University of the East (UE)

YMCA Awards Warriors as Outstanding Y’ers

A group of recent UE Manila students and a faculty member were recognized by the YMCA of Manila during its annual Recognition Program!

Held at the YMCA of Manila Auditorium, the recognition program honors outstanding college students and faculty advisers who embody the core principles of the YMCA movement. The event aims to recognize members of various Metro Manila colleges and universities who have actively contributed to their respective College Y Clubs.

UE College of Computer Studies and Systems (CCSS) Prof. Reynalyn E. Tolentino, the Adviser for the UE Manila College Y Club, was named Outstanding College Y Adviser of the Year.

SY 2023-2024 UE Manila University Student Council (USC) President Queenie Leal received the Leadership Excellence Award, while former UE Manila International Studies Society (ISSo) President Ramyla Ynah Parreño was presented with the Academic Excellence Award. Miss Leal recently graduated Summa Cum Laude and Miss Parreño graduated Magna Cum Laude during the recent UE Manila Commencement exercises on June 21, 2024, at the PICC Plenary Hall.

The following UE Manila students and College Y officers/members were also recognized as Outstanding College Y'ers of the Year for their remarkable contributions: Angelique Lopez (College Y Club Deputy Marketing Director and Incoming USC President), Raven Enriquez (College Y Club President), Roman Paulo Baet (College Y Club Vice President-External), Mark Anthony Dorado (College Y Club Outreach Director and Incoming UE College of Business Administration-Manila Student Council President), Jushua Mesias (College Y Club Creative Director), Mawen Anthony Iringan (College Y Club PRO), Patricia Samodio (College Y Club Business Manager), Xavier Estrada (College Y Club Academic Director), Luzille Allyana Robles (College Y Club College of Dentistry Representative), and John Christopher Bernal (College Y Club Marketing Director).

UE Manila’s College Y Club received recognition as an Active Club for the second consecutive year due to the team’s successful projects, advocacies and active participation in YMCA of Manila activities. The College Y Club is a University-wide recognized student organization (RSO) based in UE Manila.

The photo shows some of the UE constituents, namely (from left) Miss Leal, Miss Enriquez, Mr. Dorado and Mr. Baet, with UE Student Affairs Office-Manila Campus Organizations Coordinator Dexter Villanueva right after receiving the awards for UE Manila College Y Club during the YMCA of Manila Recognition Program.

Congratulations and kudos, Warriors!

[Photo and report courtesy of Mr. Villanueva]

Visual Communication Student is UE Artist of the Year!

A Visual Communication student of the UE College of Fine Arts, Architecture and Design (CFAD) was awarded as the UE Artist of the Year for the recently concluded school year 2023-2024.

Angelo Miguel “Ulap” Chua, a fourth-year UE Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) major in Visual Communication student, earned the distinction last May 7 during the UE Caloocan Recognition Program for the year. Mr. Chua was one of 24 UE CFAD students recognized for their exceptional talent in local and international art competitions.

Ulap Chua is the current president of the UE CFAD’s Buklod Sining Organization, which was recently awarded Outstanding College Organization for Arts and Culture by the UNESCO Clubs of the Philippines. As a Malabon-based budding performance and image-maker, Mr. Chua’s practice of art, filmmaking, and photography has been immensely influenced by the performance medium due to his theater and performance art roots. He sees performance or social events as ephemeral in nature, like ghostly apparitions that are impermanent and expeditious. He aims to counter this ephemerality through his works, which strive to immortalize various narratives and cultures.

Mr. Chua had participated as the lone Filipino and Southeast Asian artist in the prestigious EDEN***** Studios in Berlin, Germany, from January 8 to 12, 2024, for the international workshop titled “Physicality in Acting” under the New International Performing Arts Institute (NIPAI). This marks the second international residency program for Mr. Chua, who is currently working on his capstone short film project, ‘Wala ng Bukas,’ as a writer and director.

