Forging the Elements of a World-Class University

Table of Contents

Executive Summary

Introduction

Strategic Thrust 1: ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

Research and Creative WorkIncreased Graduate Students Increased Ph.D. Faculty MembersEnhanced International Publications AwardRationalized Research ProgramExpanded Research Dissemination Strengthened and Expanded Interdisciplinary ProgramsEnhanced Intellectual Property Protection

EducationRecruitment of the Best and the BrightestModernized PedagogyFormalized System-Wide Quality AssuranceIntensified InternationalizationEnhanced Sports Development

Public ServicePublic Service University

Strategy 2. OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY

Administrative EfficiencyeUP Green UP Streamlined University ProcessesEnhanced Personnel Benefits

Financial SustainabilityIntensified Fund CampaignsUPLB Master Development Plan and Titling of LandsAccelerated Intellectual Property CommercializationLinkage with Alumni and Friends

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In line with UP President Alfredo Pascual’s UP

Strategic Plan (2011-2017), UPLB pushed for two strategic thrusts that would help UP achieve its vision of “taking a leadership role in developing a globally competitive Philippines.” These are academic excellence supported by operational excellence.

During the 2nd semester AY 2011-2012, UPLB had 12, 220 enrollees subdivided into 10, 273 undergraduates, 1, 304 graduate students, and 496 high school students at the UP Rural High School. The rest were registered for the Certificate in Forestry or other non-degree courses. International students made up 16 percent of the 676 graduate students. For the same semester and summer 2012, we graduated 109 cum laude, 9 magna cum laude, and 1 summa cum laude.

Academic Excellence

To achieve academic excellence, we are enhancing our research and creative works; transforming our paradigms in teaching; and strengthening our public service.

Research and creative works. UPLB generated PhP 351,173M research and development funds in September 2012. This was 62 percent higher than in 2011 and by 67 percent more than in 2010.

Among the research breakthroughs were the approval of three rice cultivars/ varieties and one sweet potato by the National Seed Industry Council (NSIC) for commercial release. A Hibiscus hybrid was also bred and named after Batangas City mayor Vilma ‘Santos’.

For papaya, we developed a transgenic variety with delayed ripening trait and papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) resistance; earned PhP1.1 million of royalty for the Sinta papaya franchise; and reduced rejection from 37 to 73 percent of papaya fruits at a company packinghouse using UPLB’s harvesting and postharvest techniques. We also generated almost PhP4 M sales of planting materials from other income-generating projects.

UPLB leads researches on environment conservation, climate change, and disaster risk reduction management. But we are opening frontiers of new research niches. We established the Astrophysics Research Laboratory (Astrolab); allocated PhP 60M for a UPLB program in nanotechnology; and enhanced transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary research collaborations. Some of these include the UPLB Interdisciplinary Program on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction; Alternative Energy System Program; UPLB Rice Program; Collaborative Research, Development, and Extension for Food Security; the UPLB Bee Program; and the Laguna Lake-Makiling and Taal Lake Studies.

From 2010 to 2012, UPLB produced 397 ISI-indexed journals endorsed for the International Publications Award (IPA). The UPLB Journals Online site in the UPLB-RDE portal showed 81,000 abstract downloads and 6,000 views of the 117 videos online.

We are transforming the learning-teaching paradigm by engaging our students in more learner-oriented, participatory, and innovative processes. Further, our senior scientists are mentoring 108

1 Annual Report 2011-2012

“What keeps us going is that seed of greatness inside each one of us. It is a culture of values, of honor and excellence, of aspirations for a greater purpose, and of servant-leaderhood.”

It is this culture of greatness that makes us align ourselves with the vision of making the UP system a world-class university.

- UPLB Chancellor Rex Victor O. Cruz

graduate students on teaching and research under the Graduate Mentoring and Apprenticeship Program (GMAP), which UPLB pioneered in AY 2008-2009.

Towards the internationalization of our academic programs, we have instituted the Ph.D. Development Studies program, the Master of Veterinary Epidemiology, and the Master of Management major in cooperative management. Off campus, we offered the Master of Science in Development and Governance to the staff of the Municipality of Cabuyao and the Philippine Tourism Authority, as well as to Local Chief Executives (through the Department of Interior and Local Government).

We mobilized 531 volunteers for various forms of assistance to underserved sectors under the Pahinungod and Padayon programs. We launched two new programs: Reading Enhancement and Appreciation Development Program (READ) and the Environmental Advocacy Program (EAP). Likewise, we revived the Immersion-Mission (I-M) Program and the Teachers’ Training Program (TTP) in the context of the K+12 Basic Education Reform. Under the Padayon program, we have organized quick response teams to address pest and disease outbreaks in farms and plantations.

Aside from the Pahinungod activities, UPLB has offered 1,145 non-degree trainings and other extension activities to more than 53,998 beneficiaries from January to September 2012. We engaged the community in civic journalism and used the UPLB websites and social media to reach more constituents and clientele. We have networked globally in using communication for development by hosting the Asian portal of the FAO-funded Consortium for Communication for Development (CCC).

We are proud of Dr. Romulo Davide who is this year’s winner of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service. This award is equivalent to the Nobel Peace prize of Asia.

Administrative Efficiency

To achieve operational excellence, UPLB improved its administrative processes and worked for financial sustainability.

UP launched the eUP in UPLB on July 28, 2012 and streamlined the budget and university processes. UPLB started digitizing its record management system through the Automated Document Technology Management System (ADTMS). The Office of Student Affairs (OSA) also significantly reduced its paper use by about 90 percent using the digitized forms developed for OrgsUP in November 2011.

UPLB also campaigned for a clean and green campus. Our solid waste program enabled us to reduce our residual waste from 12 cubic meters to 2.75 cubic meters daily. We re-lauched the Litter-Free UPLB Campaign; spearheaded an emission testing and an anti-smoke belching campaign in campus; and conducted an energy audit of all our buildings. At the UP System level, UPLB helped to develop a comprehensive Native Trees Management Program for all UP campuses.

Resource generation and financial sustainability are also priorities. We assessed our land assets, knowledge products, and technologies as sources of much-needed resources. Hence, we are consolidating all land use plans in preparation for the UPLB Master Development Plan that will be crafted in coordination with the UP System. We are developing the UP Sierra Madre Land Grants in Quezon with partners; securing water rights inside the campus; and accrediting the UPLB Science and Technology Park (STP) as a Special Economic Zone to the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA). Further, we have launched the DOST-UPLB Technology Business Incubator program and bolstered the marketing of our promising technologies while protecting our intellectual property rights through the Center for Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship.

