UP in Iloilo: 59 years of service
More than half a century ago, the entire country echoed with reconstruction efforts as it rose from the ashes of the Second World War. The University of the Philippines, which has long been considered as a prominent institution in Philippine education, had just reopened in its old site in Padre Faura, Manila. Even if many colleges in Iloilo sprang up after the war, the desire to have a UP education in this part of the country resonated in the hearts of Ilonggos.
UP education came to Iloilo through the efforts of its public officials. In December 18, 1945, the Municipal Board of Iloilo authorized a resolution for the opening of a branch of UP in Iloilo City on the site of what was then the Iloilo City Hall. One year and seven months years later, the University of the Philippines Iloilo College (UPIC) opened its doors in July 1947. It started with a Lower Division for third and fourth year high school students and an Upper Division for first and second year college levels. In just seven years, UPIC earned the status of being a full-fledged college and was renamed UP College Iloilo (UPCI) in 1954, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs including a complete high school.
The creation of a University
In the early 1970s, the UP administration envisioned an autonomous unit that would become the country’s premier institution for fisheries and marine science education and research to evolve from the UP College Iloilo and the College of Fisheries of UP Diliman. The UP Board of Regents approved the establishment of an autonomous university on its 114th meeting on May 31, 1979. When former UP President Edgardo Angara reorganized the administration of UPCI and the College of Fisheries on July 25, 1983 through Executive Order No.9, UP in the Visayas was established.
With the creation of UP in the Visayas, the satellite campuses of UP Cebu College and UP Tacloban were integrated into the UPV administration in 1986 and were renamed UPV Cebu College and UPV Tacloban College.
As UPV celebrates the 59th Anniversary of UP Presence in Iloilo, the public is cordially invited to take part in the four-day program that will run from July 26 - 29, 2006 with activities to be held at the Miagao and Iloilo City Campuses. The schedule is as follows:
Wednesday, 26 July 2006
Opening Program - 9:00 a.m., UPV Auditorium, Iloilo City Campus
UPV Service Awards - 2:00 p.m., UPV Auditorium, Iloilo City Campus
Opening of UPV Anniversary Exhibit
"Where the roads lead beyond UP..."- 5:30 p.m., Front of Banco de Oro,
SM City Iloilo
Thursday, 27 July 2006
UPV Research Symposium - 8:30 a.m., UPV Auditorium, Iloilo City Campus
Friday, 28 July 2006
Dagyaw kag Hinugyaw (Miagao and Iloilo City Campuses simultaneously)
Miagao Campus
8:00 a.m. Thanksgiving Prayer -
@ New Administration Building Lobby
8:30 Unveiling of the Chancellor’s Park
Amazing Race
9:00 Clean-up Activity
10:30 Walk to the Covered Court
11:00 Fellowship/Picnic, Living Museum
Parlor Games & Videoke Singing Contest
Culmination of Amazing Race
Awarding of Prizes
Students’ Activities
1:00 p.m. Recognition Program
2:30 Consultation with the Student Regent
7:00 Hinugyaw
Iloilo City Campus
8:00 a.m. Thanksgiving Prayer @ GCEB Lobby
8:30 Clean-up Activity
10:30 Picnic, Awarding of Prizes
Saturday, 29 July 2006
Alumni and Faculty Homecoming - 6:30 p.m., Iloilo Grand Hotel