Invitation to Participate in Islam, Childhoods, and Building Cultures of Peace in the Southeast Asia Conference 2010

The Psychosocial Support and Children's Rights Resource Center together with the KKSP Foundation of Indonesia, Southeast Asia Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers and the University of the Philippines Third World Studies Center will be holding an international conference entitled "Islam, Childhoods, and Building Cultures of Peace in Southeast Asia" at the Balay Kalinaw, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City from 29 to 30 September 2010. The conference aims to bring together academics, Islamic experts, government officials, and civil society to:

1. Discuss the issues of Islamic childhoods and building of cultures of peace in their own communities to allow for a comparison of the experiences across the various Southeast Asian countries and to gain a better understanding of these issues;
2. Facilitate the linkages among peace builders from the academe, civil society, governmental and inter-governmental institutions from the Japan and Southeast Asia who are interested in the issues covered by the conference;
3. To come up with policy and programmatic recommendations in helping Muslim children build cultures of peace and active non-violence among Muslims and non-Muslims in the Southeast Asian region.

The conference will have four clusters:
1. Islamic Childhoods in the Southeast Asian Context.
2. Child Rights and Islam.
3. Religious Extremism, Identity, and Muslim Children.
4. Building Cultures of Peace Among Children in Islamic and non-Islamic Communities.

We would like to invite you and members of your organization to attend the conference.

The conference is a two day affair where scholars and civil society members from various Southeast Asian countries will discuss various issues and concerns on Islam, childhoods, and building cultures of peace in their own communities. Attached is the provisional program of the conference.

The conference is FREE of charge. However, for those who wish to avail of Conference kits (that contains a CD of abstracts, papers, program, contact information of participants, and other materials) and partake of the snacks and lunch, we will charge you a modest amount of:

• Early bird participants (those who will register and pay on or before 18 September 2010): PhP750 for local and USD50 for international participants. Those who will avail of the discounted rates must deposit their payment to Banco de Oro (BDO) Account Number 3930064728 (Scout Albano Branch). You may deposit this in any BDO Branch. If you are an international participant, you can send it through bank transfer. The account number is 3930064981 while the swift code is BNORPHMM. After paying, please scan the deposit slip or bank transfer form and send it to pstcrrc@gmail.com. You may also fax the copy to . You will have to fax it during office hours (9am to 6pm, Manila time). Make sure that your name is clearly written on the form and to send it to Mike Quilala.

• Participants who will pay on the day of the Conference itself will be charged PhP1,000 for local participants and USD60 for international participants.

We hope to see you in the conference! Thank you very much.

Sent through email by Psychosocial Support and Children's Rights Resource Center

Faculty Conference 2010: Final Reminders

We are pleased to inform you that the College Faculty Conference will finally push through this Friday to Saturday at Ocean View Beach and Resort in Olongapo City. This will be a culmination of our previous two-day pre-conference program held last April.

In line with this, please take note of some last-minute reminders for the Conference:

1. We have reserved one seat for each confirmed participant. The list of confirmed participants is posted on the conference website.
2. Assembly time on June 4 (Friday) is 6:30 am at the CAS Parking Lot. Departure from CAS is exactly 7:00 am.
3. Please coordinate with the conference organizers (Professor Santiago, DB; Professor Solano, DPSM) if you will bring your own vehicle.
4. For those who bring guests (family members only): You may arrange for accommodations for your guests. Your guest/s will also have to convoy the bus.
5. Please remember to bring toiletries and any personal medical requirements.

I sincerely hope for a productive and enjoyable faculty conference. See you on Friday!

Conference Quick Links:
Program
Breakout Groups
Room Assignments

CAS Faculty Conference Participant Confirmation

For: All Full-Time CAS Faculty Members

Please confirm your attendance in the CAS Faculty Conference 2010 rescheduled for June 4-5, 2010 to be held in Subic by signing the attendance confirmation sheets distributed to your respective departments.

Alternatively, you may confirm here:

http://sites.google.com/site/upmcasfacultyconference2010/participant-co

Please enter your email address to confirm that you are the person who really signed up.