Forging the Elements of a World-Class University 2

The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) is one of the seven constituent universities of the University of the Philippines (UP) System – the National University of the Philippines. It was established on March 6, 1909 as the College of Agriculture before it became the first autonomous unit of the UP System on November 1972.

Nestled at the foot of Mt. Makiling in Los Banos, the science and nature city, UPLB is a premier graduate, research, and public service university. Through nine colleges and two schools, it offers 29 undergraduate, 70 masters, and 30 doctoral degree programs in the natural, physical, and social sciences as well as in the humanities and the arts.

Instruction, research, and public service at UPLB benefit from a multidisciplinary human resource and multi-institutional collaboration. Local and international research and development institutions give it an international edge. Some of these include the International Rice Research Institute and the Southeast Asia Regional Center for Agriculture and Graduate Study (SEARCA) located in Los Baños, the science and nature city.

Under the leadership of UPLB Chancellor Rex Victor O. Cruz, UPLB has aligned its mission to UP President Alfredo Pascual’s UP Strategic Plan (2011-2017) that would help achieve UP’s vision of “taking a leadership role in developing a globally competitive Philippines.” Propelling this vision is the recognition that we are “one university with one goal and with one destiny.”

We pushed for two strategic thrusts that would help UP achieve its vision of “Taking a leadership role in developing a globally competitive Philippines.” These are academic excellence alongside operational excellence.

The following are some of our achievements in November 2011 to October 2012.


Introduction


The challenge in providing an enabling environment for teaching is greater because we are engaging the “Gamer generation.” This is the current generation of students who are technology savvy, Internet-wired, experimental, and expressive of their own brand of individuality and leadership.

Hence, we are not only improving our facilities, but also enhancing our research and creative works, transforming our paradigms in teaching, and strengthening our public service.

Strategic Thrust 1: ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

UPLB Chancellor Rex Victor O. Cruz

Increased Graduate Students

UPLB has actively initiated, negotiated, or linked with scholarship donors to increase financial support for local and foreign graduate students. Aside from the SEARCA Consortium scholarship, which is supporting 34 students, we have explored other scholarship grants. The USAID-HARVEST (Helping Address Rural Vulnerabilities and Ecosystem Stability Program) and the Kearney Alliance Scholarship are now supporting a Cambodian and a Lao PDR student, respectively.

Out of 128 international graduate students, 85 are enjoying scholarship grants provided by their own governments or funding from local and international development institutions.

UPLB also got the highest number of slots for the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-Philippines) scholarship for schoolyear 2012-2013. Excluding those who graduated in April 2012, there are 301 DOST scholars now enrolled at UPLB.

The Graduate School facilitates access to specialized services such as visa processing, student housing, campus security and safety, inter- and cross-cultural activities, assistance on health, medical, and gender issues, and counseling.

During the 1st sem AY 2010-2011, there were 900 MS graduate students. This steadily increased to 1,021 in AY 2011-2012 and to 1,068 in AY 2012-2013.


Some of the strategies we pursued to transform UPLB into a research-intensive university included: increasing graduate students and faculty members with Ph.D. degrees; enhancing the international publications award; rationalizing research programs; extending research dissemination; strengthening international research collaboration; expanding interdisciplinary programs; and fortifying intellectual property protection.

RESEARCH AND CREATIVE WORK

Graduate students enrolled in 1st semester (2010-2013)

15 UPLB researches and faculty members with outstanding research track records have been conferred the rank of Scientist by the UP System

Increased Ph.D. Faculty Members

UPLB has recruited Ph.D. graduates, especially from recognized foreign universities to join the University as regular, adjunct, affiliate, or visiting faculty members. It had also set as minimum requirement an MS degree for accepting lateral entrants to Assistant Professor positions.

As of AY 2012-13, UPLB has 22 faculty members studying for their Ph.D. abroad and one in a local university. Further, all faculty members have been encouraged to pursue their Ph.D. degrees under the reduced tuition fee privilege.

Enhanced International Publications Awards

From 2010 to 2012, UPLB endorsed 397 ISI-indexed journals for the International Publications Award (IPA). In the same period, we published 224 articles in international refereed journals, 172 articles in refereed journals, and 144 book chapters/sections.

To strengthen the research culture among graduate students, the Graduate School started to implement the MS and Ph.D. thesis external review process during the second semester of AY 2011-2012. In addition, graduating MS and Ph.D. students are now required to submit one (for MA/MS) or two (for Ph.D.) articles based on their theses/dissertations.

To enhance scientific productivity, UPLB has conducted for faculty members a writeshop on writing publishable materials. Funds had also been reserved to publish journal articles on special topics, such as on phytoremediation, by the Journal of Environmental Science and Management, an ISI journal.

Rationalized Research Programs

We are providing an enabling environment for more relevant transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary research. We are strengthening our resource base, developing a culture of research, forging new areas of research, and improving our facilities.

Stronger Resource Base

UPLB generated PhP 351,173M research and development funds in September 2012. This was 62


Faculty members with Ph.D. degrees(1st sem of AY 2010-11, 2011-12, and 2012-13)

Journal articles/books/book chapters published(2010 - 2012)

Research projects conducted(2010-2012)


percent higher than in 2011 and 67 percent more than in 2010. This was due to the increase in funds from government, international, and local/private funding agencies. The funds include the combined R&D funds monitored by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Extension (OVCRE) and the UPLB-FI.

The UP System granted in 2012 a total of PhP 18M for the project “Toward Good Water Governance for Development: A Multi-Case Analysis Program” under the leadership of Dr. Agnes Rola of the College of Public Administration and Development (CPAf). This is a direct grant from the UP System through the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies (CIDS).

Increasing Basic Research and Productivity

From January to October 2012, more than 150 research proposals from different units of the University were endorsed by the OVCRE. Of the total, 98 percent were submitted to external funding agencies, while the rest were submitted to the UPLB Basic Research Program or the UPLB Trust Fund Program.

To generate more research outputs, UPLB crafted a proposal to increase basic research funds from PhP 1.5M to PhP 5M per year. This was endorsed by the Budget Management Office (BMO) to the Office of the Chancellor.

• Three rice cultivars/ varieties and one sweet potato were approved by the National Seed Industry Council (NSIC) in October 2011 for commercial release. These were Rc276 (Sahod Ulan 4), Rc282 (Sahod Ulan 7), and RC286 (Sahod Ulan 9) for rice and SP32 (UPL Sp13) for sweet potato.

• Hibiscus hybrids were bred and named after Vilma Abaya Dimacuha for outstanding leadership and governance in October 2012; St. Bridget College for women saint and institutions named after them in February 2013; and Cheche Lazaro for outstanding public service in broadcast journalism in March 2013.

