SU signs MOU with UPLB

SU representatives, led by Dr. Betty Cernol McCann (seated, front, 2nd from the left), SU president, and Novee Maestrecampo Jr. (seated, front, leftmost), SU OCESL director, after signing a MOU with UPLB, led by Dr. Jose V. Camacho, Jr. (seated, front, 3rd from the left), UPLB chancellor.

Silliman University (SU), through the Office of Community Engagement and Service-Learning (OCESL), signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) on December 7, 2023, at UPLB, Laguna.

In the MOU, SU and UPLB agreed to develop collaborative activities in the academic areas of interest based on equality and reciprocity, such as exchange of faculty and researchers; exchange of students; conduct of collaborative research and extension projects, lectures, symposia, capacity-building programs; exchange of academic information and materials; and promotion of other academic cooperation as mutually agreed.

Present during the signing were Dr. Betty Cernol-McCann, SU president; Novee Maestrecampo Jr., SU OCESL director; Asst. Prof. Ruth Ann S. Entea, SU OCESL service-learning coordinator; Ilene P. Real, SU OCESL community development officer; Dr. Jose V. Camacho, Jr., UPLB chancellor; Prof. Rowena DT. Baconguis, UPLB College of Public Affairs and Development dean; Prof. Elpidio M. Agbisit, Jr., UPLB College of Agriculture and Food Science dean; Assoc. Prof. Lilia M. Fernando-Corpuz, UPLB College of Agriculture and Food Science associate dean for research and extension; Prof. Greg T. Pawilen, UPLB Office for Institutional Development in Higher Education director; Assoc. Prof. Jenielyn T. Padrones, UPLB Office for Institutional Development in Higher Education program coordinator; Asst. Prof. Samantha Geraldine G. Delos Santos, UPLB College of Public Affairs and Development assistant to the dean; Asst. Prof. Aileen V. Lapitan, UPLB College of Public Affairs and Development Center for Strategic Planning and Policy Studies director; Assoc. Prof. Agustin L. Arcenas, UPLB College of Public Affairs and Development Community Innovations and Studies Center director; and Asst. Prof. Maria Luz L. Malabayabas, UPLB College of Public Affairs and Development Knowledge Management Office head.

The MOU signing was part of the activities of OCESL’s benchmarking trip to UPLB and other universities in Manila.

(Story and photos from the SU OCESL)

SU representatives, led by McCann (4th from the left) and Maestrecampo (5th from the left), at the UPLB campus.

Maestrecampo (leftmost) and McCann (2nd from the left) during the MOU signing.

SU representatives at the UPLB College of Public Affairs and Development.