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MEMORANDUM 

NJGM 2015 - 004

DATE: 3 May 2015

TO: All student councils and publications, and students

SUBJECT:  Search for the 33rd Student Regent

Warm greetings of solidarity!

The search is on for the next UP Student Regent. The SR is the lone student member of

the Board of Regents, the highest decision-making body of the Philippines’ national

university. The SR is a public official.

The main task of the SR is to represent the students during monthly BOR meetings. To

accomplish this effectively, the SR is required to regularly consult with more than 50,000

UP students across all campuses.

The BOR oversees governance and determines policy in the University. It directs the

physical creation and maintenance of the University system, approves academic programs

and the graduation of students and grant of honors, decides on disciplinary cases inside

the University, appoints faculty members and officials, fixes tuition and other school

charges, et al.

Guidelines for our search have been set by the Codified Rules for Student Regent

Selection, last approved 10 January 2015 by the 39th  General Assembly of Student

Councils held in UP Cebu.

Who may be nominated

A bona fide student

  currently enrolled in the University

  with accumulated residency of at least one year, including periods of residency and/or

leave of absence

  Filipino citizen

  with a track record reflective of commitment to serve the students

  not have been found guilty of gross misconduct in the University or any criminal offense

involving moral turpitude

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There is no disqualification based on academic standing, race, gender and sexual

orientation, political ideology and affiliation, social status, ethno‐linguistic origin, age,

physical abilities or religious affiliation.

Who may nominate

Any student, group, or organization may nominate a student from any other college within

the UP System. The nominee must accept and sign conforme. Nomination and acceptance

forms are available at the Office of the Student Regent or your student councils.

Stages of selection

After open nominations, the SR nominees are subject to three stages of deliberation.

Student councils take the lead in the process, but organizations and students may petition

for increased involvement through the search committees.

Individual nomination and acceptance forms are submitted to the college student councilfor deliberation. College Committee nominations are then forwarded to the university

student councils for deliberation. University Committee nominations are thereafter

submitted to the OSR for system‐wide deliberations.

It is the GASC, convened by the OSR, which finally selects the next SR from among the

nominees of UP units. Traditionally, the outgoing batch of student councils selects the next

SR.

Schedule for selection

START OF NOMINATIONS 10 May student may be nominated in any college or university

committee throughout the UP system, there being no strict rules

on jurisdiction.

LAST DAY OF COLLEGE COMMITTEE CC) DELIBERATIONS* 25 May

College student councils must form search committees, which

may include non‐  student council members, to screen their

nominees. They can choose to forward one or all their nominees.

SUBMISSION OF CC NOMINEES TO THE UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES 26 May

LAST DAY OF UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE UC) DELIBERATIONS* 4 June

The University Student Council of the autonomous unit must form

 search committee, which may include non‐  student council

members, to screen their nominees. They can forward one or two

names to the system‐ wide assembly.

SUBMISSION OF UC NOMINEES TO THE OSR 5 June

ncluding the nominees’ Vision Paper, Curriculum Vitae or bio data

DEADLINE OF APPEALS FOR SYSTEM-WIDE LEVEL 9 June

or unresolved protests or those decided not unanimously.

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 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF STUDENT COUNCILS 19-20 June

The GASC will meet the nominees from the different autonomous

units to select the top three nominees. The second or third

nominee may succeed as SR in case of permanent vacancy during

the term.

* Protests may only be entertained within 5 days thereafter.

Forms will be made available on the start of the nomination period. Further details on the

40th GASC will be released in a separate memorandum.

UP Agenda system-wide consultations and OSR History discussions

As we finalize the UP Agenda for the upcoming GASC, the Office will conduct a series of

consultations with the students on the following dates:

UP Visayas Iloilo City 12 May UP Pampanga 19 MayMiagao 13 May

UP Baguio 20 May

UP Manila 14 May

UP Cebu 22 May

UP Los Baños 15 May

UP Tacloban / Palo 25 May

UPM SHS Koronadal 18 May * Diliman, Open University and Baler

to be announced 

UP Mindanao 19 May

The aforesaid dates are tentative. Further details will be released as soon as they are

available.

The Katipunan ng mga Sangguniang Mag-aaral sa UP, in line with its duties stated in the

CRSRS, will likewise conduct a series of discussions on the OSR History on the even dates.

For discussions outside the aforesaid schedule, you may reach Eds Gabral, KASAMA sa UP

National Chairperson, at 0927 384 1392.

Widest dissemination of this memorandum is earnestly sought. Thank you very much.

For the students and the people,

NEILL JOHN G. MACUHA

Student Regent