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The thrust towards reflection and commitment building provided us with the impetus to move forward to attain our goals and objectives. In instruction and research, we set the stage for the formulation of innovative and adaptive academic and research programs. Thus, we instituted new programs and new courses as well as revised others in niches that we are strongly identified with.

Our outputs also included programs that would harness the professional expertise of our faculty towards re-engineering, revitalizing, strengthening and reconceptualizing the University and to improve the RGEP. Several UPLB units earned distinctions as CHED centers of excellence and of development while many of our faculty produced important books and publications. Our graduates’ performance in professional board examinations typified distinctive excellence that we collectively aspired for.

To continue to broaden our sphere of influence as a key center for education, training, research and extension in the Asia-Pacific region, we continued to push for internationalization through our linkages, technical cooperation, resource sharing, and partnerships.

We have also continued to be true to our calling as Iskolar Para sa Bayan through our public service activities and in the generation of technologies that have changed the way in which our people are producing food. We also advocated for reforms that have been designed with the common welfare as an underpinning justification.

Parallel to these concerns, we strengthened our resource base through new and continuing programs that are armed to improve governance in the University. We have set the stage for the University’s becoming a hub for technology incubation and facilitate the successful disposition of commerciable technologies.

We tapped the power of the Internet to fast track administrative processes and to save on resources that we ordinarily need for these to be accomplished. We have also made communication within and outside the University more efficient while providing our students wireless connectivity.

Our expertise in R&D once again proved to be an important stream for generating financial resources. We also started resource generation projects in our land grants and will continue to explore other income streams such as our technologies.

A third program thrust is our celebration of the UPLB Centennial. We conducted University-wide activities in cooperation with our students, alumni and friends. These included celebration, commemoration and fund raising activities that our alumni really supported.

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REFLECTION AND COMMITMENT BUILDINGStrengthening our nichesHarnessing the professional expertise of our facultyDistinctive excellenceInternationalizationPublic service Technologies Interdisciplinary programs Policy advocacy Town-and-Gown Partnership Technology and Information Transfer and Voluntarism Analytical Services

STRENGTHENING OUR RESOURCE BASEHuman resourceEndowment for studentsStudent assistantshipsClass size optimizationIndustry-academe linkageTechnology business incubationInformation technology Video conferencing capability VoIP connectivity Hardware Website Content Management Trainings and seminars IT-based decision support systemMaintenance of and resource generation from land grantsResearch resource generationCommercialization of mature technologiesSelf-sustaining income-generating unitsStaff and student welfare

CELEBRATING OUR CENTENNIALCentennial activitiesJoint projects with alumni

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We have just celebrated a milestone in the life of the University, 2009 being its first centennial. It has been an auspicious year as we relentlessly worked on our programs and thrusts and implemented reforms just as we saw some of the things we had earlier worked for bear fruit. The year has been one replete with efforts to honor our heritage and to map a brighter future for UPLB.

Our activities revolved around three major program thrusts: reflection and commitment building, strengthening our resource base, and celebrating our centennial while we continued to pursue the various programs we have already put in place.

The External Program Evaluation and Management Review (EPR) conducted in 2008 highlighted opportunities for new niches, structural and institutional change, options for integrated development, revenue generation, professional development, and long-term visioning for UPLB to maintain excellence and relevance amidst changing times.

Among other recommendations of the EPR was for the University to focus on the niches of agriculture, natural resources, and environment with growth areas on food and nutrition safety and security, integrated natural resources and environmental management, climate change and human aggravated disasters, and energy systems.

These areas are anchored on our strengths in the basic sciences, education and human development, culture and the arts, biotechnology, information and communication technology, and engineering with cross cutting concerns in development and governance.

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Introduction

Honoring Our Centennial Heritage 2

In 2009, we started to provide flesh to the External Review Program recommendations through other reflective activities: 1) the Strategic Review of UPLB’s Human Resources by a team of topnotch former University personnel; 2) the Faculty Conference participated in by 200 faculty members; and 3) the UPLB Management Planning Workshop.

Taking the cue, colleges conducted their own reexamination of curricular programs and activities with the UP System priorities and the University-wide review results in mind. A UP System seminar workshop on the basics of preparing and evaluating curricular proposals attended by our faculty members facilitated the process of curricular revision. Colleges have thus reviewed and aligned academic and research programs with that of UPLB’s niches and themes and undertook steps to strengthen interdisciplinarity in programs that benefit from the approach.

As an offshoot, there is today, a continuing effort everywhere in the

University to set the stage for and formulate innovative and adaptive academic and research programs. Colleges have held conferences and workshops to review curricular offerings against the backdrop of emerging trends and issues in their respective fields.

Strengthening our niches. Exciting developments in 2009 were the approval of the offering of the BS Agricultural Biotechnology and the new specialization of pollution engineering under the MS Chemical Engineering program. We believe this is the way to go in program offerings - integrated and transdisciplinary - the better to optimize our material and human resources.

There are emerging developments elsewhere in the University, such as the institution of new graduate and undergraduate courses in forest landscape restoration and rehabilitation, economics of climate change, agroforestry, and landscape analysis; new general education courses such as Exploring

Biotechnology, Seeing Society in the Lives of Contemporary Philippines; and integrative approaches to learning that incorporate issues and concerns on food security and safety, public utility of water resources, and pollution and waste management. The proposal for the MS Environmental Engineering is also now in progress. We are positive that all these pockets of development will progressively build up to more relevant programs and activities.

One thing that we especially look forward to is the movement towards strengthening and establishing interdisciplinary programs on important fields. This means that we will see more exciting developments in research and instruction where the need for interdisciplinarity is all the more necessary and urgent given the complex challenges in agriculture, food production, natural resource management, climate change, and alternative energy.

Harnessing the professional expertise of our faculty. We proposed and got the approval of the Board of


Regents (BOR) for the institution of the UPLB Centennial Professorial Chair and Faculty Grant Awards that will finance 100 professorial chairs and faculty grants worth P100,000 and P50,000 each, respectively. The lectures shall be used to harness the varied professional expertise of UPLB’s faculty to focus on how they can contribute to address the recommendations of the EPR and the purposes of the University as mandated by the New UP Charter, particularly in re-engineering, revitalizing, strengthening, and re-conceptualizing UPLB for the next century. The output from the faculty grants, on the other hand, will be used to improve the Revitalized General Education Program (RGEP).