• Transgenic papaya with delayed ripening trait and papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) resistance (development stage) was developed. This addresses the major ringspot virus disease of papaya. The transgenic papaya with delayed ripening trait was crossed with a PRSV resistant BC3 line (Carica papaya x wild relative) resulting to F1 hybrids that were resistant to the PRSV infection. Seedlings that showed no PRSV symptoms and were positive for the delayed ripening gene are now being field tested under biosafety regime for further evaluation.

• Techniques have been developed for the 1) semi-natural spawning and larval rearing on Biyang Puti and 2) induced spawning and larval rearing of ayungin. These are being published as Technical Bulletins of PCARRD.

Promising Research• The first prototypes for mechanized cleaning of sea cucumber

and drying using biomass stove show potential for improving the quality of dried products.

RESEARCH BREAKTHROUGHS

Number of research started and the amount of funding (2011-2012)


Through the UPLB Research Trust Fund, we are implementing a University Pulse Survey Research Program that includes Internet-based surveys on university issues that affect our students and staff. From this program, we can develop a strategic framework to improve our governance. The University Pulse is a pioneering effort in the University.

UPLB has proposed providing a regular research budget of PhP 1.5M a year for Professor Emeriti, to enable them to pursue research endeavors while mentoring their colleagues and junior scientists. In 2012, UPLB arranged the funding of PhP 50,000 for each of the five Professor Emeriti’s research projects.

We are making it a policy that every research proposal must have a publication component or a provision for sharing results to the public.

UPLB screened and recommended 15 Research, Extension, and Professional Staff (REPS) to the UP Scientific Career System, a program that will allow them to be promoted to SG 30, equivalent to the rank of full professor in the University.

Last October, UPLB conducted the first REPS Conference to enhance the sector’s role in attaining UPLB’s academic and research goals.

Exploring Areas of Growth

Meanwhile, we are radiating to new areas of research that are allied to our fields of expertise such as astrophysics and nanotechnology.

UPLB has already ventured in space science research in various fields in the past. Several undergraduate theses in astrophysics have already been conducted under our BS Applied Physics program. In 2011, we established the Astrophysics Research Laboratory (Astrolab), which is the first and only research lab of its kind in the country.

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has allocated PhP 60M for a UPLB program on nanotechnology. We envision the Center to become the leading research institution in the country in the fields of astronomy, astrophysics, Earth observation, and space science.

Improving Facilities for Research

Research must be supported by “world-class” research infrastructure and facilities. The University endorsed 10 proposals with a total of PhP 38.5M to the DA-BAR under the Institutional Development Grants for upgrading its research facilities. The DA-BAR has approved PhP 8.5M to improve the Postharvest Training and Research Center laboratories.

With funding from the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), we will soon establish the UPLB Integrated Analytical Service Laboratory Complex. This laboratory concentrates the resources used in analytical procedures in one central laboratory. Hence, we can better respond to the needs of our students, researchers, and external clients.

A total of PhP79 M had been earmarked to renovate the College of Agriculture- National Crop Protection Center (CA-NCPC) Complex into the Integrated Analytical Service Laboratory and to buy advanced scientific equipment.

• The first ever anthropometric survey consisting of 38 measurements was done among farmers in the country. Seven existing machinery designs (e.g., two-wheel tractor) are being evaluated using these measurements as bases in designing for efficiency and comfort of use.

• Abaca fiber waste (+40 mesh abaca fibers) was shown to be a good reinforcing material for recycled polypropylene with optimized fiber loading and improved compatibility.

• In postharvest research, the development of the harvesting and postharvest handling guides through adaptive and participatory research, together with capacity building, resulted in improved chain performance shown by the 37% to 73% reduction in papaya rejection at the company packinghouse. This can enhance our market access to Singapore and the Middle East.

• For the Sinta papaya franchise, UPLB received PhP1.1 M from the East-West Seed Company representing royalty payment for 2011. Sales of planting materials by other income-generating projects amounted to almost PhP4 M.

• As a lead agency on environment conservation, climate change, and disaster risk reduction management, UPLB has developed a spatially explicit tool for monitoring and communicating environmental risks around the Mt. Makiling Forest Reserve.

Expanded Research Dissemination

Multi-platform Sharing of Research

While protecting our knowledge products through our Intellectual Property Rights Office, we are sharing public technologies through multiple platforms such as a dedicated website and social media. The RDE portal, which integrated four RDE websites in 2012, contains news publishing, video hosting, journal management, databases of projects, experts and technologies, trainings and services, and others.

The UPLB Journals Online site uploaded nine issues of journals published in the University, namely: The Asia Life Sciences (ISI), Journal of Environment Science and Management (ISI), Philippine Agricultural Scientist (ISI), Philippine Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, and the Philippine Journal of Veterinary Medicine. These nine issues represent nearly 100 journal articles. The abstract downloads from the whole UPLB Journals Online site is about 81,000.

We are sharing our research knowledge internationally. UPLB has expanded the Academic Development Fund for its REPS to support the publication of their research outputs and their presentations in international conference.

Faculty members attending international conferences have been increasing, from 47 in 2010 to 32 in 2011, and to 100 or almost three times more in 2012.

Strengthened and Expanded Interdisciplinary Programs

We have steadily established, maintained, and proposed new initiatives and collaborative research works that espouse and encourage inter- and trans-disciplinarity in research.


Enhanced Intellectual Property Protection

From 2011 to 2012, UPLB has applied for two patents and for nine copyrights.

In 2012, the University applied for one patent for the rearing of earwigs and their use for biological pest control. It also applied for copyright on two books on scientific and technical writing.

In 2011, UPLB applied for the copyright of seven publications dealing with organic production of some vegetables and manuals for the National Service Program (NSTP).


To strengthen the University’s oversight functions and capabilities in biosafety, and bioprospecting, these committees were formed:

• Ad hoc Committee to institutionalize support for the operation of the plant and forest genetic resources of UPLB

• Interdisciplinary committee on bioprospecting that will prescribe the guidelines and procedures for the prospecting of biological and genetic resources in the university

We are improving the quality of education by recruiting the best and the brightest graduates from across the country while democratizing access to the University. We are modernizing our pedagogy; formalizing our quality assurance; intensifying our internationalization; and enhancing our sports development program.

EDUCATION

Recruitment of the Best and the Brightest

At the graduate and undergraduate levels, we have done our best to attract the best and the brightest students to UPLB through scholarship programs. Already, many funding agencies and individuals are contributing to our scholarship fund. The Bureau of Agricultural Research of the Department of Agriculture (DA-BAR) has expanded its scholarship program and gave PhP5 M to undergraduate students pursuing BS Agriculture and BS Agri-biotechnology.

