Ar. Dawnelli M. Luar, 7th placer

The Department of Architecture congratulates the seven BS Architecture alumni who passed the January 2023 Architecture Licensure Exam:

Ar. Annie Rose R. Batayola
Ar. Clarence C. de Guzman
Ar. Dawnelli M. Luar
Ar. Earl Jann M. Ociones
Ar. Vera Philina M. Romuga
Ar. Mia Fatma I. Tilendo
Ar. Kenneth D. Viovicente
UP Mindanao has achieved a 100% passing yet again.

Ar. Luar was the 7th placer in the January 2023 LEA. She is UP Mindanao's tenth top-ten placer. 

UP Mindanao’s anthropologists pondered on the presence of maritime traditions and images in the narratives of mountain tribes in the southern Philippines island of Mindanao at “Kapuluan: Anthropology in the Archipelago,” the annual Philippine UGAT conference in October 2022.  

In Panel 1D, “`Islands’ in the highlands,” held on October 26, Associate Professor Myfel Paluga and Assistant Professor Andrea Malaya Ragragio of the Department of Social Sciences guided colleagues in reconstructing and imagining spaces in Mindanao’s Pantaron mountain range through the indigenous peoples’ epic narratives and practices.  

Using data from ritual practices, historical materials, and epic narratives, the panel gleaned resonances of the Austronesian maritime traditions and images that persisted in the memories of tribes in the upland “Pantaron Zone” of Mindanao. 

Among the upland “Ata/Manobo” residents, the presence of a vessel figure called “balangoy” or “sagimbal” is part of the ritual “pag-ugpo,” alongside figures of a house, rice, fish, betel-nut, and spirit companions, which represents a mythic space for the tribe’s decision-making. 

In an oral narrative from the Talaingod highland of the Pantaron range, a datu (tribe chief) appears from distant Arakan (a present-day municipality in North Cotabato Province, central Mindanao), which implies links of “imagined communities” across geographically-distant locations through marital links, economic practices, and others.

Asst. Prof. Kenette Jean Millondaga contributed to a study of the Tuwaang-type epic genre, which is documented to be widely shared from Bukidnon to North Cotabato (both in central Mindanao) to Davao del Norte (southeastern Mindanao). 

Finally, the late Emmanuel Nabayra, Jr. contributes to a study on “Agyu,” a hero in a Dibabawon tribe epic, “Sewatan ni Lumuganod,” which is discussed in relation to other tribal personalities and themes of landscapes, values, and laws.

 The Department of Human Kinetics completed its Kahimunan Mindanao Research Colloquium in November 2022. Research in sports and athletic performance was shared over four Saturday sessions. 

On November 5, were on analysis of sports performance of student-athletes. Mr. Mark Domingo Asuncion from Isabela State University on "Students'perception on the attainment of intended outcomes in individual and dual sports," and Mr. Jerome Ferdinand Balaga from Davao del Sur State College and UP Diliman on "Semi-quantitative movement analysis of jumping heading skill of a female football athlete."

 On November 12, were indigenous games and psychological wellness of physical education students and teachers during the pandemic. UP Mindanao Asst. Prof. Armando Salazar on "The indigenous games of Bagobo K'lta in Sirib, Davao City." Ms. Ivy Catherine Bering of the University of Southeastern Philippines on "Emotional satisfaction and online learning experience of BPED students." Dr. Porferia Poralan of the University of the Immaculate Conception on "Characterizing physical education teachers in an online learning environment."