Aside from this international accolade and recently acquired scholarship, Mr. Chua’s recent artistic endeavors include being selected as one of the 11 recipients of the New Face Photographer Award at the Ulsan International Environmental Photography Festival 2023 in South Korea, where he exhibited his striking series, ‘Ang Banyuhay ng Dalamhati.’ He also attended the two-week 27th BIFAN NAFF Fantastic Film School: Everything Everywhere All at Home Program in South Korea in 2023. Additionally, he was selected as one of the eight artists for the Tokyo Festival Farm-Asian Performing Arts Camp 2022 in Japan, where his project ‘ANIMOー応援ー’ was developed. The live performance-film hybrid recently premiered at the Film Development Council-Academedia screening.

Locally, he has made waves as the Editor and Director of Photography for the Cultural Center of the Philippines. This via Performatura’s Lam-Ang Indak at Hiraya ng Pagsinta and Super Kartero, a 2022 film-theater hybrid that premiered at the RYP PH Kolaboratoryo Festival. He also recently started a series of visual works titled ‘Visualized Biomechanics’ for the ‘Atip’ Balai Maria Exhibition in Intramuros. He has participated as a recognized performance artist at the annual International Solidarity in Performance Art Festival since 2019. His latest experimental film, ‘ROD,’ became one of six finalists in the experimental film category of the SinePiyu Film Festival, and it not only reached the finals but also won the Special Citation for the Experimental Film Award.

Mr. Chua is set to travel to Austria for an international art residency program this month, as he has been awarded a full scholarship for the NIPAI 2024 Laboratory and IUGTE Conference at Laubegg Castle, Austria, by ArtUniverse.org, an organization established to support creative people around the world who study and work in performing arts, theatre directing, and multi-disciplinary arts.

Congratulations, kudos and keep up the stellar work, Award-winning Warrior Artist!

[Looking into taking up Fine Arts? Then go for UE! Please come over to the UE Admissions Office-Caloocan at the soonest possible non-holiday Monday to Saturday; best to be in by 8 a.m. Please see the requirements here: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=862997165853379&set=a.621495620003536 Thank you and we hope to welcome you real soon to UE!]

*Policy on Re-implementation of Vehicle Sticker and New UE Parking Guidelines Issued*

In line with the limited parking space on the University’s campuses, members of the UE community—covering UE Manila and UE Caloocan, inclusive of the UE Manila Annex—are hereby advised of the following general policy and guidelines in regard to on-campus parking and related matters for school year 2024-2025.

Please note that these guidelines cover four-wheel and two-wheel vehicles alike.

1. Application Period:

Faculty members and employees of both the Manila and Caloocan Campuses may apply for their UE parking sticker starting this week. Applications will be ongoing until the stickers last but not later than July 31, 2024.*

UE Caloocan students may apply for a parking sticker starting on August 1, 2024—the first day of UE classes for school year 2024-2025—until the stickers last but not later than August 31, 2024.

The application form for the parking sticker is available at the Security Office—near the Gastambide gate in UE Manila and near the Samson Road gate in UE Caloocan.

* Faculty members and employees with more than one vehicle may be allowed to apply for a maximum of three parking stickers BUT ONLY ONE of their vehicles (be they four-wheeled or two-wheeled) will be allowed to park on campus at any given time.

2. Sticker Fee:

The parking sticker is to be applied for by qualified UE constituents intending to park their vehicle on campus on any school day. The one-time fee for this is P1,000.00 covering the entire school year 2024-2025.

Kindly be advised that the planned drop-off/pick-up sticker, meanwhile, is suspended pending further review of the traffic flow on and around the campuses within school year 2024-2025.

Vehicles entering UE Caloocan with no parking stickers shall only be allowed at the designated drop-off/pick-up point at the Caloocan Campus. Vehicles without UE parking stickers will not be allowed to enter the Manila Campus or the Annex Building.

Related requirements and other payment details may be read in the application form and must be strictly observed by all vehicle sticker applicants.

3. First Come, First Served Parking and Inclusive Hours:

Due to the limited parking slots on campus, vehicles with an official UE parking sticker for SY 2024-2025 are not necessarily assured of a parking slot on a given day as parking is on a first come, first served basis.

Parking on campus is from 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. only. Overnight parking is not allowed except in extremely meritorious cases and subject to internal approval.