The awards have been allocated P15 million, an amount sourced from the UPLB Endowment Fund. We have already awarded 80 faculty members to work on administration and governance, curricular program reforms, arts and culture, food security and food safety, alternative energy sources and options, environment and natural resources, and integrated natural resources and environmental management.

We encouraged conduct of basic studies in the natural sciences and mathematics, and social sciences and the humanities and allocated P100,000 for 11 research studies under the program.

In 2008, we implemented the Distinctive Excellence Program for colleges to invest a grant of P1.0 million in activities that will strengthen their hold on areas that they are best known for. Activities spilled over to 2009, with colleges stepping up their creative and scholarly productivity, and building up their human resource and physical facilities.

Distinctive excellence. In 2009, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) named five centers of excellence (COE), specifically in forestry education (College of Forestry and Natural Resources or CFNR), biology education (Institute of Biological Sciences or IBS), chemistry education (Institute of Chemistry or


UPLB faculty and researchers have also produced important books:

“Animal Breeding Principles and Practice in the Philippine Context” by Dr. Orville L. Bondoc

“Vascular Flow of Mount Makiling and Vicinity (Part 3)” by the late Dr. Juan V. Pancho and Dr. William SM. Gruezo

“Non-Wood Forest Products of the Philippines” by Dr. Ramon A. Razal and Dr. Armando M. Palijon

“Managing Climate Risks in the Context of Angat Reservoir, Philippines” by Dulce D. Elazegui, Dr. Agnes C. Rola, Mary Jane M. Rabang, Esther Conrad, Dr. Shiv Someshwar

“Post-Disaster Coping Mechanism and the Role of Women and Children: Practices and Interventions” by Dr. Mimosa C. Ocampo

“The Social Sciences in Agriculture and Community Development: A Changing Paradigm (A Book of Proceedings)” by Dr. Agnes C. Rola, Dr. Linda M. Peñalba, Dr. Wilfredo B. Carada, and Dr. Merlyne M. Paunlagui

“Agricultural Research Prioritization Application in Cagayan Valley, Philippines: A Training Guide” by Dr. Agnes C. Rola and Elvira E. Dumayas (technical eds.); Dr. A.C. Rola, E.E. Dumayas, Dr. Esteban C. Codilano, Dr. Valentino B. Moya, Dr. Rodrigo B. Badayos, Moises A. Dorado, Dr. Celsa

O. Tabien, and Dr. Bradford F. Mills (authors)

“Strengthening the Climate Change Adaptation Planning Capability of Local Government Units” by Dr. Linda M. Peñalba, Dulce E. Elazegui, Dr. Juan M. Pulhin, Dr. Rex Victor C. Cruz, and Enrica C. Esmero

“Ex Ante Assessment of Crop Biotechnology Products: A Practical Guide Product” by Dr. Agnes C. Rola, RV Abgona, AA Alfonso, AR Chupungco, DPT Depositario, EE Dumayas, DD Elazegui, LE Mojica, JO Narciso, MR Nguyen, MB Palacpac, MM Paunlagui, ZM Sumalde, RN Tagarino, RO Rogel, AD Solsoloy

“Ex Ante Assessment of Crop Biotechnology Products: Practical Guide” by Dr. Agnes C. Rola (author) and R.O. Rogel (co-author)

“Methodologies for Ex-Ante Assessment of Crop Biotechnology Products” by Dr. Agnes C Rola and RO Rogel (co-author)

“The Science, Technology and Practices in Swine Production, Animal and Dairy Sciences Cluster, UPLB, College, Laguna” by the late Dr. Valentino G. Argañosa, E.S. Luis and O.M. Gatmaitan

“The UP CCHP 1964-1988: Reflections and Relevance” by the UPCCHP Book Committee with RO Rogel.

“Management of Native Bees, Trigona ssp., Apis cerana and Apis dorsata” by Dr. Cervancia, C.R., RM Lucero, AM Fajardo, and AC Fajardo

“Environmental Planning and Management Sustainable Cities and Climate Change: A Learning Resource” by NC Duhaylungsod, FC Calalo, and RB Mendoza, Jr.

“Cases in Agribusiness and Business Management” by the Department of Agribusiness Management

“Development, Natural Resources and the Environment” by the Department of Economics

IC), information technology education (Institute of Computer Science or ICS), and mathematics education (Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics or IMSP), and one center of development in statistics education (Institute of Statistics or INSTAT).

Nine journals published by University-related units and organizations can now be accessed on (http://journals.uplb.edu.ph) or the UPLB Journals Online. There are 36 issues of various journals available through the web facility where users can read and download abstracts of journal articles.

Faculty members and researchers disseminated research results through ISI-indexed journals, professorial chairs, and other publications. The UPLB publications output for 2009 listed a total of 547 knowledge products comprised of 154 published in refereed journals, 36 books/book chapters and about 293 papers read in international and national conferences. There were 15 papers published in proceedings of conferences, 36 in national and 15 in international conferences. There were 13 publications in the form of

creative writing, monograph, popular forms, policy briefs, oral papers, and working papers. The year also saw more theatrical productions, most of which communicated science and its importance.

Meanwhile, our graduates continued to dominate government licensure examinations such as in agricultural engineering (86%), electrical engineering (94%), nutrition (100%), veterinary medicine (60%), chemical engineering (90%), forestry (84%), chemistry (92%), agriculture (97%), and civil engineering (100%).

Internationalization. We maintained our linkages and partnerships with local and international institutions in areas of technical cooperation, assistance, resource sharing, and technology incubation. For joint research programs and academic exchanges, we have developed strong ties with 42 foreign universities. Our alumni partners have also been one of our strongest allies in our bid to realize our goals.

We count more than 35 international development organizations and foreign universities

as our partners in the areas of sustainable agriculture and natural resource management, agricultural development, policy advice, microfinance, research and training, animal health, and rice research.

