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NEWSLETTER |
| October
1999 |
Volume
1 Number 1 |
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Induction
of Officers and
Loyalty Ball Set for October 9
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The University of the Philippines at Los Banos Alumni Association
of America (UPLBAAA) will have its second Induction of Officers
and Loyalty Ball on Saturday, October 9, 1999 from 6:00 P.M.
to 1:00 A.M. at Holiday Inn, 275 South Airport Boulevard in
South San Francisco. Proceeds from the affair will go
to the scholarship fund set up by the Association to help financially
needy and academically qualified students in pursuing their
study at UP Los Banos.
All UPLB Alumni, family and friends are cordially invited
to a wonderful evening of fun and for a worthy cause.
No-host cocktail starts at 6:00 P.M. and dinner shall be served
by 7:00 P.M. with music provided by The Super Sound.
The suggested attire is Filipino or semi formal.
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Donation
is $35.00 per person prepaid or $40.00 at the door.
Incoming officers elected at the July 10, 1999 general meeting
picnic held at Gull Park, Foster City are: President: Johnny
Abilay ('58); Vice President: Lourdes Erni-Ledesma ('59);
Secretary: Rosalina Abalos-Derro ('61); Treasurer: Julieta
Ovejera-Belo ('59); Auditor: Eric Punzalan; PRO: Ruben Domingo
('60); Board of Directors: Loreto (Eto) Oliva ('60), Frank
Mamaril ('60), Ramon Cruz Jr. ('59), Terry Mendoza ('56) &
Panfilo S. Belo ('63); Area Coordinators: Sergio Aragones
('61) -South Bay, Levy Perez ('60) -San Joaquin Valley, Rick
Velasco ('69) -East Bay, Val Tiangco -Sacramento & vicinities,
and Guillermo Oloresisimo ('59) -Southern California.
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A
bit of history ...
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Located at the base of the legendary Mt. Makiling and 45 km.
south of Manila, the original UP Los Banos campus was
established March 6, 1909. The UP College of Agriculture
was one of the first units of the university. The first
twelve students and four teachers of the college held their
classes on June 14, 1909. The Department of Forestry was
established on April 19, 1910 and was later elevated into a
full college in 1949. The first batch of undergraduate
students received their degree during the graduation rites in
1911 and MS and PhD degrees were first conferred in 1913 and
1963, respectively.
On November 20, 1972, the College of Sciences and Humanities
was established by Presidential Decree No. 58 creating the
UP System and granting autonomy to UP Los Banos. With
the establishment of the college, UPLB assumed the task of
transforming itself to a comprehensive university offering
quality education in the natural sciences, social sciences
and the humanities.
The UPLB Graduate School was created as a unit distinct from
the College of Agriculture on December 21, 1972.
UPLB became a campus with seven colleges in 1983 when several
institutes became fullfledged
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colleges
and the College of Veterinary Medicine was transferred to UP
Los Banos from UP Diliman.
The other colleges at UP Los Banos are: The College of Arts
and Sciences, College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology,
College of Human Ecology and College of Economics and Management.
There are 1000 members of the faculty and 50% of them are
holders of doctorate degrees. Enrollment is about 10,000.
There are about 400 foreign students representing 25 countries.
The College of Agriculture is one of the top agricultural
colleges in Asia.
The UP Los Banos campus is famous for its UPLB spirit among
its students and alumni. The Los Banos spirit started
during the First World War, when in response to a call for
volunteers tofight in Europe, UPLB faculty, employees and
students volunteered in mass for possible deployment in war.
Since then the event has been celebrated on October 10 every
year. It is the same spirit that is being celebrated
by UPLBAAA today and every year.
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UPLBAAA
Foundation Updates
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The money collected from "Lifetime" members have funded
the foundation fund. Lifetime membership was granted to
members who willingly made commitment of support and paid $100
each. The current lifetime membership fee of $100 was
peg to be a promotional rate, and will increase in the future.
The organization decided that all lifetime membership fee will
be directly added to the Foundation Fund to commemorate the
long term commitments of these members. In addition to
these monies, a pledge of at least $1000, to help seed this
fund was made as the initial donation of Frank Mamaril (founding
president of UPLBAAA) and Rory Pizana Mamaril. The foundation
has now been structured with its own separate Constitution and
by-laws. Conceptually, the UPLBAAA Foundation will be
invested in aggressive long term |
investment
instruments to maximize growth. Once the fund grows to
a targeted goal, funds will be disbursed (grants) for various
needs, according to the organization's objectives. It
is planned that only part of the mutual earnings will be disbursed.
This will allow the foundation fund to grow "perpetually".
Conceivably as the fund grows in the future, the grants (disbursements)
will also grow in proportion to the size of the fund.
Currently, the general membership feels that the foundation
fund will not limit its grants to scholarships as initially
intended., but will fund various reasonable needs such as funds
to help UPLB acquire equipment, books & computers, and grant
funds to aid in maintenance of capital facilities. All
these future grants will depend on how successful this Foundation
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An
Invitation to All UPLB Graduates
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Greetings to all !!!
We are delighted to announce that we have organized the University
of the Philippines Los Banos Alumni Association of America
(UPLBAAA) on October 5, 1996 at Coyote Park, San Francisco.
UPLBAAA is only three years old now, but we are greatly optimistic
that the association will continue to grow throughout the
next millenium and beyond. UPLBAAA has a vast potential
to be one of the most active and productive UP alumni associations
of the world. Our officers and members are highly talented
and possess a strong positive mental attitude (PMA), and above
all are very willing to help out our Alma Mater in accomplishing
its missions as an outstanding academic institution.
Fellow UPLB graduates, our Alma Mater greatly helped
us all before, so now let us look back and say UPLB, thank
you for all your help. How can we help you in return?
In line with the famous statement of the late President Kennedy,
"Ask not what UPLB can do for you, but what you can do
for UPLB."
UPLBAAA's mission is to be of help to our members and UPLB.
Fellow UPLB graduates, join our crusade and help us in any
way we can.
UPLBAAA has great plans for our members, friends and UPLB.
Please help us translate our plans into fulfillment, our words
into actions or deeds, and into concrete results.
We need your help. Please join UPLBAAA. It will
be the greatest and most lasting decision of your life.
Thank you for your positive response. Let us keep the
U.P. Los Banos spirit be ever burning. MABUHAY UPLBAAA
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For more information, please contact any of the UPLBAAA officers.
Johnny
P. Abilay, PhD
Incoming President
UPLBAAA, 1999-2001
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