Memo: CAS Faculty Conference 2010 Updates

Due to the unavailability of resource speakers for our faculty conference on the dates earlier set (April 16, 17, 29, and 30), we are postponing the activities to the following dates:

• Pre-Conference – April 23 and 24, CAS Little Theater
• Conference Proper – May 7 and 8, Venue to be announced

We are attaching the pre-conference program for your reference. We have also attached the SWOT questionnaire for your research and extension activities, which are the main topics in the conference. Please contact Prof Laufred Hernandez (DBS), Prof Jalton Taguibao (DSS) or Prof Anna Theresa Santiago (DB), or Prof Geoffrey Solano (DPSM) if you have questions regarding the questionnaire or the conference proper.

Let me remind you that all full-time faculty members have to attend the pre-Conference program on April 23-24. Please re-confirm your attendance using the attached survey for us to know how many kits and food sets to prepare. We will get the survey form on or before April 16, Friday.

Lastly, for other updates, we will be setting up an event website for the conference. The link will be posted to Faura Online and will also be sent to your department chairperson's email.

I look forward to everyone's active participation in the conference. Thank you very much.

Memo: CAS Faculty Conference 2010

For: All Department Chair
From: Dean Reynaldo Imperial

I am pleased to invite all full-time faculty members to this year's CAS Faculty Conference with the theme “Strength Through Convergence: Towards Relevant Research and Extension.”

As the theme indicates, this year's conference will focus on our non-teaching functions. Considering that the faculty members of the College are always loaded with teaching tasks, the University and our people demand more from us. In this light, we hope that the College can identify an approach in pursuing these two important academic functions, while considering our own capabilities and resources.

The faculty conference will have two parts. A pre-Conference program will be held from April 16 to 17 at the Little Theater, where all full-time faculty members are required to attend. They will be excused from their classes.

The Conference proper will be held a week after, April 29-30. The tentative venue is either Canyon Cove, Nasugbu, Batangas or Puerto Galera, Mindoro.

Please confirm your attendance using the attached survey for us to know how many kits and food sets to prepare. We will get the survey form on or before April 9, Friday.

We will send more information when we get all the details, which the ISPC will be meeting about on Wednesday. In the meantime, please feel free to course your inquiries and concerns regarding the conference to your department representative to the ISPC. Thank you very much.

CHED, DepEd endorse UP Manila climate change conference

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Department of Education (DepEd) have released their endorsements of the University of the Philippines Manila Conference on Global Climate Change to be held on October 22-23, 2009 at the Pearl Garden Hotel, Manila.

Conference participants may download the endorsements from the Conference website, under the section "Endorsements."

The conference aims to inform and update the participants with the various issues relating to climate change and assess how the different sectors locally are coping with the threat. With the theme "The Science and Social Impact of Global Climate Change--A Philippine Setting," the Conference is also aligned with the United Nations Millenium Development Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability.

Besides the original target participants of college faculty members, the sub committee on registration of the Conference Committee has reported that registered participants included representatives from religious organizations, high schools, local government units and alumni organizations.

Interested participants may log on to http://www.upm.edu.ph/climatechange or http://sites.google.com/site/upmgcc for more information and to register.

CHED endorses UP Manila conference on climate change

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has approved the endorsement of the UP Manila Conference on Global Climate Change to be held on October 22-23, 2009 at the Pearl Garden Hotel.

A copy of the endorsement will be posted in the Endorsement section of the Conference website for downloading of interested university and college participants.

For further inquiry, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Office of the Chancellor sponsors participants to the climate change conference

As per Memorandum No. RLA 09-082, the Office of the Chancellor will sponsor participants from each of the Colleges of UP Manila to the Conference on Global Climate Change.

UP Manila participants have to submit their names to the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Planning and Development on or before September 27, 2009. The Office of the Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, will contact the colleges on September 28 for the names for preparation of their kits.

For more information about the conference, you may visit the conference website here:

• http://www.upm.edu.ph/climatechange
• http://sites.google.com/site/upmgcc
  

UP Manila leads awareness campaign on climate change

The University of the Philippines Manila College of Arts and Sciences is joining the call for an immediate and collective effort to mitigate the grave effects of global climate change as it holds its conference on Global Climate Change on October 22 to 23, 2009 at the Pearl Garden Hotel, Ermita, Manila.