Among these are the South East Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM), United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN-GCR), International Geosphere Biosphere Program, International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change, Chiangmai University, Cantho University, Wageningen International, World Agroforestry Center, Worldfish, Centro Internacional Mejoramiento del Maiz y Trigo (CIMMYT), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and the Department of Environment of Food and Rural Affairs


Performance of UPLB Graduates in Professional Licensure Examinations

of England through the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kews, England.

We have also continued to work with the Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project (ABSP), Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC), and the International Service for the Acquisition of Agribiotech Applications (ISAAA).

Internationalization is consistent with a path that the External Review Committee recommended for the University to continue to broaden its sphere of influence as a key center for training, research, and extension in tropical agriculture and forestry in Asia. We provided expertise to international organizations in areas including climate change, environment, and agriculture. These are the FAO, IAEA, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven-Belgium, and the North of England Zoological Society.

We have maintained academic exchange programs and hosted 13

foreign exchange students from the US, Canada, Korea and Japan. Meanwhile, we sent five exchange students to Michigan State University, two to Cornell University, and one to the University of Tsukuba in Japan.

Internationalization is also defined by how known the University is as a center of learning in the international community. This year we had a total of 2,320 foreign students from 24 countries enrolled in various programs. Many of them are from Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Lao-PDR, and Vietnam. Smaller numbers come from Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, East Timor, Germany, Ghana, India, Iran, Japan, Korea, Lao-People’s Democratic Republic (Lao-PDR), Malaysia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, South Korea, Sudan, Sweden, Tanzania, and Thailand.

To strengthen the international perspective in our graduate programs, we invited adjunct professors out of which IRRI has contributed the most number (30 of 47). We also had two adjunct professors from

SEARCA. Moreover, we maintained our collaboration with The Asia Pacific Scholarship Consortium initiated by Thabyay Education Network and established to build the capacity of those working for development, health, education, and civil society building in Myanmar, Lao PDR and Cambodia by providing scholarships to committed individuals in these countries.

In terms of contribution to the fund of knowledge during the period, our researchers and faculty members produced 442 articles that were published in ISI-indexed journals and 106 articles in international refereed journals. They also presented 233 papers in international conferences.

The FAO tapped our communication experts to take the lead as the regional hub in Asia for information and knowledge sharing on the importance of communication in climate change adaptation. They will be working with hubs in the Caribbean, Latin America, and Africa. Moreover, they have been assisting the Bangladesh government


in planning and implementing communication activities in climate change including putting up the country’s first community radio and capacity building.

We also benefit from an international perspective provided by our Balik Scientists. This year, we had Balik Scientists who shared with us their work on the use of genomic techniques in research, and geographic information system and spatial analysis.

Public service. Public service is an underpinning concern for all the initiatives we have undertaken in UPLB. We have generated technologies not just to further science but also to provide solutions to problems in agriculture, natural resources, and environment.

Apart from direct technical assistance, we have brought life-changing technologies, products, and information to prospective users through heightened participation in exhibits, publication of various information materials, and the use of novel forms of information channels such as the Internet.

In this way, we touched the lives of many people all over the

country including farmers, faculty members and students of other SCUs and schools, indigenous peoples, entrepreneurs, local government officials, out-of-school youth, and many others. In our immediate vicinity we have served in the areas of managing disaster risks, conduct of relief operations, teacher training and student enrichment, health and nutrition, and environment protection.

We have served in almost all provinces in Luzon and the Visayas, particularly in the provinces of Camarines Norte, Northern Palawan, Abra, Aparri, Albay, Laguna, Camarines Sur, Quezon, Mindoro Oriental and Occidental, Pangasinan, Isabela, Batangas, Manila, Cavite, Rizal, Cebu, Leyte, Samar, and Negros. We have also trained Afghanistan nationals on policy formulation, analysis, and advocacy in forestry resources and environment; Liberians on livelihood and sustainable development; and Bangladeshis on radio station operation and management.

The technical assistance that we have provided has helped firm up development programs implemented by LGUs. For instance, the Farmer-Scientist Training Program was instrumental in clinching a funding support of P10 million for Cebu from

the Department of Agriculture to implement the “Cebu Goes Organic Program.”

Technologies. We have produced important biotechnologies such as the tissue culture protocol for faster propagation of better varieties of mango - one of our country’s most important fruit crops. We have also produced exceptional varieties of vegetables, corn, rice, and ornamentals.

The Germplasm and Technology Registration and Release Office (GTRRO) approved the release of five varieties of corn, two of rice, two hibiscus hybrids, two mussaendas, and two technologies. GTRRO varieties and technologies are duly registered germplasm and technologies released to parties outside of the Crop Science Cluster- Institute of Plant Breeding (CSC-IPB).

The five corn varieties are IPB Var 6, 8, 9, 11, and 13, yielding from five to over six tons per hectare and even a much higher national yield potential. The rice varieties are Mestiso 19 and 20. Mestiso 19 yields an average of 7 t/ha and 6.5 t/ha during the dry and wet seasons, respectively. Mestiso 20 has a mean yield across seasons of 6.4 t/ha. We developed breeder seeds of rice (Mestiso 1, 3, and 7) and submitted these for seed certification to the National Seed Quality Control Services (NSQCS) while some were dispatched to seed grower cooperatives and LGUs engaged in basic seed production of hybrid parentals.

The GTRRO-approved ornamentals are Hibiscus rosa-sinensis ‘Loren Legarda’, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis ‘Lilia de Lima’, Mussaenda ‘Emerlinda Roman’, and Mussaenda ‘Clara Davide.’ We generated important technologies such as chicken featherboard as a construction material, and a way


to propagate aster cheaply through substitution of its artificial light requirements with gibberellic acid. We have also innovated on the product packaging of tissue-cultured orchids – by putting them in gift bottles – in order to better market them.

Meanwhile, we are closer to producing a new antibiotic for humans, and are eyeing more commerciable technologies such as the use of cashew nut shell against ectoparasites, and the development of a low-cost kit for determining food process schedule. Researchers also continued to conduct tests on cassava, sweetpotato, tomato, ampalaya, squash, slicing cucumber, peanut, mungbean, pole sitao, and soybean to identify promising varietal hybrids.

Interdisciplinary programs. Communication and postharvest experts joined forces in formulating communication strategies to improve food handling and quality during the postharvest of fruits and vegetables.

