the FMR Office or directly to your school accountants not later than August 5, 2023.