SED Faculty Lecture Series: Writing Children's Stories with a Lesson

The School of Education and Human Development (SED) invites teachers, students, writers, parents, and advocates for youths to its Quarterly Faculty Lecture Series on January 22, 2025 (Wednesday) from 5:45 pm to 7:00 pm via Zoom.

Teacher, writer, and eight-time Palanca Awardee Dr. Joem Antonio will give a 40-minute lecture and demonstration of how children's stories can be custom-made for classroom purposes.

In this talk entitled "Lesson Through Experience: A Glimpse and Demonstration of Writing Children's Stories with a Lesson," participants will contribute to the creative process as Dr. Antonio explains the rationale behind the steps to writing a story, particularly stories with a particular lesson to teach.

Interested participants may scan the QR code below or register through this link for free.

For inquiries, email SED at [email protected].

CHP Advisory: SMSO Christmas break schedule 

The Sancta Maria Stella Orientis (SMSO) Oratory will observe the following schedule from December 19, 2024, to January 5, 2025:

December 19-21 (Thursday - Saturday)
Mass: 12:05 pm only (No 7:45 am mass)
Confessions: 12 noon to 6:45 pm

December 22 (Sunday)
Closed

December 23 (Monday)
Mass: 12:05 pm only (No 7:45 am mass)
Confessions: 9:00 am to 6:45 pm

December 24 (Tuesday)
Confessions: 8:00 pm (No confessions in the morning and afternoon)
Evening Mass of the Nativity of the Lord: 9:00 pm (No 7:45 am and 12:05 pm masses)

December 25, 2024 to January 5, 2025
Closed

Regular schedules of masses and confessions will resume on January 6, 2025 (Monday).

Those with vehicles may park at the Pearl Drive entrance and around the ACB area.

Tula ng guro mula CAS, shortlisted sa Santelmo Pambansang Hámon sa Pagtula 2024

Isa si G. Louise Vincent B. Amante ng Kagawaran ng Filipino ng College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) sa mga nagwagi noong Nobyembre 19 sa ikasiyam na araw ng paligsahan sa pagsulat ng tula na isinagawa ng San Anselmo Publications, Inc. at tinawag na Santelmo Pambansang Hámon sa Pagtula 2024.

Kalahok ang tula ni G. Amante na "Alamat ng Tatlong Bibe" sa ika-siyam na araw ng hámon na pinamagatang "Mary Grace Piattos" na tungkol sa dalawang mukha ng katotohanan at panlilinlang. 

Dahil sa pagkapanalo, shortlisted ang naturang akda sa pinal na kompetisyon na ginanap noong Nobyembre 22 bilang bahagi ng pagdiriwang ng Pambansang Araw ng Pagtula 2024.

Bagaman at hindi kabilang sa mga pinal na nanalo, magiging bahagi ang tula ni G. Amante sa anthology ng patimpalak ngayong taon.

Mababasa ang mga shortlisted at mga nanalong tula sa Facebook page ng San Anselmo Publications.

Science Communications Effectiveness Competition 2025

The School of Sciences and Engineering invites senior high school students to the Science Communications Effectiveness Competition (SciComm) on February 5, 2025 (Elimination Round) and February 26 (Final Round). 

SciComm is the first competition in the Philippines that aims to foster among students the skills needed for effective communication of science ideas. Students are only given 10  minutes to present effectively and substantially the content of a paper published in major scientific journals.

Registration for all senior high schools is free. The deadline for registration is January 20, 2025. 

More information is available at the SciComm website or in the primer below.

Book on mapping PH health laws relevant to OFWs launched

Dr. Veronica E. Ramirez, Associate Professor and Executive Director of the University Research Office at UA&P, unveiled her book Philippine Health Laws and Policies Relevant to Overseas Filipinos and Their Families: Mapping and Rapid Analysis during the 6th National Conference on Migration Health (NCMH) on November 19, 2024, in Sta. Cruz, Manila.

Her research provides a rapid mapping of the Philippine migrant health laws and policies and analyzes them using different lenses: (1) gender, (2) localization, (3) alignment with international labor/gender/migration standards, and (4) applicability to overseas Filipinos or their families, which can serve as a reference for analyzing the alignment of Philippine laws with international standards.

The publication was funded by the International Labour Organization (ILO) through the Safe and Fair Programme in partnership with the Philippine Migrants Health Network (PMHN) of the Department of Health (DOH).

For more information about the publication, visit this website.

Dr. Ramirez (2nd from left) with (L-R)  Mr. Khalid Hassan, Country Director of the International Labor Organization; Ms. Carmelita Nuqui, President of the Philippine Migrant Rights Watch; Ms. Tristan Burnett, Chief of Mission of the International Organization for Migration; Dr. Kenneth Ronquillo, Undersecretary, UHC Policy and Strategy Cluster of the DOH; Dr. Joel Buenaventura, Director of the DOH Bureau of International Health Cooperation (BIHC); and Ms. Marie Allyssa Dacasin, International Labor Organization. Behind is Dr. Patricia Quema, Medical Officer, BIHC.