The University, through the Graduate School, became a member of the science consortium of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to accelerate the development of a critical mass of

experts for national sustainability and competitiveness. The consortium allows sharing of resources, exchange of information and cross enrollment of students, and implements a local sandwich program. As a member of a team, our communication experts helped the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD) in drafting and finalizing the Philippine S&T Climate Change Agenda (agriculture, forestry, and natural resources sector) for 2010-2016.

Various colleges have also immersed themselves in research in climate change and biodiversity, biofuels and alternative energy, sustainable natural resource management, non-timber forest products, equity and livelihood in community forestry and carbon sequestration, and communication in social enterprises research and practice.

Policy advocacy. We continued to craft, review, and lobby for various policies such as the 2009 Climate Change Act, the National Extension System Act, Anti-Rabies Act, Animal Act, Agrarian Reform, Forestry and Forest Development, VetMed Practice Act, CARP extension, and 10 proposed bills and administrative orders in forestry. We came up with a proposed bill entitled “An Act Providing for the Protection and Sustainable Management of Forest Ecosystems for Climate Change Adaptation and Poverty Reduction.” We also contributed technical knowledge to policy making and coordinating bodies in agriculture, biotechnology, forestry, and food and nutrition, among others.

The local government units around Laguna and Batangas and neighboring provinces have been our partners in advocacy work in the areas of consumer welfare and protection,

organization capacity building and empowerment, network and linkaging, youth/student development, and pollution and waste management social support systems. Beneficiaries are youth, students, and non-government organizations (NGOs).

Our experts have helped prepare indicative climate change adaptation plan of selected local government units in Albay, the national policy framework and guidelines for urban health systems, and the integrated communication strategy for the rehabilitation of the Marilao-Meycauayan-Obando River System Project. We have also designed a model township in a Camarines Norte locality that showcases preservation of natural resources and provision of sustainable livelihood through eco-tourism and agro-industry. We conducted environmental impact assessment to help improve the Cavinti water system and the wastewater treatment facility in Paete. The Batangas City environmental code is a product of collaboration between our climate change experts and the local government officials.

Giving prominence to public service through policy advocacy as a component of our mandate is in step with a paradigm shift that we have initiated at UPLB to highlight a culture of service that we have nourished from the beginning. Instead of mouthing the mantra “Iskolar ng Bayan,” and promoting a culture of entitlement, we believe that the times call for us to be more outward looking, to be a strong force towards positive societal transformation by demanding of ourselves unstinting service to the nation that has supported us. With this shift, we have taken on a battlecry that encapsulates what we want and should become as “Iskolar para sa Bayan!”


Town-and-Gown Partnership. We are a member of the Los Baños Science Community Foundation, Inc., through which we have collaborated and cooperated with the other members to create a model community that is prosperous, environmentally conscious, scientifically oriented, and lives in harmony with nature. To this end, we have initiated the first science festival in the country.

Our facilities have provided outdoor recreational and educational venues to the general public. These are the Makiling Botanic Garden, the Museum of Natural History, our athletic field, and hiking and mountaineering destinations such as Mudsprings and Peak 2. The “100 Steps to Health: Centennial Community Aerobics Program” has attracted droves to the Baker Hall grounds every Saturday morning for their fitness routine.

For years now, we have been operating Radyo DZLB where we feature programs relevant to UPLB and its environs.

We have provided public access to the facilities and the medical experts at the University Health Service, including provision of health- and life-related outreach programs such as medical and dental services. Moreover, we have assisted the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) in its bloodletting activities and deployed medical personnel to medical missions and relief operations for the victims of Typhoon Ondoy.

Our participation and support to campaigns, i.e., on the influenza A H1N1, status of water resources, minimizing waste by controlling the use of plastic bags, and smoking cessation have greatly contributed to public awareness on key health and environment issues.

Technology and Information Transfer and Voluntarism. We shared to various clientele our expertise on various topics such as beekeeping, production of freshwater tropical aquarium fishes, aquarium fish breeding and management, traditional

medicine research and use of medicinal plants, seed production, propagation of hi-value crops, pest management, plant health and disease diagnosis, and farm mechanization. We do this through on-field extension work and through a revitalized partnering strategy via Radyo DZLB.

We continued to conduct long-term action/extension projects and non-formal education activities on participatory upland development, characterization of indigenous heavy metal accumulating plants, community-based watershed management approach, biodiversity, and policy studies.

Our volunteer service is carried out institutionally through the Ugnayan ng Pahinungod that coordinates various capability building programs and activities for indigenous communities, farmers, public high school teachers and students, and alumni. We also provided scholarly and technical assistance to the government, private sector, and civil society through


information dissemination, trainings, workshops and symposia, technical assistance, mentoring, and other services.

Climate change-related disasters in the past years have made it urgent for us to be fully involved in disaster risk reduction work and in disaster management. We have built the capacity of villagers in a landslide-prone community to use a rain gauge to help them in making informed decisions in disaster risk reduction. Moreover, we have been very much involved in disaster relief work in Laguna municipalities that were inundated by floodwaters for several months after typhoon Ondoy .

Analytical Services. We provided quality and low-cost analytical services for soil, tissue, water, and fertilizer analyses and recommendations to farmers, students, other schools and

universities, and public and private organizations. These include the following:

• Animal Nutrition Analytical Service Laboratory caters to the feed laboratory needs of commercial farms and feedmills.

• Enzyme Analysis is patronized by feed, food, and personal care product companies.

• Central Analytical Service Laboratory conducts analyses on various samples.

• Electron Microscopy Service Laboratory conducts various microscopy services such as light, scanning, and transmission EM.

• Fermentation and Engineering Service Laboratory provides technical and engineering assistance to optimize upstream and downstream processing requirements.

• Philippine National Collection of Microorganisms analyzes water

for total count and evaluation of microflora, and conducts detection assays for various microorganisms in food and microbial fertilizers, anti-microbial assays, identification of cultures, and sterility tests.

• Agricultural Machinery and Testing Center tests agricultural machinery based on standard specifications and performance indices for agriculture and fisheries machinery.


Human resource. To address our continuing need for first-rate faculty members, we implemented the Graduate Mentoring and Apprenticeship Program through which we put some of our best graduate students under the mentorship of our best faculty members.

