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* [[Raquel Fortun]], medical doctor, professor of medicine and a well-known forensic pathologist
* [[Raquel Fortun]], medical doctor, professor of medicine and a well-known forensic pathologist
* [[Juan R. Francisco]], indologist and professor
* [[Juan R. Francisco]], indologist and professor
* [[Herman A. Gacosta Jr.]], loser extraordinaire
* [[Ramon “Chito” Jao Garces]], co-founder of Obie-awardwinning MA-YI Theater Company in New York
* [[Ramon “Chito” Jao Garces]], co-founder of Obie-awardwinning MA-YI Theater Company in New York
* [[Edgardo Gomez]], marine biologist
* [[Edgardo Gomez]], marine biologist
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* [[Jessica Zafra]], writer
* [[Jessica Zafra]], writer
* [[Cynthia Neri Zayas]], ocean and marine anthropologist
* [[Cynthia Neri Zayas]], ocean and marine anthropologist
* [[Juan Miguel Zubiri]], Member of the Philippine House of Representatives,
* [[Juan Miguel Zubiri]], Member of the Philippine House of Representatives,


==Outstanding teachers==
==Outstanding teachers==

Revision as of 06:51, 12 April 2006

This article is about the University of the Philippines System. You may be looking for University of the Philippines, Diliman, University of the Philippines, Los Baños or the other universities of the system.
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The seal of the University of the Philippines

The University of the Philippines (Unibersidad ng Pilipinas in Filipino) or U.P. is the premier state university of the Philippines. It was founded in 1908 and is now composed of seven autonomous constituent universities around the country providing tertiary-level education in almost every field from agriculture, medicine, and law, to the natural and social sciences, engineering, creative writing and fine arts.

U.P. is a highly reputable school of tertiary learning, and more high school students apply to it than any other college or university in the country. U.P. is also noted for its highly politicized and activist student body promoting stands on national issues, as well its subscription to academic freedom and excellence.

The foremost symbol of U.P. is the Oblation. This is a figure of a naked man, arms outstretched and face pointed upwards, symbolizing selfless dedication and service to the nation. It also depicts the desire of new students for knowledge ("cloth me with knowledge").

U.P. has produced some of the country's brightest politicians, economists, lawyers, scientists, engineers, medical doctors, artists, musicians, and entrepreneurs. Several Philippine Presidents attended the University.

The autonomous universities

At present, the University of the Philippines System is composed of seven Autonomous Universities located in over 10 campuses around the country. U.P. Diliman is the flagship campus of the university and specializes in liberal arts, law, engineering, social sciences, natural sciences, business and economics, and fine arts. U.P. Manila is geared toward medicine and operates the Philippine General Hospital (PGH). U.P. Los Baños specializes in biotechnology, agriculture, and forestry, while U.P. Visayas concentrates mostly on fisheries. The U.P. Open University provides open and distance education.

As for sporting events, the University of the Philippines is represented by U.P. Diliman in the University Athletics Association of the Philippines (UAAP) while U.P. Los Baños sends athletes to the Region 4 assembly of the State Colleges and Universities Athletics Association (SCUAA) which is now known as the Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges (PASUC)-IV Olympics.

Secondary education

History

U.P. was established in 1908 by Act No. 1870, otherwise known as the University Charter, of the First Philippine Legislature. U.P. started with three colleges, the College of Fine Arts, the College of Liberal Arts, and the College of Medicine and Surgery located in Manila as well as a School of Agriculture in Los Baños, Laguna.

Board of Regents

The Board of Regents is the highest decision-making body of the University of the Philippines. It is composed of 12 members.

The chairperson of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) serves as the Board's acting chairperson while the President of the University of the Philippines is the vice chairperson. The chairpersons of the Committees of Higher Education of the Senate and the House of Representatives are members of the UP Board of Regents concurrent with their functions as committee chairpersons. The president of the University of the Philippines Alumni Association (UPAA) is concurrently serving as the alumni regent concurrent with the functions of his office. Students, represented by the General Assembly of Student Councils (GASC), and faculty members of UP nominate their own representatives- the student regent and the faculty regent, respectively- in the Board of Regents.

