Yuletide festivities or parties are everywhere in the
Philippines most especially in the “ber” months. Part of them is the practice
to have the Christmas and New Year’s countdown. Soon, the bells will ring in
the New Year. For sure, we welcome 2020 in our own kind and style of
celebration and tradition.
What’s in your bucket list to do and visit this 2020? Have
you already planned your vacation next year in our country, the “Pearl in the
Orient Seas”? Imagine now U (Youself) in
the Philippines this 2020.
A Filipina-Canadian outdoor enthusiast once said, “I wanna go
home. I missed the Philippine beaches in summer.”
“I think island hopping is the best thing to do,” a teen-ager
shared his dream activity.
A housewife said, “I would like to go to the museum and learn
more about the Philippine History.”
And then, a University employee answered, “I’d like to visit
the University of the Philippines.”
Beautiful answers! The Philippines is known for white and
pulverized beaches. Island hopping is a great activity to explore the
archipelago; we are known for that! A visit to the Museum is perfect for we are
a marvelous country with glorious history. And the last reply but not the
least, a visit to the University of the Philippines is amazing. It piques uniqueness,
curiosity and interest.
Why is University in the Philippines, or simply UP in his
bucket list? It is the premier state university system in the Philippines. It
has a catchy tagline from its official website and it says, “Shaping minds that
shape the nation.” It has a motto, “Honor and Excellence”. It is a wow to a lot
of Filipinos and other foreign educators and policy-makers in terms of setting
a high standard in Philippine tertiary education.
The entire UP system is enormous as it is situated in a vast
land in Diliman, Quezon City. It has also campuses in Manila, Los Banos, Baguio,
Cebu, Iloilo, and Tacloban, Leyte. As UP Open University, offering online
courses, it has seven learning centers.
UP is dedicated to giving quality instruction at par with other
prestigious universities in the world. Since June 18, 1908, founded by the
Americans, it has provided well-adept and quality instruction in the courses and programs they offer such as, just to name a few- law, medicine, education, literature, mathematics, statistics, fine arts, music and a lot more.
In the recent news, Times Higher
Education (THE) of London has listed the University of the Philippines in the
401-500 group of 1,396 ranked research worldwide universities. It is noted
that UP has climbed up from top 1,000 in 2017 and from top 800 in 2018. (www.thewur.com)
It is wonderful to visit or revisit our
beloved university. Remember that there is U
(university) in the Philippines this 2020. Congratulations to all UP
stakeholders and all Filipinos… Mabuhay!
September 24, 2019
Photo cred to my fellow UP friend- Ma Jeanette Garcia- Librero, PhD
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