4. Security Concerns:

UE vehicle stickers are to be affixed only by authorized UE Security Office personnel and not by the vehicle owners or their relatives or proxies.

All vehicles coming into the campuses may be subject to inspection by the University’s security personnel prior to entry and to check for such instances as any door that might be left ajar or head or tail lights that might be left on.

The University shall not be liable for any loss or damage to any vehicle on campus arising from incidents outside of the aforesaid guidelines.

5. Important Reminders:

Possession of a parking sticker is a privilege conferred by the University upon the holder. This privilege may be subject to cancellation at any time if the holder violates any of the traffic and other rules and regulations issued in connection with its use.

The UE vehicle sticker is non-transferable and valid for school year 2024-2025 only.

ADVISORY: UE COLLEGE, GRADUATE CLASS MODALITIES FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER OF SY 2024-2025

On behalf of the UE Office of Curriculum Development and Instruction, the University's incoming tertiary and graduate students are hereby informed of the following...

All UE college classes, as well as classes of the University's Department of Physical Education (PE) and National Service Training Program (NSTP) and Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) classes under the UE Office of Extension and Community Outreach (OECO), shall implement Hybrid Learning via the combination of Onsite and Offsite Asynchronous modalities.

The Offsite Asynchronous modality afforded for the UE College of Dentistry (CDent) and the UE College of Fine Arts, Architecture and Design (CFAD) shall be for General Education (GE), PE and NSTP courses/subjects.

The UE Graduate School shall implement Onsite, Offsite Asynchronous, and Offsite Synchronous modalities.

The UE College of Education shall facilitate Offsite Synchronous modality only for its certification courses.

The UE College of Law shall implement Onsite and Offsite Synchronous modalities.

Please be guided accordingly. Thank you and see you when UE classes start on August 1, 2024, Warriors!

GOOD LUCK, WARRIOR INTERIOR DESIGN LICENSURE EXAMINEES!

We wish all examinees of the licensure examination to officially become interior designers, especially graduates of the UE College of Fine Arts, Architecture and Design (UE CFAD), the best of luck as they take the Licensure Examination for Interior Designers (LEID) this week, July 2-4, 2024 (Tuesday to Thursday)!

The Professional Regulation Commission will administer the latest LEID across the National Capital Region and in Cebu and Davao on those dates, with the exam results due out by July 22, 2024.

Godspeed and cheers, Warrior Interior Design Licensure Examinees!

[Looking into taking up BS ID? Then go for UE! Please come over to the UE Admissions Office-Caloocan at the soonest possible non-holiday Monday to Saturday; best to be in by 8 a.m. Please see the requirements here: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=862997165853379&set=a.621495620003536 Thank you and we hope to welcome you real soon to UE!]

HELLO, CALLING UE!... :-)

Everyone within and beyond the UE community is advised of the following active telephone numbers for UE Manila and UE Caloocan…

UE Manila trunkline: 5328-5471
(Outside calls from local lines on campus may be made by dialing *99.)

UE Caloocan trunkline: 5328 4572
(Outside calls from local lines on campus may be made by dialing *99.)

UE Caloocan direct lines:
Chancellor’s Office — 5310 4547
Admissions Office — 5310 4548
Cash Department — 5310 4549
Department of Registration and Records Management (DRRM a.k.a. the Registrar’s office) — 5310 4550
Student Affairs Office — 5310 4551
Security Office — 5310 4553
Medical Clinic — 5310 4554

For everyone’s information and guidance. Thank you and take care, Warriors!

UE COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY: JUNE 2024 LICENSURE EXAM’S TOP PERFORMING SCHOOL, PRODUCES BRAND NEW TOPNOTCHERS!

Huge congratulations are in order for the UE College of Dentistry and a number of its graduates in line with the June 2024 Board Licensure Examination for Dentists (BLED)!

The UE College of Dentistry emerged as the one and only Top Performing School in the June 2024 BLED with 50 or more examinees and a passing percentage of at least 80%!

This after a total of 103 (out of 116) UE CDent graduate-examinees passed the latest BLED, making for an overall passing percentage of 88.79%! This is way higher than the latest BLED’s national passing percentage of 55.75%!