The remaining five members of the Board of Regents are nominated into the position by the President of the Philippines.

Presidents of the University of the Philippines

The president of the University of the Philippines is being elected on a single six-year term by the university's twelve-member Board of Regents.

As of 2005, Two Americans and 17 Filipinos served as president of the University of the Philippines. The current president of U.P. is Dr. Emerlinda R. Roman, a professor of business administration and the chancellor of U.P. Diliman prior to her election as president. Roman is the first female president of the University of the Philippines. She will lead the university in the celebration of its centennial in 2008.

Chancellors of the Autonomous Universities

Each autonomous university of UP is headed by a chancellor, who is elected on a three-year term by the Board of Regents.

Unlike the president, who is elected on a single six-year term without re-election, the chancellor maybe re-elected for another three-year term but it is upon the discretion of the members of the Board of Regents.

International affiliations and memberships

Famous people

Outstanding teachers

U.P. continues to dominate Metrobank Foundation's Search for Outstanding Teachers (SOT). Past winners of this highly-coveted award include: Priscelina Patajo-Legasto (1998) from U.P. College of Arts and Letters, U.P. Diliman; U.P. Diliman; Virginia Carino (1988) from U.P. Institute of Chemistry, U.P. Diliman; Elena Cutiongco (1985), Socorro Villalobos (1987), Milagros Ibe (1987), Evelina Vicencio (1988), Aurora Lianko (1988), Lily Rosales (1990), Felicitas Pado (1991) and Eleonor Eme Hermosa (1993) from U.P. Integrated School and the U.P. College of Education; Graciano Yumul (2001) from U.P. National Institute of Geological Sciences, U.P. Diliman; Letty Kuan (1995), Xenia Tigno (1996), Josefina Tuazon (2000), Antonio Miguel Dans (2004) and Rafael Bundoc (2005) from U.P. Manila; Onilda Dasal (1990), Felisa Etemadi (U.P. College Cebu, 1991), Jesus Juario (U.P. College Cebu, 1992), Sonia Formacion (1995), Alicia Magos (1999), Ma. Nuria Castells (2001), Leoncio Deriada (2002) and Diana Aure (2005) from U.P. Visayas.

A community of writers

U.P. is a lively community for creative writers. U.P. faculty members, students and alumni have dominated the annual Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature. Playwright Rene Villanueva; and poet Edgardo Maranan have won at least 30 Palanca prizes each. Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) awardees from U.P. have included Palanca Hall of Fame winners Jose Dalisay Jr. and Rene Villanueva; National Artist Virgilio Almario and U.P. Institute of Creative Writing Director Vim Nadera. Emeritus Professor and National Artist Bienvenido Lumbera is a recipient of the highly-coveted Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts. Playwright Anton Juan garnered the Alexander Onassis International Prize for Theatre (Athens, Greece). Juan has also received two knighthoods from the government of France: the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres and the Collier d 'Or, Disc d 'Or. Many U.P. faculty members are frequent recipients of Palanca Awards, Cultural Center of the Philippines Awards, National Book Awards from the Manila Critics Circle, Philippines Free Press Literary Awards, Philippine Graphic Awards for Fiction, Makata ng Taon laureates, Gantimpalang Collantes, Premio Zobel and other prizes:

National Artists from U.P.

Of the 56 National Artists of the Philippines thus far honored, 33 are U.P. alumni, inclusive of three former students but did not earn their degree at the University. The honored league of National Artists from U.P. are José García Villa, Carlos P. Romulo, Francisco Arcellana, Virgilio Almario, Edith Tiempo, Amado V. Hernandez, N.V.M. Gonzalez and F. Sionil José in Literature;

Napoleon Abueva, Fernando Amorsolo, Carlos Francisco, José Joya, Cesar Legaspi, Vicente Manansala, and Guillermo Tolentino for Visual Arts;

Antonino Buenaventura, Felipe De Leon, Antonio Molina, Levi Celerio, Lucio San Pedro and Andrea Veneración for Music; Severino Montano, Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero and Daisy Avellana for Theater;

Ishmael Bernal, Lino Brocka and Eddie Romero for Film;

Leandro V. Locsin and Juan Nakpil for Architecture; and

Francisca Reyes-Aquino for Dance.