With the theme “The Science and Social Impact of Global Climate Change: A Philippine Setting,” the conference will highlight the effects of global climate change to different natural and social resources and development initiatives.

With renowned authorities as speakers on the environmental, social, legal and other aspects of global climate change, the conference will benefit individuals and organizations in the academe, research, development policy, environmental and natural sciences, and advocacy.

Aside from the plenary sessions, the conference has parallel sessions which will serve as a venue for presentation of research studies completed by various organizations. The parallel sessions will discuss Energy and Environment; Society; and Health.

Interested individuals and organizations may log on to http://sites.google.com/site/upmgcc or http://www.upm.edu.ph/climatechange for more information.

The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is the liberal arts unit of UP Manila, the Health Sciences Center. CAS holds the distinction of being a Center of Development for its BS Biology program. The College also administers natural and social sciences programs and provides general education courses to the health science programs of the University. For more information about UP Manila, you may log on to http://www.upm.edu.ph.

Postponed: Global Climate Change Conference

We would like to announce that the Global Climate Change Conference originally scheduled this May 21-22, 2009 has been postponed indefinitely. Rest assured that we will update everyone regarding the new conference schedule and other details as early as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience that this unexpected news has caused.

Update: This has been reorganized to a conference. Please log on to http://www.upm.edu.ph/climatechange or http://sites.google.com/site/upmgcc for more information.

CAS Faculty Conference 2009 Files to be uploaded

The Office of the Dean is finishing the compilation of files (e.g., presentations, recordings, documents) used in the CAS Faculty Conference 2009 held last April 24-25 at the DAP Conference Center. It is proposed that these files be made available online for easy reference.

Currently, the Office of the Dean has the following files, being processed (transformed to uneditable format) for uploading to a podcast or at Faura Online:

1. Conference Introduction(Presentation File in PDF)
2. Plenary Session Speeches (Recording)
3. Plenary Session Presentations (Presentation File in PDF)
   
4. Workshop Presentations (Presentation File in PDF)
5. Conference Summary (Document in PDF)
6. Conference Proceedings (Document in PDF)
7. After Activity Report - An evaluation report on the support and event management aspect of the Conference (Document in PDF)
   

If you have any ideas, comments or suggestion, please feel free to contact the Information Officer.

Conference Feedback

A link has been sent to the email addresses of the participants for the feedback survey. Please click the link that came from info.casupm@gmail.com. The title of the page that should come up is "CAS Faculty Conference 2009."

We would appreciate your response so that we can plan and manage similar events in the future. Thank you.

Faculty Conference Room Assignments and Other Announcements

Image courtesy of Prof Anna Theresa Santiago.

Quick Downloads (PDF-printable Format):
Conference Program
Conference Guide (Includes everything you see here in a printable format)

This post contains information on:

• Room Pairing
• Workshop Grouping
• Travel Arrangement
• Additional Information

This post will be updated as frequently as possible prior to the Conference itself, so check here as often as possible. Please do not hesitate to post your comment here or ask the Dean's Office for any inquiry you may have. Thank you. - Conference Secretariat

ROOM PAIRING
Here is the room arrangement/pairing for the faculty conference. The list identifies who will be with whom. Actual room number assignments shall be given during registration.

Please inform the Secretariat for any swap that you wish during the check-in.

Note: List based on confirmed participants provided by department chairs, and changes received by Secretariat as of April 22.