Another institutional change that the External Review Committee pointed out as necessary for the growth of the University is the need to formally recognize faculty and staff members who excel. Yearly, we have been awarding outstanding teachers, researchers, extension, and administrative staff. We have also endorsed recommendations of deserving personnel to various external awards.


Among our faculty members and researchers who garnered prestigious awards this year were:

• Dr. Christian Joseph Cumagun, professor at the CA-CPC, was selected as one of the five young affiliates of The Academy of Sciences in the Developing World (TWAS) from the East and Southeast Asia and the Pacific for 2009-2013 for his research on Fusarium genetics and mycotoxins; Dr. Cumagun also received The Outstanding Young Men Award the preceding year.

• Dr. David Manalo, university researcher at the Farming Systems and Soil Resources Institute of the Agriculture Systems Cluster, had two entries winning in the Ninth Global Development Marketplace, an international competitive grant program for innovation in development in Washington. His winning entries were two of only 26 that bested 1,700 entries from all over the world that were conceptualized on the theme “100 Ideas to Save the Planet.”

• Dr. Felino Lansigan, professor at the Institute of Statistics, bagged the 2009 National Academy of Science and Technology Hugh Greenwood Environmental Science Award for his contributions to research in hydrology and water resources in the country.

• Dr. Antonio Lalusin, professor at the Crop Science Cluster and Dr. Lucille Villegas, professor at the Institute of Biological Sciences, received the Outstanding Young Scientist Award from the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST).

• Dr. Fernando Sanchez Jr., associate professor at the College of Agriculture, was conferred the 2009 Excellence Award by the Philippine Federation of Professional Associations, Inc.

• Alma Canama, university research associate at the Crop Science Cluster, was named as finalist in the Lingkod Bayan Award of the Civil Service Commission.

• Maximo Tandang, laboratory aide at the Institute

of Biological Sciences, was named as a finalist in the Dangal ng Bayan Award of the Civil Service Commission.

• Prof. Dennis Gupa of the Department of Humanties, was named fellow of the Philippines 21 Young Leaders Initiative, Class of 2009.

• Mr. Reagan Maiquez of the Department of Humanities, was first place winner in Poetry in Filipino in the prestigious Palanca Awards.

• Prof. Layet Bucoy of the Department of Humanities, was first place winner in One-Act Play in the prestigious Palanca Awards.

• Dr. Edwin Luis, professor at the Animal Nutrition Division of the Animal and Dairy Sciences Cluster, 2009 Outstanding Professional in Agriculture by the Professional Regulation Commission.

• Dr. Virginia Cuevas, professor at the Institute of Biological Sciences, was awarded the UP Alumni Association Distinguished Alumna in Science and Technology.

• Dr. Ernesto Lozada, professor at the College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology, was awarded the UP Alumni Association Distinguished Alumna in Science and Technology.

• Dr. Conrado Valdez, professor and dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, was given the Achievement Award for Agriculture and Forestry by the National Research Council of the Philippines.

Nine faculty members and a researcher were named UP Scientists (UPS): Dr. Evelyn Mae Mendoza, UPS III (renewal); and Dr. Teodoro Mendoza, UPS I and Dr. Florinia Merca, UPS I (renewal). Those who were newly appointed were: Dr. Rex Victor Cruz, UPS II; Dr. Orville Bondoc, Dr. Merdelyn Lit, Dr. Damasa Macandog, Dr. Asuncion Raymundo, Dr. Conrado Valdez, and Dr. Inocencio Buot, all UPS I. Dr. Lit is the lone researcher in the group.

Endowment for students. The University is classified as a Bracket C campus where most of our STFAP grantees belong. Of 1,728 grantees in the Second Semester SY 2008-09, 64 percent belonged to Bracket C and only 5 percent to Bracket E. For the First Semester SY 2009-10, the grantees for the alphabetic STFAP increased by 30 percent. Of the STFAP grantees from UPLB, 891 (39%) were classified as Bracket C (40% discount on base tuition fee, full miscellaneous and laboratory fees); 758 (33%) were classified Bracket D (70% discount on base tuition fee, full miscellaneous and laboratory fees); and 461 (20%) were either Bracket E1 (full tuition subsidy and free matriculation plus cash benefit of P12,000/semester) or Bracket E2 (full tuition subsidy and free matriculation).

We administered 36 private scholarships and received 45 new slots from CHED, two from the Vicente

Bello Scholarship grant, and one from the Peace Corps Alumni Foundation for Philippine Development. A total of P825,000 per year boosted the scholarship fund to P3.9 million per year, with P2.0 million donated by the Land Bank of the Philippines.

Student assistantships. A total of 748 and 716 students worked under the Student Assistantship Program in the Second Semester SY 2008-09 and First Semester SY 2009-10, respectively. The student assistants rendered clerical (37%), laboratory/technical (34%), and research (18%) work. They also served as library and reading room assistants (11%). The University paid out a total of P8.7 million under the program for during the period.

The University also administered the Student Loan Program (SLP) which now has 11 subprograms with a total of P2.26 million funded by private

and corporate donors. The SLP has also been boosted by the UP Alumni Association of Sacramento, the P1.0 million cash loan by the CHED under the CHED-Student Assistance for Education Program, and by donations from kind individuals.

Class size optimization. We offered more courses in large class format. The large class format helps address the perennial problem of bottleneck courses and put us in a better position to accommodate more freshmen and help UP fulfill its mandate of providing affordable quality education to more students. It allows more students to benefit from the expertise and experience of senior faculty members who serve as lecturers and provide junior faculty members more time to pursue and complete their advanced degrees.

Research surveys determined the optimal class size for large classes and


the perceptions of students enrolled in large classes. The research found that increasing class size did not affect student performance in Statistics 1 course. Test implementation of the large class format also revealed that it did not affect student performance. In most mathematics courses, the passing rates even increased. The scores of teachers in the Student’s Evaluation of Teachers (SET) also did not vary from their previous scores. The University is continuously taking note of problems and challenges to improve the implementation of the large class format.