Guerrero, Nakpil, Tiempo and Romero were once students in the University but never got to obtain their degrees for one reason or another.

Guerrero, a rara avis, never finished a degree and was a drop out of U.P., Ateneo de Manila University and Gregg’s Business School.

Nakpil took up engineering at U.P. then enrolled and obtained a civil engineering degree at the University of Kansas. He also obtained a diploma in architecture from the Fontainebleau School of Fine Arts and received a master’s degree in architecture from Harvard University.

Tiempo took Pre-law in U.P. before going to Silliman University for her English degree.

Romero, who took freshman courses towards a degree in liberal arts during the pre-war years, had to leave school when World War II broke out.

From the 30, 13 had been conferred with honorary degrees by the University. They are Gonzalez, Hernandez, Sionil José and Locsin Abueva, Amorsolo, Romulo, Villa, Arcellana, Buenaventura, De Leon, San Pedro and Tolentino. Romulo was the 11th President of the University, and upon his death, enjoyed the distinction of being a University Professor.

Twelve taught at the University such as Abueva, Amorsolo, Joya, and Tolentino for fine arts; De Leon, Molina, San Pedro, and Veneración for music, Romulo, Arcellana, and Almario for literature and Aquino for dance. Five of them became deans or directors such as Abueva, Joya, Amorsolo and Tolentino for the College of Fine Arts and Almario for the College of Arts and Letters.

Five also held the directorship of several units in the University like Almario and Arcellana, for the U.P. Institute of Creative Writing, Guerrero and Montano of the U.P. Dramatic Club, and Reyes-Aquino of the Physical Education Program for Women.

Almario also served as director of the Sentro ng Wika. Guerrero, on the other hand, set up the UP Mobile Theater; Reyes-Aquino also organized the U.P. Folk Song and Dance Society and the U.P. Dance Troupe, now known as the U.P. Filipiniana Dance Group.

Three were appointed department chairs namely, San Pedro of the theory and composition department, and Veneración of the voice department,both at the College of Music, and Arcellana of the Department of Humanities of the now-defunct College of Arts and Sciences (now College of Arts and Letters).

Four were distinguished by the University with the appointment as professor emeriti upon retirement. They were Abueva, Guerrero, San Pedro and Tolentino.

Five other National Artists have had affiliation with the University, either by being members of the University faculty, or holding administrative positions, or providing guidance to student artists and writers, or simply being commissioned to do art for U.P..

Jovita Fuentes and José Maceda National Artists for Music, taught at the College of Music. Maceda even became director of the College’s Department of Music Research, while Fuentes served as Voice Department chair. Nick Joaquin, National Artist for Literature, is an ubiquitous,if not prominent presence as writer-in-residence in many writers’workshops conducted by the U.P. Institute of Creative Writing. Rolando Tinio taught at the Department of Speech Communication and Theater Arts of the College of Arts and Letters.

Arturo Luz, National Artist for Visual Arts, did the floor piece entitled River of Life at the U.P. Chapel of Holy Sacrifice. In fact, the CHS stands today as the only structure on campus that boasts of the art of three other National Artists. Locsin was the architect designer of the chapel. The altarpiece and the two-sided Crucifix is by Abueva, while the Via Crucis was done by Manansala.

In 2006, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo announced the conferment of the title of National Artist to Fernando Poe Jr. for film, Bienvenido Lumbera for literature, Ramon Obusan for dance, Benedicto Cabrera for visual arts, Ildefonso Santos for architecture and Ramon Valera (posthumous) for fashion design. Lumbera, Obusan, Cabrera and Santos have associations with U.P.. Lumbera is an Emeritus Professor at the U.P. College of Arts and Letters. Obusan finished marine biology and cultural anthropology. Santos pioneered landscape architecture as an academic program at the U.P. College of Architecture. Cabrera hailed from the U.P. College of Fine Arts.

In all, 39 National Artists—including Fuentes, Joaquin, Luz, Maceda and Tinio—have in more ways than one enriched the university with their sublime art.

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