What’s more, UE CDent’s latest first-time examinees passing percentage is a whopping 94.06%, given that 95 out of 101 of the College’s latest first-time examinees passed the BLED!

Leading UE’s latest batch of bona fide new dentists are two Top 10 topnotchers: Dr. Brandon James I. Chavez, who earned the lone 4th Place with a passing percentage of 82.27%, and Dr. Diana Marie U. Totanes, who is the lone 10th Placer with a passing percentage of 81.57%!

The 103 Warrior Dentists are among the 673 successful examinees out of 1,207 hopefuls who hurdled the June 2024 examination’s written and practical phases.

The Board of Dentistry of the Professional Regulation Commission administered the BLED last month, with the written phase conducted in the National Capital Region, Baguio and Cebu last June 8-10 and the practical phase in NCR in batches within June 15-22, 2024.

Congratulations, New Warrior Topnotchers and Warrior Dentists! And congratulations and kudos to the truly topnotch UE College of Dentistry!

[Raring to take up the UE Doctor of Dental Medicine program? Then please be advised of the guidelines for first-year/freshmen applicants here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=780636734089423&set=pb.100064293115948.-2207520000&type=3 — and for transferee applicants here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=817775840375512&set=pb.100064293115948.-2207520000&type=3]

CONGRATULATIONS, UAE-BASED WARRIOR ARCHITECT!

Never-ending success!!! UE-Caloocan Achieves 100% Passing Rate!!!

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates-based Architect Michelle Angel C. Doringo, a lone passer from the University of the East (UE)-Caloocan, succeeded in the recently held June 2024 Special Licensure Examination for Architects (SPLE). The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced the results today, June 27, 2024.

The SPLE was conducted on June 16 and 17, 2024 in the Middle East and Singapore.



Full Results: https://www.prcboard.com/june-2024-sple-for-architects-results-list-of-passers-and-top-10/

UE CFAD PRODUCES LATEST WARRIOR TOPNOTCHER AND NEW ARCHITECTS!

The UE College of Fine Arts, Architecture and Design (CFAD) has produced a brand new topnotcher in the field of architecture and for the University!

This after UE CFAD graduate Karl Daniel T. De Guzman earned the 10th Place after attaining a total score of 81.50% in the architect licensure examination (ALE) conducted by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) last June 11 and 13!

A mid-pandemic, 2021 graduate of the UE CFAD’s Bachelor of Science in Architecture program, Ar. De Guzman is the University’s latest licensure exam topnotcher and the second in the field of architecture following Ar. Sherilyn R. Baniago, who was the 1st Place examinee in the ALE’s January 2024 edition.

Ar. De Guzman is one of 17 brand new bona fide architects produced by the UE CFAD—the other newly minted Arkiwarriors being the following:

Ar. Andrea Rose D. Abundo
Ar. Andrea Jade V. Antillon
Ar. Rhaven Jhay B. Bandong
Ar. Nicole M. Casimiro
Ar. Reizel Mae D. Cuizon
Ar. Galen F. Gamotin
Ar. Gabrielle C. Hernandez
Ar. Abby Katrina R. Herrera
Ar. Keith Leanne R. Hervias
Ar. Jose Israel B. Mercado
Ar. Maria Kathryn J. Nahial
Ar. Morivin Opanda
Ar. Dianne Angelika I. Pastrana
Ar. Jenny D. Pacaldo
Ar. Mark Aldrich M. Santos
Ar. Mariella V. Virtudazo

Through its graduates, the UE Caloocan-based CFAD earned an outstanding 85.00% passing rate in the June 2024 ALE—from producing 17 successful examinees out of 20 hopefuls. This CFAD feat surpasses the June 2024 ALE national average of 62.14%—a testament to the UE College’s excellence of the UE in architectural education.

What’s more, UE CFAD is the eighth top performing school of the latest ALE!

Congratulations and kudos, Warrior Topnotcher Ar. De Guzman and to our newest crop of Warrior Architects—and to the UE CFAD and Team UE BS Arch!

