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
We are pleased to announce the new composition of the School of Sciences and Engineering (SSE) Operations Committee effective SY 2023-2024:
Dean - Dr. Noemi B. Torre
Vice Dean - Dr. Enrique M. Ligot
OpCom Secretary - Mr. Carlo L. Vinoya
We thank the outgoing Dean, Dr. Florencio O. Gaa, for his dedicated service and contribution to the development of the School and the expansion of its offerings. We continue to count on Dr. Gaa as a part-time faculty member.
We enjoin everyone to provide their support to the new OpCom as they serve the University and our stakeholders during this transition period.
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Ma. Concha B. de la Cruz as the OpCom Secretary of the Center for Student Affairs (CSA) effective 1 July 2023. Ms. de la Cruz, a faculty member of the School of Education and Human Development (SED), worked with CSA from 2008 to 2012 and served as the Head of Civics Desk for two years.
We enjoin the University community to welcome back Ms. de la Cruz to CSA and give their support to her and the OpCom during the transition.
We thank Mrs. Paz Maria D. Santos for her dedicated service and contribution to student development, discipline, and quality student services. We wish Mrs. Santos the best in her retirement and future endeavors.
The Management Committee invites all faculty and staff to a town hall meeting with the University President at the Li Seng Giap Auditorium on June 14 (Wednesday) from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm.
The activity aims to serve as a venue for the President to inform and update the University community of the goals and strategies for the year and to hear the feedback and concerns of the University's faculty and staff.
The schedule of activities is as follows:
1:45 pm to 2:00 pm
Registration
2:00 pm to 2:20 pm
Welcome Remarks and Direction-Setting
Dr. Winston Conrad B. Padojinog
University President
2:20 pm to 2:35 pm
Financial Standing
Mr. Rolando D. Sison
Vice President for Administrative Affairs
2:35 pm to 2:50 pm
Strategies and Next Steps
Dr. Winston Conrad B. Padojinog
University President
2:50 pm to 3:15 pm
Open Forum
3:15 pm to 3:30 pm
Merienda
Please register your attendance at the town hall meeting here.
A recording will be made available for those who cannot attend the onsite meeting.
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Guillermo “Mito” B. Pablo III as the Vice President for Administrative Affairs effective 1 August 2023.
Mr. Pablo III has been with us as a Consultant since September 2022 and brings with him over 40 years of leadership experience in public and private financial institutions as well as family businesses.
We enjoin the University community to welcome and extend their support to Mr. Pablo as he takes on the new role in service of our stakeholders.
We express our deepest gratitude to Mr. Rolando “Roly” D. Sison for his invaluable service and exemplary leadership for the past 14 years. His corporate wisdom and staunch support for innovation have contributed to the University’s transformation in terms of financial management and digitization, upkeep of our campus and facilities, and reforms in our human resource management practices that have improved our operations and services and helped us weather several challenges, especially during the pandemic.
We wish Mr. Sison the best in his retirement and future endeavors.