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UA&P IST receives Gawad Ka-Brigada ng Bulacan 2024 recognition
The Department of Information Science and Technology (IST) of the UA&P School of Sciences and Engineering was among the recipients of the Gawad Ka-Brigada ng Bulacan 2024 for its exceptional support as a partner institution to the Department of Education (DepEd) Bulacan.
The recognition highlights IST's commitment to strengthening educational initiatives and fostering meaningful collaborations in the region.
IST Chair Mr. Cyrus Paolo Buenafe, in his message on behalf of the major education partners of the Schools Division Office (SDO) of Bulacan, underscored the importance of partnerships in creating a supportive and innovative learning environment for students and teachers.
Mr. Buenafe was also recognized by the Virginia Ramirez-Cruz National High School (VRCNHS) for his contributions to their programs. VRCNHS Principal Dr. Odette Valondo handed him a token of appreciation for IST's continued partnership and support to the school.
The awarding ceremony took place on December 12, 2024, in Bustos, Bulacan. The event, with the theme "Strengthening External Support in Education: Establishing a MATATAG Foundation for Well-being and Academic Achievement," aimed to gather internal and external stakeholders to discuss key issues in basic education.
Mr. Chipi Buenafe (fourth from right) with the officials of SDO Bulacan and the IST staff.
With the other major education partners of SDO Bulacan.
Announcement from the CAS OpCom
The College of Arts and Sciences Operations Committee is pleased to announce that Dr. Mary Josefti C. Nito has been promoted to the rank of Assistant Professor effective 28 July 2024.
Dr. Nito was conferred the Doctor of Philosophy in History degree at the University of the Philippines Diliman with her dissertation entitled “Marian Devotions in Luzon: Narratives of Identity and Place in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.” Dr. Nito obtained her Master's and Bachelor of Arts in Humanities from the University of Asia and the Pacific. She joined the Department of History of the College of Arts and Sciences in 2010 and now serves as its Chair.
Our congratulations to our new Assistant Professor!
OAA congratulates UA&P alumni Bar passers
The Office of Alumni Affairs congratulates the following UA&P alumni who passed the 2024 Bar exams.
Atty. Sittie Norleah Ussam Arimao (ABPOLECO, 2015)
Atty. Albertine June Marquiala Din (MAPE-IRD, 2015)
Atty. Dianne Nicole Liwag Ramos (ABHUM, 2019)
Atty. John Norbert Pedraja Sangalang (ABH, 2016)
Atty. Jaz Ann Tirania Sumalinog (ABPOLECO, 2015)
Atty. Carlos Emmanuel Abola Victa (ABHUM, 2017)
They join the 21 new lawyers of the Juris Doctor (JD) Program of UA&P among the 3,962 successful examinees out of 10,490 applicants, representing a passing rate of 37.84 percent.
Congratulations, Dragons!
SMN prof elected to Board of top marketing & opinion research org
Mr. Anthony Victorio B. Lumicao, a faculty member of the School of Management and alumnus of UA&P's Integrated Marketing Communications program, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Marketing and Opinion Research Society of the Philippines (MORES). MORES is the country’s leading professional organization for marketing and opinion polling agencies and market research practitioners.
Mr. Lumicao is the first academic and the first representative from UA&P to join the MORES Board of Directors in its nearly 50-year history.
He earned his master’s degree in Integrated Marketing Communications from UA&P in 2015 and a Master of Business degree in 2019 from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Graduate School of Business in Brisbane, Australia. His professional experience includes serving as Research Manager at Kantar Philippines from 2019 to 2022 and Research Executive at Kantar TNS from 2015 to 2018. He continues to work as a consultant for Kantar Philippines and Strategic Consumer and Media Incites.
In 2024, Mr. Lumicao was also invited to serve as a Science and Technology Consultant for the E-MarkET commercialization projects under the Department of Science and Technology - Technology Application and Promotion Institute (DOST-TAPI).
Currently, Mr. Lumicao teaches Industry and Regional Market Analysis, Business Knowledge Exchange, and Principles of Marketing to undergraduate students at the School of Management.
Mr. Anthony Lumicao with two of the new members of the MORES Board of Directors.