[Looking into taking up BS Architecture? Then go for UE! Please come over to the UE Admissions Office-Caloocan at the soonest possible Monday to Saturday; best to be in by 8 a.m. Please see the requirements here: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=846044447548651&set=a.621495613336870 Thank you and we hope to welcome you real soon to UE!]

Fresh UE SHS Cal. Grad is 2024 National Discipline Awardee!

Miss Dorothy Faye D. Dela Cruz of UE Senior High School-Caloocan has been recognized as one of the recipients of the Alfonso Yuchengco (AY) Foundation, Inc. National Discipline Award for 2024!

Miss Dela Cruz, who received the award in early June 2024, was a Humanities and Social Sciences Strand student of the UE Basic Education Department-Caloocan who was among those who were part of the recent UE SHS Caloocan commencement rites of school year 2023-2024 held last Thursday afternoon, June 20, 2024, at the PICC Plenary Hall.

Established in 1990, the AY National Discipline Award is an annual recognition given to graduating high school students who exemplify the virtues of discipline, integrity, courage, and self-sacrifice in the school setting and in the community.

Miss Dela Cruz was the Class President of her Grade 12 section, HUMSS 12-1, and an active member of UE SHS Caloocan’s Student Discipline Monitors (SDM). She is reputed to have consistently shown dedication to serving her fellow students and teachers during her academic years at the University of the East-Caloocan.

UE BED Caloocan has been a witness to Ms. Dela Cruz’s zeal in and commitment to her academic pursuits as she participated in an array of competitions and events on- and off-campus. She guided her group as lead researcher in their oral presentation at UE Caloocan’s 5th Punlasik Research Conference, sharing and discussing the effects of artificial intelligence on the integrity of SHS students. Last April 20, she joined the National Business Law Conference (NBLC) Case Competition at the Ateneo de Manila University, where her UE group was declared Champion. In another event this past May, she bagged 2nd Place in the Husay ng Soksay Photography competition hosted by the Sociology Society of the UP Los Baños.

Miss Dela Cruz’s UE SHS adviser, Mr. Roger Christopher R. Reyes, says that, “Dorothy is motivated and passionate about what she does. She substantially articulates her thoughts in class discussions and willingly extends help to classmates in need. As her teacher in three subjects, I have seen many instances of her coaching classmates, especially in research class, and sharing her notes when exams were drawing near. She has been compliant, responsible, and a role model to her classmates, always abiding by school rules and regulations. Colleagues share the same feedback about her—a testament to her character and good upbringing.”

The AY Foundation National Discipline Award aims to pursue former Ambassador Alfonso T. Yuchengco’s mission to instill discipline and good virtues among the nation’s youth. It fosters and encourages dedication to uplift the community and the country. Awardees are given a medal and cash prize.

Before Miss Dela Cruz, UE BED Caloocan had produced five earlier recipients of the same award: Aaron T. Eser in 2019, Jeric R. Cruz in 2020, Rogene Graciella R. Sadian in 2021, Antonia Q. Buyser in 2022, and Anton Luis A. Cruz in 2023.

Congratulations, Humanista and Warrior SHS Graduate!

[Incoming Grade 11 students, consider becoming an SHS Warrior! Apply now for UE admission and enrollment! Please be guided by this announcement: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=846044447548651&set=pb.100064293115948.-2207520000&type=3 Thank you and we hope to welcome you to where your tomorrow should begin: in UE—the University of the East! Sa UE Ka Na!]

[Photo and report courtesy of UE BED Caloocan]

ANG PANUNUMPA: UESC INDUCTION CEREMONIES THIS FRIDAY

The 2024 Induction Ceremonies for the new officers of the UE Manila-based UE Student Council (UESC) will be held this Friday afternoon, June 28, 2024, 2:30 p.m. onwards, at the UE Manila Briefing Room (2nd floor, SFC Building).

School year 2023-2024 University Student Council (USC) President and fresh UE Bachelor of Arts in Political Science graduate Queenie S. Leal, together with her fellow outgoing UESC officers, will formally turn over the reins of the Student Council to the incoming UESC officers, led by Incoming USC President Charlemaine Angelique Lopez.