Admission to UP is being reviewed to draw the best students through programs similar to the

Integrated Academic Program for the Sciences (INTAPS) in the 1980s.

To address the financial needs of students, the Office of Student Affairs offers the following services: Socialized Tuition and Financial Assistance Program (STFAP), Student Assistantship (SA), loan programs, and scholarship programs. UPLB released PhP1.3 M for tuition fees and stipend to more than 4,000 students during the second semester 2011-2012 under the STFAP. A loan of PhP99.9 thousand was used by 8,146 students during the second semester 2011-2012 to first semester 2012-2013.

The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Agricultural Research gives PhP 5 M scholarship to agriculture students pursuing BS Agri-biotechnology

For the second semester 2011-2012 and summer 2012, we had 109 cum laude, 9 magna cum laude, and 1 summa cum laude graduates.

Our efforts are paying off. UPLB continues to dominate national professional licensure examinations. This year, we are the top performing school in the country in agricultural and electrical engineering, forestry, chemistry, agriculture, nutrition and dietetics, and veterinary medicine. Our students claimed top 10 places in all these exams with a topnotcher in forestry and in veterinary medicine.


Performance in Licensure Examination

Enrollment Data

The total enrolment of UPLB for Second Semester, 2011-2012 and First Semester, 2012-2013 are as follows:

Graduation Data

The total number of graduates for second semester, 2011-2012 and summer 2012 are as follows:

Modernized Pedagogy

Capacitating Teachers and Students

The call for modernization of pedagogy in UP converged with UPLB’s paradigm shift to make teaching more responsive to the needs of the new generation of learners. This requires more interactive engagement and learner-centered approaches.

UPLB integrated the Interactive Learning Center and the Standing Committee on Paradigm Shift on Teaching and Learning. We have mainstreamed the importance of this undertaking among the faculty members/ administrators through a series of conferences on paradigm shift on teaching. The latest was the Conference on Innovations for Effective Teaching and Learning held on October 29-30 with the theme “Riding the Waves of Change” that was participated in by 250 faculty members.

Furthermore, we have been conducting the Seminar-Workshop Series on the Development/ Packaging of Interactive Learning Materials and the Roundtable Series on Interactive Learning.

We are poised to establish more interactive learning hubs in the libraries, academic buildings, dormitories, and at the Student Union to make online learning materials easily accessible to our students.

We have provided technical support in the development of learning objects (6 have been uploaded and 13 are now being produced).

We have sponsored training workshops on Moodle (14 MOODLE e-courses are now being managed) and Courselab (mathematics lessons are now available on Courselab), and integrated the discussion of e- and u-learning in our semestral seminars on teaching.

Integration of the Arts and the Sciences

We are promoting interdisciplinary initiatives that crisscross science and the arts through our Fusion of Arts and Science Program. We have conducted some collaborative research and performance/theater methodologies especially in mathematics and physics. Some initiatives in the pipeline are the Artist Residency Program; Scientist Artist Interaction; (Re) searching Community; and Community Engagement and Dialogue. Graduate Mentoring and Apprenticeship Program

UPLB pioneered the Graduate Mentoring and Apprenticeship Program (GMAP) in AY 2008-2009, and it is the only constituent university with such a program. GMAP inculcates in our postgraduate students the discipline as well as the values and ethics of instruction and research as learned from our senior and respected scientists. From AY 2008-2009 to AY 2011-2012, we had 108 graduate students involved in the program. Enhanced Learning Environment

To provide a conducive learning environment, we are implementing the “Continuous Active Repair


and Maintenance System of UPLB Facilities and Utilities (CARE UP) to assess the status of all UPLB facilities and utilities. Within six months, we have targeted the inspection of more than 300 UPLB buildings and facilities. For now, we have improved 90 percent of our small classrooms, and we will upgrade our laboratories in the next months. We are also allocating PhP17.6 M to repair and rehabilitate the Forest Science Building at the College of Forestry and Natural Resources (CFNR).

Enhanced Learning Resources

UPLB has continuously increased its library acquisitions and electronic databases to support instruction and research. Students and staff have access to thousands of online electronic resources such as the Agronomy Journal, CAB Direct, Compendex, EBSCOHost Research Database, Gale Virtual Reference Library, IEEExplore, JSTOR, Proquest databases, Science Direct, Scopus, Springer Link, and Swetswise. The library also keeps The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library (TEEAL) as well as the Agricola.


Formalized System-Wide Quality Assurance

Various colleges and units of UPLB adhere to and maintain the strictest standards of academic excellence (in terms of faculty, students, curriculum, research outputs, and publications) as required by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to be Centers of Excellence (COE) or Centers of Development for Excellence (CODE).

All these contain journals, books, and references covering multidisciplinary fields from agriculture to science and technology to social sciences.

To encourage younger students to use these electronic resources, the University Library held an e-fair on November 21, 2012 in an outdoor Internet café-like setting.

Off-campus Offerings

UPLB offers the off-campus program of Master of Science in Development and Governance to the staff of the Municipality of Cabuyao and the Philippine Tourism Authority, as well as to Local Chief Executives (through the Department of Interior and Local Government). This is designed to bring graduate studies in the workplace so that theoretical and conceptual learning are contextualized in the agencies’ environments.

Accreditation as CHEd Center of Excellence or Center of Development

Intensified Internationalization

UPLB is proactively pursuing the goals of internationalization to reclaim its leadership position in the field of international education.

Ad Hoc Committee on Internationalization

The Ad hoc Committee on Internationalization was created to identify strategic directions and initiatives to enhance the internationalization of the UPLB Graduate School.

Towards the internationalization of academic programs, we have instituted the following degrees as approved by the UP Board of Regents:

• interdisciplinary Ph.D. Development Studies program

• the Master of Veterinary Epidemiology• and Master of Management, major in cooperative

management

To be competitive globally, we are marketing our straight Ph.D. programs. For high school, we are redesigning our curriculum for the implementation of the K+12 program of the national government.

We have improved the Graduate School website to make it more attractive and easy to navigate.

International Linkages

Meanwhile, we have continued to cultivate and maintain our linkages with the international education community through our participation in international fora, conferences, and meetings.