Industry-academe linkage. We have finished the accreditation procedure for the 126.5-ha UPLB Agro-Industrial Park and the 8-ha UPLB Information Technology Park with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA). This will enable us to facilitate technology transfer through better industry-academe linkage. Earlier in 2008, UPLB created the Center for Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship that integrates programs and policies towards the protection, promotion and successful disposition of the University’s technologies through various technology transfer modes.

Technology business incubation. We are actively pursuing a technology business incubator (TBI) program with the Philippine Council for Advanced Science and Technology Research and Development (PCASTRD) and InWent Ggmbh at the Information Technology Park (ITP). We have also proposed to establish the Knowledge Enterprise Incubation Center (KEICEN) at the ITP to facilitate the commercialization of information and communication technologies developed in and outside the University. KEICEN aims to attract 20 incubatees working on information technologies and is envisioned to be operational in 2010.

Information technology. We have used information technology to improve administrative efficiency and to support us in our academic pursuits. We have enhanced our network and VoIP interconnectivity with the National Capital Region which hosts the national headquarters of various agencies. Progressing closely to paperless transactions, the University has implemented the online Document Tracking System (DTS) using MS Access to facilitate administrative functions such as purchasing, canvassing, and communicating.

Video conferencing and web livestreaming have also helped us get in touch with foreign consultants and UPLB-bred scientists who continue to assist us from the countries where they are now based. We have also beamed our activities such as the centennial lectures, graduation ceremonies, and alumni reunions to audiences all around the world through the Internet.

We have increased network connectivity to different campus units by restoring damaged sections and connecting almost all of the University offices to the UPLB fiber optic network. We have installed fiber optic wireless bridge between UPOU and the Vetmed Clinic; installed horizontal cabling at the IPB Administration and Plant Cell and Tissue Culture Laboratory; and repaired the fiber optic connection of the New Agricultural Economics Building.

We have provided free WiFi Internet Access to students at the Institute of Computer Science (ICS), College of Development Communication (CDC), Carillon, New Electrical Engineering (EE) Building, Main Library, Agricultural Credit and Cooperatives Institute (ACCI) Auditorium, Animal and Dairy Science Cluster (ADSC) Villegas Hall

and ABROD, FRONDA, Continuing Education Center (CEC), and the University Library.

The University has also finalized the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) by peering with Department of Science

and Technology-Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI) that will provide faster access to other research and academic networks like UP Diliman and Asia-Pacific Advance Network (APAN). Peering with the DOST-ASTI proxy server provides additional 2-6 mbps to our existing Internet bandwidth.

Video conferencing capability The Internet capacity of UPLB

has enabled it to successfully webcast the UP Centennial Lecture Series and the commencement program. The livestreaming of the 37th Commencement Exercises was accessed by 648 people who made a total of 975 visits to the site. Livestream audience were from the Philippines, the United States, Japan, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Sweden, Australia, Canada, South Korea, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Hongkong, Italy, Belgium, France, Qatar, and Thailand.

VoIP connectivityWe have peered with the UP

Diliman VoIP server to establish a


direct line to UP Diliman for both incoming and outgoing calls. This has also directly connected us with Metro Manila, generating considerable savings from long distance calls. UPLB can now make free calls to Manila landlines through its VoIP system. This was made possible by the generous decision of IRRI to share with UPLB its 155 mbps Asia-Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) connection for non-commercial traffic. This has allowed UPLB to save substantial amounts of money on official calls to Manila landlines.

We installed and configured more than 200 VoIP phones in different UPLB offices, including the ICS, Administration Building and the College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT) network nodes for increased local network capacity. We also installed virtual LANs to address scalability, security, and network management to provide flexibility to adapt to changes in network requirements and allow for simplified administration of the UPLB Network.

HardwareThe University deployed a

free Internet kiosk at the UPLB Administration Building so that students can do quick browsing or information access. The GS procured 13 computers and distributed one each to the colleges with copies of the GS records and database files for them to monitor their respective graduate students and faculty members. We have continued to deploy, configure, and maintain thin-client computers, including that of the HRDO for data encoding.

Website Content ManagementThe University launched the new

UPLB Website in February. It features a new look and newer versions of applications, a new content management system, and promotes a collaborative content development system. Moreover, we also launched a new website to serve as UPLB’s portal on research and extension, an online reference for administrators, scientists, research staff, and agencies and institutions that fund the University’s research projects.

Trainings and seminarsWe trained faculty and staff on the

use of the UPLB web mail. To ease the migration from Windows to Linux, we trained staff on the use of Ubuntu + Open Office, a license-free software. We also trained staff on electronic dissemination of memoranda (eMemo) to facilitate information dissemination and reduce the cost of reproduction.

The University implemented the online Document Tracking System (DTS) to facilitate office functions, including documents databasing and processing such as purchase requests, canvass documents, vouchers, and communications. The Records Management Office has used the DTS as a system database storing digitized images of general records and personnel including BOR resolutions, issuances, policies and procedures, functions and authorities, and other related documents. The DTS is part of system architecture for offices to fast track the computerization of administrative functions in UPLB.


IT-based decision support system We developed various systems

to facilitate documents processing: the OVCRE Research Tracking System Phase 1, HRDO Employee Information Management System, Library Computer Usage Tracking System, Housing Database, CEC Online Reservation System, Stock Management Information System, BAC Procurement System, online application for the preparation of APP List 1, and Alumni Information System. As a control mechanism, the ITC has been tasked to purchase requests for computers, parts, supplies, and peripherals before forwarding them to the Bids and Awards Committee.

Maintenance of and resource generation from land grants. We have been a faithful steward of the 4,244-ha Makiling Forest Reserve (MFR), an important watershed and environmental resource to surrounding towns and even to Manila. We have harnessed its resources in a limited way for our academic and research activities and as an ecotourism destination.

We have maintained and monitored a 35-ha. rehabilitated area in the MFR that we established in partnership with industries and institutions around the MFR. Along with activities to maintain biodiversity and the integrity of the MFR, we conducted information-education drives in all 22 barangays surrounding the MFR to update the people on policies, laws, rules, and regulations.

