UPAA Greater Los Angeles Chapter, headed by President Mutch Carino and President-Elect Ethel Rubio and Board Members Dick Cu and Bobby Canseco (also BEFAAA) hosted Dean Rizalinda de Leon and Pres. Chato Calderon for the LA leg of the US Roadshow. The event was held on October 15 at the Read more…
UPCOE Dean Rizalinda de Leon and UPERDFI President Chato Calderon completed the DC Roadshow on October 13 at the beautiful Philippine Embassy Annex in Washington DC. This was made possible by the collaboration of the UP Alumni Association DCMDVA Chapter led by President Sarah Bengzon and the BEFAAA led by Read more…
On October 10, the Philippine Consul General Claro S. Cristobal welcomed UPCOE Dean Rizalinda de Leon, UPERDFI Chato Calderon and the organizers from UPAANJ, Beta Epsilon Fraternity Alumni Association of the Americas (BEFAAA) and Tau Alpha Fraternity Alumni Association at the courtesy in his office at the Philippine Consulate in Read more…
UPCOE and UPERDFI thank Ed Manrique, a BS Industrial Engineering graduate based in the US, for sponsoring the JOSE EDGAR MANRIQUE PROFESSORIAL CHAIR IN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING effective AY 2018-19. This is the sixth Chair established in 2018. Our Ohio-based member Mac de los Reyes encouraged Ed to sponsor the chair. Read more…
A long-time UPERDFI member, Dr. Francis Chua (IE ’72) hosted a kamustahan dinner on September 21. Joining UPERDFI Adviser DOST Sec Boy de la Peña, member DOST Usec. Gev Guevara, Trustees Pres. Chato Calderon, Dean Babylin de Leon, Joe Florendo, Roger Buendia, Ronnie Nolasco, ED Tito Aliga, and member Benny Read more…
“ UPCOE and UPERDFI thank the leadership of alumni and UPERDFI members Rod Salazar, Chairman of AMH Philippines and Mike Sicat, President of M.E. Sicat Construction for elevating their support into Professorial Chair Awards in Engineering. AMH Philippines, Inc., an academe-linked Filipino engineering consultancy firm based in Quezon City has Read more…
The UP Disaster Risk and Exposure Assessment for Mitigation Commercial Services (DREAM), through the help of UPERDFI, met with Forest Foundation Philippines (FFP) on September 14. The meeting revolved around a possible collaboration between DREAM and FFP in creating an evaluation and monitoring system on focal forest landscapes in the Read more…
(L-R) Don Loong and Jun Berba UPERDFI Members Filemon “Jun” Berba, Jr. received the Lifetime Distinguished Alumni Award and Don Mustapha A. Loong nabbed the Distinguished Alumni Award for Public Service and Good Governance during the UP Alumni Association Grand Alumni Homecoming held last August 18 at the Bahay ng Read more…
Denso Ten Solutions Philippines (TNSP) renewed the Scholarship agreements with UPERDFI and 10 UPCOE students for AY 2018-19 on August 7 at Richmonde Hotel, Ortigas City. Two more students are expected to complete the roster. After a short program and lunch, the scholars were invited to tour the TNSP office, Read more…
Don Mustapha A. Loong The Regional Secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways- Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DPWH-ARMM) Don Mustapha A. Loong graced a lunch meeting to share the accomplishments of DPWH-ARMM in the recent 5 years held last August 4 at the National Engineering Center. A Read more…