We are also involved in international consortia and collaborative agreements aimed at fostering diplomatic relations and cultivating academic linkages. Some of these include:

• participation in or co-sponsorship of Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific (March 15-16, 2012); 8th Regional Seminar on Internationalization in Higher Education in Southeast Asia (September 22, 2012); Leadership Excellence in the Academe Program for Southeast Asia (LEAP SEA)

• research and academic linkages with the SEAMEO-SEARCA that provides scholarships for future leaders in Southeast Asia

• linkages with 61 foreign universities and MOU/MOA signed with 12 foreign universities from October 2011 to October 2012

• linkages with the ASEAN Foundation and the Asia Pacific Scholarship Consortium that has committed to fund 10 international students to study at UPLB within the next three years


All these efforts have increased the number of graduate students who have enrolled in UPLB. For instance, international graduate students have increased from 117 in 2010 to 131 in 2012.

Currently, 16 percent of the 676 graduate students enrolled at UPLB are international students. Majority are from neighboring countries in Asia such as Lao-PDR, Myanmar, Indonesia, Cambodia, and Vietnam. We also have a good number of students from Iran.

We have continued to accept online submission of applications for our graduate degree programs to facilitate the evaluation process.

We are also facilitating the integration of our international students into our educational system through the Intensive English Course for International Graduate Students. The course is offered under the University’s Language Instruction Towards Excellence (LITE) Program.

Likewise, in 2011 and 2012, UPLB had 31 and 27

international graduate faculty members who served as adjunct professors.

Enhanced Sports Development

UPLB has constituted the UPLB Sports and Recreation Committee to revive the sports and fitness-oriented lifestyle of its constituents. The Committee organizes the UPLB Sportsfest or “Palarong UPLB,” an annual event that generates widespread participation and fosters community spirit among the constituents.

UPLB has finalized the site development plan of Wing B of the UPLB Copeland Gymnasium and appropriated a budget of PhP16.32 M for it. Wing B will have three floors: the first will house dance and shower rooms; the second floor will have weights, aikido/judo, karate/taekwondo, and storage rooms; and the third floor will contain lecture rooms with flexible partitions that can be opened to convert small rooms into a bigger room.

We have also set a budget of PhP13.70 M for a parking area.


Public Service University

Part of our vision is to promote UPLB as a public service university. We are doing this through community service and voluntarism programs; technologies and information; and technical advisory services.

PUBLIC SERVICE

Community Services and Voluntarism

Beyond the academe, we serve as technical consultants, advisors, coordinators, and leaders of development programs – at the local, regional, and even global levels. We are contributing into policymaking in environment conservation and climate change mitigation; world agriculture trade; entrepreneurship and finance; education

Dr. Romulo Davide is recognized by the Philippine President Benigno Aquino III for winning the Ramon Magsaysay award in 2012.

management; local governance; and practically every field that can engender social change.

We are proud of Dr. Romulo Davide who is the 2012 recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service. This is equivalent to the Nobel Peace prize of Asia. Truly, he is the epitome of the servant-leader we want every UPLB graduate to be.

We have proactive Pahinungod and Padayon programs catering to grassroots communities. Our Pahinungod volunteers are engaged in programs related to affirmative action, youth and women development, technical assistance, immersion, and education and literacy. From November 2011 to November 2012, we mobilized 531 volunteers for various forms of assistance to underserved sectors.

Pahinungod implemented long-term projects in educational enhancement and health/ nutrition for public elementary schools. It launched two new programs: Reading Enhancement and Appreciation Development Program (READ) and the Environmental Advocacy Program (EAP). Likewise, it revived the Immersion-Mission (I-M) Program and the Teachers’ Training Program (TTP) in the context of the K+12 Basic Education Reform.

Under the Padayon program, we have been organizing quick response teams to address pest and disease outbreaks in farms and plantations.

Aside from the Pahinungod activities, UPLB has offered 1,145 non-degree trainings and other

extension activities to more than 53,998 beneficiaries from January to September 2012.

Some of the public service engagements of UPLB are the following:

Trainings and Capacity Building

• Day Care Resource Center Trainings to capacitate day care workers in teaching day care students. This project is in cooperation with the LGUs of Laguna and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-Laguna)

• Eco-U Leadership Camp to develop the environmental stewardship of high school students

• Training on Barangay Integrated Development Planning (with emphasis on food and nutrition security, disaster preparedness and management, and hunger mitigation) and updating the Barangay Management Information System (BMIS) in three municipalities of Laguna, namely: Calauan, Nagcarlan, and Rizal through the BIDANI Network Program.

• Training on Participatory Community Vulnerability Assessment and Disaster Risk Management for LGUs of Calauan, Laguna

• Symposium on “Water for Life”: Water as a Resource and Hazard, funded by the Alliance Francaise of Manila and the French Embassy in Manila


• The First National Symposium and Workshop on Environmental Science held in UP Diliman (co-organized by UPLB)

• Trainer’s Training on the Formulation of Local Climate Change Action Plan for representatives from SUCs in the 18 major watershed areas in the country

• Trainings and workshops on Collaborative Research, Development, and Extension Services for Food Security (CRDES) in Regions 4A, 4B, and 5. This collaborative work with SUCs, DA regional field units (RFUs), and provincial LGUs help 16 provinces craft their provincial action plans (PRAP) to achieve food security in the regions.

• A series of 14 trainings on “Strengthening Agricultural Development Planning and Governance for Food Security” conducted nationwide in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Training Institute (DA-ATI). These aim was to build the capacities of 4th to 6th class municipalities in agricultural planning amidst globalization and climate change issues.

• 2nd International Continuing Professional

Education (CPE) Symposium on Veterinary and Comparative Pathology organized by the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM)


• International Training Course on Specialized Small Animal Practice with four international speakers from Japan, Singapore, and Thailand, also organized by CVM

Technical and Advisory Services

• Crafting of the Laguna Environmental Code Project (E-code) with the Provincial Government of Laguna

• Development of a Comprehensive Land Use Plan for the Municipality of Nagcarlan, Laguna

• Formulation of the Clean Water Act through the project “Collaborative Work in Sustainable Agriculture Natural Resource Environmental Management (SANREM-CRSP)”

• Formulation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reforms (CARPER) as embodied in RA No. 9700 through a position paper prepared by CPAf. Some of the recommendations of the project entitled “Sustaining the Gains of CARP: Master for Philippine Rural Development” have been incorporated in Sections 9 (pars. 3 and 4), 13 (pars.1 and 2), and 14 (Item f) of RA 9700.

UPLB hosted Ms. Maria Ressa, CEO of Rappler and former CNN Jakarta and Manila bureau chief and her team to highlight the role of social media in social change. About 400 students and teachers of Los Baños attended MOVE CHAT SERIES @ UPLB.


• Production and widespread dissemination of 14 policy papers on agriculture and related topics such as on marketing, alternative energy, sustainable development, agrarian reform, trade, and poverty and malnutrition among policy makers in the Senate, House of Congress, national government agencies, and international organizations such as the World Bank.