In the Laguna Quezon Land Grant (LQLG), we have opened a 5-ha citronella plantation to provide vegetative cover and generate income from the production of essential oils. Seeing its potential, we sourced funding support from the UP System to acquire an extractor that produces 40 L citronella oil and a shredder that processes up to 170 kg raw grass. The UP System provided P2.8 million to expand our citronella plantation at the LQLG.

We have also started to implement projects with the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) to transform 200 ha of marginal uplands into productive areas through the planting of non-traditional indigenous biofuel and timber species. With the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), we are implementing a watershed rehabilitation and protection project of the UP Sierra Madre Land Grants to control soil erosion and supply sustainable water for various uses. A unique feature of this project is the use of indigenous and ecologically important tree species. Programs lined up under the UPLB-DBP project are industrial tree plantation, agroforestry, energy (biofuel) plantation, non-timber forest products development, ecotourism and outdoor recreation, intensive use management, and biodiversity protection and conservation.

The end result of this project is a Sustainable Development and Management Plan which is

envisioned to become the blueprint for sustainable management and development of the UP Land Grants. Even as this plan is necessary to sustain the products and environmental services that the land grants can offer within the intensive-use, forest-production, and forest-protection zones, it is also envisioned to address the problems confronting the land grants.

Research resource generation. R&D

funds generated in 2009 amounted to P251.16 million or P32.1 million higher than in 2008. The total R&D budget for 2009 was P100.07 million for 188 projects. UPLB got its highest research grant of P98.849 million from government agencies for 183 projects. This was followed by international organizations (P 0.616 million) for three projects; and local/private organizations (P 0.603 million) for two projects.

Among the government agencies, PCARRD provided the highest project support (P21.772 M) followed by PCARRD-DOST (P18.008 M) and Philippine Council for Industry and Engineering Research and Development or PCIERD (P12.505 M). Among the international organizations, the IAEA provided the highest R&D funds of P307,000 followed by North of England Zoological Society with P194,000. From local/private organization, Procter & Gamble Distributing Phil. Co., provided P500,000 while the Federation of Free Farmers provided P103,000.


Research Resource Generation, 2006-2009 (in million pesos)

Commercialization of mature technologies. We have filed 10 patent applications to IP Philippines. IPO also facilitated the processing of three patent applications for formality and substantive examinations. Patent application for the use of lahar barrier for termite control is now being processed. The University has also prioritized the funding of basic researches to discover technological breakthroughs, either in the form of products or services/processes.

Self-sustaining income-generating units. We have enhanced our resources with the Graduate Education Development Fund and the graduate tuition fee increase which generated P3.51 million and P5.60 million, respectively.

The BOR finally approved our proposal to create a housing trust fund through the University Housing Office (UHO). The UHO now inspects staff housing units before new occupancy agreements are issued, and before housing units are vacated in order to ensure that structures will remain habitable. This policy has significantly improved our ability to continue to provide housing units to our staff.

Meanwhile, we continued to see the potentials in centralizing the University’s research and analytical laboratories to efficiently provide the regional integrated agricultural research centers’ requirements for analytical diagnostic procedures, i.e., soil and fertilizer quality, pesticide and residue analysis, plant pests and disease diagnosis

We created the Committee on Related RDE Centers to study this matter and we are now conducting a survey of these analytical laboratories.

Staff and student welfare. We recommended 219 faculty members for promotion with most (187) promoted within their current academic rank and the rest to the next higher ranks.

To help our personnel build their own homes, we partnered with the UPLBFI to make available 50 slots of a special and low-interest loan package to UPLB staff to avail themselves of residential lots at the UPLB Centennial Village and units at the Centennial Condominium in Bayhill Village in Puypuy, Bay in Laguna.

We have enhanced our online library resources at the Main Library and recently set up an online system for the CFNR Library. In terms of physical infrastructure, we completed seven rehabilitation projects and perimeter fencing for enhanced security. All this amounted to P22.4 million.

We have beefed up our medical specialist-consultants bringing the total number to 54, representing various fields. We have also conducted immunization programs against influenza, typhoid, pneumonia, and hepatitis B and information campaigns on the A(H1N1) virus and smoking cessation.

Campus security and prompt emergency response were our concerns when we beefed up the UPF with a security team and the CSB program. We reactivated our Campus Emergency Response Group to ensure prompt services during emergency situations.

Meanwhile, we strived to maintain and further improve the campus landscape by establishing small parks in several areas, lighting up our streets, and by implementing beautification and maintenance activities.


Accomplished Projects, 2009


The year 2009 was a time to mark a milestone in the life of the University – the UPLB Centennial. Our celebration has been an opportunity to come together, to strengthen relationships, to reflect upon the University’s contribution to nation building and how to sustain and enhance this contribution even more, and to generate support for our activities.

Centennial activities. We conducted campus-wide centennial celebration activities, starting with the week-long Foundation Day celebration on March 2-8. It featured a flower and garden show, agri-fair and techno events, the Centennial Pinoy Rodeo, street dancing, and a sky diving show. We also held a concert entitled “The Seed” during the UPLB and UPLBCA foundation day on March 6, 2009 as the first of four performances representing developmental milestones in the life of the University portrayed through the Centennial Cycle Performance Project (C2P2). Other C2P2 programs were “The Planting” staged during the commencement exercise, “The Harvest” during the UPLB Loyalty Day and Alumni Homecoming celebration in October, and the “Replanting” on March 2010 to culminate the centennial celebration. To promote TEAM spirit and foster camaraderie, we also held the Centennial Palaro on February 4-7.

The Centennial celebration activities also included planning for the UPLB Centennial Lecture Series and the awarding of the UPLB Centennial Heritage Award or the Gawad Kilapsaw. The lecture series is part of the reflection and commitment building component of the UPLB Centennial program and is themed “Visions and Pathways of Change: The UPLB of the Future.” It will provide the UPLB Community an opportunity to listen and learn from the UPLB Centennial Fellows – distinguished individuals who have made a difference in fields of expertise and endeavor where UPLB seeks to likewise excel.

The Gawad Kilapsaw: The UPLB Centennial Heritage Award will be given to individuals who contributed to UPLB in attaining distinctive excellence in instruction, research and extension through their significant and commendable discoveries and breakthroughs and sustained a consistent and outstanding performance in serving UPLB. It aims to recognize the pioneering spirit behind UPLB and its programs by honoring individuals who possess and exhibited the vision and drive to create significant and commendable contributions and discoveries. Their contribution must have ripples, created impact on a great number of people, the field or discipline, and must have created or generated new ideas, inspired new discoveries and influenced future perspectives.

