Network downtime on July 12
Please be informed that there will be a network downtime on July 12 (Wednesday) at 8:00 pm to give way to the maintenance activity on our network firewall. The downtime may last up to three hours.
PMAP Research Conference Call for Abstracts extended
The People Management Association of the Philippines officially announces its CALL FOR ABSTRACTS for the 2023 PMAP Research Conference with the theme “Harnessing Human Capital Development (HCD) in a Borderless Blue and Green Economies”.
Deadline for submission of abstracts is July 28, 2023.
For more information regarding the abstract submission, visit this link.
For inquiries, please email the PMAP Research Conference Secretariat at [email protected] (cc: [email protected]) using the subject: Research Conference INQUIRY.
This activity is supported by the UA&P School of Education and Human Development.
Holidays for August
The following dates have been declared non-working holidays for the month of August 2023:
August 15 (Tuesday)
University Day
UA&P holiday; Half-day work (morning only)
August 21 (Monday)
Ninoy Aquino Day
Special non-working holiday
August 28 (Monday)
National Heroes Day
Regular non-working holiday
UA&P joins 3rd APSO Conference
The University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P), through its Corporate Communications Office (CCO), participated in the 3rd APSO (Association of Philippine Schools Abroad) Conference entitled "Pagkatao: APSO Gearing towards Shaping the Resilience of Learners" held on June 24-27, 2023, at the Sierra Hotel and Resorts in Piapi, Dumaguete City.
The conference, organized in association with the Children Youth Welfare Technical and Advocacy Center, Inc. (CYWTAC), aims to promote resilience and meaningful efforts to provide Filipino youth studying overseas with vital global education. Among the topics discussed were essential life skills in the new normal, the creation of inclusive and safe spaces for diverse learners, and a resilience guide for parents and teachers.
Participating in the conference were over 20 onsite attendees and 150 online attendees from schools in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
UA&P Honorary Grand Chancellor to visit the Philippines this July
Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz, the Prelate of Opus Dei and Honorary Grand Chancellor of the University of Asia and the Pacific, is set to visit the Philippines from July 25 to August 5, 2023.
Msgr. Ocáriz, the third successor of Saint JosemarÍa Escrivá as head of Opus Dei, last came to the Philippines in 2008 to accompany the late Bishop Javier Echevarría, who was then Prelate of Opus Dei. Bishop Echevarría had his last get-together in UA&P on July 31, 2008.
According to the Opus Dei Communications Office in the Philippines, Msgr. Ocáriz is scheduled to have gatherings with the faithful of Opus Dei, their families and friends, as well as to visit some of their apostolic and social projects in the country. From the Philippines, he will have a short stay in Indonesia before proceeding to Australia.
Read more about the Prelate’s trip to the Philippines here.
UA&P entrusts its spiritual and doctrinal guidance to the Prelature of Opus Dei, which helps ordinary lay people seek holiness in and through their everyday activities, especially through their work.