Community Services

• Free anti-rabies and spaying as well as neutering campaigns, and pet dental service held at the Veterinary Teaching Hospitals in Manila and in Los Baños

• Daycare Center services for pre-school children and nutrition advisory clinic under the College of Human Ecology

• Geriatric /Elderly Program sponsored a seminar on the science of ‘wellness’ for around 350 elderly persons

Comprehensive Media and Communication Program

UPLB is now using multi-platforms for its communication engagement, such as print, multimedia, and social media. It set up its social media accounts (Twitter and Facebook) in 2012 to reach a wider audience. That year, it also produced a new video story about the University.

We organized a network of about 80 Public Information Associates (PIA) representing the colleges

and units to share information about their researches and other activities to the public.

We capacitated these PIAs through a training on writing news for the web and using social media for breaking news. We also spearheaded the first Rappler series in the campus on September 19, 2011 entitled MOVE CHAT SERIES@UPLB to show the important role of social media in pushing for social change and development. Attended by more than 400 students and teachers, the seminar featured journalists from Rappler, headed by Maria Ressa, former CNN Jakarta and Manila bureau chief.

The campus community newspaper, The Los Banos Times, was highlighted in the mainstream media for having proactively practiced civic journalism using multi-platform media. The paper gave breaking news through social media and followed up the development of the slayings of two students. The staffers also conducted a Campus Journalism Training for high school students from Los Baños and San Pablo.

As a move towards offering of a TV production course, faculty and staff of the College of Development Communication were trained in TV Program Production by experts from the Radio Netherlands Training Centre (RNTC).

Internationally, we have networked globally in using communication for development by hosting the Asian portal of the FAO-funded Consortium for Communication for Development.

To achieve operational excellence, UPLB improved its administrative processes and worked for financial sustainability.

ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCY


Strategic Thrust 2: OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE

The University geared for administrative efficiency by implementing the initial stages of eUP; ensuring a clean and green campus; enhancing the budget process; streamlining university processes; and improving personnel benefits.

eUP

We are now closely working with the UP System for the implementation of eUP towards better operational efficiency in our teaching, research, and public service.

The eUP aims to integrate, interconnect, and harmonize the ICT systems and infrastructure within and across all seven UP campuses. It covers: Student Accounts, HR Information Systems, and Financial Systems that include Accounting and Inventories.

The eUP was launched in UPLB on July 28, 2012, and some UPLB staff continue to be active members in the eUP Core Technical Team.

In coordination with the eUP team, the UPLB-ITC is conducting an Information Communication Technology (ICT) audit among units in UPLB.

UPLB also held trainings for IT analysts to reconfigure and re-program their systems for standardization and deployment. To prepare for the eUP deployment, it likewise held a Change Management Workshop to create awareness among shareholders and the higher management.

UPLB is retooling and training the administrative staff for IT use to achieve paperless transactions. It is also expanding the present Document Tracking System

Program that can be linked to the database program.

For research and extension activities, UPLB implemented new schemes for data collection using new input forms coming from the UP System. This was in anticipation of new data process flows, which will be implemented later through the eUP project.

Clean and Green UP

The UPLB has made initiatives to be environment-friendly in the use of its land, air, and water systems. We are strictly implementing anti-littering and solid waste management policies. We want UPLB to be the leader in being a clean and green campus in the country.

Solid waste management

UPLB created an Ad Hoc Committee on Solid Waste Management to study the establishment of a UPLB Sanitary Landfill after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) gave a closure order on the UPLB dumpsite facilities located in Bay, Laguna. The Committee recommended waste segregation at source, color-coded segregation bins, collection scheme, materials recovery facility, communication support materials, and the possible establishment of a UPLB sanitary landfill.


The University conducted a Waste Segregation Workshop on May 3, 2012 among dormitory managers. As a result of the workshop, the housing office now implements the use of a three-bin system (green for biodegradables; black for recyclables; and blue for residuals).

With the effective implementation of the Memorandum on the Collection of Residuals Only in UPLB , the volume of residual waste significantly decreased to 2.75 cubic meters daily from 12 cubic meters daily.

Hazardous waste chemical disposal

UPLB acquired its own DENR Generator’s ID (GR-04-34-0921) and will hire a DENR-accredited treater/transporter for the disposal and treatment of its hazardous waste chemicals. Stored chemical wastes have also been inventoried.

UPLB sewage treatment plant

For the rehabilitation and re-commissioning of the existing UPLB sewage treatment plant, a team has drafted appropriate technology and costing for the retrofitted design.

Chancellor Rex Victor O. Cruz, Vice Chancellor for Community Affairs Enrique L. Tolentino, and UP Rural High School (UPRHS) principal Prof. Liza C. Carascal sign the No-Litter Campaign poster.

Litter-free UPLB campaign

The Litter-Free UPLB Campaign was re-launched on August 29, 2012 and participated in by student organizations, building administrators, as well as students from nearby highschools. UPLB also produced and distributed IEC materials for the campaign.

The UPLB and the Municipality of Los Banos entered into a memorandum of understanding to carry out Municipal Ordinance 2001-08 entitled “Hinggil sa Pangangalaga ng Basura at Karampatang Pataw Ukol Dito” as amended by MO 2004-381.

Energy audit summary

To ensure efficient electrical energy use, UPLB audited the energy use in the University in preparation for the implementation of energy-efficient measures. UPLB created the Energy System Committee to monitor the energy consumption of the University in relation to its total carbon emission.

The UPLB Housing Office (UHO) started using Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFL) in the dormitories and in some housing units.

Air emission

An anti-smoke belching campaign was held in

coordination with the DENR to comply with R.A. 87449 (Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999). The emission of 227 public utility jeepneys out of the 540 registered for the UPLB gate pass issued in 2012 were tested.

Water quality assurance

The quality and safety of water supplied to UPLB constituents was ensured through testing for microbes and residual chlorine by the Occupational Health and Safety Standard Committee.

Guidelines for native trees policy

At the UP System level, UPLB has provided its expertise by developing a comprehensive Native Trees Management Program for all UP campuses. The program recommends a GIS-based re-inventory of all tree species in the UP campuses. It also bats for the formulation of guidelines in producing planting stocks, in planting, and in maintaining of native trees in the UP campuses.

Streamlined University Processes

UPLB makes sure that the delivery of procurement and HR services are efficient and fast. It formed an Ad Hoc committee that reviewed policies and recommended reforms on fuel withdrawals, consumption, and reporting procedure for improved quality and more efficient measures.