Joint projects with alumni. Our alumni have joined us in these celebrations and they have likewise initiated projects to commemorate our heritage through initiatives like the UPLB Alumni Plaza, the Ani Sculpture, the Animal Science Portal and contributions to the improvement of college-based facilities through various fund campaigns.

We implemented Espasyal Ka sa Elbi to which 27 establishments (restaurants, souvenir shops, hotels, resorts, salons and spas) within and outside the campus and in neighboring towns and cities have participated. These establishments agreed to be our partner in giving special privileges (5-10 percent discount) to UPLB alumni. Privilege cards were issued to alumni who were interested to avail of the special privileges in these establishments.

We have pursued Make it UPLB! Our Centennial Fund Campaign, to which many have responded, including alumni groups, corporate donors, families, foundations, government agencies, individuals, private foreign groups, professional and civic organizations, student organizations, and international organizations. Donations have reached P54.38 million in the form of art objects, equipment and vehicles, event sponsorships, and grants for faculty and facility development and upgrade, programs and projects, research dissemination, trainings, and scholarships. We also received support from the UP Centennial Fund.


As we formally close 2009, we would like to invite you once again to be with us as we position UPLB as a major contributor to the country and the Asia-Pacific region. Let us work together as we develop UPLB as a science and technology and ecotourism hub, as a public service university with policies, plans and programs and infrastructure that will enable us to absorb and educate more students, and as we develop an enabling environment for more intellectual productivity and creativity in our faculty and research and extension personnel. Be with us as we continue to masterfully and proactively address food security and safety, renewable and alternative energy systems, climate change adaptation and mitigation, water resources, environment and natural resources. Lend us your support as we continue to be a judicious manager of public resources and as we transform this University into one that can chart its own destiny because it can generate its own resources and has full control over them as to be truly responsive to the needs of our students and our people.

Closing statement

The 2009 Annual Report Team

Dr. Luis Rey I. VelascoDr. Emmanuel Rodantes G. AbrahamProf. Ma. Stella C. TirolMs. Josephine M. BoMr. Eisen Bernard V. Bernardo

Photographs by:

Pol VeluzFlorante CruzNicetas AraguasMario ManingasEisen Bernard V. Bernardo

ACKNOWLEDGMENT The UPLB Annual Report Team would like to thank the members of the UPLB Management Committee, the Deans and their teams for the reports that provided/contributed to the contents of the 2009 UPLB Annual Report.

Rey Angelo P. NasinoGed YebronEdmund CentenoRomeo EstimadoRhedj Dela Cruz

BOARD OF REGENTS

Hon. Emmanuel Y. AngelesChairman, Commission on Higher Education

Hon. Emerlinda R. RománVice Chairman

Hon. Manuel A. Roxas IIChairman, Senate Committee on Education

Hon. Cynthia VillarChair, House Committee on Higher Education

Hon. Abraham F. SarmientoMember, Board of Regents

Hon. Nelia T. GonzalezMember, Board of Regents

Hon. Francis C. Chua Member, Board of Regents

Hon. Clodualdo E. CabreraMember, Board of Regents

Hon. Alfredo E. PascualAlumni Regent

Hon. Judy M. Taguiwalo Faculty Regent

Hon. Charisse Bernadine Bañez Student Regent

UP SYSTEM OFFICIALS

Dr. Emerlinda R. RománPresident

Dr. Amelia P. GuevaraVice President for Academic Affairs

Prof. Edgardo G. AtanacioVice President for Planning and Finance

Dr. Arlene A. Samaniego Vice President for Administration

Prof. Armin B. Sarthou, Jr.Vice President for Development

Prof. Cristina Pantoja HidalgoVice President for Public Affairs

Prof. Theodore O. Te, LLBVice President for Legal Affairs

Dr. Lourdes E. AbadingoSecretary of the University and

of the Board of Regents

UPLB ADMINISTRATORS

Dr. Luis Rey I. Velasco Chancellor

Dr. Rita P. LaudeVice Chancellor for Instruction

Dr. Enrico P. SupangcoVice Chancellor for Research and Extension

Dr. Ruben D. TanquecoVice Chancellor for Planning and Development

Dr. Roberto F. RañolaVice Chancellor for Administration

Dr. Virginia R. CardenasVice Chancellor for Community Affairs

Dr. Cecilio R. ArboledaExecutive Director, UPLB Foundation Inc.

Prof. Moises A. DoradoAsst. to the Vice Chancellor,OVCRE

Dr. Grace D. de OcampoAsst. to the Vice Chancellor,OVCI

Dr. Fernando C. Sanchez, Jr.Asst. to the Vice Chancellor, OVCPD

Dr. Elpidio M. AgbisitAsst. to the Vice Chancellor, OVCCA

Dr. Florinia E. MercaDirector, Office of Institutional Linkages

Prof. Ma. Stella C. TirolDirector, Office of Public Relations

Dr. Vivian A. GonzalesDirector, Office of Student Affairs

Dr. Myrna G. CarandangUniversity Registrar

Dr. Emmanuel Rodantes G. AbrahamAssistant to the Chancellor and Director, Office of Alumni Relations

Dr. Domingo E. AngelesDean, College of Agriculture

Dr. Asuncion K. RaymundoDean, College of Arts and Sciences

Dr. Cleofe S. TorresDean, College of Development Communication

Dr. Flordeliza A. LanticanDean, College of Economics and Management

Dr. Arsenio N. ResurreccionDean, College of Engineering and

Agro-Industrial Technology

Dr. Rex Victor O. CruzDean, CFNR

Dr. Sue Liza C. SaguiguitDean, College of Human Ecology

Dr. Agnes C. RolaDean, College of Public Affairs

Dr. Conrado A. ValdezDean, College of Veterinary Medicine

Dr. Oscar B. Zamora

Dean, Graduate School

COLLEGE DEANS

Dr. Maria Victoria O. EspaldonDean, School of Environmental Science and Management

UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS

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