Two in a Room
Unit 1 – Chancellor Ramon Arcadio
Dean Reynaldo Imperial

Three in a room
Unit 1 – Jocelyn Del Mundo
Andrea Martinez
Natividad Lacdan

Unit 2
Josephine Agapito
Sharon Caringal
Gina Salazar

Five in a room
Unit 1 – Mariam Tuvera
Elisa Co
Marla Endriga
Anna Santiago
Rhea Obera

Unit 2 – Jay Dalet
Sabino Padilla
Leonardo Estacio, Jr
Ralph Lapuz
Jasper Obico

Unit 3 – Marilen Parungao
Elena Ragrario
Rosario Rubite
Celia Bonilla
Aurea Dioquino

Unit 4 – Bernard Karganilla
Vivencio Nuestro
Bernard Mangubat
Jose Ogatis
Jan Michael Bernadas

Unit 5 – Doroteo Abaya
Danilo Aragon
Roy Tumlos
Noel Quiming
Arnulfo Esguerra

Unit 6 – Edanjarlo Marquez
Herbert Domingo
Rolando Llarenos
Jobert Dela Cruz
Marcelino Panganiban

Unit 7 – Josefina De los Reyes
Honey Achanzar-Labor
Rosa Maria Llanes
Olivia Koh
Grace Odal-Devora

Seven in a room
Unit 1 – Donna Bautista
Carolina Pulumbarit
Leah Rubio
Anjelyn Del Rosario
Janice Ng
Kimberly Beltran
Heidi Frisco

Unit 2 – Kreza Ligaya
Alexis Villaflor
Mishima Miciano
Avegail Carpio
Diana Agbayani
Cristina Martin
Sarah Johnson

Unit 3 – Ralph Mendoza
George Regaspi
Carl Ramota
Francisco de Guzman
Chester Arcilla
Mikee Inton
Geoffrey Li

Conference Secretariat Room / Room for Seven- Jalton Taguibao
Geoffrey Solano
Laufred Hernandez
Ricky Bulalakaw
(Others who were in the list submitted by the department but verbally informed the Secretariat thay will not attend, and then finally attended.)

Here are pictures of the DAP Conference Center.



WORKSHOP GROUPS
During workshop sessions, you would be divided into groups, members of which have been randomly assigned.

Curriculum - Red
Edanjarlo J. Marques, DPSM
Herbert B. Domingo, DPSM
Mary Dorothy dL. Jose, DSS
Bernard L. M. Karganilla, DSS
Josefina J. De Los Reyes, DB
Marilen M. Parungao, DB
Elena M. Ragrario, DB
Rosario R. Rubite, DB
Honey Libertine R. Achanzar-Labor, DAC
Donna Aeldred C. Bautista, DAC
Jan Michael Alejandre C. Bernadas, DAC
Gina S. Salazar, DAC
Aurea D. Dioquino, DPE
Marcelino E. Panganiban, DPE
Rosa Maria Llanes, DBS
Jocelyn A. Chan-Del Mundo, DBS

Teaching - Blue
Oliva C. Koh, DPSM
Leah Rubio, DPSM
Anjelyn B. Del Rosario, DPSM
Ralph Julius Mendoza, DPSM
Geofrey Li, DPSM
Kreza Geovien Ligaya, DPSM
Alexis Villaflor, DPSM
Ariel S. Betan, DSS
Benjamin R. Mangubat, DSS
Jerome A. Ong, DSS
Aleli Jilliean L. Sia, DB
Janice L. Velasco-Ng, DB
JPaul S. Manzanilla, DAC
Mishima Miciano, DAC
Vivencio J. Nuestro, DPE
Andrea Martinez, DBS

Extension and Community Work - Green
Sarah C. Johnson, DPSM
Ronald Florendo Llarenas, DPSM
George Allen Regaspi, DPSM
Jobert J. Dela Cruz, DPSM
Bernie Terrado, DPSM
Avigail Carpio, DPSM
Doroteo C. Abaya, DSS
Danilo M. Aragon, DSS
Francis Ron C. De Guzman, DSS
Arnulfo N. Esguerra, DSS
Josephine D. Agapito, DB
Natividad F. Lacdan, DB
Ralp Sedricke C. Lapuz, DB
Diana R. Agbayani, DAC