The UE Student Affairs Office-Manila and rest of the UE Manila community thank our outgoing UESC officers for wholeheartedly serving their respective student constituencies and for making SY 2023-2024 truly memorable through their many efforts, big and small!

And we wish our incoming UESC officers good luck and may they continue the tradition of service to their fellow UE Manila students!

Former UE PE Prof Passes Away

Mrs. Estrella Aquino, a retired longtime faculty member of the UE Department of Physical Education who served UE Manila and UE Caloocan for most of her life, passed away this past Monday, June 24, 2024, at age 90.

Mrs. Aquino worked for UE for a total of 37 years until retiring around the turn of the millennium.

Mrs. Aquino was a remarkable professor and a beloved colleague who made significant contributions to the University. Her dedication, passion for teaching, and commitment to students were truly inspiring, and she will be deeply missed by all who had the honor of working with her through those years.

The internment in Mrs. Aquino’s honor is ongoing at Eternal Gardens Memorial Park in Cabuyao, Laguna, until this Friday morning, June 28.

The UE community extends its condolences to her bereaved family.

Rest in peace, Mrs. Aquino. and thank you very much for your unselfish Warrior service...

UE Drama Company to Conduct FREE Summer Theater Arts Workshop for Enrollees!

Attention, incoming UE SHS and college freshies and sophomores!

The UE Drama Company (UEDC), the official student-theater organization of our beloved University of the East, under the UE Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA), opens its registration for enrolled UE senior high school, and first-year and second-year UE college students who aspire to discover and develop their artistic side through a series of free theater arts workshops!

The UEDC workshop series will be held on July 8, 10, 12, and 15, 2024, 9 a.m. to 12 noon per day, in UE Manila—at Room 718 on the 7th floor of the Lualhati Building.

A pre-workshop orientation will be held online on July 6.

To register, scan the QR code or click this link to fill out the Google Form: https://forms.gle/gNQ7zDEtnKbXoaaEA

For more details, you may visit the UE Drama Company page: https://www.facebook.com/uedramacompany

Let your tomorrow begin in the East, aspiring SHS and College Warriors, and see you at the workshops!

Araw ng Maynila This Monday, June 24

June 24, 2024, Monday, marks the 453rd observance of Araw ng Maynila, in commemoration of the proclamation on June 24, 1571, of Manila as the capital of the then Spanish colonial administration in the Philippines.

The UE community, especially the UE Manila community, joins the local government of the City of Manila and the constituency of Manila in celebrating this glorious occasion.

As such, there will be no UE Manila summer classes this Monday, June 24, and UE Manila offices will be closed on that date. UE Manila classes and office work will resume on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.

(Note: Caloocan City Day is observed every February 16th.)

Cheers from the UE Community, City of Manila!

WATCH | UE Yearend Tertiary Commencement 2024, Afternoon Session

Ongoing this Friday afternoon, June 21, 2024, at the PICC Plenary Hall, is the second of two sessions of the 76th UE yearend tertiary commencement rites!

The proceedings may be viewed real-time here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR_-M8la-so — and may be watched perpetually post-live stream!

Featured are hundreds of SY 2023-2024 graduates of the various degree programs of the UE Graduate School (GS), College of Law (CLaw), College of Dentistry (CDent), College of Arts and Sciences-Manila and -Caloocan (CAS), College of Computer Studies and Systems (CCSS), and College of Fine Arts, Architecture and Design (CFAD)!

This afternoon’s commencement speaker is Hon. Juliet M. Manalo-San Gaspar, a distinguished UE graduate who is now an Associate Justice of the Sandiganbayan. Justice Manalo-San Gaspar is a UE graduate twice over: After earning her UE degree of Bachelor of Arts major in English, she went on to earn her UE Bachelor of Laws (now Juris Doctor) degree in 1998.

Warrior recipients of Latin honors and special awards, please be reminded of the double-spread UE yearend commencement ad featuring you—yes, you!—in today’s respective main sections of the Philippine Daily Inquirer and The Philippine Star!

Congratulations, Warrior GS, CLaw, CDent, CAS, CCSS and CFAD Graduates! Cheers on your achievement and graduation today—and thank you for letting your tomorrow begin in the East!

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