UPLB has stepped up digitizing its records management system through the Automated Document Technology Management System (ADTMS).

Also prepared were the following:

• A Manual of Administrative Policies and Procedures that contains flow charts of administrative procedures of the different administrative units.

• Flow charts on procedures on personnel appointments as well as on cash advances and payments to facilitate transaction.

An online inventory system is being developed forcommonly used office supplies and materials

Likewise, UPLB re-tooled its administrative workforce by conducting training workshops and seminars on the procurement system, the ADTMS, livelihood programs for retiring employees, individual and organizational values, leadership through performance and coaching, and an Administrative Officers’ Forum.

The Office of Student Affairs (OSA) significantly reduced its paper use with the digitized forms developed for OrgsUP in November 2011. Through this program, about 4000 students need not submit photocopies of their Form 5. In June 2012, paper usage was significantly reduced by about 90 percent.

Enhanced Personnel Benefits

The morale, productivity, and values of the staff are being enhanced through continuing education and retooling.

The HRDO conducted seminars for administrative staff on project preparation and management, government property and supply management, government procurement and bidding, team building, and health and wellness (stress management). Various colleges and units also conducted capacity building activities.

UPLB ensured the safety and security of its constituents, especially the students, by training its security staff; enhancing its surveillance facilities; strengthening rules for entering and going around the campus; ensuring secured accommodations in and outside the campus; providing assistance services at night; and involving the community in safety advocacy.

To integrate a safety and hazard component in the land uses of UPLB and the Makiling Forest, the Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems (MCME) developed four hazard maps for UPLB and its immediate environment. These include hazard maps for flood, for ground shaking, for liquefaction, and for rain-induced landslide. Hence, guided by these hazard maps, UPLB is better positioned to address any incoming disaster.


FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY

Intensified Fund Campaigns

Resource generation and sustainability are UPLB’s priorities to help sustain our academic, research, and public service activities. We are consolidating all our income-generating products and activities such as our land assets, knowledge products, and technologies as future sources of much-needed resources.

Land Grants

The land grants are envisioned to be a natural resource system that will promote environmental stability, protection, conservation, and restoration.

To sustainably manage and develop the UP Sierra Madre Land Grants in Quezon, we drafted five sets of TOR for various activities, namely: industrial tree plantation (ITP); agroforestry; ecotourism; biofuel and renewable energy; and non-timber forest products (NTFP). The TOR for the industrial tree plantation has been approved by the BOR in 2012.

We are now reviewing the land use plan of the University. Last month, we renewed our memorandum of understanding (MOU) with FEEDS,

Inc., an NGO with which we have been collaborating to develop our land grants in Sierra Madre.

We will also develop an ecotourism program that will enhance the science and nature landscape of UPLB and Los Banos.

Water Rights

In compliance with the Water Code of the Philippines, UPLB has applied for water rights for the nine deep wells inside the campus last September 7, 2012. Water from said wells is being used for agriculture and school use.

Facilities Rentals

UPLB has rehabilitated four University facilities and generated incomes from their rentals. Incomes generated so far include PhP 520,820 from the Alumni Hostel and PhP 6.7M from the Obdulia Sison Hall (former Continuing Education Center) and the Annex Building.

The existing One-Stop Shop located at the Student Union building will be renovated to become The Shop@UPLB. This will showcase souvenir items and UPLB technologies and products. We will also


explore the franchising or production on a pilot scale some of our mature technologies.

UPLB Master Development Plan and Titling of Lands

UPLB administers land properties covering around 14,669.23 hectares. These are in Los Banos (location of campus), Bay, Laguna (experimental farms of UPLB and IRRI), the Makiling Forest Reserve (MFR), the Land Grants in Quezon, Laguna, and the La Granja Station in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental. To manage these land resources, UPLB created the Committee to Review/Revise the UPLB Land Use Plan on October 25, 2012.

The Committee is consolidating all land use plans in preparation for the UPLB Master Development Plan that will be crafted in coordination with the UP System. The new land use plans will be converted into a digitized map adopting the universal color coding for the whole UP System based on the guideline to be approved by the BOR. Our land properties are also now in various stages of titling.

Accelerated Intellectual Property Commercialization

UPLB has enhanced the protection of its intellectual property and benefited from the commercialization of its research products.

To build the capacity of the faculty, researchers and technical staff on intellectual property (IP) protection and management, UPLB has conducted a series of IP trainings in partnership with the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPhil) and with the Technology Transfer and Business Development Office. Moreover, UPLB had enlisted as a member/franchisee of the Innovation and Technology Support Office (ITSO) in March 2011.

We have submitted all the requirements for accreditation of the UPLB Science and Technology Park (STP) as a Special Economic Zone to the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA). We have officially launched the DOST-UPLB Technology Business Incubator program. Our Center for Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship (CTTE) spearheads the marketing of our promising technologies.


With activities picking up at the UPLB STP, we are now aiming to be a showcase for renewable energy use with the location of a Solar Farm in a 6-hectare area at the STP.

Meanwhile, UPLB organized an investors’ forum to promote its agri-biotechnologies and information technologies to possible investors, takers, and locators at the STP.

Linkage with Alumni and Friends

UPLB has enhanced its linkages with the alumni who are the University’s partners in instruction, research, public service, as well as in resource generation.

The Office of Alumni relations (OAR) institutionalized and strengthened inter-organizational relations through the designation of an Alumni Relations Officer (ARO) in every college. The ARO is tasked to develop and strengthen well-coordinated university-alumni partnerships, programs, and activities.

To strengthen alumni networks, the UPLB

improved its alumni database and website. A website was created (http://oar.uplb.edu.ph) where alumni can get news and updates about ongoing events and activities of the University. A total of 1,200 UPLB alumni also updated their data, hence enabling UPLB to reach them. Currently, the UPLB OAR Facebook page has 2,469 members and has been linking with different alumni e-groups.

We have many more plans and programs in the pipeline to enhance academic excellence with operational efficiency. Some of these include the following:

To recruit and retain the “best and brightest” faculty with Ph.D. degrees, we are increasing the number of faculty members with access to research grants and competitive funding. We are also encouraging faculty members to work on thesis problems aligned with the research thrusts of UPLB through its Basic Research Program.

Guidelines are being prepared to give incentives to student athletes and members of the award-winning Choral Ensemble and Harmonya in the form of student assistantships. These students serve as our ambassadors locally and internationally.

OSA is now developing the OSAM (Office of Student Affairs Management) System to integrate other features that will automate, hence facilitate all online student transactions such as requests for loans and student assistantships.

We plan to create the Computational Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory (CINTER), which will be a network of laboratories for bioinformatics, robotics, computational mathematics, computational chemistry, and data science.