Research - Brown
Roy B. Tumlos, DPSM
Noel S. Quiming, DPSM
Cristina B. Martin, DPSM
Rowena Bastero, DPSM
Chester C. Arcilla, DSS
Mariam Soraya P. Tuvera, DSS
Kimberly S. Beltran, DB
Elisa L. Co, DB
Marla A. Endriga, DB
Heidie L. Frisco, DB
Jasper John A. Obico, DB
Jay T. Dalet, DB
Celia M. Bonilla, DAC
Grace P. Odal-Devora, DAC
Jose V. Ogatis, DAC
Laurie S. Ramiro, DBS
Leonardo R. Estacio Jr., DBS

TRAVEL
Please coordinate with the Dean's Office if you will have your own vehicle or through your admin staff if you will be joining the bus trip. The bus shall be taking the Sta. Rosa route (not Aguinaldo Highway, sorry for the incorrect information previously given) to the DAP Conference Center.

If anyone wishes to join the advance group, there are three seats available. The advance group shall leave CAS at 6:30 AM on April 24.

The bus on the way home shall take SLEX but the exit to be taken shall be confirmed with the driver.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
A Conference Kit shall be given during registration. Please read the Conference Guide included in the kit, as well as the "House Rules" in each room you will be assigned to.

The program is available for download here. You may download the Faculty Conference Guide here. Please contact the Dean's Office for any question or comments regarding the program or the room assignments. Thank you.

Abstract of Dean Erlyn Sana's paper

Methods of Instruction

By Erlyn A.Sana, PhD
Professor and Dean
National Teacher Training Center for the Health Professions
University of the Philippines Manila

Abstract

Deciding on what methods of instruction to use in class is of paramount importance in teaching. This basic principle reflects the teacher’s appreciation of how learning takes place in their students, and how they as deliverers of subject matter adjust to this process.

This session presents the setting where today’s teachers and learners interact with each other , the main factors that teachers should consider in deciding their methods of instruction, and explore the latest trends and methodologies that could be used given a particular set of learners and instructional settings. Strategies in small, large, individualized, community and clinical settings will be discussed and their appropriate usage will be navigated with the participants.

DAP Conference Center Pictures

Pictures of the DAP Conference Center--where the CAS Faculty Conference shall be held on April 24 to 25--for your viewing are now available here.

You can also view the pictures as a slideshow here.

You may give your comments through the Multiply site.

Initial list of participants to the CAS Faculty Conference

Here are the names of the confirmed participants to the Faculty Conference, as given by their respective departments.

Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics

1. Edanjarlo J. Marquez
2. Herbert B. Domingo
3. Roy B. Tumlos
4. Sarah C. Johnson
5. Oliva C. Koh
6. Leah Rubio
7. Anjelyn B. Del Rosario
8. Ralph Julius Mendoza
9. Geofrey Li
10. Kreza Geovien Ligaya
11. Noel S. Quiming
12. Cristina B. Martin
13. Geofrey A. Solano
14. Rowena Bastero
15. Ronald Florendo Llarenas
16. George Allen Regaspi
17. Jobert J. Dela Cruz
18. Alexis Villaflor
19. Bernie Terrado
20. Avigail Carpio

Department of Social Sciences

1. Doroteo C. Abaya
2. Danilo M. Aragon
3. Chester C. Arcilla
4. Ariel S. Betan
5. Sharon A. Caringal
6. Francis Ron C. De Guzman
7. Arnulfo N. Esguerra
8. Mary Dorothy dL. Jose
9. Bernard L. M. Karganilla
10. Benjamin R. Mangubat
11. Jerome A. Ong
12. Carl Marc L. Ramota
13. Jalton G. Taguibao
14. Mariam Soraya P. Tuvera


Department of Biology

1. Josephine D. Agapito
2. Kimberly S. Beltran
3. Elisa L. Co
4. Jay T. Dalet
5. Josefina J. De los Reyes
6. Marla A. Endriga
7. Heidie L. Frisco
8. Natividad F. Lacdan
9. Ralph Sedricke C. Lapuz
10. Jasper John A. Obico
11. Marilen M. Parungao
12. Elena M. Ragragio
13. Rosario R. Rubite
14. Anna A. Santiago
15. Aleli Jillian L. Sia
16. Janice L. Velasco-Ng

Other departments may send their list of participants to the Office of the Dean either in print or through email. Or you may confirm individually here.