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BS Arch grads make 100%-passing in Jan. 2024 board exam

Written by Rene Estremera. Posted in News

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BS Architecture graduates of the University of the Philippines Mindanao continued their 100-percent-passing performance in the January 2024 Licensure Examination for Architects.

UP Mindanao produced 11 new licensed architects in the licensure examinations administered by the Professional Regulation Commission's Licensure Board for Architecture in January 24 and 26, 2024. The licensure exams are offered twice a year.

The UPMin BS Architecture graduates have consistently achieved a 100-percent-passing performance through the years. The architecture program has produced a number of top ten board topnotchers through the years. They are trained with an in-house mock exam, the Architecture Instructional Examination (AIEX). This addresses the Sustainable Development Goal (#4) on Quality Education.

UPMin welcomes Phil. Sports Comm. Chair Bachmann

Written by Rene Estremera. Posted in News

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Philippine Sports Commission Chairman Richard Bachmann

(left-right) PSC Mindanao Coordinator Noli Ayo, PSC Chairman Richard Bachmann, UPMin Chancellor Lyre Murao, PSC chief of staff Nino Urquiaga

seated clockwise from top left: Asst. Prof. Abarca, Inst. Camia, Coach Ayo, Chairman Bachmann, Chancellor Murao, Chief Urquiaga, Asst. Prof. Protacio

Chairperson Abarca, Vice-Chancellor Estana, Chairman Bachmann, Chancellor Murao, Coach Ayo, Instructor Camia, Director Protacio

The UP Mindanao administration welcomed Philippines Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman Richard E. Bachmann at the UP Mindanao-Davao City Sports Complex on January 20, 2024.

They discussed the proposed Isports Scholar Program for UP Mindanao students and the goal of the PSC to expand its reach to the BARMM, the Caraga region, and the Indigenous People's communities through various programs.

The PSC Chairman also pledged support for House Bill 6143, “The Mindanao Sports Development Training and Research Institute,” and the creation of the UP Mindanao College of Sports and Human Movement Sciences.

The PSC Chairman was accompanied by Coach Noli Ayo, PSC Coordinator for Mindanao, and the Chairmain's Chief of Staff Niño Deo R. Urquiaga, and was received by UP Mindanao Chancellor Lyre Anni Murao, Vice Chancellor for Administration Asst. Prof. Leo Estaña, Department of Human Kinetics Chairperson Asst. Prof. Jezreel M. Abarca, Varsity Coordinator Ms. Cherry Ann C. Camia, Extension Director Asst. Prof. Erwin E. Protacio, and Ar. Modesto Tolentino.

The collaboration between UPMin and the PSC addresses the Sustainable Development Goal #3 on Good Health and Wellbeing, and SDG #4 on Quality Education.

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