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At the recent UP Diliman (UPD) College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD) general alumni homecoming, Pagbabalik 2024, CSWCD Dean Lenore Polotan-dela Cruz formally launched Pusong CSWCD Student Support Fund (PCSSF), an alumni-related college project. The PCSSF is projected to benefit 25 individual students, three student organizations, and five partner communities for five academic years. Some alumni and faculty members gather at the CSWCD Department of Social Work to collaborate on the department麻豆视频 current curricula and activities. Photo by Jacelle Isha Bonus, UP Diliman Information Office It consists of four components: student support fund, student academic achievement awards, financial assistance, and support for community projects. The student support fund will benefit CSWCD students who are deserving but with less resources. Student academic achievement awards are cash awards for academic achievements, such as best research / term paper, best thesis, and best dissertation. On the other hand, financial assistance is an incentive for selected student organization initiatives, while support for community projects are small grants awarded to selected community-based organizations. Polotan-dela Cruz also shared the college麻豆视频 strategic plan for the next five years at Pagbabalik 2024. The college, which last held its homecoming in 2017, saw some 200 alumni from 1953 to 2024 attending Pagbabalik 2024. This year麻豆视频 homecoming aspired to build intergenerational bonds among its alumni while raising funds to benefit the next generation of social work, community development, women and development, and social development practitioners. Before attending the main festivities in the afternoon, the alumni held meetings with the individual CSWCD departments鈥擲ocial Work, Community Development, Women and Development Studies, and Social Development鈥攚here they provided valuable information and feedback on the college麻豆视频 current curriculum vis-脿-vis their own real-world experiences. According to Polotan-dela Cruz, it was during these meetings that the idea of the alumni becoming partners was put forth. Aside from monetary support, they can share their time, knowledge, and experience through mentorships and guest lecturing, research, and extension, among others. 鈥淚yong alumni natin ay magbibigay ng significant na input on what our curricula should contain, retain, mabago given the realities outside. Parang may input sila sa curriculum improvements; pwedeng partnership with our field instruction program, kasi mga nasa non-government organizations, civil society sila. May mga development programs sila, so they can become partners of our academic programs,鈥� she said. The CSWCD Alumni Association elected the new members of their Board of Trustees (BOT) during the alumni homecoming. Francis Ronald R. Perez and Maria Theresa Ni帽a Espinola-Abogado were elected representatives of the community development discipline, Maricel Cruz-Deloria and Suzanne Magalona-Nazal represented the social work discipline, Albert L. Dimarucut represented the social development discipline, and Maria Beatriz A. Pe帽a represented the women and development discipline. (From left) Polotan-dela Cruz, Cruz-Deloria, Pe帽a,…

The country should soon strengthen the support system for older persons (OP) as the Philippines transitions to an aging society by 2030. This was underscored by the second report of the Longitudinal Study of Aging and Health in the Philippines (LSAHP) project, Aging and Health in the Philippines, Wave 2 (LSAHP Wave 2). LSAHP Wave 2 states that based on worldwide demographic trends, the Philippines is projected to shift to an aging society by 2030, spurred by a recent sharp decline in fertility rates and increased life expectancy. Reactors and special guests receive copies of Aging and Health 2. Photo by Jefferson Villacruz, UP Diliman Information Office According to the report, 鈥渢he older population growth rate is increasing and will maintain its momentum even as other age groups are expected to experience a declining relative share in the future.鈥� LSAHP Wave 2 finds that many OPs have limited access to and awareness of some beneficial government programs, such as free medication for hypertension and diabetes at public health facilities and free vaccinations. 鈥渦r results indicate that only 31% of hypertensives and 18% of diabetics obtain free medication from health centers all the time. More is to be desired regarding the Department of Health麻豆视频 program that provides indigent senior citizens free vaccinations against the influenza virus and pneumococcal disease. Study findings show that 41% are aware of the free pneumococcal vaccination program and 30% know about the flu vaccination program,鈥� the report said. LSAHP Wave 2 states that while there are laws and agencies that currently serve and benefit OPs, like RA No. 9994 (Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010) and RA No. 11223 (Universal Health Care Law of 2019), they have overlapping policies that 鈥渘eed to be streamlined and harmonized to create a holistic view of critical issues on aging and to fashion an integrated policy response.鈥� The report also proposed a review of current pension rates to 鈥渋ncrease the pensions of private sector retirees so they can be independent of their children and other kin鈥� as well as the establishment of more long-term-care homes for OPs, citing a high prevalence of economic instability among OPs and a 鈥渟hrinking level of intergenerational support鈥� in Asian cultures such as Japan and South Korea. The LSAHP is a collaboration project of the Demographic Research and Development Foundation, Inc. (DRDF), the UP Population Institute (UPPI), the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, and Asia Health and Wellbeing Initiative of the Japanese government. The LSAHP project is the 鈥渇irst nationally representative panel study鈥� focusing on OPs in the Philippines. The study defines OPs as those aged 60 or older. The project is led in the Philippines by Grace T. Cruz, PhD, a professor at the UPPI.

Examinees from UP Diliman (UPD) performed well at the August 2024 Registered Electrical Engineers and Registered Master Electricians Licensure Examinations, giving the University a 100% passing rate. The EEEI building. Photo by Jerald DJ. Caranza, UP Diliman Information Office All six first-time examinees from the UPD Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute (EEEI) were among the 1,655 who passed the examinations held in the National Capital Region, Baguio, Cebu, and Davao. Based on data released by the Professional Regulation Commission, UPD has consistently performed well in the electrical engineers licensure examination, posting a 100% passing rate since 2018.