MOVING FORWARD

We are establishing a Center for Food and Environment Security as well as a Philippine Center for Tropical Forest Science (PHILTROP). These centers will enhance our impact on agriculture, forestry, and natural resources research and development in the region.

In support of the IPO, UPLB is also proposing the creation of the Virtual Intellectual Property Office (VIPO) with representatives from various colleges and units.

In the pipeline are curricular proposals in food engineering and environmental engineering. We are also thinking of a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources Conservation.

To be competitive globally, we will work on the offering of a straight MS program and effectively market our straight Ph.D. programs. We will also work out the accreditation of our academic programs in compliance with global standards. We will also conduct a curricular planning workshop to design degree programs to be offered offshore and in collaboration with universities abroad.

We will renovate a building to be called the International Students and Cultural Center that will house the Graduate School and the Office of Institutional Linkages. Likewise, we are developing a unified internationalization plan and a set of international academic programs.

We have moved forward to meet our goal of becoming a world-class graduate university, a research university, and a public service university. All these are to reclaim our position as one of the best universities in the Asia-Pacific region.

What keeps us going is that seed of greatness inside each one of us. It is a culture of values, of honor and excellence, of aspirations for a greater purpose, and of servant-leaderhood.

It is this culture of greatness that makes us align ourselves with the vision of making the UP system a world-class university.

For as UP President Pascual challenges each one of us: “We must succeed, not because we have a reputation to keep, but because we have a country to serve.”


“We must succeed, not because we have a reputation to keep, but because we have a country to serve.”

- UP President Alfredo E. Pascual

THE BOARD OF REGENTSHon. Patricia B. Licuanan, ChairpersonHon. Alfredo E. Pascual, Co-Chairperson Hon. Edgardo J. Angara, Chairperson, Senate Committee on Higher EducationHon. Juan Edgardo M. Angara, Chairperson, House Committee on Higher & Technical EducationHon. Ponciano E. Rivera, Jr., Alumni RegentHon. Reynato S. Puno, Member Hon. Magdaleno B. Albarracin, Jr., Member Hon. Ida F. Dalmacio, Faculty RegentHon. Cleve Kevin Robert V. Arguelles, Student RegentHon. Jossel I. Ebesate, Staff RegentProf. Lilian A. de las Llagas, Secretary of the University and the Board of Regents

UP SYSTEM OFFICIALS Hon. Alfredo E. Pascual, President Dr. Gisela P. Concepcion, Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Maragtas Sofronio V. Amante, Vice President for Administration Dr. Elvira A. Zamora, Vice President for Development Atty. Hector Danny D. Uy, Vice President for Legal Affairs Dr. Lisa Grace S. Bersales, Vice President for Planning and Finance Dr. J. Prospero E. De Vera III, Vice President for Public Affairs Dr. Lilian A. de las Llagas, Secretary of the University Dr. Antoinette B. Hernandez, Asst. Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Marilou G. Nicolas, Asst. Vice President for Academic Affairs Prof. Nestor O. Raneses, Asst. Vice President for Administration Dr. Jaime D. L. Caro, Asst. Vice President for Development Prof. Christopher S. P. Espina, Asst. Vice President for Development Prof. Noreen P. Escultura, Asst. Vice President for Planning and Finance Dr. Jose Wendell P. Capili, Asst. Vice President for Public Affairs Dr. Virginia E. Ramos-Ocampo, Asst. Secretary of the University and of the BOR

UPLB OFFICIALSDr. Rex Victor O. Cruz, ChancellorDr. Oscar B. Zamora, Vice Chancellor for Academic AffairsDr. Maria Victoria O. Espaldon, Vice Chancellor for Research and Extension Dr. Ma. Cristeta N. Cuaresma (until July 2012) and Dr. Crisanto A. Dorado, Vice Chancellor for AdministrationDr. Enrique L. Tolentino, Jr., Vice Chancellor for Community Affairs Dr. Fernando C. Sanchez,Jr., Vice Chancellor for Planning and Development Dr. Wilfredo M. Carandang, Assistant to the ChancellorProf. Rolando G. Panopio, Asst. to the Vice Chancellor, OVCIDr. Edna A. Aguilar, Asst. to the Vice Chancellor, OVCREDr. Marish S. Madlangbayan, Asst. to the Vice Chancellor, OVCPDDr. Margaret M. Calderon, Asst. to the Vice Chancellor, OVCCADr. Jean O. Loyola, Director, Office of Institutional Linkages Dr. Mimosa C. Ocampo, Director (until October 2012) and Dr. Jean O. Loyola, Officer-in-Charge, Office of Alumni AffairsProf. Maria Stella C. Tirol (until June 2012) and Dr. Serlie B. Jamias, Director, Office of Public Relations Dr. Leticia E. Afuang, Director, Office of Student Affairs Dr. Myrna G. Carandang, University Registrar DEANSDr. Domingo E. Angeles, Dean, College of Agriculture Dr. Zita VJ. Albacea, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Dr. Cleofe S. Torres (until June 2012) and Dr. Ma. Theresa H. Velasco, Dean, College of Development Communication Dr. Arnold R. Elepaño, Dean, College of Engineering and Agro-industrial Technology Dr. Flordeliza A. Lantican, Dean, College of Economics and Management Dr. Juan M. Pulhin, Dean, College of Forestry and Natural ResourcesDr. Marites G. Yee, Dean, College of Human Ecology Dr. Agnes C. Rola (until November 2012) and Dr. Josefina T. Dizon, Dean, College of Public Affairs and Development Dr. Grace D. De Ocampo (until October 2012) and Dr. Loinda R. Baldrias, Dean, College of Veterinary MedicineDr. Jose V. Camacho, Jr., Dean, Graduate SchoolDr. Leonardo M. Florece, Dean, School of Environmental Science and Management

University Officials

Dr. Rex Victor O. Cruz and Dr. Wilfredo M. Carandang, Editorial ConsultantsDr. Serlie B. Jamias, Editor and writer Josephine M. Bo, Mervin John R. De Roma, and Kristine E. Araguas, Writing TeamEisen Bernard V. Bernardo, Layout Artist

Photographs by: Simplicio Q. Veluz; Florante A. Cruz; Joseph Lydio R. Roble III; Eisen Bernard V. Bernardo; and Rey Angelo P. Nasino

ACKNOWLEDGMENT The UPLB Annual Report Team would like to thank the members of the UPLB Management Committee and the Deans for the reports that provided the contents for The UPLB Chancellor’s Annual Report (November 2011 to October 2012).

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Forging the Elements of a World-Class University