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The UP Epsilon Chi Fraternity will celebrate its 40th Anniversary on October 2, 2004. There will be an EC Week at the College of Engineering where the Alpha Chapter is based. (The Beta Chapter is at UP Los Banos.) The fraternity together with the UP Barkadahan, will host an Invitational Golf Tournament at the Alabang Country Club on September 27. In cooperation with the Philippine Contractors Association and the Asian Institute of Management, it will host a public forum on "Infrastructure Requirements To Meet the Philippines Medium-Term Goals". Invited to speak are Bayani Fernando of the MMDA, Romulo Neri of NEDA, and Manolito Madrasto of PCA. This will be held on September 29 from 1:00 to 5:00 pm at the AIM Conference Center.
Earlier on September 4, a concert featuring the Spirit of 67 band will be held at the Valle Verde Clubhouse for the benefit of the Andy Seriña Scholarship Fund. The Anniversary Ball will be held on Friday, October 1 at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel. Live music will be provided by the Rockin Revival. For more info and reservations, please call Queen Cruz at 914-9379 to 81 or (917)8276711 and Phil Torio at 892-3497 or (917)850-9111.
On Sunday, May 15, 2004, Brdn. Joseller "Yeng" Guiao 80B was proclaimed winner of the vice gubernatorial race of Pampanga after rivals conceded to the Lakas team of Yeng and running-mate Mark Lapid, son of outgoing Pampanga Governor Lito Lapid. Following tabulation of unofficial quick count results, Yeng posted commanding leads over his opponents, garnering more than double the number of votes of his closest rival, Provincial Board Member Edna David.
More details are available from ABS-CBN's News Web Site.
Brdn. Ed Mercado 71B has accepted a teaching appointment for Spring 2004 as Lecturer in Operations Management at the College of Business Administration at California State University, Sacramento.
Brdns. Joseph Ronald Abesa 88F and Jose Socao, Jr. 89C were among the 1,108 successful examinees who passed the 2003 bar examinations. Only 20.71% of the 5,349 students who took the licensure exams passed. Top spot went to Ateneo de Manila University with a rating of 88.5310%.
The complete results can be downloaded from the Philippine Daily Inquirer web site in Adobe PDF format. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to read the document.
Brdn. Rodrigo Jamisola 89B recently wrote a paper that was accepted and is under consideration for Best Student Paper Award in the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation in New Orleans this coming May. The paper is based on an algorithm he developed at the Colorado State University.
Details of the paper can be found at http://www.engr.colostate.edu/~jamisola under List of Publications.
The UP Epsilon Chi Fraternity will be sponsoring the next UP Barkada Golf Tournament on August 29, 2003 at the Ayala Alabang Golf Club.
HOUSTON, July 31 (Mabuhay) -- The UP Concert Chorus won triple gold medals in the 8th Mainhausen Internationale Chortage (International Choral Competition) in Germany.
After having swept these prizes in every category of the competition they joined (mixed choir, female and male choir), the jury of the Mainhausen competition invited the group to perform in the 2004 Bochum International Choral Festival in Germany.
Read full storyUPAA Houston Chapter under the chairmanship of Fel Tabangay is gearing up to host the three-day 2003 UPAAA General Reunion & Convention set for Oct. 24-26 at the Westin Oaks Hotel at the Galleria, 5011 Westheimer Blvd., Houston, Texas, USA. With "Balik Lingkod Sa UP" once again as its theme, alumni support for the modernization of UP has dominated the entire planning of the convention.
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Pictures from the May 17, 2003 Alumni Fellowship held at Brdn. Yeng Guiao's farm in Magalang, Pampanga.
Pictures from the March 8, 2003 Alumni Board Election held at Starbucks, The Podium