On September 27, College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) faculty member Dr. Joachim Emilio Antonio received the Certificate of Associate Professorship from UA&P President Dr. Winston Conrad Padojinog in a conferment ceremony held at the ALB Dining Halls.

Dr. Antonio teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the Department of Literature and the Humanities Program of CAS, where he also served as the MA Humanities Program Director from January 2018 to July 2021. He is an award-winning playwright and published children's author. He won eight Don Carlos Palanca Awards for his one-act plays in English, short stories for children in Filipino, and full-length plays in English.

The conferment ceremony was attended by Dr. Antonio's family and students, CAS faculty members and staff, members of the ManCom, and UA&P co-founder Dr. Bernardo Villegas, who regaled the audience with a rendition of a kundiman. Cocktails followed at Study Hall A.

 

Dr. Joem Antonio (left) receives the Certificate of Associate Professorship from UA&P President Dr. Winston Conrad Padojinog.

 

With some of the faculty members and staff of the Department of Literature.

 

With his colleagues from the Humanities Program.

 

With his family.

 

With some of his students.

 

UA&P co-founder Dr. Bernardo Villegas renders a kundiman.

 

Dr. Antonio (center) with Dr. Villegas, members of the Management Committee, and UA&P faculty and staff.