Based
on the theme, “Marangal at Tapat na Lingkod Bayan Tungo sa
Kabutihang Pangkalahatan”, the month-long activities dedicated
to the 37th Anniversary of Health Sciences Center Autonomy and 32nd
UP Manila Day was significantly highlighted by staging the annual
Gawad Chancellor Awarding Ceremony on October 21, 2014 at the
UP Manila Social Hall.
The
theme of the celebration, according to UP President Alfredo E.
Pascual, “reminds us of the significant contribution of UP Manila,
the birthplace of UP, as an exemplar of honor and excellence in
health education, in science and research, and in public service in
the greater UP Community and in the country.”
President
Pascual added, “UPM's outstanding professional training in the
field of health and medicine; its excellent academic programs in the
social sciences, the arts and humanities; and its committed service
to the community and the nation prove its incessant pursuit of UP's
time-honored values of honor and excellence in serving the Filipino
people... These show how UPM commits to the fulfillment of UP's
vision of being a great regional and global institution, committed to
shaping minds that shape the nation.”
As
per the outgoing Chancellor Manuel B. Agulto, “Isa na namang
mahalagang okasyon ang magtitipon at magbubunyi sa UP Manila at
sa mga guro, kawani, REPS, at mag-aaral nito sa kanilang tapat
at mahusay na paglilingkod ng nakaraang taon... Sa ngalan ng aking
mga kasamahan sa administrasyon, binabati ko ang lahat ng UP
Manila constituents sa sama-sama nating paggunita ng aspeto ito ng
kasaysayan ng ating unibersidad. May dagdag kahulugan at
sentimentalismo sa inyong lingkod ang paggunita dahil huling taon ko
ito bilang inyong pinuno. Sa loob ng panahong ito, isang malaking
karangalang nakatrabaho at nakasama ko kayo sa hirap at ligaya ng
paglilingkod sa unibersidad.”
This
event became more remarkable as four noteworthy College of Arts and
Sciences (CAS) personalities received the prestigious Gawad
Chancellor medals and trophies.
Professor
Jerome A. Ong, this
year's Gawad Chancellor
Outstanding Teacher awardee, has been serving as
Program Head of the Department
of Social Sciences – Area Studies Program
since 2007 and Coordinator
of the CAS
Office of Student Services and Gender Program
since last year. He
was also a member of the Academic Personnel Committee from 2009 to
2011. Consistently been rated by his students as
an outstanding faculty in the Student Evaluation of Teachers (SET),
Assistant Professor Ong
became
the recipient of two Gawad
Chancellor
citations, namely “Pinakamahusay
na Guro”
and
“Pinakamahusay
na Mananaliksik”
during the centennial celebration of the University.
In 2011 and 2012, he was named “CAS Outstanding
Teacher”. He
is now finishing his PhD
in Philippine Studies at
UP Diliman. Further, he has been writing in the historical bulletin
of Philippine Historical Association of which he had served as the
secretary for several years. In 2013, he received the “Young
Historian’s Prize”
given by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). He
conducts seminars and workshops to teachers and educators of History
and Social Studies both in public and private schools all over the
country as well.
Recipient
of Gawad Chancellor
Outstanding Faculty in Extension Service, Dr.
Leonardo R. Estacio, Jr.,
is
an Associate Professor at the Department of Behavioral Sciences and
teaches anthropology, social science, and behavioral science courses
at the undergraduate level and health policy studies courses at the
graduate level. He served as the Chairperson of the Department from
late 2010 to July 2014. He was named as CAS Outstanding Teacher in
July 2009 and as CAS Outstanding Faculty
in
Extension
Service
in July 2013. Armed with PhD in Anthropology from UP Diliman and two
masters, he had been a visiting scientist at the Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington,
Seattle, Washington, USA from September 1, 2009 to August 31, 2010 as
a recipient of the
International
Visiting
Scientists
and
Technical
Exchange
Program
Clinical
Trials
Network
(NIDA-INVEST-
CTN)
Research
Fellowship
Program of the National
Institute
on
Drug
Abuse, National Institutes of Health, USA.
Moreover, he is an internationally recognized expert in drug abuse
training, research, and program development; advocate of indigenous
knowledge systems and practices; and consultant to various
international agencies, notably the International Labor Organization
and World Health Organization.
A
former child actor of the silver screen, Professor
Ryan E. Redillas
was given the Gawad
Chancellor
Outstanding Artist award for promoting Philippine Arts through his
participation in the development of the student theater group,
“Maralitang
Inamorato”.
He has been writing, directing, and producing orginal theatrical
works, including storylines inspired by the local literary outputs,
such as Ibong
Adarna.
A lecturer at the Department of Arts and Communications, he is
pursuing his MA in Art History and Criticism at UP Diliman.
With
a cumulative GPA of 1.15 (Summa
Cum Laude standing),
BS Biology major Shaira
Marie P. Tagadan
was declared as Gawad
Chancellor
Outstanding Student. She was among the Outstanding Students in the
Department of Biology and has been actively participated in
extracurricular volunteer activities through her membership and
association with the Ugnayan
ng Pahinungod,
Philippine General Hospital, CAS Registration Volunteer Corps, UP
Biology Majors Association, and Biological Sciences Society.
